{"id":50876,"date":"2020-01-22T15:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=50876"},"modified":"2020-01-22T15:59:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:59:55","slug":"oceania-host-successful-world-tour-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/oceania-host-successful-world-tour-event\/","title":{"rendered":"OCEANIA HOST SUCCESSFUL WORLD TOUR EVENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2020 \u2013 A truly historic FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event was successfully staged in the Cook Islands last week, making it the first time that the Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA) has hosted an event on the Tour outside of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The event saw a\u00a0 total of 18 men\u2019s teams from nine countries entered into the VolleyFest Cook Islands, including Australia (4 teams), Canada (2), Cook Islands (2), Hong Kong (1), Japan (3), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), Tuvalu (2) and the United States (2). Tuvalu joined the Cook Islands by entering teams in an FIVB World Tour event for the first time.\u00a0 Another country from Oceania made history at the event as Griffin Muller and Sam O&#8217;Dea from New Zealand won their country\u2019s first ever World Tour gold medal.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50879\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3-13-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OZVA President Hugh Graham said: \u201cWith the support of the FIVB, the Cook Islands were delighted to deliver its first-ever World Tour event in Oceania, excluding Australia. It\u2019s remarkable for us and we will continue working hard to ensure the steady growth of volleyball and beach volleyball in the region. New Zealand\u2019s gold medal makes it even more special for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeach volleyball is ideally-suited for NFs in Oceania and the gold medal obtained by New Zealand will encourage us to invest more in the region, to grow the sport to a higher level in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FIVB President Dr. Ary Gra\u00e7a F\u00b0 said: \u201cI am very pleased that, following a strategic meeting with the National Federations (NFs) of OZVA in Honolulu last year, we are now able to witness the Zone\u2019s high-performance strategic plan in action. The first result of this plan was successfully hosting a 1-star event in the Cook Islands, which was enjoyed by both athletes and spectators alike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe countries of Oceania understand that beach volleyball is a fantastic opportunity for them to move our sport to the next level, and VolleyFest Cook Islands is a great milestone for the development of our sport in Oceania!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later this year, Oceania also plans to host a women-only FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Guam.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22, 2020 \u2013 A truly historic FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event was successfully staged in the Cook Islands last week, making it the first time that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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