China News Service, Beijing, March 1 (Reporter Liu Xingchen) On the 1st, Wang Qingfeng, mayor of Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, said in Beijing that Shangluo will strive to build "a famous international volleyball city and a famous Chinese event city" in 3-5 years.
On the 1st, the Shangluo 2024 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship press conference was held in Beijing.
This event will be held at the West Square of Qinling Museum in Shangluo City from August 27 to September 1, 2024. More than 100 teams from more than 50 countries on five continents will participate in the competition.
The FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship is a world-class beach volleyball event.
The event is hosted by the International Volleyball Federation, with the volleyball management unit of the host country and the local government as the organizers. It is held every two years and lasts for one week.
According to Wang Qingfeng, in October last year, Shangluo City successfully won the right to host the 2024 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship.
This year, Shangluo will take advantage of the opportunity to host the 2024 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship, seize the opportunity of the national volleyball training base and the "One Belt and One Road" national youth volleyball high-level training base to be settled in Shangluo, and actively open up new events for the economy. Business formats, new models, and new tracks.
At the same time, we adhere to the concept of "events +" and rely on Shangluo's unique climate and ecological resources to attract traffic, gather people, promote tourism and attract investment through competitions, and carefully organize the other 9 national and provincial events to promote the public The “five-in-one” high-quality development of sports, competitive sports, youth sports, sports industry, and sports culture.
According to reports, the official venue for this competition will be located in the West Square of Qinling Museum, a landmark building in Shangluo, which will be set up before the game. In addition, a venue integrating volleyball history, culture, celebrities and related sports will also be built in Danjiang Park in Shangluo City. It is an integrated volleyball cultural and sports park, of which 6 sand volleyball fields will be completed and put into use before the end of April. They will be used as training, warm-up and competition venues. The park is a 5-minute walk from the official competition venue.
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