The representatives of the 196 national volleyball federations arrived to Anaheim. The 33rd edition of the FIVB Congress will last three days and its most important point will be the elections of the new authorities of the FIVB, including the President. The elections are scheduled on the third day of the Congress. Earlier, the participants of the meeting will discuss over the changes of the FIVB constitution, as well as the financial reports, and approve the budget for years 2013-2015.
An important point of the proceedings is the presentation of the hosts of the forthcoming FIVB tournaments. Poland will make presentation of the next year’s beach volleyball World Championships, which are going to take place in Stare Jabłonki, as well as the 2014 World Championships to be held in six polish cities (Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław). The Netherlands will present the 2015 beach volleyball World Championships, whereas Italy the 2014 Women’s World Championships.
The congress has been preceded with the workshops focused on the development of the newly formed federations. – This is a place where FIVB has opportunity to listen to its members. The national federations can ask questions and tell about their needs. The FIVB is always ready to help – admitted Jizhong Wei, who finishes his presidency in the International Volleyball Federation. Who will replace him? We will find out on Friday.
The transmission from the 33rd edition of the FIVB Congress is available live under the following link: http://www.klewel.com/conferences/fivb-congress-2012/