On March 13th at 12 a.m. a press conference on Beach Volleyball World Championships MAZURY 2013 – My dreams come true took place. We launched the organization of the most important event in the World – said Mr. Miroslaw Przedpelski, the President of Polish Volleyball Federation.
The Beach Volleyball World Championships will take place in Stare Jablonki between July 1st through 7th, 2013. 192 players (48 male and 48 female pairs) will come to Mazury. The competition will be held on 7 courts out of which the main arena can comprise up to 9 thousand spectators.
The Organizers will offer a number of attractive activities for fans, the most interesting of which will be an artificial island set up in the middle of Szeląg Mały lake where show matches will be played.
-I am very happy that we can meet up here before the Beach Volleyball World Championship in Stare Jablonki. – said Mr. Miroslaw Przedpelski the president of PVF during the press conference - My dream and the dream of all the people working in PVF comes true. We are starting to organize the most important event in the World. I think that the volleyball tournament in Mazury will be the best of the events that happened so far. In the FIVB, they call Poland: Volleyland-Poland. We will do our best to lift the competition’s standard to its highest level. As the financial support for beach volleyball constantly rises, I hope that, thanks to this, Polish beach volleyball team for the first time in history will stand on the podium of this competition. I would like to thank all organizers for their hard work and welcome all to Stare Jablonki at the beginning of July.
- I’m very glad that once again we can host the event of a global rank – said the promotor of the Beach Volleyball World Championship, Mr. Andrzej Dowgiałło - The interest in our tournament is growing all the time and tickets are almost sold out. This will be definitely the important sport event in Poland this year. The Beach Volleyball World Championship in Stare Jablonki will promote our country in the World.
- Poland is one of the few countries where volleyball is so popular. As president Przedpelski already mentioned we call Poland a Volleyland – said FIVB’s vice president for Beach Volleyball Mr. Vicente Araujo – FIVB is proud that the World Championship will be organized in Stare Jablonki. I believe that the experience of the Polish organizers will bring this championship to a great success.