The Balkan Volleyball Association

Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2013. FIVB 2nd Executive Vice President and CEV

President André Meyer supervised on Friday the Drawing of Lots for the

2013 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship that are set to run

through August 22-September 1 in Ankara and Izmir. The DOL ceremony

was held at Mercure Hotel in Turkey’s megalopolis, Istanbul, and attended

also by FIVB Executive Vice President and CEV Senior Vice President

Aleksandar Boricic.

Athens, Greece, May 23, 2013. Greece women’s national team just traveled

to Poprad, Slovakia, where the players mentored by head coach Yannis

Kalmazidis will be playing hosts Slovakia, Austria and Liechtenstein in a

first-round qualifier for the 2014 FIVB World Championship. The head

coach stresses that the group did not have much time to prepare for this

tournament: “We are not totally ready” he says. Slovakia, on the other hand,

may well try to exploit the home advantage to finish first in the Pool and

advance directly to the third round coming up in early January 2014.

The Turkish Volleyball Federation recently entered into a partnership with Amway, one

of the world’s largest direct selling businesses which is headquartered in Ada, Michigan,

USA. Amway is a true global community active in some 80 countries and whose

expansion has continued throughout the past 50 years.

Constanta, Romania, May 22, 2013. As they were debuting in this age

group, the members of the U19 team of Tomis CONSTANTA could add

another piece to the history of their glorious club. This season the senior

team of Tomis had swept all domestic competitions and the U17 had also

seized their respective national championship. The U19 did not show less

quality and potential and they also finished atop of the standings of their

league as the finals came to a close on Wednesday, May 22, in Constanta.