19 teams to compete at AVC Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2019

Nineteen teams from 10 countries and territories will compete in the fourth Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2019, which will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 19-24, according to the organising board.
19 teams to compete at AVC Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2019 ảnh 1At a press conference to introduce the tournament on April 12 (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Can Tho (VNA) – Nineteen teams from 10 countriesand territories will compete in the fourth Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2019, which will take place in the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho from April 19-24, according to the organising board.

Vietnam will send three teamsto the competition, which also draws teams from Australia, China, Japan,Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), and Vanuatu.

The event is not only achance for the Vietnamese teams to prove their skills, but also an opportunityto promote the images of Vietnam and its people  as well as Can Tho city.

Nguyen Hoang Son, VicePresident of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation, said that the tournament, alongwith two others already held in other countries, will choose four leading teamsto compete in the upcoming Beach Volleyball World Championship in Germany.

Commenting on the Vietnameseteams joining the AVC Women’s BeachVolleyball Tour 2019, Son predictedthat they will make it through the 1/16 and 1/8 rounds.–VNA 
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