FIVB Signs World Cup Deal with Japan for 2015 & 2019
January 31, 2013
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced the extension of its exclusive marketing, discount tournament organising as well as television rights deal with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and Fuji TV for another eight years to stage the FIVB Volleyball World Cup in 2015 and 2019.
JVA and Fuji TV have hosted the FIVB Volleyball World Cup since 1977 and since then, drugs the World Cup , which is traditionally the first Olympic Games qualification tournament for volleyball, has gone onto become the second-most prestigious tournament behind the FIVB World Championships.
“The World Cup plays an integral role in the Olympic qualification process and is a very important tournament for volleyball all round so we are delighted to be able to continue the tradition of holding the event in Japan,” FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° said.
“This agreement ensures that one of volleyball’s most famous tournaments continues to be staged in one of the sport’s most popular countries, whilst extending our extraordinary friendship with Fuji TV.”
JVA President Taizaburo Nakano said: “We are very pleased to be able to host the FIVB World Cup for the 11th time.
“It is a great honour to have the opening Olympic qualification process in Japan and to continue our collaboration with the FIVB and Fuji TV.”
The World Cup is the FIVB’s second oldest competition. A men’s edition was first established in 1965 in Warsaw, Poland before stepping aside in 1973 for a women’s edition, making its debut in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Cup is proposed to be the first Olympic qualification event, taking place between August 21 and September 23. The proposed participants for the World Cup , which will feature 12 teams, is the host country, the 2014 world champions and two countries per Confederation either via a continental tournament or the two highest-ranked countries from the continental or FIVB ranking as of January 1, 2015