From September 6th to 28th, the beach volleyball competition of Hangzhou Asian Games was held at Banbianshan Beach Volleyball Center in Ningbo. * * * 48 teams from 17 countries and regions will register for the competition, which will produce two gold medals for women's and men's beach volleyball. According to the schedule, Ningbo Banbianshan Beach Volleyball Center will hold about 100 matches in 9 days, and there will be 19 matches every day during the group stage. Women's and men's beach volleyball gold medals will be produced on September 27th and 28th respectively.
On September 18, it can be seen in the main stadium of Banbianshan Beach Volleyball Center that the preparatory work such as sand table screening has been completed and everything is ready at the scene. According to the staff, a special site with a length of 16m and a width of 8m will be enclosed on the beach during the Games. Feel the sea, blue sky, beach and wonderful games. For the fans watching the game on the spot, sand volleyball is undoubtedly a very interesting game.
The development of beach volleyball;
In recent years, with the concept of national fitness deeply rooted in people's hearts, sports have become more and more important in people's lives. In addition to traditional sports such as running, playing ball and swimming, beach volleyball, sailing and other ethnic minority sports are also particularly popular. In 1990s, beach volleyball began to develop in Asia. 1994, which was listed as a performance event in Hiroshima Asian Games; 1998, which was listed as an official event in Bangkok Asian Games.
1993, the IOC officially listed beach volleyball as an Olympic sport. From 65438 to 0994, China Volleyball Association began to hold a formal national beach volleyball competition, with several races every year, and the scale became larger and larger, with more and more teams participating. 1998, China men's beach volleyball team won the gold medal for the first time at the Asian Games in Bangkok.