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SWATCH FIVB World Cup

Big sport event

1.jpg If you will stay these days in an accommodation in Barcelona or will stay for holiday in Costa Brava this event might be very interesting for you.

The biggest sport event in volleyball, the FIVB World Cup 2009 will be in Barcelona for almost a week. On the 8th of September the Hyundai Open starts here with the Country Quota playoff matches. This will be followed by double-elimination and finally on the 13rd of September the medal matches will take place. The first place is donated with $ 30000.

For this money women of 68 teams from 23 countries will compete against each other. They are coming from countries such as Austria, Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Mexico, United States and a lot other.

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Before the 14th Swatch FIVB World Tour will come to capital town of Catalonia it had stations in eight other European countries. The matches will be played on the Plaza Carles Bulgas in front of the Museum National d`Art de Catalunya (MNCA).
The favorites are Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Franca - the Brazilian team. The two of them have already 28 SWATCH titles and want even to improve their placing on the world list.
All in all this happening is a great possible to see sport on the top level and spend an extraordinary holiday day.

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