Credit: volleyball.org.au
The South Australian Government together with Volleyball Australia are pleased to announce that Adelaide will play home to yet another major sporting event in two years’ time.
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships will be staged in Australia for the first time in 2025, with Adelaide winning the rights to host the event.
The World Championships will be held on the courts of The Drive, with around 1000 cubic metres of sand brought in to turn the famed tennis venue into a beach volleyball colosseum.
In addition, Adelaide is now also set to host a round of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour for the next three summers.
The announcement delivers yet another major international sporting event to the Australian calendar along the ‘green and gold runway’ to the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said he is looking forward to hosting the best beach volleyballers in the world as another chapter is written in the storied history of Memorial Drive.
“This is the latest in a long list of major national and international events that are fast-recognising South Australia for the proud sporting State it is,” said Mr Malinauskas.
“The World Championship will expose South Australia to the world, an opportunity to show millions exactly what our beautiful state has to offer.”
Volleyball Australia President Craig Carracher said the World Championships would be the most prestigious beach volleyball event held in Australia since the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
“When it comes to beach volleyball, the biggest events stand out – the World Championships, Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games – and Australia will play host to all three inside the next decade,” he said.
“Adelaide has been one of the homes of beach volleyball in Australia for almost three decades with some of our top athletes training here at the SASI-based national training centre, so it’s only fitting that the World Championships are coming to South Australia.
“History shows that having the opportunity to compete at a home World Championships provides a real home court advantage and I know our leading players will be primed to take on the world in front of a home crowd.”
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