Ningbo, China, September 18, 2023 – The General Technical Meeting of the 19th Asian Games Beach Volleyball Competition was held here Monday afternoon at the Asian Games Sub-Village in Ningbo to finally confirm the competition, refereeing, press, medical and other related matters set for the whistle-off of the competition on Tuesday morning.
Head of Beach Volleyball Department of China Volleyball Association Mr Xiang Qian, himself the Competition Director of Asian Games Beach Volleyball Venue Operations Group, presided over the first session of the meeting before Mr Luo Laixing, Director of Xiangshan County People’s Congress Standing Committee and General Secretary of Asian Games Beach Volleyball Venue Operations Group, delivered a cordial welcome speech.
On behalf of 500,000 Xiangshan people, he warmly welcome all the athletes, coaches and officials to participate in the beach volleyball tournament of the quadrennial sports extravaganza and wished everyone a pleasant stay in Xiangshan County of Ningbo City. He ended his speech with a solemn promise that the Local Organizing Committee will do their best to provide considerate service and detailed cooperation so as to ensure the success of the event.
The meeting continued with the information briefing of Athletes Sub-Village, competition venue and its operations group, transportation, technical officials’ hotel, medical service and doping control, communication, sports presentation and awarding ceremony, media operation and press interview, etc by head of each LOC department.
Mr Kritsada Panaseri, Technical Delegate, took the floor to preside over the second session of the meeting for technical, refereeing and other related matters. Medical Delegate Dr Oh Jae Keun from Korea explained some additional medical issues including referee health check and alcohol test as well as doping control requirements. Press Delegate Mr Wang Liang from China took the chance to introduce AVC social media platforms and asked for teams’ cooperation with the the post-match press interview. Acting Referee Delegate Mr Wang Leijun from China reported on the match protocol, the Rules of the Game and the challenge rules to be applied in this competition. The competition format and the pooling principle were also introduced during the meeting ahead of the conduction of the first Drawing of Lots for teams with same seeding points.
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