Twenty-five teams from 13 countries in both men and women categories have already registered to participate in the International Sand Volleyball Tournament, Rubavu Beach Volleyball World 2 StarTour tournament scheduled from July 14 in Rwanda, Rubavu district.
The Rubavu Beach Volleyball has been postponed on numerous occasions citing issues brought about by the global pandemic COVID-19, however, between July 14th and 18th, 2021, this festive Beach Volleyball party will take place on the sandy shores of Lake Kivu. 25 teams in both men’s and women’s categories have confirmed their participation.
Among the 14 men’s teams that have already confirmed their participation are 2 teams from Rwanda, 3 from Austria, 2 from the Czech Republic, 1 from Egypt, 1 from Italy, 2 from Slovenia, 1 from Denmark, 1 from Greece, and 1 from Norway.
Of the 11 confirmed women’s teams, there are 2 teams from Rwanda, 2 from Austria, 1 from the Netherlands, 2 from Slovenia, 2 from Switzerland, 1 from Ukraine, and 1 from Scotland.
Rwanda Governing board of Volleyball, FRVB the organizer of the Rubavu Beach Volleyball, also announced that other teams could be added, which will be done no later than 30 days before the start of the tournament.
Rwanda hosted this kind of tournament (Rubavu Beach Volleyball) in 2019. The games were held in Rubavu on the shores of Lake Kivu, but it was a 1 star where Japan’s Shoji and Kurasaka defeated England’s Javier and Joaquin at the semi-final stage to clinch a spot at the final. The Japanese later faced a tough opponent in Denmark’s Overgaard and Jacob in a tightly contested match in which they came back to win 2-1 (12-21, 21-17, and 17-15) and claim gold.
In the lady’s competitions, The Netherlands’ Mexime and Iris won in the women’s final 2-0 (21-16, 23-21) over Denmark’s Signe and Cecile. Rwanda Emerged 4th.
