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Event Name
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Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour - Adelaide Australia Open
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Promoter
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Australian Volleyball Federation
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Dates
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March 25-30 2008
25 March - Country Quota Playoff
25-26 March - Qualifying Tournament
27-30 March - Main Draw
(subject to FIVB approval)
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Venue
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Glenelg Foreshore, Adelaide South Australia
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Category
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Double Gender Open Event. Each gender is classified as a different event. i.e. Australia is running 2 events.
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Prize Money
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US$350,000 ($175,000 per gender inc bonus pool)
Winner US$32,000 (team total per gender plus bonus pool)
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Team Numbers
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32 teams per gender in Main Draw.
Maximum of 2 teams from the same country to gain direct entry. 24 teams have direct entry.
Up to 64 teams per gender in Qualifying Tournament competing for 8 positions. Maximum of 4 teams from the same country to compete.
Country Quota to be played if 1 country has more than 4 teams in the Qualifying Tournament per gender.
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Aussie Athletes
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Josh Slack & Andrew Schacht - 13th in 2007 with a 3rd in Switzerland World Championships
Natalie Cook & Tamsin Barnett - 14th in 2007 with a 1st in Korea
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Countries
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Expecting approx 30-35 different nations to compete
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Media Statistics (from 2007)
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Summary
189 Broadcast Hours available
Primary footage to 177 countries
Potential primary audience of 620 million (ie TV Households)
News distributiond to 200+ countries
There were 14 x 52 minute highlights summaries produced
International Distribution per region
Europe 158,555,000 Households
Middle East/India 66,000,000 Households
Asia Pacific 230,500,600 Households
Americas 156,800,000 Households
Africa 12,000 000 Households
International hours of programming 1,294
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Grandstand
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3000 seats (500 VIP & 2500 General Admission)
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Courts
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6 playing courts, 2 warm up courts, 1 activity court
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Staff
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Approx 250 paid staff and volunteers
4 x Full time staff from October 2007
Planning Committee from June 2007
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History
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First world Tour event in Australia since 1997 in Melbourne. First International Beach Volleyball event since 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane. 2000 Sydney Olympics with Natalie Cook and Kerry Pottharst wining gold. All 3 Olympic Beach Volleyball events have had at least 2 Australian Mens and 2 Australian Womens teams compete. 1986 saw the first Australian National Event and the first FIVB World Tour event.
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2008 Tour
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First event in 2008. Part of the Beijing Olympic Qualifying period. 21 Womens & 20 Mens events planned for 2008.
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Main Draw
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62 games per gender
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Qualification
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Maximum of 56 games per gender
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Country Quota
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Subject to competing countries
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Time Frame
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Entries close 1 month before start of event.
Construction to begin approx 10th March 2008 Finish on site approx 9th April 2008
Tickets on sale 3rd December 2007
Center court on Mosley Square with 280m3 of sand
Adelaide will host this event from 2008-2012 with plans to continue past 2012.
Australian National Tour Finals 21-23 March 2008 (Easter weekend)
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Ticket Prices
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General Admission 25-29(am) Free (face value @ $15 per day)
$15.80 for Semi Finals + Transaction fees
$19.10 for Bronze Finals + Transaction fees
$24.60 for Gold Finals + Transaction fees
VIP Tickets and packages TBA
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Volleyball in Australia
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Aprox 20,000 people play each week in Australia
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