The Sports Bureau (ID) announced in a statement on Friday that the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League (VNL) will hold its Macau stop of the championship from May 28 to June 2 next year, highlighting that the Chinese women’s volleyball team will compete in the Macau leg of the multi-city tournament with the other seven world volleyball teams.
The other seven teams are Brazil, the Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands and Thailand, the statement said.
According to the statement, the six-day event is authorised by the Swiss-based International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and co-hosted by the Sports Bureau, Galaxy Entertainment Group and the China Macau Volleyball Association.
A total of six stages around the world will be set up, with each stage to be held for six days, and eight participating teams will play 16 matches, the statement said.
Ticketing information will be released in due course, and members of the public can check the Sports Bureau’s website www.sport.gov.mo, or follow the “Macau Sports Events” Facebook page for more timely updates.
This undated handout photo provided by the Sports Bureau (ID) on Friday shows China playing Thailand in a previous FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.
