Sri Lanka will host first ever Asian Volleyball Conferdation Men's Challenge Cup powered by Ultra Speed Dialog 4G home broadband as the principal sponsor at the Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo in September. This was revealed to the media during a press briefing at the Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo yesterday.
The tournament will spike off on September 15 and the grand final will be worked off on September 22 at the same venue under the auspices of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Teams from eight countries including Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bangaladesh, Mongolia and Iraq will battle it out for the supremacy in this year's tournament. Navy and Sports Ministry indoor courts will be used as practice venues.
"We are happy to organize this championship for the first time. Volleyball is National sports and we are to conduct the first ever international tournament. As a federation we thank Dialog Axiata who came forward to support us. Volleyball is very famous at the grassroot level. We are very happy with the recent performances of Sri Lanka national volleyball team. We expect our team to continue the winning streak and deliver good results in this tournament," said President of SLVF, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
An official from the Sports Ministry said that it is a great achievement by the Volleyball Federation of Sri Lanka to host this big event without any financial support from the State. "This is a great opportunity to Sri Lanka to climb in the Asian Ranking table and hopefully our spikers will make use of this chance to the fullest," he said.
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