Sri Lanka Volleyball Association(SLVA) will host the first ever Galaxy Cup Volleyball Championship which will be sponsored by Chinese companies,
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at a ceremony on Wednesday which was attended by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Vice President of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation, Kanchana Jayaratne.
Speaking at the ceremony, Siyambalapitiya said that volleyball is Sri Lanka’s national sport and such a tournament funded by Chinese companies will be a historic moment for the sport in the country.
“We have had so many volleyball tournaments in Sri Lanka’s history but this is going to be the first time that a foreign company is sponsoring a tournament. Hence this is going to create a new path for the future of Sri Lankan volleyball,” Siyambalapitiya said.
The tournament will be held from March 16 to 23 2021 with the participation of 10 men’s teams and eight women’s teams.
Vice President Jayaratne said the Sri Lanka Volleyball Association planned to hold five national volleyball tournaments in 2021, with the Chinese sponsored Galaxy Cup Volleyball Championship being the biggest event in Sri Lanka’s volleyball history to date.
The Chinese promoter of the volleyball tournament said that Chinese enterprises not only hoped to improve the level of volleyball in Sri Lanka with the support and cooperation of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Association, but also expand the areas of cooperation between China and Sri Lanka and enhance sports exchanges between the two countries.
The game of volleyball was introduced to Sri Lanka back in 1916 and it was a three member committee in 1992 that decided to make volleyball the national sport of Sri Lanka.
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