FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° and European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) President Aleksandar Boričić have officially signed ten contracts to provide the National Federations (NFs) hosting the CEV Age Group European Championships with an official Gerflor court equally funded by both organisations.

Last month, the FIVB and CEV announced the initiative to join forces with the aim of further developing volleyball all over the word. Now that the contracts have been officially signed, ten NFs in Europe will receive valuable equipment as part of the FIVB’s and CEV’s volleyball development programmes. The investment of over 300,000 USD is being shared equally by both organisations to support the NFs with the best-in-class flooring, three-colour Gerflor Taraflex Performance - 9mm 693m2 courts.

FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° said:

“I am delighted to sign all the contracts today to further support our European National Federations alongside the CEV. I hope that this equipment support will empower countries to host more events at various levels and further develop our sport worldwide.”

CEV President Aleksandar Boričić said:

“It is a pleasure to join the FIVB President today at the FIVB Headquarters to sign the contracts for ten floors that have been allocated to the hosts of our European Age Group Championships. I am sure that this valuable support will facilitate the organisation of the CEV Age Group European Championships as some of the hosts take on this challenge for the first time ever.”  

The following NFs are benefitting from the FIVB and

CEV joint development project:

·       Volleyball Federation of Armenia, hosting the CEV U17 Volleyball European Championships 2025 (Men)

·       Volleyball Federation of Cyprus, hosting the CEV U18 Volleyball European Championships 2024 (Women)

·       Volleyball Federation of Faroe Islands, hosting the CEV U17 Volleyball European Championships 2025 (Women)

·       Volleyball Federation of Georgia, hosting the CEV U18 Volleyball European Championships 2022 (Men)

·       Volleyball Federation of Hungary, hosting the CEV U16 Volleyball European Championships 2023 (Women) together with Serbia

·       Volleyball Federation of Ireland, hosting the CEV U20 Volleyball European Championships 2024 (Women)

·       Volleyball Federation of Iceland, hosting the CEV U17 Volleyball European Championships 2025 (Women)

·       Volleyball Federation of North Macedonia, hosting the CEV U19 Volleyball European Championships 2022 (Women)

·       Volleyball Federation of Montenegro, hosting the CEV U17 Volleyball European Championships 2023 (Men)

·       Volleyball Federation of Scotland, hosting the CEV U20 Volleyball European Volleyball Championships 2024 (Women)