Sri Lanka to host World Military Beach Volleyball Championship from Monday

The World Military Beach Volleyball Championship, organized for the fourth time by the International Military Sports Council, will be held for the first time in Sri Lanka. All arrangements have been made to hold the military sports event from February 13 to 17 at Negombo beach. Military beach volleyball players representing eight countries are expected to participate at this Championship and the opening ceremony will be held on February 12. This year’s tournament is expected to be highly competitive with the participation of players from Colombia, Germany, France, Netherlands, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and the hosts, Sri Lanka with 16 men’s teams and nine women’s teams vying for honours.

The Awarding Ceremony will be held on February 17 at Goldi Sands Hotel at 10.00 am

This year, the Sri Lankan Military, hosts the Championship under the supervision of the President of the Defense Services Sports Board and the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Council, the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana and also with the support of the Commander of the SL Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage and the Commander of the SL Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera.

The International Military Sport Council (CISM) was founded on the February 18, 1948 and organizes various sporting events for the armed forces worldwide. CISM brings together military personnel from all its 133 member nations who may previously have met on the battlefield while enabling them to strengthen their friendship on the playing field.

This is in accordance with the philosophy and the ideals outlined in the CISM’s mission statement, signed by all the member countries.