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It was a real gold medal match for the SCA Women’s Championship crown when Iceland took on the reigning Champions from Scotland in a thrilling five-set match. It was clear from the start the gold medal match was a repetition of the pool phase where Scotland beat Iceland, 3-2. This gold medal match was aContinue reading “Iceland claimed the 2023 SCA Women’s Championships title in Luxembourg”

Malta surprises Ireland with 3-2 win in the pool phase The last match of the pool phase in pool A concluded today when Malta played Ireland. It was a five sets tight match with a lot of excitement as both teams were fighting for the place in the semifinals. In short Malta edged over IrelandContinue reading “Iceland and Scotland will fight for Gold”

Iceland beat Northern Ireland in the opening match of the SCA Women’s Championships. Iceland was the better team on the court against Northern Ireland, winning the match in straight 3 sets, 25-18, 25-19 and 25-15. In the third set Northern Ireland took the lead 11-7, but after that it was like the game had shifted andContinue reading “Hosts advance to semi finals after Day 1”

As part of the CEV School Project ‘Play Volleyball – Grow with it’, this year the Malta Volleyball Association (MVA) had the opportunity to promote Volleyball with many students in primary schools during events called Active Fridays. The events were organised by the PE & Sport Department at the MEYR Centre for Physical Education andContinue reading “Active Friday events a major success in Malta”

The 2023 edition of the Small Countries Association (SCA) Volleyball Championships for men’s and women’s ‘senior’ national teams are taking place in the coming weeks. The women’s competition will be hosted in Luxembourg from May 26-28 and the SCA Men’s Championship is organised by Scotland from June 15-17 in Edinburgh. In total 12 teams willContinue reading “SCA ‘senior’ championships coming up in Luxembourg and Scotland”

Following two qualifying tournaments, four boys’ and four girls’ teams fought it out in the Finals of the school competition run by the Malta Volleyball Association (MVA) in conjunction with the ‘Play Volleyball – Grow with it’ project, which were held on Thursday, April 27, at the Cottonera Sports Complex. These eight teams had emergedContinue reading “Thrilling Finals for Year 9 & 10 Boys and Girls Schools in Malta”

The first phase of the CEV School Project in Northern Ireland ‘Coaching the Coaches’ has come to an end, and the second phase, known as ‘Coaching the Children’ has kicked off with training sessions in primary schools across the province. This second phase lasted for three months, from February until April. During this time, teachersContinue reading “Over 60 schools in Northern Ireland put on volleyball map thanks to CEV School Project”

April means Beach Volleyball, at least in Ireland! The Beach Volleyball school championships were established by Volleyball Ireland last year in two coastal areas and this year expanded to a third location. This allows Volleyball Ireland to deliver the three events in all three provinces – Leinster, Connacht, and Munster. With all three events soldContinue reading “School Project sparks Beach Volleyball buzz across Ireland”

Last week the 2023 Veteran Volleyball Tournament in Iceland brought together participants from all over the country to the towns of Akureyri and Husavik, which are close to the northernmost circle of latitude that marks the Arctic circle, renowned for its midnight sun. With 153 volleyball teams participating. It was necessary to split this year’sContinue reading “2023 Iceland biggest Volleyball Tournament”

These past months, CEV School Project activities have been running in full swing across the Faroe Islands. Many schools have received visits from volleyball clubs, where much work has been done towards the school tournaments in Kidsvolley. In the month of March alone, as many as five school tournaments have taken place across the archipelagoContinue reading “Some 650 pupils contest school tournaments across Faroe Islands in March alone”