Rarotonga, Cook Islands, December 1, 2019 – The Cook Islands will have the honour of being the first Oceania country outside Australia to organise an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament when they host a tournament in January.
The tournament is a men-only 1-Star and will run over three days from January 14 to 17. It is one of 17 1-Star tournaments in the 2019-2020 season and follows on from an event in Qeshm, Iran from January 7 to 10.
There are 41 events in the World Tour calendar with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament also taking place in 2020 from Saturday July 25 to Saturday August 8 and the FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships to be held in Thailand from September 1 to 6.