FIVB and CEV join forces to provide National Federations hosting European Age Group Championships with official Gerflor courts

The FIVB and European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) have joined forces in their development efforts in Europe and announced that ten National Federations (NFs) hosting the CEV Age Group European Championships will receive an official Gerflor court equally funded by both organisations.

With the aim to further develop volleyball all over the world, FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° and CEV President Aleksandar Boričić confirmed that the valuable equipment will be provided to NFs across Europe as part of the FIVB’s and CEV’s Volleyball Development programmes.

The support will represent an investment of over 300,000 USD, and both organisations will equally share the costs to provide the NFs with the best-in-class flooring, three-colour Gerflor Taraflex Performance - 9mm 693m2 courts.

FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° said:

“The FIVB is delighted to join forces with the CEV to further support our European National Federations. Hosting the Age Group Championships is an important step in developing volleyball and discovering new talent, and we look forward to incredible action across the European countries while ensuring world-class equipment for the players to perform on.”

CEV President Aleksandar Boričić said:

“The ongoing partnership between the FIVB and CEV is once again bringing great results to the European National Federations, as ten floors have now been allocated to the hosts of our European Age Group Championships. We are delighted to see a variety of European countries ready to host these important events, including some Federations taking on this challenge for the very first time in their history, and it is a great pleasure for us to support them even further in our joint mission to develop volleyball across Europe.”

The following NFs will benefit from the 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)