FIVB BVB in the Snow?

[bvbfan88]

I was just looking ahead to the 2018 FIVB Calendar to see if i could attend any events. 
(www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Calendar.asp)

I see that The Hague (Netherlands) has moved from June this year to early January next year. At the time of writing this Accuweather predicts freezing temperatures and snow for the matches.
www.accuweather.com/en/nl/the-hague/251687/month/251687?monyr=1/01/2018


Are there any minimum temperatures before tournaments get cancelled? No point booking ferries etc if it's likely not to go ahead.

[guest2]

I think that may be an indoor venue, no other way it could be in Amsterdam in January. That said, Moscow this year got down into the 30s I believe

[wlwii]

Isn’t that 2017 beach calendar?

[tamz]

Oct 28, 2017 7:15:01 GMT -5 wlwii said:

Isn’t that 2017 beach calendar?

You can change to 2018 and then apply filter.

That’s a 4-star event so I wonder if the teams will play then.

And 5-star event in Ft. Lauderdale in late Feb. — early March!! Yay! Another event in the US!

[bvbfan88]

Oct 28, 2017 8:30:14 GMT -5 tamz said:

Oct 28, 2017 7:15:01 GMT -5 wlwii said:

Isn’t that 2017 beach calendar?

You can change to 2018 and then apply filter.

That’s a 4-star event so I wonder if the teams will play then.

And 5-star event in Ft. Lauderdale in late Feb. — early March!! Yay! Another event in the US!

Sorry.  The link seems to always default back to the 2017 calendar

The Hague was a 3* event in 2017, and like you say it's been promoted to a 4* for 2018. I've just checked the FIVB regs, this requires a seating capacity of 2500-3000, as well as the competition courts, warm-up courts, sponsor village etc. I wonder if there is a large enough indoor venue which won't mind being covered with tons of sand.   

It's great that they are trying to spread the tournaments out more so that they don't all take place in the Summer, I just can't work out the logistics! 

[timvb17]

It is an indoor event. Should be fun! 300k tournament