The Nestea European Championship Tour (or the European Beach Volleyball Tour) is a European
beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...
tour organised by the
European Volleyball Confederation
The European Volleyball Confederation (french: Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or ''CEV'') is the continental sports governing body, governing body for the sports of volleyball, indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, and snow volleyball ...
(CEV). It is the highest ranked European series of beach volleyball tournaments.
The tour was previously known as the European Championship Tour, before the CEV 2003 signed a sponsorship deal with
Nestea
Nestea is a Switzerland, Swiss brand of iced tea and pop beverages owned by Nestlé, manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company and distributed by Nestlé's beverage department in the United States and by Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW),[European Beach Volleyball Championships
The European Beach Volleyball Championship (or the Nestea European Championship Final) is a unisex sport competition for national teams in the sport of beach volleyball. The championship is held annually by the CEV (the European volleyball feder ...]
. From the 2018 season onwards, the Satellite and Masters events have been merged into the
FIVB World Tour, but are still organised by the CEV.
Challenger and Satellite
The Challenger and Satellite events are a series of
grassroots
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tournaments that serve as a developmental circuit for the
FIVB World Tour. These tournaments award less prize money (€4,000–15,000) and
FIVB ranking points than Masters events.
The Challenger and Satellite circuit was previously organised by the FIVB, who handed over the organising of these events to the continental volleyball confederations in 2009.
Masters
In the 2017 season, Masters events awarded €25,000 in prize money per gender with a 12–16 team
main draw.
Medal table by country
Medal table as of September 3, 2008.
This includes the results of every tournament, since the tour began in 2003.
See also
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Beach Volleyball World Tour
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' ( FIVB), the ...
References
External links
Official site
Beach volleyball competitions
Nestlé
Recurring events established in 2003
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