From Inside the Games:
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed that next year’s Beach Volleyball World Championships will instead be moved to 2022 to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The event is now planned to be held in June 2022 and will remain in Italian capital Rome.
Following a “meticulous review”, the FIVB said it had agreed with organisers including the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and Italian Volleyball Federation that moving the event was the best course of action.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed by a year in light of the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought almost all of the world’s elite sport to a standstill.
Numerous events due to be held in 2021 have had to be moved as a result, with the Beach Volleyball World Championships joining a list which already included the World Athletics Championships.
Foro Italico, which hosted the 2019 edition on the Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, will be the venue for the World Championships in Rome.
“We believe that rescheduling the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships was the best solution in light of the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020,” FIVB President Ary Graça said.