The 65th South American Confederation Congress ends in Río de Janeiro, Brazil – Volleyball news
The famous Brazilian City Rio de Janeiro hosted the 65th edition of South American Confederation (CSV) Congress this past Saturday.
The congress was attended by delegates from the 12 CSV affiliated federations. The President of CSV, Dr Ary Graca, was joined by 11 other presidents of the associated federations. The members of the congress talked about different issues and recapped the
progress in the previous year.
Dr Ary Graca highlighted the events that CSV successfully conducted in the 2011. He told that the South American Continent hosted three World Championships in 2011 and showed great organization and quality in carrying out the events. The Girls’ Under-16
South American Championship, which took place in Uruguay, was real highlight of the season. Likewise, Under-17 Boys’ Volleyball Championship in Ecuador was equally important. Both events were organised for the first time and proved to be huge success. The
CSV received great compliments from coaches who supervised the matches during those events.
The CSV totally supported the associated federations in organising events and managing the operations. The CSV invested a lot of money in sending technical staff and coaches to participate in countries which belonged to the federation.
The President of Ecuador Volleyball Federation, Jorge Granja, said, “The support of the CSV was essential to increase the number of participating teams by 80 per cent and the level of Ecuadorian athletes. As in volleyball, with the creation of the children
category, we promoted the development of the sport in our country.”
On the other hand, the president of the Bolivian Volleyball Federation Ezequiel Machicado opined that they got a helping hand from CSV in the form of donation for the travel tickets. It allowed more number of teams to attend the qualifying tournaments in
different Bolivian cities. He appreciated the support of CSV that has enabled Bolivia to maintain 10 women’s and 12 men’s teams. According to him, the situation in Bolivia has tremendously improved with the help of CSV.
The Confederation South American de Volleyball organised record number of volleyball and beach volleyball events in the previous season. A total of 10 volleyball events and 11 beach volleyball competitions were held in various parts of the continent in 2011.
Moreover, the South American teams took part in 12 competitions organised outside the region. Hence, the year 2011 brought a lot of luck and success for CSV.
Dr. Graca concluded, “The CSV will go on supporting volleyball because it is the shortest possible path for the poorest countries to get involved in international volleyball. The FIVB proposal helped 142 countries to play beach volleyball and participate
in different international competitions.”
In the end, the prospects of upcoming events in 2012 and 2013 were also brought under attention.
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