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The 2010 German Volleyball Federation event is the highest-ranking tournament series – as a rule, whomever was at the Beach event in recent years, comes back. The event is not only for diehard volleyball fans as the event is highly addictive for anyone watching. In addition to the main event, the smart beach tour offers nine national events between mid May and Late August that are not to missed. The highlight of the tour is the Germans at the smart beach volleyball championships on Timmendorfer Beach between August 27-29, 2010.

The prelude to the popular beach-tournament series is the Frankfurt event between May 14-16. It already draws in the the second biggest crowd of the best beach volleyball players of northern Germany in the north of the country.

Then it goes on tour in Hamburg (Port City), Münster (Hindenburgplatz) Fehmarn (South Beach), Bonn (Cathedral Square), Leipzig (Augustus Square) and St. Peter Ording until the final tournament at the Timmendorfer beach. Hamburg and Münster celebrate the tournament series as both cities are well-known volleyball strongholds.

The German Volleyball Association tournament series events will run from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. The qualifying rounds begins Friday at noon. Up to 10 men’s and women’s teams compete in the evening for one of the coveted four main draw spots. Tthe finals start Saturday morning with the culmination of the exciting finals on Sunday afternoon.

Since 2006, smart has been the title sponsor of the Beach Volleyball Series. Each year, about 300,000 fans attend the smart beach tour tournaments. In addition, smart is the presenting partner of the Beach Volleyball European Championship, from August 11-15 which takes place in Berlin. The European Championship is peak season of the European beach volleyball, in which Europe’s 24 best women’s and men’s teams compete for a prize of 200,000 euros.

The world champion and European champion, from 2009, Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann, as well as the German champions from 2009, Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler, are also supported by smart and fan favorite for the German title.