Mexico returns to FIVB World Tour this week in Chetumal

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 22, 2018 - For the first time in three seasons, the FIVB World Tour returns to Mexico as Chetumal as the Yucatán Peninsula city of 150,000 inhabitants hosts the planet's "elite" women's Beach Volleyball players starting Wednesday.

The US$75,000 Chetumal Open is the seventh FIVB World Tour event to be staged in Mexico éxico regresa a FIVB World Tour esta semana en Chetumal

The seventh women's event on the 2018-2019 World Tour calendar, the inaugural Chetumal Open will also be the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event to be played on the eastern side of Mexico with other international tournaments being in Acapulco (1999, 2005, 2006), Rosarito (2000) and Puerto Vallarta (2014 and 2015).

The Chetumal Open marks the end of five-straight weeks of FIVB action as the World Tour visited China, Iran and the United States before traveling to Mexico for an event that earned Beach Volleyball teams points and participation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.