Approved by China University Sports Association, hosted by China University Sports Association Volleyball Branch, Laizhou Municipal People’s Government and Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd., and hosted by Shandong Laizhou Industrial Park, Sanshandao Sub-district Office, Laizhou Sports Office and Laizhou Gold Coast tourism real estate Co., Ltd., the "China Laizhou Sanshandao Gold Coast Cup National University Student Beach Volleyball Championship" was held in the beautiful Sanshandao Gold Coast on the morning of July 3.
At 9: 00 am on the 3rd, the opening ceremony of "China Laizhou Sanshan Island Gold Coast Cup 4th National College Students Beach Volleyball Championship" was officially held. Yang Liguo, Secretary-General of the Joint Secretariat of the Student Sports Association of the Ministry of Education, Zhu Wanjin, Honorary Chairman of the Volleyball Branch of China University Sports Association, Yang Qingshan, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd., Liu Guoqing, Deputy Secretary-General of the Volleyball Branch of China University Sports Association, Mei Yaning, Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Education and Physical Education of Shandong Province, Li Chengjun, Vice Chairman of the Volleyball Branch of China University Sports Association, and leaders of Laizhou City Yang Hongxu, Li Ming, Sun Yueting, Liu Jufeng and Liang Yanxia attended the opening ceremony.
At the athletes’ admission ceremony, about 300 athletes from 36 universities, including Tsinghua, Peking University and Shandong University, and 59 teams marched into the stadium.
After the flag-raising ceremony, Li Ming, deputy secretary of Laizhou Municipal Committee and mayor, first extended a warm welcome to the leaders, guests, referees, coaches and athletes attending the opening ceremony on behalf of Laizhou Municipal Committee, Municipal Government and 860,000 Laizhou people! I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to sponsors such as Shandong Gold Group and various news media who care about and support this tournament! Li Ming said that Laizhou is a city with prosperous economy, harmonious society, beautiful environment and full of vitality. It is a coastal city that loves sports and has superior conditions and mass base for hosting competitive sports events such as beach sports and water sports. The National College Students Beach Volleyball Championship was held in Laizhou, which provided a rare opportunity for Laizhou to expand foreign exchanges and cooperation and promote the development of sports, tourism, culture and other industries. As the host, Laizhou will do its best to provide first-class service for the success of this tournament.
In his speech, Liu Guoqing, vice-chairman of the Volleyball Branch of China University Sports Association, first expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Laizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and Shandong Laizhou Industrial Park for hosting the tournament, and extended cordial greetings to the participating teams. He said that the purpose of college students’ sports competition should be "educating people", and he hoped that this competition would become a big stage for college students to exchange feelings and improve the level of volleyball, and that this competition would become a model competition with the best service and the highest level.
This competition is a large-scale national competition, with the theme of "Harmonious Laizhou, Welcome to the Olympics". The beach volleyball competition for college students in China started in 2005 and is held once a year. Last year, Laizhou hosted the third volleyball competition at a high level for the first time. This competition is the one with the largest number of participants and the largest number of teams. There are professional groups and amateur groups in the competition, especially the women’s group has Asian level, which is of great significance to promoting beach volleyball in China. (Laizhou feed)
Editor: Liu Li
