1996 European Beach Volleyball Championships
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The 1996 European Beach Volleybal Championships
were held in August, 1996 in Pescara
, Italy
. It was the fourth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the third time.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
were held in August, 1996 in Pescara
Pescara
Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It was the fourth official edition of the men's event, which started in 1993, while the women competed for the third time.
Men's competition
| RANK | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4. |
Women's competition
| RANK | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4. |