Canadian Fan Events for 2022: Indoor, Beach, Snow and Sitting

While fans were treated to some exceptional volleyball in 2021 with the Olympics and the VNL, 2022 will have even more to keep us entertained. For the first time in years, Canada will get to play host to some of the world’s biggest international games in both men’s and women’s competition.

Volleyball Nations League

The 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League sees the best 16 men’s and 16 women’s participating teams fight for VNL supremacy at venues in Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

Women

May 31-July 3

The 2022 FIVB Women’s Nations League will not be hosted in one site this year (as it was in 2021, when it was all played in Italy). VNL will once again take teams on the road and see a number of different host cities around the world. Canada will return to the tournament after finishing 14^th last year. Coach Winzer knows the importance of this tournament and staying in VNL. The highlight for Canadians is that Calgary will be hosting Week 3 from June 28-July 3^rd

This tournament includes Belgium Brazil, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and the US.  

Men

May 31 -July 3

The 2022 FIVB Men’s Nations League will also feature different host sites around the globe for pool play. The Canadian men’s team will feature some big changes, with recent retirement of Captain Gord Perrin and new head coach, Ben Josephson. Coach Josephson is excited to get started as the Men’s new coach. Another highlight is that Canada will be hosting week 1 in Ottawa June 7-12^th.

Teams include Argentina, Australia Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and the US.

world championships

August 26 – September 11

The Men’s Championship will be hosted by Russia. Ironically, Russia will not be allowed to participate under their flag, but will instead be called VFR as per doping sanctions still in place. The teams competing are Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey USA and VFR.

The Canadian Women’s Team has not qualified for the World Championships which are taking place in Poland and the Netherlands

CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour

February 20 & March 4-6

Snow volleyball! Never heard of it? You will! It is the fastest-growing sectors of volleyball and  more and more fans are tuning in to developing projects like the CEV Snow Volleyball Tour. Recently, the CEV announced two stopovers for the 2022 Tour: Kahranmanmaras in Turkey (18-20 February) and Tarvisio in Italy (4-6 March).

Kahramanmaras will be hosting its first event, though neighboring cities of Mt. Uludag and Kayseri-Erciyes hosted successful events in recent years. Tarvisio, located in Northern Italy, will also be hosting its first major snow volleyball event.

If you’re interested in seeing some snow volleyball in Canada, check out the Chinook Blast in Calgary for a demonstration.

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour

Though there’s no championship scheduled for beach volleyball in 2022, Volleyball World recently announced the launch of an inaugural World Tour. The tour will see teams compete at some of the world’s most famous venues and beaches, from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro to the iconic resort of Gstaad (Switzerland).

With Canada sporting some of the top teams in the world and a new team on the men’s side, it will be an exciting time to watch international beach.

With many domestic events cancelled in 2020 and 2021, we are excited for events to return. Here are a list of domestic events and dates.

Sitting Volleyball World Championships

May 18-24

Canada’s men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams has qualified for the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Hangzhou, China. The men qualified as the highest ranked team that did not qualify, and the women qualified through their Pan American ranking.

USPORTS Championships

March 25-27

The 2022 U SPORTS Men’s and Women’s Championships are scheduled to be held at The University of Winnipeg and The University of Calgary respectively. You can see which leagues are playing and which are in COVID restrictions and how it may impact the Championships

CCAA

March 9-12

The 2022 CCAA Men’s and Women’s Championships are scheduled to be held at Cegep Limoilou in Quebec, QC and Holland College, in Charlottetown PE.

Volleyball Canada Club Championships

Beach Nationals – Toronto – Aug 19-21

Senior Nationals – Edmonton – May 14-15th

Youth Nationals – May 5-24