President Eirik Sørdahl bekrefter at det ikke blir noe arrangement i Stavanger 2017. FIVB publiserte nylig sin kalender for sandvolleyball i 2017 uten Norge som arrangørland. Med manglende støtte fra vertskommunen var det uaktuelt for volleyballforbundet å ta høy økonomisk risiko nok et år.

Det blir ikke arrangert noen større internasjonal beachvolleyballturnering i Stavanger i 2017 i regi av NVBF eller NVE (Norway Volleyball Event). Etter årets OL-kvalifisering fremkom det relativt liten entusiasme fra det politiske miljøet i Stavanger med henblikk på mulighetene for en ny treårig avtale. NVE vil på sin side ikke dra i gang noen arrangement uten at kostnadssiden i arrangementene er tilfredsstillende dekket, og denne dekningen er ikke på plass i Stavanger. (sitat Eirik Sørdahl  1. desember 2016)

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2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar

• January 12-14 – Pacific Harbour, Fiji (One star, double gender)
• February 7-12 – Fort Lauderdale Major, Fort Lauderdale, United States (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
• February 15-18 – Kish Island, Iran (Three star, men only)
• March 3-5 – Shepparton, Australia (One star, double gender)
• March 17-19 – Sydney, Australia (Two star, women only)
• April 15-16 – Selangor, Malaysia (One star, double gender)
• April 20-23 – Xiamen, China (Three star, double gender)
• May 3-7 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Three star, double gender) – To be confirmed
• May 11-14 – Prague, Czech Republic (Four star, double gender) – To be confirmed
• May 23-28 – Lucerne, Switzerland (Four star, double gender)
• May 31-June 4 – Moscow, Russia (Three star, double gender)
• June 7-11 – Rome, Italy (Five star, double gender)
• June 17-18 – Principality of Monaco (One star, women only)
• June 27-July 2 – Poreč Major, Poreč, Croatia (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
• July 4-9 – Gstaad Major, Gstaad, Switzerland (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
• July 11-16 – Nanjing, China (U21 World Championship, double gender)
• July 14-16 – Daegu, Korea (One star, women only)
• July 20-23 – Olsztyn, Poland (Three star – Category TBC, double gender)
• July 20-22 – Ulsan, Korea (One star, women only)
• July 21-23 – Agadir Beach, Morocco (One star, double gender)
• July 28-30 – Espinho, Portugal (Two star, men only)
• July 28-August 6 – Vienna, Austria for the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships (Double gender)
• August 8-13 – Hamburg Major, Hamburg, Germany (Five star, Swatch Major Series, double gender)
• August 22-27 – Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in Canada (double gender)
• October 11-15 – Qinzhou, China (Three star, double gender)