Today in Sanya, Hainan was opened international women's volleyball tournament Swatch FIVB World Tour 2011. The tournament will run until May 1, 2011. The tournament will be held in the usual way. First qualifying tournament, which takes place on the usual Olympic system with knock-out, missing parties determines the main grid. But in the main grid (32 teams ) play on the system " to two defeats". That is, after the first round of 16 teams, the winners (Winners) form one half of the new grid is already at 32, and 16 losers (Loozers) - the other half of this grid. Now the semi-finals the team played the usual Olympic circuit, but more to identify participants semi final match of each half play did not mesh with each other (Winners-Winners and Loozers-Loozers), and cross- matches, ie Winners-Loozers and Loozers-Winners, so that in the final had the opportunity to meet the two best teams Winners. The match is played with up to 2 to win the game. The first two games will be played to 21 points. The team that first scores 21 points (with 2 points ) wins the game. If the game continues until 20:20 until account reaches a difference in the two points. In this case, no account restrictions. At the tournament will feature more than 60 teams from 26 countries. Prize fund of Swatch FIVB World Tour 2011 is 190 thousand U.S. dollars. For the tournament are invited spectators. To get to the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2011 in Sanya City you can own, without the aid of guides, address of the venue listed in Chinese on the photo above-just show it to any taxi driver in the Sanya. News about sports in Hainan Island can be found here: http://hainanwel.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=40