BOSSABALL RIYADH EID EVENT (OCTOBER 1st - 3rd)

The Municipality of Riyadh  presents bossaball in this year’s celebration program for Eid Al-fitr,  which marks the end of the fasting of Ramadan.  Riyadh Eid Festival is the most prestigious show in the Middle East.

Bossaball initiations, demonstrations and matches take place at the indoor hall of the “Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium in the Al Malaz Quarter on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October 2008, between 4pm and midnight.

More info about the festival on alriyadh.gov.sa/1 and the following pages.

BOSSABALL JEDDAH EID EVENT (OCTOBER 4th - 8th)

Bossaball shows will be organized in Jeddah at TRIPLE M Sports Facility at King Abdul Aziz Road Jeddah on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th of October 2008.

Both events feature two international Bossaball Master teams from Brazil and Europe.

This post contains media of bossaball activities in the Middle East, during the summer of 2008.

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Pictures :

More picture galleries soon on pictures.bossaball.net

Newspapers and magazines articles (in Arabic) :

As we already posted here before, bossaball was invited at the dutch fanbase site “Oranjecamping” in Switzerland during the EURO 2008 UEFA European football Championship.

One day, various ex-international soccer players from the Netherlands paid a visit to the fans of the national team and were spending some time on the domain.

They saw some people playing bossaball and just couldn’t resist.
They jumped onto the bossaball court and started having a ball.
Check the video to see the action.

Names of the players :
John van den Brom : Ajax Amsterdam, Istanbulspor, Dutch national team
Aron Winter : Ajax Amsterdam, Lazio Roma, Dutch national team
Richard Witschge : Ajax Amsterdam, FC Barcelona, Dutch national team

Bossaball has been invited to the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, which will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 15 June 2008.

Rendez-vous at the Dutch fanbase site Oranjecamping in Interlaken, Switzerland for demos and matches.

Sponsored by Heineken and the Johan Cruyff foundation.

Fian Trading Inc. , bossaball promotor in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain, confirmed the first official bossaball event in Saudi Arabia.

Bossaball initiations, demonstrations and matches on the coast of the Red Sea at the Summer Festival 2008 in Jeddah, the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia, between the 3th and the 25th of July.

Organized by the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the Summer Festival attracts millions of tourists and holidaymakers from within Saudi Arabia and neighboring Arab and Gulf countries.

Bossaball Germany presents the Official Opening Show for this year’s activities on the 30th of May in Berlin.

More info on Bossaball Germany.

The event takes place in the Sredzkistrasse in front of the KulturBrauerei in the historical center of Berlin.

More pictures soon.

Bossaball partnered up with Hongkong based marketing agency SMI (Sport Match International Ltd.) to market bossaball in the Asia Pacific Region.

First activities start this summer.

More info on this blog and on www.bossaball-asia.com soon.

Some graphics from bossaball-asia.com :

Nevobo ( Dutch Volleyball League ) sets up a bossaball tour in The Netherlands.

You can try out bossaball for yourself on following dates.
Talented players will be selected for the demonstration teams.

NeVoBo Tour Dates :

30/3 - Indoorsportcentrum - Eindhoven
06/4 - Sporthal Asterlo - Rotterdam
13/4 - Sportstad Heerenveen - Heerenveen
20/4 - Sportcentrum Merwestein - Nieuwegein
27/4 - Sporthal De Rozengaarde - Doetinchem