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VELUX EuroVolley2013 presents Danish mascot named HC!
The 2013 CEV VELUX Volleyball European Championship – men in Denmark and Poland presented yesterday the mascot for the matches in Denmark. HC is the name of the volleyball swan, which will create a great atmosphere among the fans when the final round begins the 20th of September.
The VELUX EuroVolley2013 mascot was presented yesterday for the European League matches in Slagelse in Denmark. And the volleyball swan was a hit from the first glimpse.
”We are really glad that we presented HC yesterday in front of a packed and lively arena. The fans liked the mascot right from the start and there was a fantastic atmosphere on the tribunes. Denmark will play their home matches at VELUX EuroVolley2013 in Odense, where H.C. Andersen is from, and we will cross our fingers that the Danish team’s participation in the European Championship will develop in the same way as the fairytale about the ugly duckling, so Denmark will surprise everybody and qualify for the playoffs in Aarhus,” say local managing director Mads Bang Aaen.
”We have chosen HC as the VELUX EuroVolley2013 mascot because this championship will be shown in the entire world. Danish Volleyball Federation and our partners Sport Event Denmark, Odense, Herning, Aarhus and Copenhagen will as organizers like to connect other stories besides volleyball to the European Championship. VELUX EuroVolley2013 is an obvious opportunity to show other sides of Denmark than we are good at arranging sport events. Many will ask us about the mascot and then we will have the opportunity to tell them more about H.C. Andersen and Denmark,“ he says.
The mascot HC will be present during European League the 20th to 22nd of June in Slagelse and to a lot of the more than 40 side events which we arranges in Denmark in connection with VELUX EuroVolley2013.
For the final round of the 2013 European Championship HC, and his brother, will be in Boxen in Herning and Arena Fyn in Odense during the preliminary pool matches. Then the mascot will fly to the playoffs in NRGi Arena Aarhus and then all the way to the semi finales, bronze medal match and final in Parken in Copenhagen.
Facts about the 2013 CEV VELUX Volleyball European Championship – Men
·Denmark and Poland co-host the championship. Both countries have two preliminary pools with four nations in each. Semi-finals and the final are played in Denmark.
·It is the first time that both nations host a European Championship.
·The European Volleyball Championship takes place from the 20th of September to the 29th of September 2013.
·The arenas in Denmark are: Odense (Arena Fyn), Herning (Boxen), Aarhus (NRGi Arena) and Copenhagen (Parken).
·The arenas in Poland are: Gdansk (Ergo Arena) and Gdynia (Sports Hall).
·VELUX is title sponsor of the 2013 CEV VELUX Volleyball European Championship – Men.
·The Danish partners for the 2013 CEV VELUX Volleyball European Championship are: Sport Event Denmark, Odense, Herning, Aarhus and Copenhagen.
·Serbia is defending European Champions.
·Russia is ruling Olympic Champions.
· Qualified countries: Denmark and Poland are qualified as host nations. Serbia, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belgium and Turkey.
·Web: www.eurovolley2013.dk
·Facebook: www.facebook.com/eurovolley2013
·Twitter: www.twitter.com/eurovolley2013 #ev2013
·YouTube: www.youtube.com/eurovolleyball2013
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