{"id":190,"date":"2018-06-26T01:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T01:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/?p=190"},"modified":"2018-10-26T19:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T19:46:37","slug":"the-european-global-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/the-european-global-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"BIP&#8217;s Annual Global Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1034\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1034\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/Pula.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/Pula.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/Pula-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit \/\/ Wanderlust Travel Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a015th\u00a0Annual\u00a0Global\u00a0Challenge\u00a0will\u00a0take\u00a0place\u00a0in\u00a0Pula,\u00a0Croatia\u00a0on\u00a0July\u00a016\u00a0through\u00a0July\u00a019,\u00a02019\u00a0for\u00a0u18\u00a0and\u00a0u23\u00a0teams\u00a0from\u00a0around\u00a0the\u00a0world. Pre tours will start July 10th.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The mission of the Global Challenge is to provide teams international playing experience and exposure.\u00a0Past tournaments participants have included club and country federation teams from Slovenia, Russia, Romania, Germany, Bosnia, Montenegro, China,\u00a0Czech\u00a0Republic, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark and Puerto Rico, plus USA regional HP, youth\u00a0national, junior national, and collegiate national teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/IMG_8496-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/IMG_8496-copy.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/01\/IMG_8496-copy-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Last year\u2019s U17 division Global Challenge proved to be a volleyball showdown between\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Croatia\u2019s Youth National Team<\/span>\u00a0and Slovenia\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Nova KBM Branik<\/span>. In the U23 final match the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">USA College National Team<\/span>\u00a0toppled the\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">Mountain West Conference All-Star Team<\/span>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>To gain insights from players and coaches in attendance at last year\u2019s tournament, be sure to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/tag\/global-challenge\/\">watch these video interviews on our live blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In preparation for tournament play\u00a0Pre-tours\u00a0will take place throughout Europe\u00a0between July 5th-8th. Opening ceremonies will take place on July 9th in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Pula, Croatia, a town marked by 3,000 year old Roman ruins including\u00a0one of the last remaining fully intact\u00a0Roman Colosseums in the world dating back to 68 AD. All teams, regardless of their nationality, stay in\u00a0close quarters at the beach front\u00a0Hotel Pula\u00a0to encourage a cultural exchange between players and coaches. \u00a0The hotel is perfectly positioned\u00a0within walking distance to both the competition arena and the crystal\u00a0teal water of the Adriatic Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Competitive international volleyball\u00a0is what you get at the Global Challenge year after year. \u00a0If you\u2019re a volleyball player, coach or fan\u00a0who loves to travel, there\u2019s no better place in the world to be in July than Pula, Croatia. For more tournament information and results, head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/gc2018\/\">2018 Global Challenge Tournament website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a015th\u00a0Annual\u00a0Global\u00a0Challenge\u00a0will\u00a0take\u00a0place\u00a0in\u00a0Pula,\u00a0Croatia\u00a0on\u00a0July\u00a016\u00a0through\u00a0July\u00a019,\u00a02019\u00a0for\u00a0u18\u00a0and\u00a0u23\u00a0teams\u00a0from\u00a0around\u00a0the\u00a0world. Pre tours will start July 10th. The mission of the Global Challenge is to provide teams international playing experience and exposure.\u00a0Past tournaments participants have included club and country federation teams from Slovenia, Russia, Romania, Germany, Bosnia, Montenegro, China,\u00a0Czech\u00a0Republic, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Denmark and Puerto Rico, plus USA regional HP, youth\u00a0national, junior national, and collegiate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[12,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-best-of-bip","8":"tag-europe","9":"tag-global-challenge","10":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BIP&#039;s Annual Global Challenge - Bring It Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/the-european-global-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BIP&#039;s Annual Global Challenge - Bring It Live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a015th\u00a0Annual\u00a0Global\u00a0Challenge\u00a0will\u00a0take\u00a0place\u00a0in\u00a0Pula,\u00a0Croatia\u00a0on\u00a0July\u00a016\u00a0through\u00a0July\u00a019,\u00a02019\u00a0for\u00a0u18\u00a0and\u00a0u23\u00a0teams\u00a0from\u00a0around\u00a0the\u00a0world. 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