{"id":488,"date":"2016-07-06T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/?p=488"},"modified":"2016-12-22T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T22:16:14","slug":"2016-global-challenge-pre-tour-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/2016-global-challenge-pre-tour-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Global Challenge Pre-Tour Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-490\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-490 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/IMG_1682-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain West All Star team &amp; Austin Juniors - Vienna, Austria\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/IMG_1682-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bringitusa.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/07\/IMG_1682-1-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain West All Star team &amp; Austin Juniors &#8211; Vienna, Austria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maribor, Prague, Budapest, Milan, Vienna, and Rome.<\/p>\n<p>All of these cities will have a higher population of volleyball athletes as of July 6. Bring It Promotions Pre-tours have hit Europe as they make their way to Pula, Croatia for the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Annual European Global Challenge. Most teams will have friendly matches in their first stop cities. Below is a schedule of matches leading up to the start of the tournament on Monday, July 11<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maribor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 7<sup>th<\/sup>: Mountain West Conference All Stars against NKBM Branik<\/p>\n<p>July 7<sup>th<\/sup>: Austin Juniors against Slovenian Youth National Team<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Mountain West Conference All Stars plays China (Match will be streamed through Facebook Live on the European Global Challenge Page)<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Austin Juniors play Slovenia Youth National Team<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: BIP MW plays China<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP U22 against NKBM Branik<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: BIP SE u22 plays Slovenia<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP U17 against NKBM Branik<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: BIP SE U17 plays Slovenia Youth National team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prague:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP U22 vs. OLMP Praha Sr.<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP U17 plays OLMP Praha Jr.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Budapest:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: BIP MW U22 against Hungarian National team<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP SE U22 against Hungarian National team<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Team BIP SE U17 plays Hungarian Junior National team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Milan:<\/strong> No LiveStream feed, but formal Stats will be taken.<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: USA Volleyball College National Team plays Italian Junior National Team<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: USA Volleyball College National Team against Italian Junior National Team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rome:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: AAU U22 plays Falconara<\/p>\n<p>July 8<sup>th<\/sup>: AAU U17 against Falconara<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th:<\/sup> AAU U22 faces Falconara<\/p>\n<p>July 9<sup>th<\/sup>: AAU U17 plays CHINOS<\/p>\n<p>Results of friendly matches will be posted to the Global Challenge Twitter account: @12thGC. Stay tuned for\u00a0live streaming of the\u00a02016 Global Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maribor, Prague, Budapest, Milan, Vienna, and Rome. All of these cities will have a higher population of volleyball athletes as of July 6. Bring It Promotions Pre-tours have hit Europe as they make their way to Pula, Croatia for the 12th Annual European Global Challenge. 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