Mariehamn PAF OPEN

Åland will host the world's coolest professional sports tournament -SWATCH FIVB World Tour on 18 - 22 August 2010.

"This is a milestone for beach volley on Åland", says Simon Dahl, the Paf Open Tournament Director. Dahl has participated twice in the Olympic Games with his beach volleyball partner Björn Berg. The beach volleyball week in Mariehamn offers not only the games but lots of fun and entertainment. In the festival area there are courts and loads of exciting activities to discover.

The investment in beach volleyball in Finland and Sweden is long term and will guarantee that Finnish-Swedish beach volleyball has a place on the world tour for many years to come. Mariehamn will host the tournament again in 2011. SWATCH FIVB World Tour Paf Open is part of the development of beach volleyball and volleyball in Finland and Sweden. It is a unique Finnish-Swedish World Tour event and it is the third time that the Tour is arranged in Mariehamn. Paf Open hopes to become one of the major annual Nordic sport events.