The Organisation of a Volleyball Major Sporting Event and the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectator Attendance
The Organisation of a Volleyball Major Sporting Event and the Impact of COVID-19 on Spectator Attendance

Author(s): Lukáš Kozáček
Subject(s): Management and complex organizations, Health and medicine and law, Sports Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: management; sport; COVID-19; volleyball; organizing committee;
Summary/Abstract: The origins of the Czech volleyball movement’s ideas to organise the European Men’s Volleyball Championships as the culmination of the celebration of 100 years of volleyball in the Czech Republic date back to 2015. After challenging discussions and negotiation of terms, the Czech Republic’s hosting was confirmed by the signing of the organisational contract in 2019. At this point, the organisational preparations by both the CEV and the Czech Volleyball Federation began. The hosting of the entire European Championships was unconventionally divided between four co-organisers: the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia and Finland. This fact in itself meant that it was necessary to set up a functional management system for the most important international volleyball event as a whole, with central organisational processes and partial management autonomy in the individual countries.

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