Armenia’s capital Yerevan will host on September 8-10 the Men’s Eastern Europe Volleyball Championship. The chairman of the Volleyball Federation of Armenia informed 15 countries, including, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland and Israel applied for participation in the Championship.

“The Armenian team is represented by Razmik Hakobyan-Arman Miskaryan and Ashot Balabekyan – Andre Simoni pairs. Our boys are ranked the seventh among the 15 teams. I hope we are able to reach the quarter-finals. The tournament is important for being a qualification ahead of the 2010 Summer Olympic games,” Karen Asmaryan has told the press service of the National Olympic Committee.