You are kindly requested to ensure that your men's teams have been accurately entered (e.g. last, first names and FIVB ID #) and report any discrepancies to the FIVB Beach Volleyball Department. On this matter, the FIVB kindly requests all participating National Federations to send out to the FIVB in writing, undersigned by the National Federation’s President or the General Secretary,  their eventually comments within the next 2 working days (i.e. by Friday May 28^th, at 5:00 pm Swiss time).

On this occasion, and as per the communication jointly sent out by the FIVB and the President of the CEV on May 06^th, the FIVB would like to remind that all National Volleyball Federations concerned must enroll their respective top ranked teams per country in the 2004 CEV European Championships Finals. Consequently, if a European team falls among the best 30 teams, as per FIVB Technical World Ranking 30 days before the start of the CEV European Championships Finals and if this team is within the country quota (up to 3 teams), this pair will then have to participate in the 2004 CEV European Championships Finals to be held in Germany from 09 – 13 June and will therefore not be eligible to enter in an FIVB Beach Volleyball competition scheduled on the same dates. Moreover, following up on CEV regulations, all top CEV ranked teams who took part in the CEV preliminary event and are eligible to take part in the CEV Championships Final must participate in this latter event as well. Obviously, any teams concerned that need to be withdrawn from the list of the Swatch-FIVB World Tour Open event in Carolina due to the implementation of the above regulations will NOT be subject to any sanctions.

Furthermore, be aware that the confirmed men's teams entry list (Main Draw including wild cards and Qualification), approved by the FIVB Beach Volleyball Department, will be sent by the Organizers to the Participating National Federations and FIVB Officials together with the official invitation letter and the events regulations by 31 May 2004.