Tag: tournament

  • No Blockers Summer Tournament 2026

    No Blockers Summer Tournament 2026

    June 17, 2026 | Tournaments | ~2min read time

    No Blockers organises their first tournament as a club on August 8th, 2026. A total of 14 teams will be admitted to the matches that will take place in Sporthal Fort 8 in Antwerp. Here is all you need to know about the event.

    Why this tournament is special

    Next to the event being our first tournament as a club, we have arranged referees for the matches so that competing teams do not need to provide one. Furthermore, the matches take 25 minutes and teams will get a lot of playtime with the only long break being the lunch break. Sporthal Fort 8 itself is special because it hosts a centre court, where the grand finals will be played on. Preparations are already on the way to organise personalised trophies, generous lunch packages and volunteers. Our volunteers will be working hard to keep track of the administrative side of the tournament, take photos, do interviews and be the referees.

    Join us!

    This is an excellent opportunity to challenge and test your team’s strength, endurance and performance levels in a competitive environment before the 2026/27 season kicks off in September. To join the tournament, you can simply click or tap the link below and register your team. Note that one woman needs to be on the court all the time and that your team will be insured through No Blockers’ sports insurance for worry-free play!

    Register your team

    On behalf of the organisation committee, No Blockers wishes all participating teams good luck and, more importantly, a lot of fun!

  • Strategic partnership with TALENTA+ signed

    Strategic partnership with TALENTA+ signed

    June 10, 2026 | Club development | ~2min read time

    No Blockers vzw and TALENTA+ Foundation have entered a strategic partnership for the competitive season 2026-2027. The duration of the agreement is set to one year but can be prolonged.

    About Talenta+

    TALENTA+ is a sports management and strategy organisation headed by Tawfeek Zen Alabden. Its professionals have more than 15 years of experience in tailoring competition and training strategies to the needs and demands of sports clubs. TALENTA+’s motto is: everyone has a talent that can be nurtured through fun and performance.

    TALENTA+ website

    Goal of the partnership

    No Blockers supports their players and wants to offer real and sustainable growth opportunities to all individuals to build strong and successful competitors. Talenta+ will develop training plans for No Blockers based on state-of-the-art sports science and individual as well as team performance insights. Furthermore, they will co-organise tournaments and help us promote volleyball towards people from diverse backgrounds. With this move, we professionalise our trainings allowing for more structure and strategy. The specifics of the training and competition plans and procedures around will be discussed in July and shared internally. 

    Partners with a higher purpose

    Rooted in Antwerp, Talenta+ is an excellent local partner with a vast network in the sports sector and clear societal mission: to offer inclusion and integration of newcomers through sports. Given our own origin story, No Blockers backs up this approach and commits to supporting Talenta+ with available resources.

    The strategic partnership agreement is signed. From left to right: Luka Paul Vethake (treasurer No Blockers), Tawfeek Zen Alabden (Founder TALENTA+), Sohel Zin Alaabidin, chairman No Blockers vzw)
  • Making an impression abroad

    Making an impression abroad

    September 1, 2025 | Tournament news | ~2min read time

    Three years after our first tournament in Delft, we are back on the court surrounded by many other international volleyball teams. Only this time, No Blockers is an official Belgian volleyball club and, proudly, making an impression abroad as the first international volleyball club of Antwerp.

    Recap of the tournament

    The atmosphere is genuinely nice, as always with international teams, and the level is upper intermediate. We have come a long way, so we are performing at our best to make our stay worthwhile. The first phase is the group phase where points and wins are not really counted. We finish with three consecutive wins and three losses. Next comes the quarter final. After three losses, we make a very convincing appearance against a strong Romanian team and advance to the semifinals. There things get a little tricky: we get stuck in a rotation and contrary to what was promised, the match is over after set 1 already.

    Race for third place

    A bit disappointed, we are all the happier to hear that there will be a match for third place. Vincent lifts our spirits by saying ‘You lose the first place to become second, but you can only win the third place.’ After dominating our opponent from the start, we come out third place in this tournament. We are happy but know that there is room for more next time. Our personal highlight of the day is Silvia winning women’s MVP of the tournament, congrats and well deserved!

    Teaser first match No Blockers: come and support us!

    This tournament has been a blessing in disguise. Albeit exhausting, this gave us the opportunity to make our first appearance as the ‘new’ No Blockers. We experimented, played and experienced our team in competitive circumstances before the 2025-2026 season starts back home in Antwerp. 

    We are excited to play in front of our supporters for the first time this Friday, September 12th at 9.15pm in Ter Elststraat 2, 2650 Edegem. You are cordially invited to celebrate this milestone together with us and make our first match legendary! The players and more information about the match will be published here within the next few days. 

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