The 2022 National Beach Volleyball Tournament (Qidong Station) was held on Sept 16 at Yuantuojiao Resort's Bihai Yinsha Scenic Area of Evergrande Venice in Qidong, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province.

The competition was jointly sponsored by the Volleyball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China, the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, and the Qidong Municipal People's Government.

Players compete in a beach volleyball match held at Yuantuojiao Resort's Bihai Yinsha Scenic Area of Evergrande Venice in Qidong, Nantong, Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: qdrmt0513]

A total of 61 representative teams including 122 beach volleyball players from across China participated in the competition.

Thirty-five men's teams and 26 women's teams participated in the tournament.

On the afternoon of Sept 19, the men's and women's champions of the tour were determined after 134 matches.

This year is the sixth consecutive year that the city has held a national beach volleyball competition, which has made positive contributions to the promotion of beach volleyball in China.