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Beach volleyball 20/05/2013

Indonesia and Australia lift titles at AVC Beach Volleyball U-21 Championship

Chennai, India, May 19, 2013
– The AVC Beach Volleyball U-21 Championships came to an exciting conclusion on Sunday. Mohammad Ashiya and Rendy Licardo of Indonesia defeated Kazakh pair Vladislav
Pustynnikov and Sergy Bogatu 2-1 to capture the men's gold. Australia’s
Mariafe Artacho and Jessyka Ngauamo took the women’s title with a straight set
win over the Japanese duo Chiyo Suzuki and Satono Ishitsubo.

Twenty-two teams from eight
countries competed at the three-day event. In the men's tournament,
Mohammad Ashiya and Rendy Licardo of Indonesia made the finals with a 21-12,
21-17 win over Kazakhstan 2's Viktor Pestov and Kirili Gurin in the semifinals. Once there, they found Kazakhstan 1's Vladislav Pustynnikov and Sergy Bogatu tough
to overcome. They took the first set 21-16, but the strong Kazakh duo came back
to clinch an exciting second set 21-19 and level the score at 1-1. The
Indonesians were ruthless in the tiebreaker, however. They won it 15-10, taking
the gold medal in 47 minutes.In the third place playoff,
Australia's Tomas Hodges and Malachi Murch, who earlier lost the semifinal to Kazakhstan 1's Vladislav Pustynnikov and Sergy Bogatu (21-15, 21-14) regained
form to beat Viktor Pestov and Kirili Gurin 2-0 (21-14, 21-19).

In the women's event,
Australia's Mariafe Artacho and Jessyka Ngauamo won their Sunday semifinal
against Indonesia’s Nanda Ragillia and Tyas Maria Dwining 2-0 (21-10, 21-14), setting
up a fixture with Japanese pair Chiyo Suzuki and Satono Ishitsubo. Once there,
the Australians won in straight sets (21-11, 21-12) to take the title.

The Japanese pair had earned
their final spot after winning a hard-fought semifinal, where they rallied to
beat Kazakh duo Bakhtygul Samlikova and Lyubov Bogatu 2-1 (15-21, 21-18,
15-13). Later on Sunday, the Kazakhs east past Nanda Ragillia and Tyas Maria
Dwining of Indonesia 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) to win the bronze medal.

The top six national federations
qualified to play in the 2013 FIVB U21 World Championship to be held in Umag of
Croatia. They are Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Australia, India, Oman and Japan in the men's event and Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and India in the women's.

Final standings:

Men

1. Mohammad Ashiya/Rendy Licardo (INA)

2. Vladislav Pustynnikov/Sergy Bogatu (KAZ 1)

3. Tomas Hodges/Malachi Murch (AUS)

4. Viktor Pestov/Kirili Gurin (KAZ 2)

5. Yogaraja
Chitairaipandi/ Rajkumar Chandran (IND 1)

5. Shanakar
Vaspari/ Maheshkumar Charka (IND 2)

7. Aaron Pereora/
Javid Khan Samsu (IND 3)

7. Faisal Alshezawi/Ahmad
Albalushi (OMA 1)

9. Mekan
Massarov/Begli Myratgeldivev (TKM 1)

9. Adam
Aljalabdubi/Faisal Alhashmi (OMA 2)

9. Satonori
Hasegawa/Yu Hidaka (JPN2)

9. Ezizmyrat
Gayipov/Agageldi Chariyev (TKM 2)

9. Kai Kurokawa/Yuto
Iwashita (JPN 1)

14. Behnam
Tavakovli/Kambiz Kalteh (IRI 1)

14. Rasoul
Khajeh/Abdollah Izadi (IRI 2)Women

1. Mariafe Artacho/Jessyka Ngauamo (AUS)

2. Chiyo Suzuki/Satono Ishitsubo (JPN 1)

3. Bakhtygul Samlikova/Lyubov Bogatu (KAZ)

4. Nanda RagilliaTyas Maria Dwining (INA)

5. Chiaki Nakamaru/ Riha Nakada (JPN 2)

5. Deepika
Rajamanikam/ Eshwari Sekar (IND 1)

7. Anusha
Vengadan/ Athira Kanayamparambath (IND 4)

7. Anila
Savio/Aswathi Veluthondi Kunnu (IND 3)

9. Nivya
Pannerselvam/Banu Priya Srinivasan (IND 2)

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