Umag, Croatia, June 21, 2013 – On the second day of main draw at the FIVB U21 World Championships in Umag 24 teams per gender emerged from pool play. Three out of four Croatian pairs made it to the elimination rounds, Zrinka Sutalo and Sara Radanovic, Mario Boras and Ivan Zeljkovic and Sandro Venier and Hrvoje Pervan.
In the men’s competition the African teams did well, Arfaoui Chokri and Korbi Wael from Tunisia and Tin Hlupic and Gerard Fischer made it to the knockout phase.
In the women’s Valeria Valenciano and Angie Montero from Costa Rica will continue their first U21 event on Saturday as will Valeria de los Angeles and Gabriela Brito from Venezuela. Both teams had one win in the pool phase.
The secret of the Croatian beach volleyball success
The Croatian teams are doing really
well on home soil at the FIVB U21 World Championships in Umag. Three out
of four teams advanced to the elimination rounds on Friday, two even as
pool winners. So what is the secret to their success?
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Poland wins battle against Australia over top sport in Pool F
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A loss and a birthday present in the end for Namibia’s Hlupic
A loss against Norway was not a nice way to start his 19th birthday, but Namibia’s Tin Hlupic got his present in the end. The son of Croatian parents and his 18-year old partner Gerard Fischer made it to the elimination rounds of the U21 World Championships after all, because Trinidad and Tobago forfeited again.
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The U21 World Championships are the second junior event after the U23 two weeks ago in Myslowice. In another two weeks Porto is hosting the third age group event, the U19 World Championships.
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