News Beach volleyball 23/05/2014 Top teams at women’s only FIVB Prague Open make no mistakes Prague, Czech Republic, May23, 2014 – All top teams at the women’s only FIVB Beach Volleyball World TourPrague Open made it to the last 16 on Friday. Much to the delight of theCzech fans, first seeded home team Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukovaentered the second elimination round with three straight wins. Germany’s Laura Ludwig andKira Walkenhorst, second seeded in Prague and the Shanghai gold medallists, didthe same. Their compatriots and vice-world champions Karla Borger and BrittaBüthe (4th) also made it to the last 16 as pool winners. As did third seeded GermansKatrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler. The second round field alsofeatures veterans Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta. The Brazilians wontwo silver medals (Fuzhou and Puerto Vallarta Open) in their first three eventsand also topped their pool in Prague. Fifth seeded Chen Xue andXinyi Xia from China, who won bronze in Fuzhou and Puerto Vallarta, finishedsecond in their pool, but booked a 2-0 win over Lithuania’sDumbauskaite/Povilaityte in the first knockout round. There were also someunexpected pool winners, like 9th seeded Bansley/Pavan and 21st seededGioria/Giombini. Canada and Italy claim topposition in pool play for the first time Canada’s Heather Bansleyand Sarah Pavan and Italy’s Daniela Gioria and Laura Giombini became poolwinners on Friday for the first time in their careers. Both teams will continuethe FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Prague Open in the second eliminationround on Saturday. More Austria’s Schützenhöferleads her partner into the top 16 of the Prague Open Austria’s KatharinaSchützenhöfer and Lena Plesiutschnig made it to the last 16 at the FIVB BeachVolleyball World Tour Prague Open on Friday. It was the first time in theirshort World Tour career the young pair made it to the second elimination round.More Czech favourites enjoy thehome support at the Prague Open Top seeded Kristyna Kolocovaand Marketa Slukova have all the reasons to be confident at the FIVB BeachVolleyball World Tour Prague Open. The Czech pair topped their pool with threestraight wins and they have all the support of the large home crowd on centrecourt. But the home team was not at all pleased with their performance in theirlast pool match against Thailand. More The women’s only PragueOpen continues on Saturday with the second knockout round at 10.00, followed bythe quarterfinals in the afternoon. The semifinals and medal matches are playedon Sunday in the stadium on Stvanice Island and will be televised. After Prague the World Tourstops in Russia for the double gender Anapa Open (May 27-June 1) and the MoscowGrand Slam (June 11-15). In between those two events the European teams travelto Cagliari in Italy for the CEV European Championships. FIVBPrague Open Tournament PageFIVBPrague Open Main DrawFIVBPrague Open Pool StandingsFIVBPrague Open Qualification FIVB WorldTour Twitter Account Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News