Myslowice, Poland, June 13,
2014 - As the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships moved into the
elimination phase on Friday, one thing became clear. The qualification teams
are doing well in Myslowice. Five out of the six pool
winners in the men’s competition came from the qualification tournament.
Brazil’s Saymon/Marcus and Latvia’s Haralds/Armands even lost in qualification,
but advanced as lucky losers to main draw, to eventually win their pool. In the women’s competition USA’s
Larsen/Metter, who were on the reserve lucky loser list and got in at the last
moment, topped their pool. As did their compatriots Hughes/Woolever, who also
started out as lucky losers. Last year’s medallists
Bartosz Losiak (gold) from Poland, Austria’s Tobias Winter and Lorenz
Petutschnig (bronze), Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa (silver) and Canada’s Melissa
Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke (bronze) are still in the tournament, but did
not win their pool. They all had to play in the first elimination round to
advance to the last 16. Latvian
qualifiers upset home team Losiak/Bryl to top the pool
Latvian qualifiers Edvarts
Buivids and Pekmanis Reinis upset the Polish team Bartosz Losiak and Michal
Bryl early on Friday to top their pool at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World
Championships in Myslowice.
Both teams were unbeaten so far, but the Latvians proved to be the stronger
team, winning 2-0 (21-17, 21-15). Read
more
Schützenhöfer and Plesiutschnig pass
first test and advance to second knockout round
Katharina Schützenhöfer and
Lena Plesiutschnig proved to be the most consistent team in a tough match on
Friday against Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Carolina Horta Maxima. The
Austrians won 2-0 (29-27, 21-16) and topped the pool at the FIVB Beach
Volleyball U23 World Championships.
For both teams it was the first real test after four easy wins in the pool. Read
more
Italian debutants storm into
second round with surprise win over Kandolf/Dressler
Italy’s Marco Caminati and
Enrico Rossi surprised friends and foes on Friday by reaching the last 16 at
the FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships.
The Italian debutants defeated the 9th seeded and far more experienced Fabian
Kandolf and Christoph Dressler from Austria in the first knockout round (25-23,
21-16). Read
more
The U23 World Championships
continue on Saturday at 9.00 with the second elimination round and
quarterfinals for both genders. The semifinals and medal matches are played on
Sunday at the Slupna Park centre court.
Myslowice also staged the
inaugural U23 in 2013. This year the FIVB has added a fourth age-group event to
the calendar, the U17 World Champions. The Mexican town of Acapulco is hosting
this tournament from July 15-20.
The other tournaments are the
U21 in Larnaka, Cyprus (July 23-27) and the U19 in Porto, Portugal (July
29-August 3). Starting this year all the under-age events will be held every
two years instead of annual.
FIVB
U23 Tournament Page
FIVB
U23 Men’s Results
FIVB
U23 Women’s Results
FIVB U23 Twitter Account