Porto, Portugal, August 3,
2014 - Brazil claimed both gold medals at the double gender FIVB Beach
Volleyball U19 World Championships on Sunday in Porto.
Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci
and George Souto Maior Wanderley defeated Ukraine’s Illia Kovalov and Oleh
Plotnytskiy 2-1 (21-18, 21-23, 15-11) and Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Andressa
Cavalcanti Ramalho were too strong for Germany’s Sarah Schneider and Lisa
Arnholdt (21-14, 13-21, 19-17).
The bronze medals went to
Jose Gregorio ‘Tigrito’ Gomez and Rolando ‘Peter’ Hernandez from Venezuela and
Canada’s Megan and Nicole McNamara.
Key points
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Brazil’s
16-year old Eduarda won back-to-back U19 titles, following the gold medal she won
last year with Taina Silva Bigi.
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Eduarda is
the only player in the 13-year history of the U19 World Championships to
accomplish this.
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Before
Brazil only Poland (2011) and Germany (2003) managed to win the gold medals in
both the boys’ and girls’ U19 competition in the same year.
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Germany is
leading the girls’ medal table with 3 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze.
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Poland is
leading the boys’ medal table with 4 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze.
Brazilian debutants Arthur
and George Wanderley win U19 World Championship
In only their first
international event Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci and George Souto Maior Wanderley
won a gold medal on Sunday. The Brazilians defeated Illia Kovalov and Oleh
Plotnytskyi from Ukraine 2-1 (21-18, 21-23, 15-11) in the final of the FIVB U19
World Championships in Porto. Read
more
Back-to-back gold for Brazil’s
Eduarda at the U19 in Porto
Brazil’s Eduarda Santos
Lisboa won back-to-back gold at the FIVB U19 World Championships in Porto on
Sunday. With Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho she defeated Germany’s Sarah Schneider
and Lisa Arnholdt 2-1 (21-14, 13-21, 19-17) in a thrilling final. Read
more
First time finalists from
Brazil and Ukraine in boy’s U19 gold medal match
Brazil’s Arthur Diego Mariano
Lanci and George Wanderley Souto Maior reached the final of the FIVB U19 World
Championships in only their first FIVB event. Their opponents, Ukraine’s Illia
Kovalov and Oleh Plotnytskyi, played in an age group event before, but never
reached a final so far. Read
more
Brazil and Germany reach girls’
final at the U19 World Championships
Brazil’s Eduarda Santos
Lisboa reached the final of the FIVB U19 World Championships in Porto for the
second year in a row. She and Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho will face Germany’s
Sarah Schneider and Lisa Arnholdt in the gold medal match on Sunday. Read
more
The U19 World Championships
were the fourth and final FIVB age group event this season, following the U23,
U17 and U21 World Championships. Some of the teams competing in Porto will
travel to China next, for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing (August 16-28).
Porto has hosted the U19
World Championships for the third time, following the 2010 and 2013 editions. Portugal
has also hosted 22 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Open events, all held in
Espinho. The FIVB U21 World Championships were staged on Porto Santo Island in
2004.