Porto, Portugal, July 29,
2014 - Eight winning teams from qualification and six lucky losers from eleven different
countries were added to the main draw of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World
Championships in Porto on Tuesday.
Key points
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In the
boy’s competition Lysikowski/Jetke (POL), Gabriel/Jonas (BRA), Thole/Göbert
(GER) and Guehres/Hunt (AUS) qualified as winners.
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Lithuania
and Portugal were added as lucky losers. The Netherlands is reserve.
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In the
girl’s competition Hoffmann/Ana Patricia (BRA), Mastikova/Novikova (RUS),
Welsch/Bieneck (GER) and Shalayeuskay/Siakretava (BLR) qualified as winners.
·
Italy,
Turkey, Poland and Norway were added as lucky losers. Israel is reserve.
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Main draw
consists of 6 pools for each gender with 6 teams per pool, playing round robin.
The top four teams qualify for the elimination phase.
Australia’s Guehrer and
Hunter take first stepping-stone at U19
Max Guehrer and John Hunt
took their first stepping-stone at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World
Championships in Porto on Tuesday. The Australians won both matches in
qualification and were one of four teams to advance to main draw.
Guehrer (17) and Hunt (19) started with a tough game against home team
Rocha/Santiago (23-21, 16-21, 15-10) and defeated Lithuania’s Barauskis/Bartkus
2-0 (21-17, 21-13) in the afternoon. Read
more
Welsch/Bieneck into U19 main
draw with a little help from ‘big sis’ Victoria
Leonie Welsch and Constanze
Bieneck made it into the main draw of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World
Championships in Porto on Tuesday. The German team won both qualification
matches against Norway’s Sorbo/Thelle (21-8, 21-17) and Turkey’s
Cetin/Yurtsever (21-16, 21-13).
“It was really hot, but we had fun”, said Welsch. “We won both games. We weren’t
that happy with our play in our first match, but the second was better.” Read
more
A total of 72 teams from all
five continents will be playing in the main draw in Porto. Matches start at
9.00 on Wednesday. The elimination phase starts on Friday. The semifinals and medal
matches are scheduled for Sunday.
Porto is hosting the FIVB U19
World Championships for the third time, following the 2010 and 2013 edition.
The 13th edition of the U19 World Championships is the fourth and final event
on the 2014 FIVB age group calendar.