Lucerne, Switzerland, May 17, 2015 - The US$150,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Lucerne Open 2015 will be an All-European gold medal affair Sunday with Karla Borger/Britta Buthe of Germany playing Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel of The Netherlands.
Sunday’s gold medal meeting will be the second match between the two teams with Meppelink and Van Iersel defeating the Germans 2-0 (26-24, 21-19) last July in the United States at Long Beach. The match will also be the second FIVB title match between the two countries as the Dutch bested the Germans in a 2003 world tour finale in China (Lianyungang) as Rebekka Kadijka and Marrit Leenstra scored a 2-1 (21-15, 17-21, 15-13) win over Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch.