Beach Volleyball FIVB World Championships 2023

[phelps 7,711]

Italians...the usual floppers, when it really matters 

[maestro 659]

8 hours ago, CCB said:

The Dutch  teams finish 5th. How much points for the Olympic ranking do they get for their 5th places? And how many points for 9tjh place? I can't find the points table. 

 

[rafalgorka 1,602]

@Monzanator do you know when is Poland playing in the semis?

[rafalgorka 1,602]

Ok found it 1am CET Polsat sport extra

[Josh 10,675]

10 hours ago, phelps said:

Italians...the usual floppers, when it really matters 

To be fair, none of your pairings were favoured in their matches. IMO only Carambula/Ranghieri (against Partain/Benesh) and Menegatti/Gottardi (against Hüberli/Brunner) had realistic chances to win. I wasn’t surprised to see Italy go 0-4.

[rybak 3,227]

Hearthbreaking loss for Bryl/Łosiak, after losing first set to 11, then they won second 22-20, while the tie-break starts with 4-0 for Swedish pair then Polish pair managed to catch up them at 8-8, then they lead until 11-9, after that they played point by point, at 12-12 Swedes takes a challenge which they won and then our pair wasted two match points at 14-13 and 15-14, which was used by Alhman who ended match at 18-16  

 

We was so close for first ever Polish medal at beach volleyball world championships (yes, bronze is still possible) and one more win away from direct Olympic quota  Once more bad luck like in 90% other sports where wasted close chances this year...

[Josh 10,675]

Men’s Gold Medal Match

 Perušić/Schweiner v.  Åhman/Hellvig

 

Men’s Bronze Medal Match

 Crabb/Brunner v.  Bryl/Łosiak

 

I’d be surprised if Poland doesn’t win their first World Championships medal here. 
 

Women’s Gold Medal Match

 Hughes/Cheng v.  Duda/Ana Patricia

 

Women’s Bronze Medal Match

 Kloth/Nuss v.  Clancy/Mariafe

[phelps 7,711]

23 hours ago, Josh said:

To be fair, none of your pairings were favoured in their matches. IMO only Carambula/Ranghieri (against Partain/Benesh) and Menegatti/Gottardi (against Hüberli/Brunner) had realistic chances to win. I wasn’t surprised to see Italy go 0-4.

yeah, but I wasn't talking specifically of the round of #16 matches (even if I think that Menegatti/Gottardi should have won easily vs  Clancy/Mariafe...the men killed themselves with the pools results and the consequential bad draw in the knockout stage*), it's more a general thought...it's since Rio 2016 that our pairs aren't performing well in the world champs as they often do in the world tour tournaments

 

*Nicolai/Cottafava also wasted the chance to beat the worst version of  Mol/Sorum ever, tbh...if they didn't get a W this time, they will never do it 

[rybak 3,227]

YES! Bryl/Łosiak with bronze medal, first Polish medal in beach volleyball WCH!! 

[Josh 10,675]

7 minutes ago, phelps said:

yeah, but I wasn't talking specifically of the round of #16 matches (even if I think that Menegatti/Gottardi should have won easily vs  Clancy/Mariafe...the men killed themselves with the pools results and the consequential bad draw in the knockout stage*), it's more a general thought...it's since Rio 2016 that our pairs aren't performing well in the world champs as they often do in the world tour tournaments

 

*Nicolai/Cottafava also wasted the chance to beat the worst version of  Mol/Sorum ever, tbh...if they didn't get a W this time, they will never do it 

Clancy/Mariafe are the reigning Olympic silver medalists, and are a top ten team, how was a win against them gonna be “easy” ? (Not unless you’re Duda/AP )

 

I feel bad for Menegatti, she carries her team. Wonder what she’d be able to do with a better defender. Same with Latvia,  but to a lesser extent. Samoilova has moments of brilliance, but sometimes struggles to sideout, and can also become error prone during crucial moments (Cheng/Hughes QF: *11-13, Samoilova missed serve, and then she gets aced to end the match). Graudina rarely has bad matches, always a beast on sideout.