Beach Volleyball FIVB Pro Tour 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[Josh 5,769]

8 hours ago, CCB said:

Does anyone know where you can find an overview of the extensive Olympic rankings? And where you can see how a team's points total is structured. You could follow this at other Olympic Games via various sites, but this year I can't find anything about it.

Do you mean something like this? https://fivb.12ndr.at/olympic-ranking/men

[Josh 5,769]

FIVB Elite16 Doha, Qatar

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Barbara Seixas/Carol Salgado

Silver-  Brandie Wilkerson/Melissa Humana-Parades 

Bronze-  Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

 

Very impressive win for the Canadians in the quarterfinals, defeating dominant World #1 Duda/Ana Patricia in straight sets. 

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Stefan Boermans/Yorick De Groot

Silver-  David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig

Bronze-  Anders Mol/Christian Sørum 

 

Boermans/De Groot beat Mol/Sørum not once but twice? 

 

Definitely a team to watch out for this season. 

Full Results

 

Up next on the schedule, the  Recife Challenge from March 21-24! Stacked entry list.

[Josh 5,769]

Recife Challenge | Recife, Brazil

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold- Anastasija Samoilova/Tina Graudina

Silver-  Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec 

Bronze-  Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci

Silver-  Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo

Bronze-  Javier Bello/Joaqiuin Bello

 

Full Results

 

Up next, the  Saquarema Challenge from March 28-31!

[Josh 5,769]

Very surprising result on the women’s side, with  Bansley/Bukovec coming out of qualifying to win the silver medal  beating some solid teams along the way (including a straight sets win over #1 seed  Taina/Victoria in the quarterfinals)

 

They’re most likely not going to be qualifying for Paris through the Olympic Rankings, but pretty much a shoe in for the NORCECA Olympic quota (hope these words don’t come back to bite me in the future ) considering the lack of beach volleyball depth in North America. Actually the only thing that’s stopping them from going to Paris is another Canadian pairing Pavan/McBain, but right now Bansley/Bukovec are a level above them. 

Edited March 25 by Josh

[Josh 5,769]

Saquarema Challenge | Saquarema, Brazil 

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia

Silver-  Lara Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann

Bronze-  Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Andre Stein/George Wanderley

Silver-  Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo

Bronze-  Remi Bassereau/Julien Lyneel 

 

Full Results

 

Up next, the  Guadalajara Challenge from April 11-14!

[mrv86 2,924]

54 minutes ago, Josh said:

Saquarema Challenge | Saquarema, Brazil 

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia

Silver-  Lara Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann

Bronze-  Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Andre Stein/George Wanderley

Silver-  Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo

Bronze-  Remi Bassereau/Julien Lyneel 

 

Full Results

 

Up next, the  Guadalajara Challenge from April 11-14!

I’ll try to attend.

[Josh 5,769]

@mrv86 how was it? 

[Josh 5,769]

Guadalajara Challenge | Guadalajara, Mexico

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Esmee Bobner/Zoe Verge-Depre

Silver-  Agatha Bednarczuk/Rebecca Silva

Bronze-  Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec 

 

With Bobner/Verge-Depre’s gold medal here, the race for Switzerland’s two Olympic spots is heating up.
 

Did some calculations, Huberli/Brunner now lead with 7560 points (and have a finish to record), Bobner/Verge-Depre are now on 7460 points, and Mader/Verge-Depre stay on 7140 points as they had a bad week losing in the qualies. 

 

Likely will be a battle between them and the Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Mader/Verge-Depre (Esmee’s sister) as the Olympic Ranking is very tight between the three and Huberli/Brunner still have one finish to record (while the other two are trying to replace their poor finishes). But I wouldn’t pencil in Huberli/Brunner’s qualification just yet. 

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Trevor Crabb/Theodore Brunner

Silver-  Lukas Pfretzschner/Sven Winter 

Bronze-  Evandro Goncalves/Arthur Lanci

 

 Diaz/Alayo continue on their hot streak, but fall just off the podium in 4th. Very surprising podium for Pfretzschner/Winter, if they can sustain this type of form in the upcoming months it’ll see them as one of the pairings in contention for an Olympic spot through the European Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament. 

 

Full Results

 

Short turnaround between tournaments, because up next we have the  Tepic Elite16 from April 17-20!

Edited April 21 by Josh

[mrv86 2,924]

On 4/14/2024 at 7:20 PM, Josh said:

@mrv86 how was it? 

I couldn’t attend in the end, as I had to prepare my tax forms and help my friend to move in to his new appartment.

 

I watch some images, and the event lacked more promotion.

[Mecki83 120]

On 4/15/2024 at 3:57 AM, Josh said:

 

Men’s Tournament

Silver-  Lukas Pfretzschner/Sven Winter 

 

I assume that they do not have any chances to qualify for Paris as thex have not enough tournaments, correct?
Are they eligible for the Continental Cup Final?