Beach Volleyball FIVB Pro Tour 2024 Road to Paris 2024

[Josh 8,521]

Really shocking result at the Stare Jablonki Challenge, with  Davidova/Khmil defeating  Xue/Xia 

[CCB 552]

Another shocking result: among the men, the group win in four of the six groups was determined by a withdrawal, all on the same day. That rarely happens. Herrara/Gavira , Evans/Budinger , Perusic/Schweiner and Hodges/Schubert all suddenly injured?    

Edited May 31 by CCB
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[sharkinator 24]

14 minutes ago, CCB said:

Another shocking result: among the men, the group win in four of the six groups was determined by a withdrawal, all on the same day. That rarely happens. Herrara/Gavira , Evans/Budinger , Perusic/Schweiner and Hodges/Schubert all suddenly injured?    

It's nothing special. All of them are in top 16.

[Illya 484]

7 hours ago, Josh said:

Really shocking result at the Stare Jablonki Challenge, with  Davidova/Khmil defeating  Xue/Xia 

Oh, I totally love that:

• Khmil is the world junior champion with Lazarenko, they split up due to Angelina's study at the US university. 
• Now Lazarenko decided to play with Hladun, who played with Lunina. Lunina played a few tournaments with Lazarenko
• Khmil now pairs up with Valentina Davidova (girls, where were you earlier), who played with Baieva. Baieva played a few tournaments with Lazarenko
  
  Our beach volleyball is total mess and that's why we don't have any pair at the Olympics. Our biggest contenders, Popov and Reznik, are out of Olympics due to Reznik's injury. 

[Josh 8,521]

2 hours ago, CCB said:

Another shocking result: among the men, the group win in four of the six groups was determined by a withdrawal, all on the same day. That rarely happens. Herrara/Gavira , Evans/Budinger , Perusic/Schweiner and Hodges/Schubert all suddenly injured?    

Not really sure on the rules for walkovers in beach volleyball (it’s very much possible that you have to at least have a small injury), but this happens quite a lot during Challenges.  If you win your first pool game, you automatically advance to the next round no matter what, and winning/losing your 2nd pool game had no impact on bracket seeding so many teams forfeit. 

 

I’ll do some research and report back. 

[CCB 552]

It's quite shocking, FIVB has to change this format. This really make no sense. 

[phelps 7,535]

22 hours ago, Josh said:

Not really sure on the rules for walkovers in beach volleyball (it’s very much possible that you have to at least have a small injury), but this happens quite a lot during Challenges.  If you win your first pool game, you automatically advance to the next round no matter what, and winning/losing your 2nd pool game had no impact on bracket seeding so many teams forfeit. 

 

I’ll do some research and report back. 

Yes, I read something about that a few weeks ago...

 

they tried to strenghten the rule about withdrawals, but it looks they didn't get any result...

 

frankly, they have to change format (and make clear that if a pair doesn't play a game at any stage, they're out of the whole tournament)

 

I know TV networks would hate it, but going back to the good old double elimination table draw (no more group stages) would force the players to try and win every match

[Josh 8,521]

Stare Jablonki Challenge | Stare Jablonki, Poland

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia

Silver-  Anastasija Samoilova/Tina Graudina

Bronze-  Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria

 

Surprising 3rd for Fernandez/Soria, which moves themselves into an Olympic qualifying position 

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner

Silver-  Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo

Bronze-  Stefan Boermans/Yorrick de Groot

 

Full Results

 

Up next, the final event of the Olympic qualification period, the  Ostrava Elite16 from June 5-9!

Edited June 2 by Josh

[MatiReimundo 288]

8 minutes ago, Josh said:

Stare Jablonki Challenge | Stare Jablonki, Poland

 

Women’s Tournament

Gold-  Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia

Silver-  Tanja Hüberli/Nina Brunner

Bronze-  Liliana Fernandez/Paula Soria

 

Surprising 3rd for Alvarez/Moreno, which moves themselves into an Olympic qualifying position 

 

Men’s Tournament

Gold-  Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner

Silver-  Noslen Diaz/Jorge Alayo

Bronze-  Stefan Boermans/Yorrick de Groot

 

Full Results

 

Up next, the final event of the Olympic qualification period, the  Ostrava Elite16 from June 5-9!

Diaz/Alayo with an incredible run that puts them in Olympic qualifying position! (and very hard that they lose it in Ostrava)

[Josh 8,521]

7 minutes ago, MatiReimundo said:

Diaz/Alayo with an incredible run that puts them in Olympic qualifying position! (and very hard that they lose it in Ostrava)

They’ve been podiuming all season long, so I’m not sure how it’s an incredible run, but it’s a good result for them 
 

Olympic qualification has been looking likely for them ever since a couple events ago or so though. 

Edited June 2 by Josh