FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champs 2017 - Vienna - 04.08

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champs 2017 Vienna - Trophy

The day started with Men's round of 16 Games , Brazilian Evandro - Andre clinched a though game from Latvians Samoilovs-Smedins by 2-0 (24-22, 21-19).

Evandro celebrating a Round of 16 victory over Latvians.

The biggest win of the day came from Canadians Saxton-Schalk. They put Rio 2016 Chmapions Brazilian Alison - Bruno out of tournament with a 2-1 (21-19, 19-21, 15-13) victory.

Saxton is attacking against Alison of Brazil

At women's Quarter final games;

 Brazilian Larissa - Talita won over their compatriots Carol-Maria Elisa by 2-0 (21-17, 21-17)

Larissa of Brazil is celebrating semi final.

USA girls Ross-Fendrick made semi final easily by winning over Canadians Bansley - Wilkerson with 2-0 (21-16, 21-10)

Wilkerson of Canada is warming before a semi final game 

Team USA Ross-Fendrick is warming before a semi final game 

Canadians Sarah Pavan- Hamana Parades won over Labourer - Sude of German to made semi finals.

Score was 2-0 (21-15, 21-16)

Spanish team Herrera - Gavira will go into Quarter finals at men's side by winning a though game against Brazilians Pedro-Guto 

Score was 2-1 (21-19, 17-21, 15-13)

A volunteer from World Champs Vienna 2017 

here is the last point of game and celebration of Spanish team ;

Home heroes Doppler - Horst of Austria is going to the quarter finals in front of a full house crowd of Vienna by winning over Santos Pereira - Cherif of Qatar with 2-0 (26-24, 24-22)

Fullhouse central court at World Champs Vienna

At Women's semi final games ;

The first semi final was the same with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games , Just like the Rio 2016, semi final, Ludwig-Walkenhorst of Germany won over Brazilians Larissa - Talita by 2-0 (21-19, 21-16)

here is the last point from the game ;

Second semi final game went to decisison , Americans Ross - Fendrick won over Pavan - Humana Parades of Canada by 2-1 (19-21, 21-16, 15-11)

here is the last point of the game ;

                                     

photos and videos by me ;

Who Has Qualified For Rio 2016 Olympic Games So Far?

Beach Volleyball at Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be taking place on the sands of  Coppacabana on August 06-18. 24 men and 24 women teams will be playing at this iconic beach for gold medal.

According the Olympic qualification system approved by the IOC,  the 18 team of 24 per gender is clear by the 13 th of June.

1 team Host Country Vacancy (Brasil)
1 team Vacancy for 2015 World Champions (Brasil)
15 teams according the World Tour Rankings by 13th of June respecting the max. of 2 (two) quota per country, per gender.
1 team winners of CAVB Continental Cup per gender (Tunisia men and Egypt women teams)

You can see the teams who qualified for Rio 2016 by World Tour rankings, in the below or by clicking here for men or for women ;

Olympic Rankings for Women as of 13 th of June

Olympic Rankings for Men as of 13 th of June

I want to add my photos and video for the last two country's who have qualified according the World Tour Rankings,

For Women's side ; 

16 - Gallay/Klug (ARG)

Team Gallay/Klug (Argentina) during FIVB Antalya Open 2016

17- Wang/Yue (CHN)

Team Wang/Yue (China) during FIVB World Championships 2015

For Men's side ; 

16 - Schalk/Saxton (CAN)

Team Schalk/Saxton (Canada) during FIVB World Championships 2015

17 - Virgen/Ontiveros (MEX) 

Team Virgen/Ontiveros (Mexico) during FIVB World Championships 2015

The other 4 teams per gender will be determined after Beach Volleyball Continental Cup (Continental Final) on June 22-26

The last 2 teams per gender will be clear after FIVB World Continental Cup (Olympic Qualification) on 06-10 June 2016 at Sochi.