20/05/2014 19:00
Teams from 15 countries to compete at U17 World Champs European qualifier
News from the CEV
Luxembourg, May 20, 2014. Teams from 15 different countries have registered to participate in European qualification tournament for the inaugural FIVB U17 Beach Volleyball World Championship that will take place on June 6-8 in Matosinhos, Portugal. There will be 16 teams per gender in action there, since the host country will be represented by two pairs. The top six teams at the end of the competition will qualify a spot for their National Federation to the Main Draw of the FIVB U17 Beach Volleyball World Championship, while those ranked 7-11 will make the Qualification Tournament of the Championship which is due to take place in Acapulco, Mexico, from July 15 to 20.
The following countries have registered their teams to participate in the competition:
Men: Czech Republic, France, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey
Women: Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Turkey
The teams will be drawn into four (4) preliminary Pools of either four (4) or three (3) teams each and play there a single round robin. From the Preliminary Round the top 3 teams of each Pool will advance to the Final Phase that will be played in a single elimination format while the fourth ranked teams will play classification matches for places 13-16. The Single Elimination Phase will be followed by a series of classification matches to determine the teams ranked 5-12. The competition is open to players born on January 1, 1998 or thereafter.
“After the Final of the inaugural CEV Youth Beach Volleyball Continental Cup held last week in Antalya where six teams per gender got the right to compete at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, some more young players will have the opportunity to play international matches in Matosinhos, thereby seeing where they stand, getting to feel the unique atmosphere of an international competition and continuing to pursue their dream of becoming, one day, professional players,” says CEV Vice President and President of the European Beach Volleyball Commission, Renato Arena. “We look forward to this tournament and we thank our friends and colleagues from Portugal for the commitment they have showed in supporting our project by hosting this tournament in Matosinhos.”
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