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02/05/2015 17:45 Turkey to challenge pre-favourite Latvians for spot in Continental Cup finals 2014-2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup - Men Fethiye, Turkey, May 2, 2015. Turkey and Latvia will be playing each other on Sunday for a spot in the final stage of the 2014-2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – Men after claiming their respective semis on Saturday with England and Croatia. Croatia lost also their second tie of the day to England and is already eliminated from the competition. The losers of Sunday’s final and England have already secured they are still in the race for a spot to compete at Rio 2016 since both the second and third-placed teams from this tournament will continue their journey in the 4th Round of the Continental Cup coming up later this summer. Click here for further information including results and a detailed match programme The 3rd Round tournaments are being covered extensively also on the CEV’s Facebook page and Twitter account, make sure you also use the official hashtag #CEVContinentalCup! Turkey vs. England 2:1 Turkey started their quest for a spot in the finals of the Continental Cup playing England and with Volkan Gögtepe/Murat Giginoglu securing a first point with their 21-15, 21-17 win over Philip Smith and Gregg Weaver. England’s top team Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory responded by edging Selcuk Sekerci and Hasan Huseyin Mermer 21-19, 21-18 and so the winner of this tie was to be decided at the ‘golden match’. Once again Volkan Gögtepe (pictured) and Murat Giginoglu performed strong and with their 21-16, 15-21, 15-10 win over Sheaf/Gregory they secured a spot in the first-place final for Turkey. Murat Giginoglu stressed that both teams performed well in the ‘golden match’ and deserved to seize the day: “England played really good and it was a challenging game but we managed to record an important victory for us in the tournament. I look forward to playing the finals against Latvia tomorrow. I would like to thank my partner Volkan for his contribution to today’s wins and we are evidently both happy with the results we claimed.” His partner Volkan Gögtepe added: “I believe that the last one was a really good match. England have formed a really strong team and they were well prepared, but we also were ready for this fight and we are happy with winning today’s games. Now we are in the finals. I look forward to the matches tomorrow with Latvia. Our goal is to be able to compete at the Rio Olympics.” Latvia vs. Croatia 2:0 Latvia had no problems at all in their semi with Croatia. 2012 Olympic bronze medallists Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins played together for the first time since a couple of years and they easily recorded a 21-11, 21-17 win over Niksa Dell’Orco and Ivan Djordjevic. In the other match Ruslans Sorokins and Aleksandrs Solovejs stamped a double 21-13 to edge past Filip Silic and Ivan Zeljkovic. Latvia and Turkey are therefore set to contribute to an exciting final on Sunday. Croatia vs. England 0:2 Croatia is already out of contention for a spot in the Rio Olympics following their 0:2 defeat to England in their second tie of the day. England’s Philip Smith/Gregg Weaver and Jake Sheaf/Chris Gregory did not drop a set in their matches with the Croatian pairs and on Sunday will challenge the losers of the final starring Turkey and Latvia for second place in Pool H.

02/05/2015 17:45
Turkey to challenge pre-favourite Latvians for spot in Continental Cup finals
2014-2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup - Men

Fethiye, Turkey, May 2, 2015. Turkey and Latvia will be playing each other on Sunday for a spot in the final stage of the 2014-2016 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – Men after claiming their respective semis on Saturday with England and Croatia. Croatia lost also their second tie of the day to England and is already eliminated from the competition. The losers of Sunday’s final and England have already secured they are still in the race for a spot to compete at Rio 2016 since both the second and third-placed teams from this tournament will continue their journey in the 4th Round of the Continental Cup coming up later this summer.

Click here for further information including results and a detailed match programme

The 3rd Round tournaments are being covered extensively also on the CEV’s Facebook page and Twitter account, make sure you also use the official hashtag #CEVContinentalCup!

Turkey vs. England 2:1

Turkey started their quest for a spot in the finals of the Continental Cup playing England and with Volkan Gögtepe/Murat Giginoglu securing a first point with their 21-15, 21-17 win over Philip Smith and Gregg Weaver. England’s top team Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory responded by edging Selcuk Sekerci and Hasan Huseyin Mermer 21-19, 21-18 and so the winner of this tie was to be decided at the ‘golden match’. Once again Volkan Gögtepe (pictured) and Murat Giginoglu performed strong and with their 21-16, 15-21, 15-10 win over Sheaf/Gregory they secured a spot in the first-place final for Turkey.

Murat Giginoglu stressed that both teams performed well in the ‘golden match’ and deserved to seize the day: “England played really good and it was a challenging game but we managed to record an important victory for us in the tournament. I look forward to playing the finals against Latvia tomorrow. I would like to thank my partner Volkan for his contribution to today’s wins and we are evidently both happy with the results we claimed.”

His partner Volkan Gögtepe added: “I believe that the last one was a really good match. England have formed a really strong team and they were well prepared, but we also were ready for this fight and we are happy with winning today’s games. Now we are in the finals. I look forward to the matches tomorrow with Latvia. Our goal is to be able to compete at the Rio Olympics.”

Latvia vs. Croatia 2:0

Latvia had no problems at all in their semi with Croatia. 2012 Olympic bronze medallists Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins played together for the first time since a couple of years and they easily recorded a 21-11, 21-17 win over Niksa Dell’Orco and Ivan Djordjevic. In the other match Ruslans Sorokins and Aleksandrs Solovejs stamped a double 21-13 to edge past Filip Silic and Ivan Zeljkovic. Latvia and Turkey are therefore set to contribute to an exciting final on Sunday.

Croatia vs. England 0:2

Croatia is already out of contention for a spot in the Rio Olympics following their 0:2 defeat to England in their second tie of the day. England’s Philip Smith/Gregg Weaver and Jake Sheaf/Chris Gregory did not drop a set in their matches with the Croatian pairs and on Sunday will challenge the losers of the final starring Turkey and Latvia for second place in Pool H.

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