Photo: FIVB
It's time to go back to the beach! The first event of the 2012 FIVB Swatch Beach Volleyball World tour kicks off this week in Brasilia, Brazil. This dual gender event sees nine Canadian teams competing. After last year, we have a bunch of partner switches on our men's teams. Maverick Hatch and Sam Schachter as well as Ben Saxton and Christian Redmann are the only two teams remaining together from the 2011 season. Rich Van Huizen will be playing with Garret May this season. May will be playing in his first Men's World Tour event after placing 4th at FIVB Junior Worlds last year and 1st in 2010. Returning to the World Tour this year is Matt Zbyszewski (Matty Z). Matty played in five events in 2010 with Josh Binstock, but didn't compete last year. Matty will be partnering this season with Chaim Schalk. Each men's team will have to compete in the country quota in order to get into the qualification round.
The Canadian women's teams do not have to play in the CQ. Four teams will compete in the tournament with Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley getting direct entry into the main draw. Recent Canadian Champions Kacie MacTavish and Julie Rodrigue join Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin as well as Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas in the qualification round. Broder and Valjas did play the last event of the season (Phuket, Thailand) together in 2011, but competed with different partners for the others.
Canadian Men's Teams in Brasilia
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Binstock-Reader |
194 (CQ) |
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Hatch-Schachter |
336 (CQ) |
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Saxton-Redmann |
360 (CQ) |
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Van Huizen-May |
134 (CQ) |
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Zbyszewski-Schalk |
66 (CQ) |
Canadian Women's Teams in Brasilia
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Bansley-Maloney |
1040 (Main Draw) |
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Broder-Valjas |
90 |
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Lessard-Martin |
320 |
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MacTavish-Rodrigue |
214 |
Best of luck to all the Canadian teams down in Brazil this week. As always, check back to Kill on Two for updated results, scores and live video streams.
Results, match ups and live streams after the break.
Live Streams
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Women's Qualification Round 1
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Broder-Valjas |
def. |
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Nieto-Cardozo |
2-0 (21-13, 21-13) |
Women's Qualification Round 2
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Lessard-Martin |
def. |
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MacTavish-Rodrigue |
2-1 (20-22, 21-15, 15-12) |
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Saka-Rtvelo |
def. |
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Broder-Valjas |
2-0 (21-19, 21-18) |
Women's Qualification Round 3
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Borger-Büthe |
def. |
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Lessard-Martin |
2-0 (21-16, 21-14) |
Women's Main Draw Round 1
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Bansley-Maloney |
def. |
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Borger-Büthe |
2-0 (21-19, 21-19) |
Women's Main Draw Round 2
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May-Treanor-Walsh |
def. |
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Bansley-Maloney |
2-0 (22-20, 21-13) |
Women's Main Draw Lower Bracket
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Meppelink-van Gestel |
vs. |
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Bansley-Maloney |
April 18th, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. EST |
Men's Qualification Round 2
Every Canadian men's team received a bye in the first round of Qualification
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Saxton-Redmann |
def. |
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Azaad-Conde |
2-1 (21-10, 15-21, 16-14) |
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Binstock-Reader |
def. |
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Hernandez-Fañe |
2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 16-14) |
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Hatch-Schachter |
def. |
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Hasegawa-Inoue |
2-0 (21-10, 21-16) |
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Keenan-Mayer |
def. |
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Zbyszewski-Schalk |
2-0 (21-16, 21-17) |
Men's Qualification Round 3
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Prokopiev-Likholetov |
def. |
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Hatch-Schachter |
2-0 (21-18, 21-14) |
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Kunert-Petutschnig |
def. |
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Binstock-Reader |
2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 15-13) |
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Saxton-Redmann |
def. |
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Zhou-Li |
2-0 (21-19, 21-14) |
Men's Main Draw Round 1
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Erdmann-Matysik |
def. |
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Saxton-Redmann |
2-0 (21-14, 25-23) |
Men's Main Draw Round 1 Lower Bracket
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Huber-Seidl |
def. |
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Saxton-Redmann |
2-0 (21-17, 21-14)
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Women's Final Four Brackets
Men's Final Four Brackets
