Cam speaks with Juliana of Brazil after her bronze medal win over Slukova-Kolocova of CZE at the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour The Hague Grand Slam.
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Cam sits down with Kristyna Kolocova of the Czech Republic after her bronze medal victory in Gstaad, Switzerland. Kristyna and her partner Marketa Slukova defeated Juliana-Antonelli of Brazil to win their third medal on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
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Photo: FIVB
Pool play has ended in London at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Neither Canadian team has made it into the first round of playoffs with Marie-Andrée Lessard and Annie Martin not making it out of pool play and Martin Reader and Josh Binstock losing in the lucky loser stage of the tournament. The first round of playoffs begins August 3rd 2012 and as always, matches will be streamed live on CTV and NBC. Live streams below.
Live Streams
Live video streams can be found at the Kill on Two Olympic page.
Women's Beach Volleyball Round 1
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Larissa-Juliana | vs. |  |
Meppelink-van Gestel |
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Goller-Ludwig | vs. | |
Holtwick-Semmler |
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Talita-Antonelli | vs. |  |
Slukova-Kolocova |
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Kuhn-Zumkehr | vs. |  |
Kessy-Ross |
The first day of finals from Aland, Finland on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. We have the women's action up first on Saturday followed by men's on Sunday. This event appears to be the usual suspects once again rounding out the final four for the women and by looks of it, it will be that way for the men as well. Matches, brackets, results and live streams below:
Women's Semi Finals
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Talita-Antonelli | vs. |  |
May-Treanor-Walsh | 0-2 (20-22, 14-21) |
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Larissa-Juliana | vs. |  |
Xue-Zhang Xi | 1-2 (19-21, 21-17, 12-15) |
Men's Semi Finals
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Emanuel-Alison | vs. | |
Marcio Araujo-Benjamin |
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Rogers-Dalhausser | vs. |  |
Fijalek-Prudel |
More scores, live streams and brackets after the jump.
The second last grand slam of the season is almost complete with finals action taking place today for the men's side of the tournament. The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is in Stare Jablonki, Poland this week and we have the final games, brackets, results and live streams below.
Women's Final Four
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Xue-Zhang Xi |
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Larissa-Juliana |
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Kessy-Ross |
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Talita-Antonelli |
Men's Final Four
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Fijalek-Prudel |
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Erdmann-Matysik |
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Emanuel-Alison |
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Rogers-Dalhausser |
Brackets and live streams after the jump.
It's the first day of finals on the of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in Moscow. A very regular sighting in the final four, with three of last week's top four teams coming back for more. The powerhouse of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh who finished fifth last week in Gstaad are looking for some more hardware as they are in the semi final action. For live streams, results and brackets below
Women's Brackets
More brackets and live streaming video links after the jump.
Today marks the end of another stop on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The women's event has already completed and the Brazil powerhouse of Juliana-Larissa claiming another gold medal over Xue-Zhang Xi of China. On the men's side of the tournament, the gold medal match is about to begin and we have the live streaming links so you can watch it along with us.
Women's Brackets
Men's Brackets
Live streams and video links after the jump.
After a week of competition, the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships from Rome, Italy will be coming to an end today with finals action from both the men's and women's side of the tournament. On the men's side we have an all Brazil final with Marcio Araujo-Ricardo facing Emanuel-Alison. The women's side of the tournament bring another rematch between rivals as Larissa-Juliana of Brazil face May-Treanor-Walsh of the United States. As always, we have the matches, brackets and live streams listed below for those interested.
Women's Matches
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Xue-Zhang Xi | vs. |  |
Klapalova-Hajeckova | Bronze Medal Match | 10:35 a.m. EST |
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May-Treanor-Walsh | vs. |  |
Larissa-Juliana | Gold Medal Match | 1:15 p.m. EST |
Men's Matches
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Plavins-Smedins, J. | vs. |  |
Brink-Reckermann | Bronze Medal Match | 11:35 a.m. EST |
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Marcio Araujo-Ricardo | vs. | |
Emanuel-Alison | Gold Medal Match | 2:45 p.m. EST |
Brackets and live stream links after the jump.
Today in Sanya, China main draw action continues in the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour. Photo: fivb.orgWe have some very interesting matchups today in the main draw action in Sanya, China. We have the upper bracket matchups below. Due to the seedings and results of the begining of the main draw, at this round we have an all USA match between May-Treanor-Walsh and Akers-Branagh. Live stream links and upper bracket matchups below.
Upper Bracket
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Larissa-Juliana | vs. |  |
Keizer-Van Iersel |
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May-Treanor-Walsh | vs. | |
Akers-Branagh |
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Xue-Zhang Xi | vs. |  |
Khomyakova-Vozakova |
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Talita-Antonelli | vs. |  |
Candelas-Garcia |
Live Streams
Australia's Becchara Palmer digs a ball during FIVB Sanya qualification round. Photo: fivb.orgToday sees the first games of the main draw on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour from Sanya, China. I'm excited to get the live stream going on my TV. Below are the live streams:
Update: after the jump, the breakdown of some of today's action:
Live Streams
The next stop on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour is in Sanya, China.The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour invades Sanya, China today for the second event of the 2011 FIVB season. Country quota matches will take place on Tuesday, and Canada will be a part of them. The Sanya Open is a female only FIVB event and four Canadian women's duos are registered. This is the first FIVB event of the season for three of those pairings with the team of Julie Rodrigue and Kacie MacTavish being the only team that competed last week in Brazil. Here are a list of the Canadian teams and their respective entry points.
Canadian Teams
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860 | CAN | Marie-Andrée Lessard/Annie Martin |
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452 | CAN | Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney |
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94 | CAN | Julie Rodrigue/Kacie MacTavish |
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42 | CAN | Kristina Valjas/Caleigh Whitaker |
The women's podium at the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Brasilia Open. Photo: fivb.orgThe first event of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour from Brasilia, Brazil has concluded today with the final matches on the men's side of the tournament completing. The women's side of the event saw the #1 ranked Juliana/Larissa of Brazil take the gold over the Olympic defending champions, May-Treanor/Walsh of The United States. The US also claimed the last spot on the podium with Kessy/Ross clinching the bronze medal against fellow Americans Fendrick/Hanson.
The Americans also did quite well on the men's side of the tournament with the #1 ranked Rogers/Dalhausser claiming gold over the home crowd favourite of Alison/Emanuel of Brazil. The bronze medal match went in favour of Wu/Xu of China in a three set showdown.
None of the three Canadian teams in the tournament made the main draw, however with China on the horizon, we hope to see more Canadian representation at the international level.
From a spectator's perspective, this first event was fairly easy to follow. At any given time, there were three to five live streams going allowing fans to watch as many matches as possible. There were, however, hiccups with coverage. Unfortunately some of those live streams were hosted by online gambling websites that not only required registration to their website, but also required you to deposit money into your account to view the stream. This was an instant deterrent for those just wanting to watch volleyball. Let's face it they aren't in the live streaming business, they are in the gambling business. The other problem with the live streams was that TV blackout agreements made many of them blocked in certain countries. It's unfortunate that with the global volleyball community, who doesn't get that much television coverage as it is and is really starting to form a foundation with free live streaming video, is still at the mercy of television networks and government regulations.
Full Match Videos
The Brazillian team of Larissa/Juliana will begin the 2011 FIVB beach volleyball season at home in Brazil. Photo: fivb.org
Women's Tournament April 17th - 22nd, 2011
Men's Tournament April 18th - 23rd, 2011
FIVB beach volleyball is back this week with the first tournament of the 2011 season. Starting off the tour in Brazil, teams representing 36 countries will compete of the six days of competition. With $190 000 up for grabs in the men's and women's tournaments each, professional beach volleyball teams worldwide are looking to start off their 2011 season strong. Not only is money a factor, but with next year's Olympics in London on the horizon, teams are also looking to have the best results possible so they can represent their countries next year in London.
More after the jump.