Thursday is here and that means that we are into main draw action over in The Netherlands in this stop of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The HP Beach Open sees only one Canadian team remaining in this tournament and that is the women's team of Marie Andree Lessard and Annie Martin. As you would recall, they have direct entry into the main draw thanks to a wild card. Because this is just a regular open tournament and not a grand slam, the main draw is a double elimination format. Matches, results, and live streams below.
Canadians in the Main Draw
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Lessard-Martin |
Women's Teams to Watch
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Xue-Zhang Xi |
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May-Treanor-Walsh |
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Keizer-Van Iersel |
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Larissa-Juliana |
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Kessy-Ross |
Men's Teams to Watch
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Fijalek-Prudel |
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Fuerbringer-Lucena |
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Marcio Araujo-Benjamin |
Matches, results and live streams after the jump.
The women's side of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World tour from Aland, Finland has reached the main draw phase of the competition. This being a regular open and not a grand slam, there will be no pool play and we will jump right into double elimination. The only Canadian women's team left in the tournament is the team of Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley who had a direct entry into the main draw. Results, matches and live streams below.
Main Draw
First Round
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Nystrom-Nystrom | vs. |  |
Bansley-Maloney | 0-2 (15-21, 17-21) |
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Fendrick-Hanson | vs. |  |
Lima-Vivian | 1-2 (10-21, 22-20, 10-15) |
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Saka-Rtvelo | vs. | |
May-Treanor-Walsh | 0-2 (19-21, 12-21) |
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Mashkova-Tsimbalova | vs. |  |
Xue-Zhang Xi | 0-2 (13-21, 10-21) |
Second round matches, results and live streams after the jump.
It's time for the finals in Austria on this part of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. This being a dual gender event, the women arrive at the finals first and will complete their matches a day before the men. This post will provide the matches, brackets, scores and live streams for the women's finals.
Women's Matches
Semi Finals
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May-Treanor-Walsh | vs. |  |
Keizer-Van Iersel |
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Xue-Zhang Xi | vs. |  |
Talita-Antonelli |
Brackets, matches and live streams after the jump.
Main draw action begins today over in Klagenfurt, Austria in this week's stop of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. This being a dual gender event, the women will enter main draw action first, with the men to follow tomorrow. On the Canadian side of things, two Canadian women's teams have made it through qualification and into the pool play of this grand slam main draw. Kacie MacTavish and Julie Rodrigue defeated Annie Martin and Marie Andre Lessard to enter the main draw while Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney defeated the Mexican team of Candelas and Garcia. Matches, pools, scores and live streams below.
Canadian Women in Pool Play
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MacTavish-Rodrigue |
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Bansley-Maloney |
Pool play matches, results and live streams 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.