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FIVB: The Hague Qualification (Live Video)

Fivb hague quali

Where has this summer gone?  Not too long ago I was writing our first post previewing the first stop of the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.  This week we see the last tour stop of the summer coming from the HP Beach Open from The Hague, Netherlands.  Covering the FIVB tour for the first time this year has increased my knowledge of the sport greatly and I look forward to next year.  On top of that, attending the Jeep Open in Quebec City, Canada was probably one of my more favourite times in my 13 years of volleyball.  I look forward to going back next year, and hopefully going to some other events as well.

I'm getting a little ahead of myself here.  We do have one more event left this summer as well as two single gender events in the fall that are still technically part of this year's tour.  On the Canadian side of things, action is pretty quiet overseas.  Most Canadian teams are home for Canadian Beach Nationals this weekend in Toronto.  Only one women's and one men's team from Canada will be playing in The Netherlands this week.

Canadian Women in The Netherlands

Canada Lessard-Martin

Canadian Men in The Netherlands

Canada Hinchey-Vandenburg

Matches, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerrhinchey, lessard, martin, netherlands, vandenburg
FIVB: Finland Finals (Live Video)

Fivb aland finals

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

Brazil Talita-Antonelli vs. USA May-Treanor-Walsh 0-2 (20-22, 14-21)
Brazil Larissa-Juliana vs. China Xue-Zhang Xi 1-2 (19-21, 21-17, 12-15)

Men's Semi Finals

Brazil Emanuel-Alison vs. Brazil Marcio Araujo-Benjamin
USA Rogers-Dalhausser vs. Poland Fijalek-Prudel

More scores, live streams and brackets after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerraland, alison, antonelli, dalhausser, emanuel, finland, juliana, larissa, maytreanor, rogers, talita, walsh
FIVB: Finland Main Draw (Live Video)

Fivb aland main

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

Finland Nystrom-Nystrom vs. Canada Bansley-Maloney 0-2 (15-21, 17-21)
USA Fendrick-Hanson vs. Brazil Lima-Vivian 1-2 (10-21, 22-20, 10-15)
Georgia Saka-Rtvelo vs. USA May-Treanor-Walsh 0-2 (19-21, 12-21)
Kazakhstan Mashkova-Tsimbalova vs. China Xue-Zhang Xi 0-2 (13-21, 10-21)

Second round matches, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerraland, bansley, fendrick, finland, hanson, maloney, maytreanor, walsh, xue, zhangxi
FIVB: Finland Qualification (Live Video)

Fivb aland qual

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues this week from Aland, Finland with a dual gender event.  Four Canadian teams will be competing in the Paf Open this week with most of the teams being the young up and comers as opposed to the regular full time FIVB tour players.  On the women's side we have Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney who do compete full time on the tour who have gained direct main draw entry this week.  The other women's team is the team of Jamie Lynn Broder and Ashley Voth who will have to go through the qualification round.  The men's side of the competition sees two teams: Andrew Hinchey and Ryan Vanderburg as well as Steve Marshall and Chaim Schalk.

Canadian Women's Teams in Finland

Canada Bansley-Maloney (Main Draw)
Canada Broder-Voth

Canadian Men's Teams in Finland

Canada Hinchey-Vandenburg
Canada Marshall-Schalk

Matches, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerraland, bansley, broder, finland, hinchey, maloney, marshall, schalk, vandenburg, voth
London 2012 Olympics: Test Event

London 2012 test event

Tweny four women's beach volleyball teams are currently in London for a test event scheduled to help aid with next year's London Olympics.  The event takes place at the Horse Guards in London, England from August 9th - 14th.  In the event are three Canadian teams: Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley, Jamie Lynn Broder and Ashley Voth, and lastly Kacie MacTavish and Julie Rodrigue.  Below are the Canadian's pools for pool play.

Pool C

Canada MacTavish-Rodrigue
USA Kessy-Ross
Estonia Graumann-Anu
Uganda Nammanda-Alice
More pool teams after the jump.
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beach, olympics, womensCameron Kerrbansley, broder, kessy, lima, mactavish, maloney, rodrigue, ross, vivian, voth
FIVB: Austria Finals (Live Video)

Fivb austria finals

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

USA May-Treanor-Walsh vs. Netherlands Keizer-Van Iersel
China Xue-Zhang Xi vs. Brazil Talita-Antonelli

Brackets, matches and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerrantonelli, austria, keizer, maytreanor, talita, vaniersel, walsh, xue, zhangxi
FIVB: Austria Main Draw (Live Video)

Fivb austria maindraw

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

Canada MacTavish-Rodrigue
Canada Bansley-Maloney

Pool play matches, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerraustria, bansley, klagenfurt, mactavish, maloney, rodrigue, xue, zhangxi
FIVB: Austria Qualification (Live Video)

Fivb austria qualification

Time sure does fly.  Two weeks ago I arrived in Quebec ready for the start of the the FIVB Quebec Jeep Open.  Since then we have seen another grand slam event in Poland where some familiar faces took home gold.  Now the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is in Austria for the final grand slam of the season at the A1 Grand Slam presented by Volksbank.  There are many Canadian teams in Austria including Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney fresh off a 9th place finish in Poland.  Canadian Rosters, matches, results and live streams below.

Canadian Women's Teams

Canada Bansley-Maloney
Canada Lessard-Martin
Canada MacTavish-Rodrigue

Canadian Men's Teams

Canada Binstock-Van Huizen
Canada Redmann-Saxton

Matches, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerrbansley, binstock, lessard, mactavish, maloney, martin, redmann, rodrigue, saxton, vanhuizen
FIVB: Poland Finals (Live Video)

Fivb poland final

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

China Xue-Zhang Xi
Brazil Larissa-Juliana
USA Kessy-Ross
Brazil Talita-Antonelli

Men's Final Four

Poland Fijalek-Prudel
Germany Erdmann-Matysik
Brazil Emanuel-Alison
USA Rogers-Dalhausser

Brackets and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerralison, dalhausser, emanuel, juliana, kessy, larissa, poland, rogers, ross, xue, zhangxi
FIVB: Poland Main Draw (Live Video)

Fivb poland maindraw

We are now in main draw action in the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour stop from Stare Jablonki, Poland.  Four Canadian teams entered the tournament and only one has made it through to the main draw and they did so by defeating another Canadian team to get there.  On the women's side Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley defeated Annie Martin and Marie Andre Lessard to qualify for the main draw.  On the men's side of the tournament, both Canadian teams were eliminated in the first round of qualification.  Christian Redmann and Ben Saxton lost to the team of Sidorenko-Dyachenko of Kazakhstan while Josh Binstock and Rich Van Huizen were defeated by Austrailians McHugh and Slack.  Games, results, scores and live streams below.

Canadian Men's Qualification Results

Round 1

Australia McHugh-Slack def. Canada Binstock-Van Huizen 2-0 (21-19, 21-16)
Kazakhstan Sidorenko-Dyachenko def. Canada Redmann-Saxton 2-0 (21-16, 21-17)

Canadian Women's Qualification Results

Round 1

Canada Bansley-Maloney def. Kazakhstan Tsimbalova-Mashkova 2-0 (21-19, 21-16)
Canada Lessard-Martin def. Latvia Inga-Lece 2-1 (21-12, 19-21, 15-11)

Round 2

Canada Bansley-Maloney def. Canada Lessard-Martin 2-1 (15-21, 24-22, 15-11)

Main Draw pools, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, mens, womensCameron Kerrbansley, binstock, lessard, maloney, martin, poland, redmann, saxton, vanhuizen
FIVB: Quebec Finals (Live Video)

Fivb quebec finals

It has been a long week in Quebec of Country Quota, Qualification and Main Draw action at the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.  Today is the last day of competition with the bronze and gold medal matches for each gender taking place.  On both sides of the tournament, there is a chance for a country to sweep the podium, Brazil on the women's and USA on the men's.  Brackets, matches, results and live streams below.

Women's Bronze Medal Game

Spain Liliana-Baquerizo vs. Brazil Lima-Vivian        0-2 (13-21, 19-21)

Women's Gold Medal Game

Brazil Maria Clara-Carol vs. Brazil Talita-Antonelli       1-2 (17-21, 21-19, 11-15)

Men's Bronze Medal Game

Brazil Santos-Álvaro Filho vs. USA Gibb-Rosenthal        0-2 (20-22, 19-21)

Men's Gold Medal Game

USA Rogers-Dalhausser vs. USA Fuerbringer-Lucena    2-0 (23-21, 21-19)

Brackets and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerralvaro, dalhausser, fuerbringer, gibb, lucena, quebec, rogers, rosenthal, santos
FIVB: Quebec Main Draw Day 3 (Live Video)

Fivb quebec maindraw3

As the tournament winds to a close, we saw all but one Canadian team exit the tournament.  Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley will continue on and face Maria Clara-Carol of Brazil today at 1:00 p.m. EST.  Yesterday also saw the fifty-seventh match between Rogers-Dalhausser and Gibb-Rosenthal of The United States.  We spoke with Todd Rogers after that match last night.  Today's matches, scores and live streams below.

Women's Main Draw Games Today

Canada Bansley-Maloney vs. Brazil Maria Clara-Carol     0-2 (17-21, 15-21)
Mexico Candelas-Garcia vs. USA Kessy-Ross            2-0 (22-20, 21-17)
Australia Cook-Hinchley vs. Brazil Maria Clara-Carol    AUS forfeit (injury)
Brazil Lima-Vivian vs. Mexico Candelas-Garcia     2-0 (21-14, 21-17)
Brazil Talita-Antonelli vs. Brazil Lima-Vivian
Spain Liliana-Baquerizo vs. Brazil Maria Clara-Carol

Men's main draw games, results and live streams after the jump.

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beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron Kerrbansley, dalhausser, kessy, maloney, quebec, rogers, ross
FIVB: Quebec Main Draw Day 2 (Live Video)

Fivb quebec maindraw2

The second day of main draw action continues from Quebec City, Canada on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.  There are two remaining women's and three remaining men's teams from Canada left in the tournament.  Each Canadian team has already had their first loss of this double elimination main draw, so they must win out their remaining games for a chance at the podium.  Live streams, matches and results below.

Canadian Women's Team in Main Draw

Canada Lessard-Martin vs. Japan Tanaka-Mizoe
Canada Bansley-Maloney vs. France Giaoui-Benhamou

More Canadian and American matches after the jump.

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beach, mens, womensCameron Kerrbansley, binstock, canada, dalhausser, hatch, hyden, lessard, maloney, martin, quebec, redmann, rogers