World Juniors Beach day 2
Posted by devo on September 6, 2008
UPDATED: originally posted 5/09/08
In a close encounter, Boehm-McHugh AUS [12] lost to Penk-Walkenhorst GER [24] 0-2 (20-22, 21-23), to go 0-2 in the pool round. Then, in their last pool match, they defeated the number one ranked pair.
Sheaf-Sheaf GBR [1] lost to Boehm-McHugh AUS [12] 0-2 (16-21, 11-21). This was enough to carry the Aussie boy’s through to elimination round one matches where they will meet the 17th ranked Polish pair of Kadziola-Szalankiewicz later today. more
In the women’s draw Palmer-Rohkamper AUS [3] defeated Goricanec-Sciarini SUI [10] 2-1 (16-21, 21-15, 15-13) to go 3-0 in pool play. They will meet the 19th ranked Canadian pair of Cowley-Janssen later today in elimination round one matches. more
Led by Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper of Australia and Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers of the Netherlands, 16 women’s teams advancing here Friday to the single-elimination phase at the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships by Nivea Sun for players under the age of 21.
Only 10 of the tandems advancing to the elimination rounds were seeded among the top 16 teams in the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships presented as the first two days of the Main Draw schedule featured pool play at the Nivea Sun Yellowave, the first permanent beach sports venue in the United Kingdom.
The eighth annual SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships, which also features men’s competition, will stage two rounds of single-elimination bracket play Saturday for both genders to determine the “final four” teams for Sunday’s semi-finals and medal matches.
While the women played only one round of 12 pool play matches Friday, each men’s team competed twice on Brighton Beach with damp and windy conditions. In addition to capturing gold medals Sunday, the winning teams will be awarded “wild card” berths at a future SWATCH-FIVB World Tour events in either 2008 or 2009.
The third-seeded Palmer and Rohkamper, who claimed the silver medal at the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships after losing the three-set finale to Lili Maestrini and Barbara Figueiredo Seixas of Brazil in Modena, Italy, captured their pool with a 3-0 record win wins over teams from Poland, Norway and Switzerland. more@fivb
