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Barnett and Palmer play for bronze

Posted by devo on November 9, 2008

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The final day of the Phuket Beach tournament, featuring Tamsin Barnett and Becchara Palmer playing for bronze, is streaming live.

The Aussies lost the first set 14-21, but are more competitive in the second set. The Germans - Guerther & Banck - move ahead towards the end of the second set to win 18-21

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Phuket beach finals live

Posted by devo on November 8, 2008

The fivb are streaming here - Tamsin Barnett and Becchara Palmer semi-final match at the Phuket  2008 Women’s Open

Tamsin and Becchara lost to Branagh-Turner (USA) 2-0. They will play off for 3rd place tomorrow.

Results at the FIVB

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Tamsin Barnett and Becchara Palmer into semis

Posted by devo on November 8, 2008

After winning a pair of matches on Friday at the US$175,000 Phuket Thailand Open, Tamsin Barnett and Becchara Palmer became the first women’s team since 2000 from Australia to advance to a SWATCH FIVB World Tour “final four” without having either Natalie Cook or Kerri Pottharst as part of the partnership. more@fivb

On a day when all home players crashed out, the formidable Jennifer Boss and April Ross brushed off Nicole Branagh and Tyra Turner in the all-American battle to join Australians Tamsin Barnett and Becchara Palmer in the semi-finals of the US$175,000 Phuket Thailand Open at Karon Beach. more@fivb

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Becchara and Tamsin in upset

Posted by devo on November 7, 2008

With three teams from the United States and Olympic tandems from Austria and Georgia winning as expected here Thursday on Karon Beach, it was the victories by pairs from Australia and Italy that highlighted the women’s Beach Volleyball action at the US$175,000 Phuket Thailand Open.

The teams of 13th-seeded Becchara Palmer/Tamsin Barnett of Australia and 16th-seeded Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli of Italy scored upset SWATCH FIVB World Tour wins over Beach Volleyball pairs from Brazil to advance to the third round of the winner’s bracket for matches Friday morning against tandems from the United States and Germany, respectively. (picture) more@fivb

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FIVB World Beach Tour 2009 - where’s Adelaide?

Posted by edbinnie on November 6, 2008

The Provisional calendar for the 2009 World Tour has been set and released on the FIVB site.

To my surprise, there was no mention of Adelaide! There is hope in the article - “The calendar is subject to change by the FIVB, with decisions pending on a few double-gender events that need to confirm date and/or location.”

Maybe Adelaide is one of these?

http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=18280&Language=0

For those that were involved - playing, refereeing, working, or just watching - the 2008 event was fantastic. I know a huge amount of work went in behind the scenes, and it would be a shame if this all fell apart after 1 year.

So does anyone have an inkling as to what is going on?

Rumours abound last year’s event of heavy fines, poor ticket sales, needless to say the level of work required. Having run it once, I’d have thought that Year 2 should be significantly easier, and achieve better spectator volumes.

At the time, I thought it an “interesting” time to take on the new project, with a new WAVL, no MAVL, a new VTAW programme, large staff changes, and a new National Beach Tour Promoter and Sponsor. 2009 also offers its share of challenges, especially with still no definite details for the National Beach Tour - http://www.avf.org.au/index.php?id=774.

The Provisional National Tour Dates have a final event listed in Adelaide, hopefully gearing up to the World Tour, so let’s hope that the only reason for not mentioning it in the FIVB release is a date confirmation being required!!!

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Cook on beach volleyball

Posted by devo on August 12, 2008

Natalie Cook talks about the progress of beach volleyball in this Reuters post.

The international tour has also blossomed since an exhibition event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

That year, there was one women’s event with $50,000 prize money while the men had $820,000 over five tournaments. By the Atlanta qualifiers the total prize money had jumped to $3 million and is now above $8 million. Sponsorship and domestic tours add to the pot although the total is still small change in comparison to the likes of soccer.

Cook wants beach volleyball to fix more big tournaments on an annual basis to keep up the Olympic momentum, adding to the biannual world championships and shifting world tour. “We have no real fixed facilities. We just put up stands on a beach or tip sand into a tennis court which means it’s expensive to set up tournaments,” she said. “I’ll keep beating that drum, but even with the Olympics we may not hit the really big time in my lifetime.” more@Reuters

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Beach results

Posted by devo on August 1, 2008

UPDATE 7: originally posted 32/07/08

2008 SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships Results
van den Bogert-Vismans NED [6] def Smith-Mercer AUS [18] 2-0 (21-14, 21-18)
Montgomery-McKibbin USA [7] def Smith-Mercer AUS [18] 2-0 (21-10, 21-14)
Smith-Mercer AUS [18] lost to Ciarelli-Carlson USA [19] 0-2 (6-21, 17-21)

Whitaker-Facca CAN [8] def Stone-Artacho AUS [17] 2-0 (21-15, 21-12)
Chaika-Karapischenko RUS [5] def Stone-Artacho AUS [17] 2-0 (21-15, 21-15)
Stone-Artacho AUS [17] lost to Alova-Raevskaya RUS [20] 1-2 (13-21, 21-17, 9-15)

Klagenfurt  2008 Grand Slam Results

Cook-Barnett AUS [5] def Kongshavn-Wiig NOR [28] 2-0 (21-11, 21-14)
Cook-Barnett AUS [5] def Klapalova-Petrova CZE [21]  2-0 (21-11, 21-18)
Cook-Barnett AUS [5] def Hakedal-Torlen NOR [12]  2-0 (30-28, 23-21)
In a marathon 2 set game the Aussies dug deep to defeat the number 1 Norwegian Olympic team in a match that went for over one hour. “It’s really important to get good quality match experience,” said Cook, who will become the only woman to compete in all four beach volleyball Olympics.  “We played as close to Beijing as we could, we don’t want a long break.  Our team is still young; we’ve been together 18 months and half of that time I was injured with my knee.  We’ll get a week’s rest in Beijing before we play.” more@fivb
Cook-Barnett AUS [5] vs Minusa-Jursone LAT [23] round 2 forfeit team A

Schacht-Slack AUS [14] def Lochhead-Pitman NZL [19] 2-0 (21-14, 21-19)
Schacht-Slack AUS [14] def Cadieux-Lelliott CAN [30] 2-1 (21-16, 15-21, 15-13)
After playing well in the first set, the Aussies boys lost their way in the second set and in the third until, at 8-10 down things turned around. A series of blocks by Slack and a great defensive dig by Schacht allowed Australia to gain momentum and at their second match point sealed the tightly contested match.
Reckermann-Urbatzka GER [3] vs Schacht-Slack AUS [14] forfeit team B

Check out Spike Online for an interesting view on these forfeits

Thanks to Simon Naismith, Program Manager, AIS / AVF Beach Volleyball National Centre of Excellence for the match comments

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AUSSIES OFF TO A FLYER IN OLYMPIC PRELUDE

Posted by devo on July 31, 2008

AUSSIES OFF TO A FLYER IN OLYMPIC PRELUDE.
JULY 30th, 2008 - KLAGENFURT GRAND SLAM, AUSTRIA
WOMEN Main Draw Tournament Results

POOL PLAY

Match 1
Barnett-Cook AUSTRALIA defeated Kongshavn-Wiig Norway 2 - 0 (21-11, 21-14)

Match 2
Barnett-Cook AUSTRALIA defeated Klapalova-Petrova Czech Republic 2 - 0 (21-11, 21-18)

Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook had two pleasing victories today (Wednesday) as they fine tune their game for the Beijing Olympic Games on August 9th. The Aussie girls were never really troubled as they won points at will defensively and sided out with great control. The closest any team got on the scoreboard today was the Czech Republic at 17 all in the 2nd set. However, Barnett-Cook now start to face Olympic teams from tomorrow morning’s match onwards in this tournament.

Thursday Matches:

Cook / Barnett play Norway’s Number 1 Olympic team of Hakedal / Torlen at 11.00am (Austrian time) in their final pool play match of this round. Australian Men’s team Andrew Schacht and Josh Slack will play at 11.00am v Lochhead-Pitman (New Zealand) in their first match of the tournament and then again at 3.00pm v Cadieux-Lelliott (Canada).

Klagenfurt is 8 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time.

OLYMPIC DRAW and POOL PLAY MATCH SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

The FIVB along with BOCOG have announced the Aussies will kick off on the first day of Olympic Competition August 9th, with Barnett / Cook v Russia at 1200 noon and Schacht / Slack v Georgia at 2.00pm. The 12,000-seat Chaoyang Park in Beijing will be the venue for the Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournament. A schedule of Aussie Olympic Games pool play matches can be found below. full draw here. All times are local Beijing Time and subject to change (Beijing is 2 hours behind Australian EST)

TIME, GENDER, POOL
9-Aug-08
12:00 Women PC Barnett-Cook AUS vs. Uryadova-Shiryaeva RUS
14:00 Men PC Schacht-Slack AUS vs. Geor-Gia GEO

10-Aug-08
No Aussie matches

11-Aug-08
10:00 Men PC Schacht-Slack AUS vs. Fernandes-Morais ANG
19:00 Women PC Barnett-Cook AUS vs. Saka-Rtvelo GEO

12-Aug-08
No Aussie matches

13-Aug-08
12:00 Women PC Juliana-Larissa BRA vs. Barnett-Cook AUS
21:00 Men PC Ricardo-Emanuel BRA vs. Schacht-Slack AUS

14-Aug-08
No Aussie matches

Keep up to date with the Results by following this web site (then simply click on Klagenfurt)
www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/BVB_Calendar_WT2008.htm?sm=14

AIS Beach Volleyball web site is: www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/beach_volleyball/home

Volleyball Australia Web site is: www.avf.org.au

Thank you to Simon Naismith (Program Manager, AIS / AVF Beach Volleyball) and the FIVB for their assistance in putting together this information.

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Aussies at Gstaad Grand Slam

Posted by devo on July 27, 2008

UPDATE: Originally posted 25/07/08

Tian and Jie Wang defeated sixth-seeded Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook of Australia in their semifinal match, 24-22, 21-17.  With the win, the Chinese advanced to their 15th title match on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, where they took the silver medal. In the bronze medal match, Barnett and Cook lost to 4th ranked Xue-Zhang Xi of China  (18-21, 13-21) more@fivb ~ results

Previous post:
Australia’s Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack, the seventh-seeded team in this event had to forfeit both matches yesterday due to an injury to Slack. Not good news heading into the Olympics.

Australia’s Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook, who will be heading to her fourth beach Olympics next month, won all of their sets by an average margin of nearly six points. Australia is seeking its first Gold Medal since Barnett and Cook won in Seoul on June 1, 2007. The Aussies are seeded sixth in Gstaad. more@fivb

The Aussie teams’ 3-0 win in the pool round sees them straight through to round 2, bypassing round 1, where they will meet the 18th ranked Spanish pair of Campisi and Lozano.

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Beach women in Germany

Posted by devo on June 13, 2008

The Aussie pairing of Barnett and Cook continue to do well on the World Tour, as they continue to accrue points to protect their position in the Olympic games competition.  In Germany this week they won through their preliminary pool with 2 matches won to 1 match lost; this to the Brazillian 5th ranked team of Renata-Talit.

In their first round match they won: Barnett-Cook AUS [12] Faure-Sarpaux FRA [24] 2-0 (21-18, 21-15).

In the next round today they will face Ana Paula-Shelda the 4th ranked Brazillians for a chance to get to the third round and the weekends finals matches. You can follow all of the matches and scores on the fivb site.

In other fivb news - World League starts today

The 2008 edition of the FIVB World League, the annual showcase for the world’s finest Men’s Volleyball players who compete for more than USD 20 million in Prize Money, starts this weekend with some mouth-watering clashes ahead.

You can check out the fivb preview here.

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Beach success

Posted by devo on June 9, 2008

Another great result for our Aussie beach guys in Poland.

Schacht-Slack AUS [5] defeated Harley-Pedro BRA [3] 2-1 (21-16, 15-21, 15-13) to take out 3rd place over the weekend. more @ fivb

Fifth-seeded Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack scored their win in 60 minutes over Harley and Salgado to share the $14,000 third-place prize.  It was the Australians’ first international medal since claiming the bronze medal at the 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Switzerland last July.

The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour comprises 20 men’s events and 19 women’s events featuring the world’s best Beach Volleyball players competing for a record $8.325 million in Prize Money. And in this Olympic year, players are also trying to score one of the 24 tickets to Beijing.

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Tamsin Barnett & Natalie Cook 4th in Japan Open

Posted by devo on May 26, 2008

A quick look at the Beach results from the weekend shows that the Aussie pair of Barnett and Cook finished 4th in the Japan Open: Barnett-Cook AUS [8] Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [3] 0-2 (17-21, 17-21) after defeating the eventual winners in the 3rd round. Juliana-Larissa BRA [1] Barnett-Cook AUS [8] 1-2 (21-19, 16-21, 14-16) more @ fivb

After 4 events on the 08 World Tour, the Aussie team are sitting in 6th position with  1,320 points and $31,300 in prize money. They are well on the way to earning a spot at the Olympics.

Posted on Devo’s Volleyball - http://devovolleyball.com

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Shanghai 2008 Open

Posted by devo on May 3, 2008

UPDATE 4: originally posted 2/5/08

Two Aussie teams made it into the main draw playing beach in Shanghai in the FIVB World Tour. Both teams are accruing points towards qualification for the Olympics.

Schacht and Slack made it to 7th in the men’s after pushing the second ranked Brazillian team, that went on to win the final, all the way to lose in 3 sets. Harley-Pedro BRA [2] Schacht-Slack AUS [6] 2-1 (21-19, 19-21, 15-11) more

Aussie women Cook and Barnett [6] finished 5th in the women’s draw. They lost to the number 1 ranked Brazillian team of Juliana and Larissa 0-2 (15-21, 13-21). They previously defeated the second ranked Chinese pair of Tian Jia and Wang yesterday afternoon winning in 2 sets: 0-2 (18-21, 16-21). They then defeated the 31st ranked Mexican team of Candelas and Garcia today: 0-2 (16-21, 18-21). more

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Kapa and Richardson still hopeful for Olympics

Posted by devo on April 18, 2008

With the Olympics in his sight, 22-year-old Isaac Kapa is ready to take the international stage by storm.

The former Mackay talent competed in his first world tour last year with his partner Brett Richardson, a multiple Australian champion. Kapa admitted he was “thrown in the deep end” with the tour. “It was a good learning curve for me,” he said.

The team had a successful start to 2008 when they were ranked first in the Crocs Tour Australia in March. Now, Kapa has his focus set on Beijing.

One Australian team has already secured their ticket to Beijing and Kapa is hopeful he and Richardson can qualify for the remaining place. “It’s not going to be easy by any means,” Kapa said. “But I think we’ve definitely got a shot.” Daily Mercury more

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Spike has great addition to its site

Posted by devo on April 10, 2008

Over at the Spike Magazine site they have set up the Spike Game Centre. It has video, photos, stats and game wraps from the FIVB World Tour event in Adelaide. The centre features 17 games. It is missing footage for a few games, including the medal round, because of a camera issue. The guys at Spike are promising to have footage of  those games up early next week.

As far as they know, there is nothing like the Game Centre anywhere else in the world. Check it out.

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Your thoughts on the Adelaide Australian Open?

Posted by devo on April 7, 2008

Did you attend the Adelaide Australia Open? Did you love it? Spike Mag would like to get your thoughts on the event for the next issue of Spike.

Spike is also planning on running a Volleyball Fan Survey in the next issue. The idea is to get your views on how volleyball is going in this country and what can be done to make it better. If there is a question you’d like to see on the survey? Send Spike an email at letters@spikemag.com.au

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SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Adelaide Australia Open

Posted by devo on March 30, 2008

Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Adelaide Australia Open

March 30, 2008 Results

 

Bronze Medal Match, March 30 Results

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers United States (2) def. Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal United States (18) 21-18, 14-21, 15-11 (50 minutes)

 

Gold Medal Match, March 30 Results

Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado Brazil (4) def. Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu China (7) 23-21, 21-12 (46)

 

Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Adelaide Australia Open

March 30, 2008 Results

 

Bronze Medal Match, March 30 Results

Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly Brazil (11) def. Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs United States (4) 21-19, 213 (39 minutes)

 

Gold Medal Match, March 30 Results

Juliana Felisberta Silva / Larissa Franca Brazil (1) def. Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro Brazil (5), 21-13, 18-21, 15-12 (57)

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Adelaide Australian FIVB World Tour results

Posted by devo on March 27, 2008

Adelaide Australia Open

March 25-30

Swatch live Scoring, the latest results and all the latest FIVB news here

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Adelaide Australia Beach World Tour

Posted by devo on March 25, 2008

Country Quota and Qualification Tournament

Men ~ Women ~ fivb news ~ wtadelaideopen.com ~

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4 more sleeps!

Posted by devo on March 21, 2008

Yes, only 4 sleeps until the biggest beach volleyball event to be held in Australia since the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the  SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour, begins.

There is a definite excitment in Glenelg with athletes arriving, the stadium and sand in place and ready to go and the FIVB Technical Supervisor flying into Adelaide yesterday!

With the final preparations being put into place, there is going to be no better place to be than Glenelg Beach from 25-30 March. Make sure you don‘t miss out on the action and purchase your tickets now!

www.ticketek.com.au or phone 132 849

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Australian Beach Championships

Posted by devo on March 19, 2008

South Aussies can check out the stadium for the FIVB World Tour over Easter at the Australian Beach Championships. Entry is FREE to the 3,000 seat stadium. More details at Volleyball Australia

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Pictures of the Glenelg Beach Stadium

Posted by devo on March 18, 2008

With the Aussie - Adelaide Swatch FIVB World Tour event almost here, if you haven’t caught up with the pictures of the new beach stadium at Glenelg on the Spike Magazine site - you should.

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AUSTRALIA’S OLYMPIC TEAMS NEED YOUR HELP…

Posted by devo on March 6, 2008

SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Adelaide Australia Open

AUSTRALIA’S OLYMPIC TEAMS NEED YOUR HELP…

The AIS/National Beach Volleyball Program needs volunteers to help it prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Australian Beach Volleyball is the world leader in Performance Analysis and is determined to stay there.

During the Adelaide Australia Open Swatch FIVB World Tour event we need your help to analyse each match live, and ensure our prospective Olympic teams have an advantage over all their opponents for the remainder of the World Tour season and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

What do we need?

  • Volunteers with a passion for Beach Volleyball; and
  • A commitment from the morning of Monday the 24th of March through to the evening of Sunday the 30th of March.

What do you get?

  • Access to the Adelaide Australia Open World Tour event;
  • Contact with Australia’s AIS/National Beach Volleyball Program coaches and athletes; and
  • Knowledge that you played a role in preparing our Olympic Athletes for Beijing.

 For further information or to register your interest in being involved please email: simon.naismith@ausport.gov.au by the 10th March 2008.

Successful applicants will be notified by 11th March 2008.

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Last day for cheap seats

Posted by devo on February 29, 2008

Early Bird Packages to the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Adelaide Australia Open close at 5pm (CDST) today!
Make sure you don’t miss out on seeing the hottest beach volleyball action ever seen on Glenelg Beach at the discounted package price!  Visit www.wtadelaideopen.com

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Adelaide Australian Open on FIVB site

Posted by devo on February 27, 2008

Adelaide Australia Open

March 25-30

The Adelaide Australian Open is now featured on the front page of the FIVB site. Check out all the details.

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Adelaide Australian Open entry list is hot

Posted by devo on February 25, 2008

With the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Adelaide Australia Open only one month away, the organisers are reporting that entries to the event have closed and the field for the Adelaide Australia Open for both men and women is outstanding.

The organisers are extremely excited about the calibre of athletes who will be coming to Glenelg Beach, South Australia to compete from 25-30 March. Tournament Director Barry Couzner says, ‘Being a new event and the first on the 2008 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour calendar and also a Beijing Olympic Qualification event, we expected to have a good line up of teams competing, but to have 9 of the top 10 ranked men’s teams and 8 of the top 10 women’s teams competing is an amazing outcome for the event. The competition is truly going to be world-class’.

There is no doubt that the competition will be hot. The big names from the men’s draw include world number 1 ranked team of Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos from Brazil, 2007 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Championships Gold Medalists Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers from the USA and world 13th ranked Australians Andrew Schacht and Josh Slack. The big names from the women’s draw include the Brazillian world number 1 ranked team of Larissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva along with the world number 2 ranked Chinese team of Tian Jia and Wang Fei and the number 3 ranked team of Chen Xue and Zhang Xi also from China. The world 14th ranked Australians Natalie Cook and Tamsin Barnett will also be competing.

The full entry list for the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Adelaide Australia Open is available from the Adelaide Australia Open website www.wtadelaideopen.com

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Beach stadium for Adelaide

Posted by devo on February 20, 2008

Seven hundred tonnes of sand will temporarily transform Moseley Square, Glenelg, into a world-class volleyball stadium next month. more information

adelaide stadium

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Beach qualifying for Beijing

Posted by devo on February 2, 2008

It’s a long and winding road which will lead the world’s best 48 (2×24) Beach Volleyball teams to Beijing. The Olympic Qualification process started last year and will continue in 2008 with the upcoming 2008 FIVB SWATCH World Tour, which will have its opening in Adelaide (25-30 March).

The rules are simple: each pair is free to play in the events they wish, to get the best 8 results to compose the ranking. They can select any tournament of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2007 and 2008 … the drawing of lots will take place on 26 July to compose the pools for Beijing. No more than two pairs for each gender per country are allowed to entry the list, which adds a fascinating National fight to the amazing International battle.

The complete Provisional Olympic Ranking is published on the FIVB website, linked directly to the home page. For Men: For Women:

Read the full FIVB press release here. Currently Aussies Schacht and Slack are ranked 10th in the men’s rankings. Barnett and Cook are ranked 9th in the women’s rankings.

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Be part of a world tour event

Posted by devo on February 1, 2008

The Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour Adelaide Australia Open are looking for people with volleyball or beach volleyball background and an NOAS Qualification to be Line Judges and Scorers for this momentous event. You will get full training from the best Referees in Australia and some of your training will even be with the head of the FIVB Beach Referees Commission. To top it off, successful applicants will get uniforms and lunches provided as well as the bragging rights to being an integral part of the success of this event. You can’t get any better than this in your own backyard. So be a part of the biggest Beach Volleyball event to hit Australian shores since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games! For further information or to register your interes