FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, Day Four

So…no real report today. There was…an incident. [/drmarvincandle] It's not really important (nor all that interesting) but it did keep me "out of the game" today.

So, here's someting I find a little distasteful — a rote rundown of results. Gotta have it on the record for tomorrow, for which I should be around.

Final day of men's pool play:

Pool A

#1 Fijalek/Prudel (POL) d. #24 Kapa/McHugh (AUS) (21-13, 19-21, 15-10)
#25 Grimalt/Grimalt (CHI) d. #48 Lario/Monfort (ESP) (21-12, 21-13)

Pool B

#2 Alison/Emanuel (BRA) d. #23 Plavins/Peda (LAT) (21-17, 21-11)
#47 Lech/Wojtasik (POL) d. #26 Cecchini/Ingrosso (ITA) via forfeit. Unfortunate for Paolo Ingrosso, as he was supposed to play with his brother Matteo, but Matteo pulled out injured before the event. Same apparently happened to Matteo Cecchini. Just bad luck I suppose.

Pool C

#3 Dalhausser/Rosenthal (USA) d. #22 Huber/Seidl (AUT) (22-20, 21-14)
#46 Virgen/Ontiveros (MEX) d. #27 Chevallier/Kovatsch (SUI) (21-19, 20-22, 15-13)

Pool D

#21 Semenov/Koshkarev (RUS) d. #4 Gibb/Patterson (USA) (21-18, 20-22, 15-8)
#45 Popov/Samoday (UKR) d. #26 Horrem/Eithun (NOR) (21-15, 19-21, 15-13)

Pool E

#44 Herrera/Gavira (ESP) d. #5 Pedro/Bruno (BRA) (21-17, 21-18)
#20 Evandro/Vitor Felipe (BRA) d. #29 Van Dorsten/Oude Elferink (NED) (21-13, 21-14)

Pool F

#6 J Smedins/Samoilovs (LAT) d. #19 Spijkers/Varenhorst (NED) (21-16, 21-18)
#43 Müllner/Wutzl (AUT) d. #30 T Smedins/Sorokins (LAT) (17-21, 21-15, 15-11)

Pool G

#7 Nummerdor/Schuil (NED) d. #18 Böckermann/Urbatzka (GER) (20-22, 21-10, 15-11)
#31 Gabathuler/Weingart (SUI) d. #42 Gunnarsson/Brinkborg (SWE) (21-14, 19-21, 15-11)

Pool H

#8 Erdmann/Matysik (GER) d. #17 Rogers/Doherty (USA) (21-19, 21-13)
#32 Hernandez/Fañe (VEN) d. #41 Bianchi/Del Coto (ARG) (21-15, 19-21, 15-11)

Pool J

#9 Nicolai/Lupo (ITA) d. #16 Fuchs/Kaczmarek (GER) (21-16, 21-16)
#33 Lucena/Hyden (USA) d. #40 Saxton/Schalk (CAN) (8-21, 22-20, 15-12)

Pool K

#15 Doppler/Horst (AUT) d. #10 Ricardo/Álvaro Filho (BRA) (21-19, 19-21, 15-12)
#34 Kubala/Benes (CZE) d. #39 Yakovlev/Kuleshov (KAZ) (21-16, 26-28, 15-13)

Pool L

#14 Sidorenko/Dyachenko (KAZ) d. #11 Dollinger/Windscheif (GER) (21-16, 22-20)
#38 Kantor/Losiak (POL) d. #35 Prokopiev/Bogatov (33-31, 21-15)

Pool M

#12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz (POL) d. #13 Brouwer/Meeuwsen (NED) (21-19, 21-18)
#37 Kufa/Hadrava (CZE) d. #36 Jackson/Leon (VEN) (21-15, 21-13)

Men's knockout pairings (seriously, check these out)

Fijalek/Prudel vs. Pedro/Bruno (two teams of 2013 tour medallists)
Kapa/McHugh vs. Plavins/Peda
Doppler/Horst vs. Virgen/Ontiveros (go Team Virgin Olive Oil!)
Nummerdor/Schuil vs. Brouwer/Meeuwsen (passing of the torch type match here)
Erdmann/Matysik vs. Huber/Seidl
Kadziola/Szalankiewicz vs. Müllner/Wutzl
Kufa/Hadrava vs. Vitor Felipe/Evandro
Spijkers/Varenhorst vs. Semenov/Koshkarev
Dalhausser/Rosenthal vs. Gibb/Patterson (!!!!!!!!! This could just as well have been a finals pairing!)
Ricardo/Álvaro Filho vs. Popov/Samoday
Nicolai/Lupo vs. Hernandez/Fañe
Herrera/Gavira vs. Lech/Wojtasik
J Smedins/Samoilovs vs. Dollinger/Windscheif
Kantor/Losiak vs. Saxton/Schalk
Sidorenko/Dyachenko vs. Böckermann/Urbatzka
Rogers/Doherty vs. Alison/Emanuel

Quite a first round!

Women's results – first knockout round

Quite a day here as well

#1 Kolosninska/Brzostek (POL) d. #46 Bloem/Kadijk (NED) (21-18, 21-13)
#8 Cicolari/Menegatti (ITA) d. #25 Bieneck/Großner (GER) (18-21, 21-15, 15-11)
#13 Lili/Seixas (BRA) d. #16 Heidrich/Zumkehr (SUI) (21-13, 21-12)
#9 Keizer/Van Iersel (NED) d. #5 Holtwick/Semmler (GER) (15-21, 21-17, 15-13)
#2 Xue/Zhang (CHN) d. #6 Maria/Agatha (BRA) (23-21, 21-14)
#37 Elwin/Iatika (VAN) d. #15 Kolocova/Slukova (CZE) (21-18, 21-19)
#19 Ludwig/Walkenhorst (GER) d. #11 Talita/Lima (21-17, 14-21, 20-18) Massive upset. Massive. Talita/Lima were the overwhelming favourites to win this championship
#7 Ukolova/Khomyakova (RUS) d. #4 Meppelink/Van Gestel (NED) (23-25, 21-17, 15-11)
#3 Ross/Pavlik (USA) d. #24 Forrer/Vergé-Dépré (SUI) (21-18, 21-16)
#10 Liliana/Baquerizo (ESP) d. #20 Bawden/Clancy (AUS) (21-16, 21-17)
#33 Hansel/Schützenhöfer (AUT) d. #42 Pavan/Bansley (CAN) (13-21, 21-19, 15-7)
#18 Schwaiger/Schwaiger (AUT) d. #39 Ross/Day (USA) (21-19, 21-19)
#17 Borger/Büthe (GER) d. #36 Gioria/Giombini (ITA) (21-18, 21-14)
#23 Dubovcova/Nestarcova (SVK) d. #14 Maria Clara/Carol (BRA) (10-21, 21-18, 23-21) Who had three of the Brazilian teams exiting in the Round of 32? Surely not I.
#22 Fendrick/Hochevar (USA) d. #28 Fopma/Sweat (USA) (19-21, 21-13, 15-12)
#26 Nystrom/Nystrom (FIN) d. #21 Mashkova/Tsimbalova (KAZ) (21-15, 21-18)

Should be a great day tomorrow, and I'll do everything I can to have a more robust report.