The new FIVB Olympic qualification System

Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:30
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The FIVB has made some major changes to the way the olympic qualification system will work leading up to the 2012 olympics in London.

A total of 24 teams will compete in each of the Olympic beach volleyball competitions.

16 will come from the FIVB world tour rankings

5 will come from the winners of the new Continental Beach Volleyball World Cup, which are to be run by each of the 5 Confederations.

  • NORCECA – North & Central American Confederation
  • CEV – European Confederation
  • AVC – Asian Confederation
  • CSV – South American Confederation
  • CAVB – African Confederation


The most interesting aspect of the Continental Cups is that these 5 places are owned by the winning federation, NOT by the winning team, so it is possible that a federation will not send the team that actually won the place.

Two more teams will come from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament

The final place is reserved for the host country.

The usual country quota of two teams is still in play.

So what do you think?

Is this a better way to run the qualification process?

Is it unfair for athletes who commit to playing the entire FIVB World Tour, or does it create an opportunity for teams who find it hard to spend 4 months of the year in Europe?

Do you think that we will see politics entering into the selection for 5 Continental positions?

VIC beach volleyball open 2011

Sunday, February 27, 2011 10:03
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Here are the results from the Victorian beach volleyball open for 2011. The mens division had an international flavour with our local foreigners Bo Soderberg & Kirk Pitman teaming up to defend their beach against the French brothers, Kevin Ces & Andy Ces and the german world Champions Jonas Reckermann & Julius Brink. Unfortunately the French and German teams cruised through to the final, Sam Boehm & Isaac Kapa making up the fourth spot in the semis.

Mens VIC Beach Volleyball Open 2011 results

Place Team Rating Points
1 Kevin Ces & Andy Ces [2] AAAA 50
2 Jonas Reckermann & Julius Brin… [1] AAA 45
3 Bo Soderberg & Kirk Pitman [4] AAA 42
3 Sam Boehm & Isaac Kapa [5] AAA 42
5 Will Mercer & Casey Grice [11] AA 39
5 Chris Mchugh & Josh Slack [3] AA 39
7 Cedric Legrand & Luke Campbell [10] AA 37
7 Valentin Begemann & Paul Becke… [14] AA 37
9 Adam Blackburn & Guido Mopman [16] AA 35
9 Francesco Riginelli & Christop… [13] AA 35
9 Owen Boland & Damien Schumann [9] AA 35
9 Sean Thomas & Andrew Maclean [15] AA 35
13 Tom Faulkner & Danny Helman [23] AA 31
13 Chris Burns & Greg Jury [21] AA 31
13 Al Hinchley & Paul Bourne [6] AA 31
13 Hamish Moore & Russell Moore [25] AA 31
17 Cole Durant & Blake Borrett [18] A 27
17 Jayson Fox & Mark Van Winsen [8] A 27
17 Samuel Kingston & Jordan Linto… [22] A 27
17 Craig Gillett & Ryan Howard [19] A 27
17 Andrew Kinch & Steve Wallace [20] A 27
17 Pat Gulline & Aaron Crook [12] A 27
17 Joshua Court & Michael Snart [7] A 27
17 Ryan Carter & Ben Nichols [17] A 27
25 Sam Halliday & Nick Anstey [31] A 19
25 Kiahl Morley & Robert Reeves [26] A 19
25 Adrian Vella & Chris Lyne [27] A 19
25 Chris Adams & Matt Adams [30] A 19
25 Dave Wright & Jay Alcock [29] A 19
25 Samuel Brisbane & Gerrard Lips… [28] A 19
25 Shannon Maybury & Rob Hope [24] A 19
25 Ryan Kennedy & Julian Bowen [32] A 19

Womens VIC Beach Volleyball Open 2011 results

Place Team Rating Points
1 Louise Bawden & Becchara Palme… [1] AAAA 50
2 Tamsin Hinchley & Alice Rohkam… [2] AAA 45
3 Sarah Battaglene & Katie Barto… [6] AAA 42
3 Natalie Cook & Tara West [4] AAA 42
5 Eliza Dean & Pip Soulsby [5] AA 39
5 Justine Mowen & Jordan Mowen [3] AA 39
7 Cristy Mace & Rhiannon Watt [7] AA 37
7 Lauren Spark & Jen Day [8] AA 37
9 Samantha Date & Jill Cridland [9] AA 35
9 Angela King & Leesa Swain [12] AA 35
9 Melissa Johnson & Taleah Attho… [20] AA 35
9 Sandra Carter & Sabine Link [10] AA 35
13 Julie Bennetto & Maddie Richar… [16] AA 31
13 Kirra Huddy & Jacinta Mccombe [13] AA 31
13 Holli Lawler & Julia Baldauf [21] AA 31
13 Sian Mclean & Sandy Burmas [17] AA 31
17 Jana Reichmuth & Tara Stradlin… [15] A 27
17 Ru-yenn Kwok & Shae Sloane [23] A 27
17 Kathi Knopp & Anna Ellis [11] A 27
17 Sami Pretty & Bec Reeve [19] A 27
17 Olivia Orchard & Anna Maycock [14] A 27
17 Christie Jenkins & Carla Kleva… [22] A 27
17 Victoria Walker & Suzie Baxter [25] A 27
17 Nicole Jechilevsky & Linda Ham… [18] A 27
25 Tahli Walsh & Mela Ziebell [26] A 19
25 Jaimee-lee Morrow & Monique St… [27] A 19
25 Dani Hinton & Elizabeth Graham [28] A 19
25 Sam Dell & Olga Ilyichova [24] A 19

QLD Open Beach Volleyball 2011

Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:52
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Some interesting controversies were reported from the QLD open, with light effecting play on the Saturday evening. Some games were stopped and had to be replayed the following morning. The most notable was the clash between Hinchley/Rohkamper and Palmer/Bawden. We are told that Hinchley/Rohkamper had 5 match points when the tournament director insisted that the game be stopped. Luckily Hinchley/Rohkamper came through with the win again, and then beat the same team to win the final.

Here are the womens QLD beach volleyball open results for 2011

Place Team Rating Points
1 Hinchley/Rohkamper AAAA 50
2 Palmer/Bawden AAA 45
3 Cook/West AAA 42
3 Latika/Elwin AAA 42
5 Boulton/Johns AA 39
5 Mowen/Mowen AA 39
7 Rohkamper/Soulsby AA 37
7 Solomon/McCarthy AA 37
9 King/Swain AA 35
9 Sadler/Artacho Del Solar AA 35
9 Huddy/Kelly AA 35
9 Greenup/Robertson AA 35
13 Biggam/Battle AA 31
13 De Innocentiis/Link AA 31
13 Ryder/Davey AA 31
13 McLean/Carter AA 31
17 Goschnick/Cunningham A 27
17 Ngauamo/Clarke A 27
17 Hubble/Lobley A 27
17 Hinton/Butler A 27

Here are the mens QLD beach volleyball open results for 2011

Place Team Rating Points
1 Kapa/Boehm AAAA 50
2 Court/Snart AAA 45
3 Carey/Gulline AAA 42
3 Boland/Schumann AAA 42
5 Turner/Soderberg AA 39
5 Mercer/Grice AA 39
7 Thomas/Maclean AA 37
7 McCloy/Wilsona AA 37
9 Zunker/Riginelli AA 35
9 Heger/Hinds AA 35
9 Blackburn/Fury AA 35
9 Carter/Nichols AA 35
13 Morley/Reeves AA 31
13 Evans/Wilson AA 31
13 Crook/Lyne AA 31
13 Moore/Moore AA 31
17 Durant/Borrett A 27
17 Holland/Kuhn A 27
17 Anstey/Halliday A 27
17 Boundy/Groberg A 27
17 Odderskov/Helman A 27
17 Wedmaier/Dragt A 27
17 Gillet/Howard A 27
17 Philbrook/Slob A 27
25 Kinch/Pallant A 19
25 Anderson/Roberts A 19
25 Baudish/Weyers A 19
25 Jaine/Sclip A 19
25 Welsh/Millers A 19
25 Walker/Williams A 19
25 Drew/Baker A 19

NSW Open 2011 Beach Volleyball

Thursday, February 24, 2011 1:42
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The NSW Open 2011 was a hot, hot beach volleyball tournament.

You can see some beautifully edited videos (nice job Raf) from of the semis and finals on the NBVA website.

Mens semi final 1 – NSW Open 2011

Womens finals – NSW Open 2011

Here are the mens results:

———– Mens Beach volleyball NSW Open 2011 ————-


Place Team Rating Points
1 Boyd/Prosser [9] AAAA 50
2 Riginelli/Bourne [5] AAA 45
3 Schumann/Boland [6] AAA 42
3 Turner/Soderberg [1] AAA 42
5 Gulline/Carey [2] AA 39
5 Crook/Lyne [7] AA 39
7 Thomas/Zunker [3] AA 37
7 Blackburn/Feuerrigal [4] AA 37
9 Gillett/Maclean [8] AA 35
9 De Oliveira/Taufa [13] AA 35
9 Bol/Dahlmeier [11] AA 35
9 Strom/Magnusson [10] AA 35
13 Jelicic/Jones [17] AA 31
13 Wilson/Evans [12] AA 31
13 Laverne/Horsky [14] AA 31
13 De Luna/Bentley[16] AA 31
17 Strammer/Vismans [18] A 27
17 Dumas/Trepanier [21] A 27
17 Symonajc/Sawyer [20] A 27
17 Kinch/Pallant [19] A 27
17 Cauvier/De Faveri [22] A 27
17 Klepp/Bartelheimer [23] A 27
17 Morley/Reeves [15] A 27

———– Womens Beach volleyball NSW Open 2011 ————-

Place Team Rating Points
1 Mullin/Dampney [3] AAAA 50
2 Boulton/Johns [2] AAA 45
3 Dean/Soulsby [6] AAA 42
3 Mowen/Mowen [4] AAA 42
5 Artacho/Laird [8] AA 39
5 Battaglene/Spark [5] AA 39
7 Battle/Biggam [10] AA 37
7 King/Swain [14] AA 37
9 Solomon/McCarthy [9] AA 35
9 Cridland/Date [12] AA 35
9 Potthars/Cook [1] AA 35
9 De Innocentiis/Link [7] AA 35
13 Greenup/Huddy [16] AA 31
13 Greenwood/Alderblad [13] AA 31
13 Burns/Jechilevsky [21] AA 31
13 Le Gaillard/Rochon [15] AA 31
17 Van Epen/ Glad Bak [17] A 27
17 Hamilton/Carter [11] A 27
17 Cederling/Tung [20] A 27
17 Burmas/Baldauf [19] A 27
17 Dermott/Knopp [22] A 27
17 Solomon/McCarthy [9] A 27
17 Lobley/Hawthorne[18] A 27
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