After Slovenia already played their national championships at the end of July and Croatia only has a club championship, three more countries have gotten their champions this past weekend. Hungary, Israel and Slovakia now know their best teams in 2021, while Austria will find out this weekend.
Hungary
Szombathelyi champion for the fifth time, Hajós and Stréli for the third
On Sunday at the national beach volleyball championships in Budapest’s Lupa Beach it was Szandra Szombathelyi and Lilla Villám became the champions in the women’s category, while Artúr Hajós and Bence Stréli defended their titles in the men’s. For Szombathelyi it was already the fifth title after she already had four with her two previous partners.
MEN
- Hajós Artúr, Stréli Bence (Strandröplabdázásért SE)
- Mikuláss-Koch Marcell (Strandröplabdázásért SE), Szabó Vilmos (Pénzügyor SE)
- Kiss Dániel, Rása Alex (Pénzügyor SE)
- Papp Mátyás, Soós Izsák (Ball Sport Club)
Final: Hajós, Stréli – Mikuláss-Koch, Szabó V. 2-0 (17, 12)
3rd place: Kiss D., Rása – Papp, Soós 2-0 (15, 21)
Semi-finals:
Hajós, Stréli – Papp, Soós 2-1 (14, –15, 5)
Mikuláss-Koch, Szabó V. – Kiss D., Rása 2-1 (–21, 15, 18)
WOMEN
- Szombathelyi Szandra, Villám Lilla (Vasas)
- Gyori Panna, Szabó Adrienn (Penta-KSE)
- Szabó Dorottya (ÓSSC), Vecsey Fanni (Gödölloi RC)
- Vasvári Eszter, Vasvári Zsófi (Strandröplabdázásért SE)
Final: Szombathely, Villám – Gyori, Szabó 2-0 (13, 10)
3rd place: Szabó D., Vecsey – Vasvári E., Vasvári Zs. 2-0 (14, 15)
Semifinals:
Szombathelyi, Villám – Szabó D., Vecsey 2-0 (18, 14)
Gyori, Szabó A. – Vasvári E., Vasvári Zs. 2-0 (9, 19)
All medalists from the Israeli National Championships.
ISRAEL
The Israeli beach volleyball championship was played in Ashdod with a sensation in the men’s category where Tomer Hadar and Kevin Cuzmicev took the gold after a dramatic victory in three sets over Sean Faiga and Nati Ohana, while in the women’s category Sofia Starikov and Anita Dave strengthened their position as the leading team of Israel.
Anita Dave and Sofia Starikov after winning the national championships title.
MEN
- Tomer Hadar, Kevin Cuzmicev
- Sean Faiga, Nati Ohana
- Hagai Zvulun, Amit Dayan
WOMEN
- Sofia Starikov, Anita Dave
- Michal Barannik, Noga Maor
- Albi Elrod, Yali Ashush
SLOVAKIA
On Sunday the final tournament of the Slovak Beach Volleyball Championship Summer Beach Tour 2021 with decisive matches for national titles has been played. In an excellent atmosphere at the venue in Eurovea in Bratislava and with live broadcasts of JOJ PLUS it ended being the big pre-tournament favorites Marek Ludha with Luboš Nemec and Jana Šimanicová with Barbora Tokošová who won the gold and defended the titles.
MEN (complete results HERE)
- Marek Ludha/Luboš Nemec
- Tomáš Halanda/Igor Horváth
- Tomáš Patúc/Andrej Patúc
- Michal Trubac/Tomáš Vojkovic
Final: Ludha/Nemec – Halanda/Horváth 2-0 (14, 19)
3rd place: Trubac/Vojkovic – Patúc/ Patúc 1-2 (12, -19, -11)
Semifinals:
Ludha/Nemec – Trubac/Vojkovic 2-0 (11, 11)
Patuc/Patuc – Halanda/Horvath 0-2 (-30, -19)
WOMEN (complete results HERE)
- Jana Šimanicová/Barbora Tokošová
- Katarína Kaprálová/Zuzana Reginová
- Lubica Šipošová/Eva Eleková
- Andrea Spevárová/Lesia Slezáková
Final: Šimanicová/Tokošová – Kaprálová/Reginová 2-1 (18, -15, 5)
3rd place: Šipošová/Eleková – Spevárová/Slezáková 2-0 (12, 15)
Semifinals:
Šipošová/Eleková – Šimanicová/Tokošová 0-2 (-20, -18)
Spevárová/Slezáková – Kaprálová/Reginová 0-2 (-18, -18)
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HUN – Volleyball Hungary
IVA – Israeli Volleyball
SVF – Volleyball Slovakia
