U18 and U16 MEVZA Middle European Champions crowned in Hartberg, Austria

The local hero of the MEVZA U18 Beach Volleyball Championships held in Hartberg, Austria, Lukas Glatz claimed the gold medal with Finn Örley at the end of three intense days of competition after a tiebreak battle in a fully packed arena as they edged their compatriots Tim Berger and Timo Hammarberg.

The full U18 men’s podium at the MEVZA Championship in Hartberg, Austria 

In the ‘small final’, recently crowned U17 Volleyball European champions Miha Okorn and Luka Marovt (SLO) were happy to receive the bronze medal after another tiebreak match.

“Finn and I are really happy about winning this fantastic tournament. We went into the competition without any expectations, as I had not played a beach tournament in 2021 because I was at the European Championship with the U17 national team. At the same time, it was also the first tournament for us as a team. After a slight false start, we improved from game to game and with the great setting here on a home court we were able to deliver our best performance.”

Lukas Glatz 
Newly crowned U18 MEVZA Beach Volleyball champion 

The full U18 women’s podium at the MEVZA Championship in Hartberg, Austria 

The Styrian fairy tale was unfortunately not perfect, because Marie Bruckner with Emma Hohenauer had to admit defeat in an extremely exciting tiebreak final in the U18 women’s competition against the Pavelkova sisters from the Czech Republic and the hosts had to be satisfied with silver. The bronze medal went to Croatia’s Burilovic/Rasic.

The full U16 men’s podium at the MEVZA Championship in Hartberg, Austria 

In the U16 event, the Czech duo Plsek/Novak crowned themselves the tournament winners among the boys. They beat Niemeier/Veress from Hungary 2-0 in the final. The bronze medal went to Najdic/Purgar from Slovenia, who pushed Dräger/Kronberger from Austria to 4^th place.

The full U16 women’s podium at the MEVZA Championship in Hartberg, Austria 

In the semi-finals of the girls, it became clear that there would be a tough head-to-head race for the medals. In the end, Slovenia’s Donko/Ferlez could triumph with the gold medal. Austria’s U16 hope, Sophia Deisl and Carmen Raab had to be content with silver after a long fight. Bronze went to the Hungarian duo Erdos/Hermeczi.

All the games were also live-streamed and are now available to be viewed again online. The Center Court was streamed with moderation on the Twitch platform:
https://www.twitch.tv/larryvolleytv (channel: LarryVolleyTV).

Side Courts 1-4 were be streamed with live-score only (without commentary) and can be found on the YouTube Channel: LarryVolleyTVStream or via this direct link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpVq3CR-SR1lZbRcMQGLrw