MEVZA with a few teams in pursuit of medals at #EuroBeachVolleyU22

Izmir, Turkey. The 2020 edition of #EuroBeachVolleyU22 continued on Friday in Izmir at the idyllic Pamucak Beach, with completion of the pool stage. The teams performing by the shores of the Aegean Sea contested their last matches in the group phase of the competition before the start of the knockout round followed next. 

MEVZA Teams:
WOMEN
ROUND OF 16
26-Sep, 10:00, Court 2, Brinkova/Neuschaeferova CZE vs. Carro/Álvarez M ESP
26-Sep, 10:00, Court 1, Voronina/Bocharova RUS vs. Zuzek/Spoljaric SLO

ROUND OF 24
Christ/Grüne GER vs. Honzovicova/Zolnercikova CZE 2-0 (21-18, 21-19)
Briede/Paegle LAT vs. Divényi/Réthelyi HUN 2-0 (21-16, 21-18)
Carro/Álvarez M ESP vs. Maor/Ashush ISR 2-0 (21-18, 21-13)
Zuzek/Spoljaric SLO vs. Freitas Schoffel/Huggins ENG 2-0 (21-11, 21-17)

POOL H
Brinkova/Neuschaeferova CZE vs. Freitas Schoffel/Huggins ENG 2-0 (21-15, 21-8)
Brinkova/Neuschaeferova CZE vs. Briede/Paegle LAT 2-0 (21-19, 21-13)

POOL G
Honzovicova/Zolnercikova CZE vs. Pinheiro/Castro POR 2-0 (21-8, 21-15)
Szewczyk/Vieira FRA vs. Zuzek/Spoljaric SLO 2-1 (21-14, 19-21, 15-10)
Zuzek/Spoljaric SLO vs. Pinheiro/Castro POR 2-0 (21-15, 21-17)
Szewczyk/Vieira FRA vs. Honzovicova/Zolnercikova CZE 2-0 (21-13, 21-10)
Zuzek/Spoljaric SLO vs. Honzovicova/Zolnercikova CZE 2-1 (21-13, 14-21, 15-7)

POOL B
Müller/Schulz GER vs. Divényi/Réthelyi HUN 2-0 (21-13, 21-16)
Divényi/Réthelyi HUN vs. Frolova/Ganenko RUS 0-2 (12-21, 8-21)

POOL A
Maor/Ashush ISR vs. Rylova/Serdiuk UKR 0-2 (10-21, 11-21)
Voronina/Bocharova RUS vs. Maor/Ashush ISR 2-0 (21-14, 21-18)

MEN
ROUND OF 16
26-sep, 11:40, Court 4, Marchetto/Dal Corso ITA vs. Semerad/Manas CZE
26-sep, 11:40, Court 3, Kruk/Miszczuk POL vs. Kopschar/Pascariuc P. AUT
26-sep, 11:40, Court 2, Rinkevics/Stankevics LAT vs. Elazar/Masuri, O. ISR
26-sep, 11:40, Court 1, Wüst/Schneider GER vs. Hajós/Stréli HUN

ROUND OF 24
Melmuka/Knobloch CZE vs. Aispurs/Bedritis LAT 1-2 (21-17, 9-21, 9-15)
Semerad/Manas CZE vs. Lesiecki/Kurowski POL 2-1 (21-13, 17-21, 15-10)
Kopschar/Pascariuc P. AUT vs. Makaric/Nikolic SRB 2-0 (21-7, 21-13)
Elazar/Masuri, O. ISR vs. Pedrosa/Campos POR 2-0 (21-19, 21-14)
Hajós/Stréli HUN vs. Stankevicius/Donela LTU 2-1 (21-11, 13-21, 15-13)

POOL H
Stankevicius/Donela LTU vs. Semerad/Manas CZE 1-2 (21-17, 18-21, 9-15)
Semerad/Manas CZE vs. Zürcher/Dillier SUI 1-2 (21-16, 10-21, 11-15)
Semerad/Manas CZEvs. Rinkevics/Stankevics LAT 2-0 (21-18, 21-19)

POOL F
Gusev/Shustrov RUS vs. Melmuka/Knobloch CZE 2-1 (21-13, 17-21, 15-12)
Bello, Ja./Bialokoz ENG vs. Melmuka/Knobloch CZE 0-2 (14-21, 15-21)
Windisch/Di Silvestre A ITA vs. Melmuka/Knobloch CZE 1-2 (21-17, 21-23, 16-18)

POOL D
Kopschar/Pascariuc P. AUT  vs. Maier/Rodina ROU 2-0 (21-16, 21-16)
Kopschar/Pascariuc P. AUT vs. Marchetto/Dal Corso ITA 0-2 (18-21, 14-21)

POOL C
Duque/Pérez ESP vs. Hajós/Stréli HUN 0-2 (18-21, 19-21)
Hajós/Stréli HUN vs. Chukhnenkov/Evert RUS 1-2 (18-21, 21-18, 12-15)
Hajós/Stréli HUN vs. Pedrosa/Campos POR 2-0 (21-18, 21-17)

POOL B
Elazar/Masuri, O. ISR vs. Oláh/Ghazal HUN 2-0 (21-16, 21-19)
Pavliuk/Plotnik UKR vs. Oláh/Ghazal HUN 2-0 (21-12, 21-13)
Arkhipov/Veretiuk RUSvs. Elazar/Masuri, O. ISR 2-0 (21-12, 21-17)
Pavliuk/Plotnik UKR [15] vs. Elazar/Masuri, O. ISR  1-2 (15-21, 24-22, 9-15)
Arkhipov/Veretiuk RUSvs. Oláh/Ghazal HUN 2-0 (21-14, 21-11)

Home heroes Eren Kanli/Ali Cebeci, the only Turkish team in the competition, lost their Round of 24 match against Ukraine’s Pavlo Plotnik and Vladyslav Pavliuk in straight sets (14-21, 19-21) to bid farewell to the championship. 

The three Russian teams, as well as Rudy Schneider and Mio Wüst of Germany,  Gianluca Dal Corso and Tobia Marchetto of Italy, Poland’s Milosz Kruk and Mikolaj Miszczuk and Sweden’s David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig all completed a clean sweep of their matches in the pool stage. These teams have all progressed directly to the Round of 16.   

In the women’s competition, third-seeded Daniela Alvarez and María Belén Carro of Spain, who claimed #EuroBeachVolleyU22 bronze last year in Antalya, defeated Israel’s Noga Maor and Yahli Ashush 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) in straight sets and on Saturday they will face Michaela Brinkova and Kylie Neuschaeferova of the Czech Republic with a spot in the quarterfinals at stake. 

One of the most anticipated matches of the day featured Lithuania’s Rugile Grudzinskaite/Gerda Grudzinskaite and Poland’s Aleksandra Stadnik and Patrycja Jundzill – playing on the centre court. The Grudzinskaite sisters delivered a great performance and they stormed to a comprehensive 2-0 (21-10, 21-19) victory in their matchup with the Poles.

On Saturday, the competition will resume as early as at 9:00 am with the Round of 16 matches. 

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Source:
CEV – European Volleyball