Brink-Reckermann win the gold medal in London

The final game between Alison-Emanuel from Brazil and Brink-Reckermann from Germany was decided in 3 intensive sets. After a very tight first set that went to Brink-Reckermann on a score of 23-21, the second set saw the brazilian team come back in the game to decide this set clearly 21-16.

The gold medal therefore had to be played in a 3rd set which saw the german team take a big option on the gold medal by a score of 12-8. But the living legend Emanuel Rego played some strong breakpoints in the attack to tight the score once again at 14-14. But the final coolness of the german led them finally win on a score of 16-14.

Congratulations to Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann for their first olympic

Misty May and Kerry Walsh take the Goldmedal

After a quite clear game between the two american teams Kerry-Ross and May-Walsh, the great experience of Misty May and Kerry Walsh permitted to control the game and to score some breakpoints at half-time of each set to finally win clearly both sets 21-16 to get their 3rd gold medal in a row.

Especially the extraordinary defense of Misty May (15 digs !!) was a solid foundation for triumphing in the fight for gold.

Silver medal goes to Jennifer Kerry and April Ross, who could not take advantage of their stronger services (70 and 77 km/h against 51 and 58 km/h for May-Walsh).

Free live stream Olympia 2012 @ Eurosport

Quite late, but still before the semi-final games, please find here the link to the free live streaming page of Eurosport. Every event of the Olympic games 2012 live and on replay.

So don't miss the upcoming semi-finals and final of the Beachvolleyball competition !!

Enjoy :-)

Beachvolleyball - most beautiful sport on planet !!

Olympia 2012 - Quarterfinals Men being played today

After the pool games of the first round, 16 teams have qualified in each category, men and women, to compete in the roud of 16 to qualify for the quarterfinals.

In the men's category, there is a first big surprise: Rogers-Dalhausser have been eliminated by the italian team Nicolai-Lupo in a tight game, but nevertheless clearly in two sets.

To follow the competition, just have a look at the men's competition page.

Concerning the women's category, the quarter-finals have already been played yesterday, and tomorrow, 7th August, the athlets will play the semi-finals to reach out for a medal.

To get the live scores of the upcoming games, please refer to the women's competition page.

Have fun, by following this great sports event and the fabulous athletes playing beachvolleyball at its very best level !!

The 6 reasons why Beach Volleyball partners split up

Beachvolley Olympia starting tomorrow 28th July

After some long weeks of preparing and waiting for the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, the beachvolleyball athlets will start their competition tomorrow with the games of the first round, played in a round robin modus.

For both categories, the brazilian teams are the odds-on-favourites and the other teams have to make some real big efforts to win finally against Emanuel-Alison or Larissa-Juliana both active World Champions, with Emanuel Rego 5-times gold-medalist at Olympia and Larissa Franca 2-times gold-medalist.

And even if these both teams fail, other nations will have hard to win against the 2 other brazilian teams Cunha-Ricardo (M) and Talita-Antonelli (W), as well considered as possible gold-medalists.

But even if Beachvolleyball seems therefore to be brazilian territory, it will be very interesting to survey the other teams, Olympia being always a very special event with a huge motivating factor to write some incredible sport stories.

Luxemburgish Beachvolley Championship in Capellen

This year, once again, the national beachvolleyball championship was co-organized by the FLVB and the volleyballclub of Mamer.

The women's competition took place on Saturday 7th July, with 12 teams competing and the men's competition on Sunday 8th July saw 16 teams being in fight for the championship title.

If the victory of Zambon-Grethen was no big surprise, even if the victory had to be earned, Steinbach-Hasdorf played a really big tournament to finish on a well deserved 2nd place. The third team on the podium was Weber-Delcourt, the young ladies from Mamer, who confirmed their good result of last year.

In the men's competition, Tunchev and Freidenfels from Diekirch won the final game against the official national team Angelsberg-Belhaouci. Third place went to Mendes-Zielinski from the club of Walferdange.

Congratulations to all the teams for their results and especially to the 2012 champions, Zambon-GrethenTunchev-Freidenfels !! and

Hopefully we meet them back again at the 2013 Luxemburgish Beachvolley Championship in Steinfort, to defend their title.

Last but not least, two critical remarks concerning the championship and the next Games of the small states of Europe (GSSE) in 2013:

More results of the tournaments in Luxembourg

With some delay, please find below the results of some more tournaments that have been played in June and July:

2x2 Men - 3rd June in Walferdange

1. Wendler Martin - Triebel Tonio
2. Rittener - Eynöthen
3. Betz Philipp - Styrzbecher Vitalij

2x2 Women - 3rd June in Walferdange

1. Weber Béatrice - Schneider Jeanne
2. Steinbach Corinne - Hasdorf Anne
3. Weber Laura - Delcourt Eline

2x2 Mixed - 16th June in Walferdange

1. Stein Christophe - Schneider Jeanne
2. Lazzarin Christophe - Feller Déborah
3. Karier Serge - Ernster Lara

2x2 Men - 29th June in Cessange

not yet available

 

First results 2012 - tournaments in Walferdange and Beckerich

Since the beginning of June, even if the weather does not really indicate that the 2012 beachsummer has begun, the first 3 tournaments were already held, under grey or blue sky, with good or not so good weather.

Season start was 3rd June in Walferdange with a 2x2 tournament for men and women teams.

Winner in the men's category was Martin WENDLER - Tonio TRIEBEL with RITTENER - EYNOETHEN and Philipp BETZ - Vitalij STYRZBECHER finishing on 2nd and 3rd place.

The women's category was won by Béa WEBER - Jeanne SCHNEIDER, successfully challenging Corinne STEINBACH - Anne HASDORF and Laura WEBER - Eline DELCOURT on the following steps of the podium.

The second weekend of the season saw the teams compete in Beckerich at the first 2x2 Mixed tournament of the season. The final was won by the team Michel WIRTZ - Stella TOSTI, competing with success against Jean-Claude LORDONG - Béa WEBER.

The third tournament of the season will already be this coming weekend, once again in Walferdange for their traditional 2x2 Mixed on saturday and the 4x4 Hobby on sunday. So join and encourage the players on 16th and 17th June at the beachcourts in Walferdange and have a delicious Caipirinha :-)

Getting the heat for the new beach season.....

Calendar Update for the 2012 season

Preparations for the new season are fully going and so the first dates of the 2012 tournaments in Luxembourg are getting available.

Just have a look at our calendar, and you will get a map of the location and a link to the internetsite of the organizer to get all useful informations directly and without delay.

Tournaments still missing are Beckerich, Diekirch, Steinfort and Bonnevoie, but information will be available soon, I think. More tournaments will be added in the next weeks.

So grab your phone, call your partner and get the planning 2012 going....

Winter is over this weekend - and the beachvolleyball season is in the starting blocks !!

Beachvolley Training Camp @ the Montpellier Beachvolley Academy

Great news for the start of the 2012 season. It appears that there are some people willing to get a serious training during a week before seeking to go to the numerous tournaments in Luxembourg and across the borders.

It was therefore possible to form a training group of 8 people, 4 women and 4 guys with a quite homogen playing skill.

We will be in Montpellier from 26th May to 3rd June to improve our technical skills. 6 training sessions on 5 days will be held by Mathieu Hamel and Stéphane Canet, 3 times french champions and co-founders of the Montpellier Beachvolley Academy.

On the last day perhaps there will be the possibility to play a tournament against some students from the university of Montpellier.

Will be great fun....great sport, great people and great city

Perhaps you will be part of the story next year....