Duos from Latvia, Germany, China and Japan additionally make the Seaside Professional Tour podiums in China
- Dunwinit Kaewsai & Banlue Nakprakhong from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment supported Thailand earn Qidong Futures silver on the pair’s Seaside Professional Tour debut
- Latvian duo Toms Liepa & Ernests Puskundzis win gold in China, Germany’s Niklas Held & Hennes Jorge Nissen take bronze
- China’s Zhou Mingli & Yan Xu and Jiang Kaiyue & Yu Tong, and Japan’s Asami Shiba & Saki Maruyama line up on the ladies’s podium from gold to bronze respectively
The newly shaped males’s pairing of Dunwinit Kaewsai & Banlue Nakprakhong (pictured in the primary picture; credit Thailand Volleyball Affiliation) from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment supported Thailand claimed the silver medal on the crew’s debut on the Seaside Professional Tour final week on the Qidong Futures in China. 19-year-old Latvians Toms Liepa & Ernests Puskundzis picked up the gold, whereas Germany’s Niklas Held & Hennes Jorge Nissen took the bronze.
One other 19-year-old, Zhou Mingli, and her 20-year-old accomplice Yan Xu of China delighted the house crowd with the ladies’s trophy, whereas Jiang Kaiyue & Yu Tong, additionally of China, and Japan’s Asami Shiba & Saki Maruyama accomplished the ladies’s podium.
The Thailand Volleyball Affiliation’s seaside volleyball division has up to now been allotted a complete of CHF 216,000 price of FIVB Volleyball Empowerment coach assist and their nationwide groups have been coaching beneath the steering of Brazilian coach Adriana Bento.
31-year-old Dunwinit and 28-year-old Banlue reached the Qidong closing undefeated in 4 matches performed. The one set the seventh-seeded duo of Thailand misplaced throughout that successful streak was the primary set of their semifinal in opposition to Thirteenth-seeded German qualifiers Niklas Held & Hennes Jorge Nissen. Dunwinit & Banlue produced a 2-1 (17-21, 21-19, 15-12) comeback and secured a podium spot at their Seaside Professional Tour debut as a pair. It was Dunwinit’s second medal, after he earned one other silver on the Subic Bay Futures in 2022.
Triumphant Liepa & Puskundzis (Photograph credit: Beachvolleylv)
Fifth-seeded Latvian pair Toms Liepa & Ernests Puskundzis began the event with a loss of their first pool match, however then achieved 5 consecutive victories on the way in which to the gold, dropping solely a set of their 2-1 (21-19, 11-21, 15-12) closing in opposition to Dunwinit & Banlue. Within the semifinals, the Latvian crew mastered a 2-0 (21-11, 21-12) win over Tenth-seeded Bence Tari & Akos Veress of Hungary. The Qidong gold was Liepa & Puskundzis’ first on the Seaside Professional Tour and second general medal, after the Nuvali Futures bronze in April.
22-year-old Held and 19-year-old Nissen achieved their first-ever Tour podium after a 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) sweep of the bronze medal match in opposition to Tari & Veress.
The Qidong Futures podium (Photograph credit: Thailand Volleyball Affiliation)
Within the ladies’s competitors, Zhou Mingli & Yan Xu collected their third gold and fourth general medal on the Seaside Professional Tour. All three of the earlier podiums have been additionally earned in entrance of house crowds in China. The highest-seeded duo that additionally triumphed on the Qidong Futures in 2022, gained all 5 of their matches in final week’s event, dropping solely two units alongside the way in which. Within the semifinals, Zhou & Yan mastered a 2-0 (21-9, 21-8) win over 14th-seeded compatriots Wang Jing & Liang Yunjia, and within the battle for the gold, they celebrated a 2-1 (21-16, 11-21, 15-12) victory over one other pair from Chinese language, Tenth-seeded Jiang Kaiyue & Yu Tong.
By claiming the silver, Jiang adopted up on the second place she earned at her earlier Tour look with one other accomplice on the Wuhan Qingshan Futures in Might. For Yu, the Qidong silver was the primary Seaside Professional Tour medal of her profession. Of their semifinal, Jiang & Yu claimed a 2-1 (27-25, 16-21, 15-11) victory over fourth-seeded Shiba & Maruyama of Japan, thus finishing a four-match successful streak on the way in which to the silver medal.
Shiba & Maruyama then bounced again with a hard-fought 2-1 (23-21, 18-21, 15-12) win over Wang & Liang to say their second Seaside Professional Tour bronze.
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26 males’s and 25 ladies’s groups representing a complete of 17 completely different international locations took half within the Qidong Futures. This week, China will welcome one other Seaside Professional Tour occasion, the Qingdao Futures from 12 to fifteen September. There will even be a Futures occasion in Bujumbura, Burundi from 11 to 14 September.
Qidong Futures: outcomes and standings
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