After four days of competition, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay qualified for the final stage of the London 2012 Olympics Games qualifying competition |
Santiago, Chile, November 27, 2011 – After four days of competition and 40 games, Venezuela finished on top of the CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup standings and with Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, qualified for the final stage of the London 2012 Olympics Games qualifying event on Sunday.
Venezuela earned their victory thanks to an impressive record of 14 wins and only two defeats and a total of 30 points. Brazil and Chile were tied on 25 points, but second place went to Brazil who had a better set average, while Uruguay with 24 points won the last place for the final stage of the Continental Cup.
In an unrecognizable performance, cousins Grimalt of Chile lost to Venezuela's Hernandez/Villafane (21-16, 21-16). However, in the afternoon, supported by nearly 3,000 local fans, they recovered to beat Igor Hernandez and Farid Mussa (21-11, 29-27).
Harley and Evandro of Brazil beat Uruguayans Renzo Cairus/Federico Corbo (21-13, 21-9) and Julio Bardales-Javier Lecaro of Ecuador (21-11, 21-16).
Uruguay's Nicolas Guillermo Zanota Williman in a demonstration of sensational play achieved an important victory over Ricardo Brandao and Julio Cesar of Brazil (19-21, 22-20, 15-8).
Fourth day results
1. Jackson Henriquez - Jesus Villafañe (VEN 2) 2-0 Daniel Maldonado - Javier Maldonado (ECU 2) (21-7, 21-11)
2. Renzo Cairus - Federico Corbo (URU 2) 2-0 Julio Bardales -Javier Lecaro (ECU 1) (21-16, 21-13)
3. Ricardo Brandao - Julio Cesar (BRA 2) 2-0 Yussef Manzur - Guillermo Jimenez (CHI 2) (21-19, 21-18)
4. Guillermo Williman - Nicolás Zanotta (URU 1) 2 - 0 Daniel Maldonado - Javier Maldonado (ECU 2) (21-12, 21-4)
5. Jackson Henriquez - Jesus Villafañe (VEN 2) 2-0 Marco Grimalt - Esteban Grimalt (CHI 1) (21-16, 21-16)
6. Igor Hernandez - Farid Mussa (VEN1) 2-0 Yussef Manzur - Guillermo Jimenez (CHI 2) (22-20, 21-16)
7. Harley - Evandro (BRA 1) 2 -0 Renzo Cairus - Federico Corbo (URU 2) (21-13, 21-9)
8. Guillermo Williman - Nicolás Zanotta (URU 1) 2-1 Ricardo Brandao - Julio Cesar (BRA 2) (19-21, 22-20, 15-8)
9. Marco Grimalt - Esteban Grimalt (CHI 1) 2-0 Igor Hernandez - Farid Mussa (VEN 1) (21-11, 29-27)
10.Harley - Evandro (BRA 1) 2-0 Julio Bardales -Javier Lecaro (ECU 1) (21-11,21-16)
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