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Brazil & Germany Vie for Women's SWATCH Polish Gold

Maria Clara Salgado of Brazil celebrates a semi-final win

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, September 6, 2008 - The “final four” is set on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca while Brazil and Germany will compete for the gold medal in Poland as the SWATCH FIVB World Tour continued Saturday at two European sites. While the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships by Nivea Sun for players under the age of 21 is being staged this week in Brighton, England, the SWATCH FIVB World Tour was held at two sites Saturday with Myslowice hosting the women in Poland and Mallorca staging a men stop with each tournament featuring US$175,000 in prize money.
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Italians Giontella & Nicolai Seek Second SWATCH Junior World Title

Francesco Giontella of Italy stretches for the Mikasa during Saturday's quarter-finals

Brighton, England, September 6, 2008 - Francesco Giontella and Paolo Nicolai will get a chance to become the first team to win back-to-back gold medals at the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships as the second-seeded Italians posted a pair of elimination wins here Saturday over Beach Volleyball pairs from the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic. More

Double Dutch Delight at SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships

Dutch players Marleen Van Iersel (left), Sophie Van Gestel (second from left), Michelle Stiekema (second from right) and Daniëlle Remmers

Brighton, England, September 6, 2008 - Sophie Van Gestel and Michelle Stiekema made it a “double Dutch delight” here Saturday as the 23rd-seeded team from the Netherlands advanced to the women’s semi-finals of SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships with compatriots Marleen Van Iersel and Daniëlle Remmers. After qualifying Wednesday with a pair of victories at the Nivea Sun Yellowave, the first permanent beach sports venue in the United Kingdom, Van Gestel and Stiekema won two of three pool play matches Thursday and Friday to captured their group before posting a pair of wins Saturday during the elimination phase of the competition.

2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championship Participants “Eye” London 2012

Joep Van Iersel (left) and 20-year old Marleen

Brighton, England, September 6, 2008 - With 142 participants from 26 countries at the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships, the results from this week’s event for players under the age of 21 will have an impact on the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships by Nivea Sun being the first Beach Volleyball tournament in United Kingdom involving more than one of the five FIVB confederations since the start of the international competition in 1987, most of the conversations at the Nivea Sun Yellowave complex includes discussions about the London 2012 Olympic Games. More

Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany and Norway Net SWATCH Stop Semi-final Berths

Ingrid Torlen nets second-straight SWATCH semi-final berth with Norwegian partner Nila Ann Hakedal

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, September 5, 2008 - Beach Volleyball pairs from Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany and Norway netted SWATCH FIVB World Tour “final four” berths Friday at international Beach Volleyball events for men and women in Mallorca and Poland, respectively. With the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships by Nivea Sun for players under the age of 21 being staged this week in Brighton, England, the SWATCH FIVB World Tour continued at two sites Friday with Myslowice hosting the women in Poland and the Mediterranean island of Mallorca staging a men stop with each tournament featuring US$175,000 in prize money.

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