FIVB announces the winners of Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – Volleyball News
After a long wait of almost three years, the Continental Beach Volleyball Cup rounded off this past Sunday, which paved a way for the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) to reveal the names of those countries that qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Aspiring duos from all five continents of the world participated in the Continental Cup, which served as qualification tournament for the Olympics.
South Africa and Mauritius settled for the Olympic spots in men’s and women’s categories through the African Continental Beach Volleyball Cup, which featured thrilling encounters and created equal opportunities for all participating countries. However, men’s tandems from South Africa and ladies from Mauritius proved to be better and grabbed success.
Likewise, Venezuela has been confirmed by the FIVB to play at men’s Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournament in London. Venezuela did amazingly well at the South American Men’s Continental Cup. Argentina also qualified for the Olympics via South American Women’s Continental Cup.
European Continental Beach Volleyball Cup ended with the success of Norway and Russia. Norwegian men demonstrated spectacular performance and secured a trip to London. On the other hand, Russian ladies earned the qualification through CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup.
In the Asian Continental Cup, which was organised and supervised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), Japan settled for men’s competition at the Olympics whereas Australia qualified for the women’s competition.
Canada has been the only country, which secured both men’s and women’s spots at the Olympic Games via Continental Cup. The Canadian hotshots proved their abilities at the NORCECA Continental Cup Tournament and got hold of the Olympic tickets.
All associated confederations of the FIVB completed their Continental Cup tournaments over the weekend. South Africa, Venezuela, Canada, Japan, Norway, Mauritius, Argentina, Australia, and Russia claimed the top positions in their respective Continental Cup competitions. However, the second and third place finishers at each of the Continental Cup Final events still have the chance to compete for Olympic berths.
The runner-ups and third-place teams of Continental Cup tournament will now take part in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Cup Olympic Qualification tournament, which is scheduled to take centre stage in Moscow, Russia on Thursday and it will cover its length on the weekend. The final two berths will be allotted to top two National Federations per gender via this tournament, which will put an end to the Olympic Qualification phase.
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