News Beach volleyball 21/06/2014 Brazil and Czech Republic in women’s final in Berlin, USA and Brazil supply men’s semifinalists Berlin, Germany, June 21, 2014 – Brazil’s Maria Antonelliand Juliana Felisberta and Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova from the CzechRepublic reached the final of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smartGrand Slam on Saturday. Brazil also advanced two teams into the men’s semifinals,which are played on Sunday morning. Emanuel Rego and Pedro Solberg Salgado willface USA’s John Hyden and Tri Bourne, while Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison meetanother American team: Ryan Doherty and Nick Lucena. The men’s semifinals are scheduled for 11.00 and 12.00,followed by the women’s bronze medal match (14.00) between China’s Fan Wang/Yueand Germany’s Borger/Büthe and the men’s bronze (15.00). The women’s finalstarts at 16.20 and the men’s gold medal match at 17.20. Brazil’s Antonelli and Juliana face Czech teamKolocova/Slukova in Berlin final Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta upset the home crowdat the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam by defeatingGermany’s Karla Borger and Britta Büthe 2-0 (21-15, 21-17) in the semifinal onSaturday. The Brazilians will play Czech team Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova inthe final on Sunday. Readmore American qualifiers Doherty and Lucena storm intoBerlin semis USA’s Ryan Doherty and Nick Lucena reached the final four ofthe FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam, in only theirthird event together and coming all the way from qualification. The Americans defeated 5th seeded Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira of Spain 2-1(21-18, 17-21, 15-11) and then booked a 2-0 (27-25, 21-19) over Dutch team JonStiekema and Christiaan Varenhorst in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Readmore Antonelli/Juliana knock out Ross/Walsh to advance tosemifinal Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta upset USA’s AprilRoss and Kerri Walsh with a 2-1 (18-21, 21-14, 15-12) win in the quarterfinalsat the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Saturday. The Brazilian qualifiers now face home team Karla Borger and Britta Büthe inthe semifinal at 16.00 this afternoon. Readmore Germany has hosted a total of 22 FIVB World Tour events (14men, 8 women all in Berlin) before, with Brazil leading the medal count in bothgenders. In 14 men’s tournaments, Brazil has 17, followed by Germanyand Switzerland with four each, Argentina, Norway, Spain and the United Stateswith three each, Australia with two and with one each men’s medals are Canada,Poland and Russia. In eight FIVB World Tour women’s events held in Berlin,Brazil leads the medal parade with eight medals followed by the USA with seven,China with four and with one each women’s medals are Australia, Cuba, Germany,Italy and Japan. The gold medal teams in the FIVB Berlin smart Grand slamwill each split $57,000, the silver $43,000, the bronze $32,000 and fourthplace $24,000. FIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam Tournament PageFIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam women’s resultsFIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam mens’ resultsFIVB World Tour Twitter Account Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News