Snow Volleyball
Two-time Olympian Berg, Thurin twins among winners of first Swedish Snow Volleyball championship
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Article Sat, Mar 9 2019
Östersund, Sweden, March 9, 2019. Sweden’s first-ever Snow Volleyball national championship lured some elite Beach Volleyball and Volleyball players to the city of Östersund. Among those competing there were two-time Olympian Björn Berg and Hanna Hellvig, who is a member of both Sweden’s Volleyball and Beach Volleyball national teams.
The games took place on the ice of Storsjön, along the town’s boardwalk and the temperature was well below zero.
The championship got underway with a game between a Gothenburg-based team featuring Talar Kirkor in their line-up. Kirkor played on the CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour back in 2018 and she and her team made it through to the finals after a win in two straight sets.
They were to play against another tough team in the final as the Thurin twins, Susanna and Kristina, who are elite Beach Volleyball players, had joined forces with Hanna Hellvig for this competition. The trio featuring the Thurin twins and Hellvig eventually claimed the historic gold medal from the first Swedish Snow Volleyball national championship after recording a 2-0 victory.
One of Sweden’s most renowned Beach Volleyball players of all time competed in the men’s championship as 47-year-old Björn Berg made his way through the early stages of the tournament. He and his team, comprising of Joakim Svedberg and Philip Franzon, started with a straight-set win and made their way to the final. They played another team from their hometown Umeå, in the northern section of Sweden, and the two-time Olympian and his two teammates ended up with the gold.
Besides brilliant games and elite players, the championship drew the attention of a big crowd and much interest from the Swedish Volleyball family as well.
Other than securing top honours from the first-ever Swedish national championship, the winners become eligible to compete at next year’s CEV EuroSnowVolley.
Photos coiurtesy of Jakob Birgersson
The games took place on the ice of Storsjön, along the town’s boardwalk and the temperature was well below zero.
The championship got underway with a game between a Gothenburg-based team featuring Talar Kirkor in their line-up. Kirkor played on the CEV Snow Volleyball European Tour back in 2018 and she and her team made it through to the finals after a win in two straight sets.
They were to play against another tough team in the final as the Thurin twins, Susanna and Kristina, who are elite Beach Volleyball players, had joined forces with Hanna Hellvig for this competition. The trio featuring the Thurin twins and Hellvig eventually claimed the historic gold medal from the first Swedish Snow Volleyball national championship after recording a 2-0 victory.
One of Sweden’s most renowned Beach Volleyball players of all time competed in the men’s championship as 47-year-old Björn Berg made his way through the early stages of the tournament. He and his team, comprising of Joakim Svedberg and Philip Franzon, started with a straight-set win and made their way to the final. They played another team from their hometown Umeå, in the northern section of Sweden, and the two-time Olympian and his two teammates ended up with the gold.
Besides brilliant games and elite players, the championship drew the attention of a big crowd and much interest from the Swedish Volleyball family as well.
Other than securing top honours from the first-ever Swedish national championship, the winners become eligible to compete at next year’s CEV EuroSnowVolley.
Photos coiurtesy of Jakob Birgersson