European women take silver and bronze in Geneva
Futures in Europe
European teams occupied two of the three spots on the podium of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures event held in Geneva, as duos from the continent took silver and bronze in the women-only tournament.
Held between Thursday to Sunday at the lakefront La Rotonde du Mont-Blanc, the event reunited teams from 14 countries, and duos from Lithuania and France were the ones to represent Europe on the podium.
Lithuanians Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite advanced all the way to the tournament’s gold medal match, but couldn’t handle Americans Alexis Durish and Audrey Koenig, who won 2-1 (21-16, 24-26, 15-5) and took the title after starting the tournament in the qualifier.
Beach Pro Tour Geneva Futures – Women
In the bronze medal match, French Elsa Descamps and Romane Sobezalz earned a spot on the podium by taking down Canadians Kaylee Glagau and Emma Glagau in straight sets (21-12, 21-16) and finishing third.
Next week, a Beach Pro Tour Futures event will be held in the French city of Montpellier from Thursday to Sunday.
The Beach Pro Tour Futures events in Europe are run by the CEV in close cooperation with Volleyball World and provide teams from the continent with several opportunities to compete and gain valuable international ranking points.