Norway, Czechia and Lithuania win gold this week

Teams from Norway, Czechia and Lithuania took gold medals back home from this weekend’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures events held in Europe, which had duos from the continent occupying all nine spots on the podium.

With a double-gender tournament taking place in the Hungarian capital Budapest and only the men playing in the Polish capital Warsaw, teams from eight different European nations earned medals – Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Ukraine.

In Budapest, Norwegians Nils Ringøen and Even Aas were the winners on the men’s side after beating Dutch Tom Sonneville and Quinten Groenewold in the tie-breaker (21-18, 19-21, 16-14) in the gold medal match.

Beach Pro Tour Budapest Futures – Men

Artúr Hajós and Bence Stréli took hosts Hungary to the podium as they claimed bronze after winning the third-place match by forfeit over top-seeded Dutch Yannick Verberne and Leon Luini.

The women’s tournament in the Hungarian capital had Czechs Veronika Kleiblova and Andrea Lorenzova on top. The two won the title after overcoming Lithuanians Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite in straight sets (21-14, 21-17) in the event’s final.

Beach Pro Tour Budapest Futures – Women

Bronze went to Spanish Ana Vergara and Nazaret Florian, who made it to the podium thanks to a two-set (21-15, 21-12) victory over Greek Elisavet Triantafillidi and Dimitra Manavi.

Lithuanians triumph in Warsaw

Lithuania became the only country to win multiple medals over the weekend thanks to the victory of Arnas Rumsevicius and Karolis Palubinskas in Warsaw. To take the title, the two got the better of Ukrainian qualifiers Anton Moiseiev and Vitalii Savvin in the tournament’s final.

Beach Pro Tour Warsaw Futures – Men

Taking up the last spot on the podium in the Polish capital were Estonians Mart Tiisaar and Dimitriy Korotkov, who downed Czechs Krystof Oliva and Vaclav Kurka in the three-set (21-19, 20-22, 15-12) bronze medal match.

Next week, the women will play in Warsaw, with matches going on 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.