BEACH VOLLEYBALL Preview: World Tour Final underway in Hamburg

The last stop on the 2018 FIVB World Tour in the World Tour Final in Hamburg (GER), with only the top 10 teams in the men’s and women’s divisions allowed to compete. The top entries according to the FIVB World Rankings:

Men:
1. 5,640 Anders Mol/Christian Sorum (NOR)
2. 5,560 Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
3. 5,500 Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)
4. 5,240 Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak (POL)
5. 5,160 Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gaviria (ESP)
6. 4,720 Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo (ITA)
7. 4,600 Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fljalek (POL)

Women:
1. 5,480 Agatha Bednarczuk/Duda Lisboa (BRA)
2. 5,440 Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova (CZE)
3. 5,120 Maria Amtonelli/Carol Salgado (BRA)
4. 5,040 Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson (CAN)
5. 4,960 Sarah Pavan/Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
6. 4,920 Julia Sude/Chantal Laboureur (GER)
7. 4,840 Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
4,840 Barbara Seizxas/Fernanda Alves (BRA)

One American pair made it into the women’s tournament: Sara Hughes and Summer Ross, who won last week’s tournament in Moscow. They are world-ranked ninth with 4,440 points.

Look for results here.