As a prelude to the start of this week’s event, four teams from Canada and one from the United States emerged from men’s country quota playoff matches Tuesday to advance to Wednesday’s qualification tournament at the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron. Four Canadian teams and one U.S. team also advanced [...]
Read More..>>Back in North America for the first time since 2007, the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour is in Canada this week for the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron.
Beach volleyball tandems from around the world are in Canada as the double-gender event marks the eighth time the world tour [...]
Canada’s bid to return to the World League men’s volleyball tournament in 2012 will continue July 29-30 at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ont., in a two match series against either Slovakia or Slovenia.
The opponent will be finalized following the completion of the European Confederation Tournament. Canada is assured to host the matches because it is [...]
UMAG, Croatia – Aaron Nusbaum of Aurora, Ont., and Grant O’Gorman of Toronto won the bronze medal Sunday at the FIVB world junior beach volleyball championships.
Nusbaum and O’Gorman, the eighth seeds, defeated number-10 Benjamin Lerch and Dennis Lerch of Switzerland 21-15, 23-25, 15-13 in a 53-minute third place match. The Canadians, ninth at last year’s [...]
GATINEAU – Gavin Schmitt of Saskatoon delivered the winning point in the last two sets as Canada defeated Mexico 22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-18 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals at the 10-country Pan Am Cup men’s volleyball tournament.
Canada faces superpower Brazil in its final four match-up set for Friday night at 8 p.m. at [...]
Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto advanced to the playoff round on Wednesday at the beach volleyball world championships.
The Canadian pair, seeded 39th, lost to 10th seeds Maria Clara Salgada Rufino and Carolina Solberg Salgado of Brazil 21-13, 21-19. Bansley and Maloney finish third in their pool with a 1-2 round robin record but [...]
Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney, both of Toronto, had an impressive start at the beach volleyball world championships on Monday upsetting 15th seeds Tamsin Hinchley and Alice Rohkamper of Austria 21-17, 22-20.
“Today’s match was a tough fight,” said Maloney, seeded 39th with her partner. “Nerves were a factor for both teams but we were able [...]
Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-Andree Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., clinched a playoff berth at the $300,000 Grand Slam event on the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour circuit posting wins in their first two round robin matches.
Martin and Lessard, seeded 21st, defeated Maria Tsiartsiani and Vasiliki Arvaniti of Greece 21-17, 21-13 then beat [...]
Volleyball Canada has announced the Olympic qualifying procedure for its players in beach volleyball for the 2012 Games in London.
There are three parts to the selection process for men and women. The first two processes are already underway.
The first is a top-16 world ranking on the FIVB (the sport’s international governing body) based on the [...]
Volleyball Canada has announced its six-member team for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships set for June 13-19 in Rome.
Canada has two teams in women’s competition with veterans Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-Andree Lessard of Ville LaSalle, Que., as well as Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney both of Toronto.
On the men’s side, Christian [...]
