The Hague, The Netherlands, July 18, 2014 - After a day of qualifying and two days of pool play matches, the US$1-million Transavia Grand Slam presented by Bas Van de Goor Foundation continues here Friday with 32 total elimination matches for men and women to set the schedule for Saturday’s quarter- and semi-final rounds.
The Hague Beach Stadium and three courts on Scheveningen beach will be used for the FIVB World Tour event as 18 countries still remain in the competition, including 15 countries still in contention for the men’s gold medal and 14 nation’s still challenging for the women’s title.
As the host country, The Netherlands has three men’s teams and one women’s tandem still competing. Both Brazil (five women’s teams and two men’s tandems) and United States (three women and four men) have seven pairs still competing with Germany advancing five teams (three women and two men) to the elimination rounds.
Friday’s play opens at 10:30 a.m. (local time) for women and 12:30 p.m. for men for the first-round of elimination. The second elimination round starts at 3:30 p.m. for women and 4:30 p.m. for men. The final set of matches Friday at The Hague Beach Stadium and the Scheveningen courts is schedule to be played at 8:30 p.m. Here is Friday’s schedule.
Match No., Time, Court, Team A, Country (Seed), Team B, Country (Seed), Elimination Round
51, 10:30, 1, Menegatti-Orsi Toth ITA [20], Fendrick-Sweat USA [12], Women's 1st
53, 11:30, 1, Bawden-Clancy AUS [15], Meppelink-Van Iersel NED [1], Women's 1st
55, 12:30, 1, Lima-Fernanda BRA [11], Summer-Day USA [13], Women's 1st
54, 13:30, 1, Stiekema-Varenhorst NED [9], Spijkers-van Dorsten NED [30], Men's 1st
55, 14:30, 1, Brouwer-Meeuwsen NED [10], Tomatis-Ranghieri ITA [22], Men's 1st
52, 10:30, 2, Gallay-Klug ARG [19], Agatha-Seixas BRA [7], Women's 1st
54, 11:30, 2, Maria Clara-Carol BRA [16], Broder-Valjas CAN [27], Women's 1st
50, 12:30, 2, Wang Fan-Yue Y. CHN [9], Dubovcova-Nestarcova SVK [14], Women's 1st
51, 13:30, 2, Nicolai-Lupo ITA [2], Chevallier-Strasser SUI [26], Men's 1st
53, 14:30, 2, Walkenhorst-Windscheif GER [16], Gibb-Patterson USA [13], Men's 1st
49, 10:30, 3, Borger-Büthe GER [5], Holtwick-Semmler GER [8], Women's 1st
56, 11:30, 3, Ludwig-Sude GER [10], Bansley-Pavan CAN [18], Women's 1st
49, 12:30, 3, Lucena-Doherty USA [11], Huber-Seidl AUT [21], Men's 1st
50, 13:30, 3, Sidorenko-Dyachenko KAZ [19], Kapa-McHugh AUS [18], Men's 1st
52, 14:30, 3, Grimalt-M. Grimalt CHI [28], Schalk-Saxton CAN [17], Men's 1st
56, 15:30, 3, Doppler-Horst AUT [20], Ontiveros-Virgen MEX [25], Men's 1st
60, 15:30, TBD, Winner of match #52, Liliana-Baquerizo ESP [4], Women's 2nd
59, 15:30, TBD, Antonelli-Juliana BRA [6], Winner of match #51, Women's 2nd
62, 16:30, TBD, Winner of match #54, Brzostek-Kolosinska POL [24], Women's 2nd
57, 16:30, TBD, Walsh-Ross USA [2], Winner of match #49, Women's 2nd
58, 16:30, TBD, Winner of match #50, Fijalek-Prudel POL [6], Men's 2nd
57, 16:30, TBD, Hyden-Bourne USA [15], Winner of match #49, Men's 2nd
64, 17:30, TBD, Winner of match #56, Zumkehr-Heidrich SUI [17], Women's 2nd
61, 17:30, TBD, Kolocova-Slukova CZE [3], Winner of match #53, Women's 2nd
63, 18:30, TBD, Larissa-Talita BRA [28], Winner of match #55, Women's 2nd
58, 18:30, TBD, Winner of match #50, Goricanec-Hüberli SUI [26], Women's 2nd
64, TBD, TBD, Winner of match #56, Rosenthal-Dalhausser USA [1], Men's 2nd
63, TBD, TBD, Herrera-Gavira ESP [5], Winner of match #55, Men's 2nd
62, TBD, TBD, Winner of match #54, Erdmann-Matysik GER [7], Men's 2nd
61, TBD, TBD, Alison-Bruno BRA [3], Winner of match #53, Men's 2nd
60, TBD, TBD, Winner of match #52, Samoilovs-Smedins, J. LAT [4], Men's 2nd
59, TBD, TBD, Emanuel-Pedro BRA [8], Winner of match #51, Men's 2nd
El Transavia Grand Slam, es un "preludio" del Campeonatos Mundial de Voleibol Playa FIVB 2015, se jugará sólo en las canchas de Scheveningen, con los partidos de mellada siendo el Domingo. Los dos últimos equipos en la competición de ambos sexos competirán por las medallas de oro y dividirse un premio de $70.000 para cada equipo ganador.
Tras el evento de esta semana, el Circuito Mundial FIVB vuelve a los Estados Unidos para el segundo año consecutivo del Grand Slam de Long Beach en el sur de California, también dando $ 1 millón. El circuito internacional regresa a Europa en agosto para las paradas en Austria (Klagenfurt, 29 de julio al 3 de agosto) y Polonia (Stare Jablonki, del 19 al 24 de agosto).