FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World tour - Brasilia - A 100% USA Men Final

Matt Fuerbringer (N°2) and Nick Lucena from USA

celebrating their qualification for the Finals (Source photo: FIVB)

Staying focused in the midst of hundreds of thousands of people enjoying a massive Brazilian holiday Saturday, USA’s Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers and USA’s Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena survived the sun, the heat and the revelry to meet in Sunday’s internationally televised all-American men’s gold medal match at the US$380,000 Brasília Open, the season-opening event of the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour.
It will be just the fourth time in 34 international events held in Brazil and first since 1991 that it there will be an all-USA gold medal match.

Results

Loser are ranked 7th
56	21-Apr	09:00	1	Alison-Emanuel BRA [2]	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	injury team A
55	21-Apr	09:00	2	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [4]	Santos-Vitor Felipe BRA [16]	2-0 (21-14, 21-12)	0:34

Loser are ranked 5th
58	21-Apr	12:00	1	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	Harley-Evandro BRA [25]	2-0 (21-17, 21-17)	0:43
57	21-Apr	12:00	2	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [4]	Erdmann-Matysik GER [7]	2-0 (21-19, 26-24)	0:48

Semi-finals
60	21-Apr	16:00	1	Ricardo-Cunha BRA [3]	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	1-2 (26-24, 13-21, 10-15)	0:59
59	21-Apr	15:00	1	Herrera-Gavira ESP [5]	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [4]	1-2 (21-13, 18-21, 13-15)	0:56