SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World CHAMIONSHIPS 2011 - ROMA - A great first day

The SWATCH FIVB World Championships starts yesterday with great games and surprises.

The thrill of onset combined with the difficulty of finding the favorites ,on the other side, of the tournament. The couple Orsi-Toth - Benazzi pays a heavy duty against Larissa -Juliana (21-7, 21-9) and is already looking to tomorrow's race against the German Kohler - Sude. These last few, always in group A, who defeated the Dutch Kadijk - Mooren with a peremptory 2-0 (21-15, 22-20). The pool D, however, saw the debut of one of more pairs in the form of the moment, the Dutch Keizer -Van Iersel. The orange pair is tax-Georgian Saka Rtvelo with a dry 2 - 0 (21-19, 21-19). The second round of Group D saw the victory of the Finnish Nystrom - Nystrom opposed to the Norwegian Maaseide Ingrid (21-12, 21-13).

Start with a defeat the World Championships of Daniel Gioria and Giulia Momoli. The two Italian athletes have been defeated by the American Akers - Branagh with a dry 2 to 0. The Americans have always controlled the game and so are candidates for the win in the group. The Italian will try to redeem themselves tomorrow against the Belgian-Mouha Gielen.

"We beat them badly and you are good to take advantage. It is difficult to play at home but now that we broke the ice we are ready to win the second race at the end of the comment about the Italian race.

In the same group, Minusa - Jursone have lost two to one against the Belgian Gielen - Mouha.

Now show the muscles the two major women's tournament favorite. The Brazilian Talita - Antonelli takes less than half an hour to break down the Russian Vasina - Vozakova (21-14, 21-9) and send a message to the opponent for the win. In the same group, the Spanish Baquerizo - Liliana start with the right foot by imposing the couple of Mauritius Li Yuk Lo-Rigobert (21-9, 21-14).

In Group E of the Men Tournament, however, the Swiss Heyer - Chevallier suffer with the Austrians Doppler Mellitzer (27-25, 21-19) but in the end bring home the victory. Grouped in the same numbers on the board 5, the Germans Klemperer-Kreng are imposed on fellow-Erdmann Matysik after a good and fought match (7-21, 21-15, 16-14).

First victory for an Italian teams World Beach Volleyball that is taking place in Rome. The couple formed by Nicolai - Martino, included in Group L, defeated the Lithuanians Samoilovs - Sorokins after three very intense set (21-17, 15-21, 15-11). Major victory for the blue pair that tomorrow will address the Swedish couple Gunnarsson-Brinkborg. The latter were defeated by the Czech Benes - Kubala after an interminable match (21-19, 20-22, 15-13).

In group J, however, the Spanish Herrera - Gavira center the first victory against the Austrians Müllner-Horst (21-19, 21-15) while the Russians Semenov-Koshkarev give a set to the Swiss Laciga - M. Weingart (21-17 , 17-21, 22-20).

Women's Results and Program

Pool M
72	14-Jun	20:05	2	Johns-Boulton GBR [36]	Van der Hoeven-Van der Vlist NED [37]
71	14-Jun	20:05	1	Fendrick-Hanson USA [12]	Cicolari-Menegatti ITA [13]
48	14-Jun	12:30	1	Cicolari-Menegatti ITA [13]	Van der Hoeven-Van der Vlist NED [37]
47	14-Jun	12:30	2	Fendrick-Hanson USA [12]	Johns-Boulton GBR [36]
24	15-Jun	18:05	1	Cicolari-Menegatti ITA [13]	Johns-Boulton GBR [36]
23	15-Jun	18:05	2	Fendrick-Hanson USA [12]	Van der Hoeven-Van der Vlist NED [37]
Pool L
70	13-Jun	12:30	2	Minusa-Jursone LAT [35]	Gielen-Mouha BEL [38]	1-2 (18-21, 21-14, 13-15)	0:48
69	13-Jun	12:30	1	Akers-Branagh USA [11]	Gioria-Momoli ITA [14]	2-0 (21-15, 21-17)	0:39
46	14-Jun	15:00	4	Gioria-Momoli ITA [14]	Gielen-Mouha BEL [38]
45	14-Jun	15:00	5	Akers-Branagh USA [11]	Minusa-Jursone LAT [35]
22	15-Jun	12:30	1	Gioria-Momoli ITA [14]	Minusa-Jursone LAT [35]
21	15-Jun	12:30	2	Akers-Branagh USA [11]	Gielen-Mouha BEL [38]
Pool K
68	14-Jun	14:00	3	Ukolova-Khomyakova RUS [34]	Bansley-Maloney CAN [39]
67	14-Jun	21:00	3	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [10]	Hinchley-Rohkamper AUS [15]
44	13-Jun	20:00	4	Hinchley-Rohkamper AUS [15]	Bansley-Maloney CAN [39]	0-2 (17-21, 20-22)	0:44
43	13-Jun	20:00	5	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [10]	Ukolova-Khomyakova RUS [34]	0-2 (16-21, 16-21)	0:43
20	15-Jun	17:00	4	Hinchley-Rohkamper AUS [15]	Ukolova-Khomyakova RUS [34]
19	15-Jun	17:00	5	Maria Clara-Carol BRA [10]	Bansley-Maloney CAN [39]
Pool J
66	14-Jun	11:30	5	Brink-Abeler-Grün GER [33]	Holtwick-Semmler GER [40]
65	14-Jun	11:30	4	Lima-Vivian BRA [9]	Lessard-Martin CAN [16]
42	14-Jun	17:00	4	Lessard-Martin CAN [16]	Holtwick-Semmler GER [40]
41	14-Jun	17:00	5	Lima-Vivian BRA [9]	Brink-Abeler-Grün GER [33]
18	15-Jun	11:30	4	Lessard-Martin CAN [16]	Brink-Abeler-Grün GER [33]
17	15-Jun	11:30	5	Lima-Vivian BRA [9]	Holtwick-Semmler GER [40]
Pool H
64	14-Jun	14:00	4	Candelas-Garcia MEX [32]	Mullin-Dampney GBR [41]
63	14-Jun	14:00	5	Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [8]	Kuhn-Zumkehr SUI [17]
40	13-Jun	11:30	4	Kuhn-Zumkehr SUI [17]	Mullin-Dampney GBR [41]	2-0 (21-11, 21-16)	0:36
39	13-Jun	11:30	5	Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [8]	Candelas-Garcia MEX [32]	2-1 (21-12, 17-21, 15-9)	0:44
16	15-Jun	15:05	2	Kuhn-Zumkehr SUI [17]	Candelas-Garcia MEX [32]
15	15-Jun	15:05	1	Xue-Zhang Xi CHN [8]	Mullin-Dampney GBR [41]
Pool G
62	14-Jun	10:05	2	Banck-Günther GER [31]	Wesselink-Meppelink NED [42]	2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 16-14)	0:52
61	14-Jun	10:05	1	Goller-Ludwig GER [7]	Bawden-Palmer AUS [18]	0-2 (14-21, 27-29)	0:46
38	13-Jun	15:05	2	Bawden-Palmer AUS [18]	Wesselink-Meppelink NED [42]	2-0 (21-16, 21-14)	0:34
37	13-Jun	15:05	1	Goller-Ludwig GER [7]	Banck-Günther GER [31]	2-1 (21-18, 18-21, 15-9)	0:53
14	15-Jun	10:30	4	Bawden-Palmer AUS [18]	Banck-Günther GER [31]
13	15-Jun	10:30	5	Goller-Ludwig GER [7]	Wesselink-Meppelink NED [42]
Pool F
60	14-Jun	09:30	3	Y. Huang-Yue Y. CHN [30]	Cook-West AUS [43]	2-0 (21-17, 21-19)	0:40
59	14-Jun	15:00	3	Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [6]	Arvaniti-Tsiartsiani GRE [19]
36	13-Jun	14:05	2	Arvaniti-Tsiartsiani GRE [19]	Cook-West AUS [43]	2-0 (21-14, 21-15)	0:35
35	13-Jun	14:05	1	Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [6]	Y. Huang-Yue Y. CHN [30]	2-0 (21-16, 21-10)	0:32
12	15-Jun	10:05	1	Arvaniti-Tsiartsiani GRE [19]	Y. Huang-Yue Y. CHN [30]
11	15-Jun	10:05	2	Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [6]	Cook-West AUS [43]
Pool E
58	14-Jun	10:30	4	Giombini-Rosso ITA [29]	Novakova-Tobiasova CZE [44]	0-2 (13-21, 20-22)	0:38
57	14-Jun	10:30	5	May-Treanor-Walsh USA [5]	Kolocova-Slukova CZE [20]	2-0 (21-12, 21-19)	0:34
34	14-Jun	18:05	2	Kolocova-Slukova CZE [20]	Novakova-Tobiasova CZE [44]
33	14-Jun	18:05	1	May-Treanor-Walsh USA [5]	Giombini-Rosso ITA [29]
10	15-Jun	16:05	1	Kolocova-Slukova CZE [20]	Giombini-Rosso ITA [29]
9	15-Jun	16:05	2	May-Treanor-Walsh USA [5]	Novakova-Tobiasova CZE [44]
Pool D
56	14-Jun	11:30	3	Saka-Rtvelo GEO [28]	Maaseide-Ingrid NOR [45]
55	14-Jun	17:00	3	Keizer-Van Iersel NED [4]	Nystrom-Nystrom FIN [21]
32	13-Jun	17:00	4	Nystrom-Nystrom FIN [21]	Maaseide-Ingrid NOR [45]	2-0 (21-12, 21-13)	0:36
31	13-Jun	17:00	5	Keizer-Van Iersel NED [4]	Saka-Rtvelo GEO [28]	2-0 (21-19, 21-19)	0:34
8	15-Jun	09:30	4	Nystrom-Nystrom FIN [21]	Saka-Rtvelo GEO [28]
7	15-Jun	09:30	5	Keizer-Van Iersel NED [4]	Maaseide-Ingrid NOR [45]
Pool C
54	14-Jun	16:05	2	Hansel-Montagnolli AUT [27]	Graessli-Goricanec SUI [46]
53	14-Jun	16:05	1	Kessy-Ross USA [3]	Klapalova-Hajeckova CZE [22]
30	14-Jun	09:30	4	Klapalova-Hajeckova CZE [22]	Graessli-Goricanec SUI [46]	1-2 (18-21, 21-14, 9-15)	0:40
29	14-Jun	09:30	5	Kessy-Ross USA [3]	Hansel-Montagnolli AUT [27]	2-0 (29-27, 21-11)	0:49
6	15-Jun	14:00	4	Klapalova-Hajeckova CZE [22]	Hansel-Montagnolli AUT [27]
5	15-Jun	14:00	5	Kessy-Ross USA [3]	Graessli-Goricanec SUI [46]
Pool B
52	14-Jun	16:00	4	Vasina-Vozakova RUS [26]	Li Yuk Lo-Rigobert MRI [47]
51	14-Jun	16:00	5	Talita-Antonelli BRA [2]	Liliana-Baquerizo ESP [23]
28	13-Jun	16:00	4	Liliana-Baquerizo ESP [23]	Li Yuk Lo-Rigobert MRI [47]	2-0 (21-9, 21-14)	0:33
27	13-Jun	16:00	5	Talita-Antonelli BRA [2]	Vasina-Vozakova RUS [26]	2-0 (21-14, 21-9)	0:27
4	15-Jun	16:00	4	Liliana-Baquerizo ESP [23]	Vasina-Vozakova RUS [26]
3	15-Jun	16:00	5	Talita-Antonelli BRA [2]	Li Yuk Lo-Rigobert MRI [47]
Pool A
50	15-Jun	15:00	4	Kadijk R.-Mooren NED [25]	Orsi Toth-Benazzi ITA [48]
49	15-Jun	15:00	5	Larissa-Juliana BRA [1]	Köhler-Sude GER [24]
26	14-Jun	13:00	3	Köhler-Sude GER [24]	Orsi Toth-Benazzi ITA [48]
25	14-Jun	20:00	3	Larissa-Juliana BRA [1]	Kadijk R.-Mooren NED [25]
2	13-Jun	18:05	2	Köhler-Sude GER [24]	Kadijk R.-Mooren NED [25]	2-0 (21-15, 22-20)	0:36
1	13-Jun	18:05	1	Larissa-Juliana BRA [1]	Orsi Toth-Benazzi ITA [48]	2-0 (21-7, 21-9)	0:2

Men's results and Program

Pool M
72	14-Jun	19:05	2	Dollinger-Windscheif GER [36]	Barsouk-Yutvalin RUS [37]
71	14-Jun	19:05	1	Ferramenta-Pedro BRA [12]	Ingrosso-Ingrosso P. ITA [13]
48	13-Jun	20:05	1	Ingrosso-Ingrosso P. ITA [13]	Barsouk-Yutvalin RUS [37]	2-0 (21-14, 21-16)	0:34
47	13-Jun	20:05	2	Ferramenta-Pedro BRA [12]	Dollinger-Windscheif GER [36]	2-0 (21-12, 21-16)	0:31
24	16-Jun			Ingrosso-Ingrosso P. ITA [13]	Dollinger-Windscheif GER [36]
23	16-Jun			Ferramenta-Pedro BRA [12]	Barsouk-Yutvalin RUS [37]
Pool L
70	15-Jun	19:05	2	Gunnarsson-Brinkborg SWE [35]	Samoilovs-Sorokins LAT [38]
69	15-Jun	19:05	1	Benes P.-Kubala CZE [11]	Nicolai-Martino ITA [14]
46	13-Jun	19:05	1	Nicolai-Martino ITA [14]	Samoilovs-Sorokins LAT [38]	2-1 (21-17, 15-21, 15-11)	0:43
45	13-Jun	19:05	2	Benes P.-Kubala CZE [11]	Gunnarsson-Brinkborg SWE [35]	2-1 (21-19, 20-22, 15-13)	0:47
22	14-Jun	21:05	1	Nicolai-Martino ITA [14]	Gunnarsson-Brinkborg SWE [35]
21	14-Jun	21:05	2	Benes P.-Kubala CZE [11]	Samoilovs-Sorokins LAT [38]
Pool K
68	16-Jun			Vesik-Jaani EST [34]	Prokopiev-Bogatov RUS [39]
67	16-Jun			Gibb-Rosenthal USA [10]	Plavins-Smedins, J. LAT [15]
44	13-Jun	21:00	4	Plavins-Smedins, J. LAT [15]	Prokopiev-Bogatov RUS [39]	2-0 (21-18, 21-16)	0:40
43	13-Jun	21:00	5	Gibb-Rosenthal USA [10]	Vesik-Jaani EST [34]	2-1 (17-21, 24-22, 17-15)	0:52
20	15-Jun	11:30	3	Plavins-Smedins, J. LAT [15]	Vesik-Jaani EST [34]
19	15-Jun	15:00	3	Gibb-Rosenthal USA [10]	Prokopiev-Bogatov RUS [39]
Pool J
66	14-Jun	20:00	4	Müllner-Horst AUT [33]	Laciga M.-Weingart SUI [40]
65	14-Jun	20:00	5	Herrera-Gavira ESP [9]	Semenov-Koshkarev RUS [16]
42	13-Jun	16:05	2	Semenov-Koshkarev RUS [16]	Laciga M.-Weingart SUI [40]	2-1 (21-17, 17-21, 22-20)	0:54
41	13-Jun	16:05	1	Herrera-Gavira ESP [9]	Müllner-Horst AUT [33]	2-0 (21-19, 21-15)	0:34
18	15-Jun	13:00	5	Semenov-Koshkarev RUS [16]	Müllner-Horst AUT [33]
17	15-Jun	13:00	4	Herrera-Gavira ESP [9]	Laciga M.-Weingart SUI [40]
Pool H
64	15-Jun	14:00	3	Mesa-Lario ESP [32]	Sidorenko-Dyachenko KAZ [41]
63	15-Jun	10:30	3	Bruno-Benjamin BRA [8]	Nummerdor-Schuil NED [17]
40	13-Jun	14:00	4	Nummerdor-Schuil NED [17]	Sidorenko-Dyachenko KAZ [41]	2-0 (21-19, 21-15)	0:39
39	13-Jun	14:00	5	Bruno-Benjamin BRA [8]	Mesa-Lario ESP [32]	2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 23-21)	1:00
16	16-Jun			Nummerdor-Schuil NED [17]	Mesa-Lario ESP [32]
15	16-Jun			Bruno-Benjamin BRA [8]	Sidorenko-Dyachenko KAZ [41]
Pool G
62	13-Jun	13:00	4	Geor-Gia GEO [31]	Boehm-Kapa AUS [42]	2-0 (21-16, 21-14)	0:39
61	13-Jun	13:00	5	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [7]	Thiago-Harley BRA [18]	2-0 (21-14, 21-17)	0:37
38	15-Jun	21:00	4	Thiago-Harley BRA [18]	Boehm-Kapa AUS [42]
37	15-Jun	21:00	5	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [7]	Geor-Gia GEO [31]
14	14-Jun	14:05	1	Thiago-Harley BRA [18]	Geor-Gia GEO [31]
13	14-Jun	14:05	2	Fuerbringer-Lucena USA [7]	Boehm-Kapa AUS [42]
Pool F
60	15-Jun	20:00	4	Fijalek-Prudel POL [30]	Tomatis-Lupo ITA [43]
59	15-Jun	20:00	5	Xu-Wu CHN [6]	Skarlund-Spinnangr NOR [19]
36	14-Jun	15:05	2	Skarlund-Spinnangr NOR [19]	Tomatis-Lupo ITA [43]
35	14-Jun	15:05	1	Xu-Wu CHN [6]	Fijalek-Prudel POL [30]
12	16-Jun			Skarlund-Spinnangr NOR [19]	Fijalek-Prudel POL [30]
11	16-Jun			Xu-Wu CHN [6]	Tomatis-Lupo ITA [43]
Pool E
58	13-Jun	15:00	5	Heyer-Chevallier SUI [29]	Doppler-Mellitzer AUT [44]	2-0 (27-25, 21-19)	0:48
57	13-Jun	15:00	4	Klemperer-Koreng GER [5]	Erdmann-Matysik GER [20]	2-1 (7-21, 21-15, 16-14)	0:53
34	15-Jun	13:00	3	Erdmann-Matysik GER [20]	Doppler-Mellitzer AUT [44]
33	15-Jun	09:30	3	Klemperer-Koreng GER [5]	Heyer-Chevallier SUI [29]
10	16-Jun			Erdmann-Matysik GER [20]	Heyer-Chevallier SUI [29]
9	16-Jun			Klemperer-Koreng GER [5]	Doppler-Mellitzer AUT [44]
Pool D
56	15-Jun	14:05	2	Likholetov-Pastukhov RUS [28]	Kadziola-Szalankiewicz POL [45]
55	15-Jun	14:05	1	Brink-Reckermann GER [4]	Heuscher-Bellaguarda SUI [21]
32	14-Jun	21:00	4	Heuscher-Bellaguarda SUI [21]	Kadziola-Szalankiewicz POL [45]
31	14-Jun	21:00	5	Brink-Reckermann GER [4]	Likholetov-Pastukhov RUS [28]
8	16-Jun			Heuscher-Bellaguarda SUI [21]	Likholetov-Pastukhov RUS [28]
7	16-Jun			Brink-Reckermann GER [4]	Kadziola-Szalankiewicz POL [45]
Pool C
54	15-Jun	11:05	2	Gabathuler-Schnider SUI [27]	Redmann-Saxton CAN [46]
53	15-Jun	11:05	1	Marcio Araujo-Ricardo BRA [3]	Boersma E.-Spijkers NED [22]
30	14-Jun	13:00	4	Boersma E.-Spijkers NED [22]	Redmann-Saxton CAN [46]
29	14-Jun	13:00	5	Marcio Araujo-Ricardo BRA [3]	Gabathuler-Schnider SUI [27]
6	16-Jun			Boersma E.-Spijkers NED [22]	Gabathuler-Schnider SUI [27]
5	16-Jun			Marcio Araujo-Ricardo BRA [3]	Redmann-Saxton CAN [46]
Pool B
52	15-Jun	20:05	2	Lochhead-Pitman NZL [26]	Babich-Ioisher UKR [47]
51	15-Jun	20:05	1	Emanuel-Alison BRA [2]	Soderberg-Hoyer, A. DEN [23]
28	14-Jun	10:30	3	Soderberg-Hoyer, A. DEN [23]	Babich-Ioisher UKR [47]	2-0 (22-20, 21-13)	0:35
27	14-Jun	16:00	3	Emanuel-Alison BRA [2]	Lochhead-Pitman NZL [26]
4	16-Jun			Soderberg-Hoyer, A. DEN [23]	Lochhead-Pitman NZL [26]
3	16-Jun			Emanuel-Alison BRA [2]	Babich-Ioisher UKR [47]
Pool A
50	13-Jun	21:05	2	Ces-Cès FRA [25]	Morais-Silva ANG [48]	2-0 (21-11, 21-10)	0:25
49	13-Jun	21:05	1	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	Jennings-Wong USA [24]	0-2 (20-22, 12-21)	0:34
26	15-Jun	21:05	2	Jennings-Wong USA [24]	Morais-Silva ANG [48]
25	15-Jun	21:05	1	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	Ces-Cès FRA [25]
2	14-Jun	11:05	1	Jennings-Wong USA [24]	Ces-Cès FRA [25]	2-1 (19-21, 21-9, 15-10)	0:48
1	14-Jun	11:05	2	Rogers-Dalhausser USA [1]	Morais-Silva ANG [48]	2-0 (21-13, 21-13)	0:35