News 29/06/2017 Draw positions for FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships announced Porec, Croatia, June 29, 2017 - The pre-draw placement for the men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams competing next month in the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna has been confirmed ahead of the drawing of lots ceremony on Saturday, which will take place at 10.30 local time at the venue of the Porec Major to determine the seedings and pool allocations.The pre-draw placement for each of the 96 teams (48 men and 48 women) competing in the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships was based on each pair’s points 35 days prior to the Vienna event as a tandem’s best six of last eight finishes on the FIVB World Tour over a 365-day period are used to determine their technical entry points. The top 12 teams on the technical entry points’ list are seeded No. 1 through No. 12.Quick links - Beach volleyball:FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Vienna 2017FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2017Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games - Beach VolleyballFIVB.com - Beach VolleyballLatest VideosFacebookTwitterInstagramMedia Guides2017 World Championship formatWith each gender’s competition featuring 48 teams divided into 12 pools with four tandems in each group, the top men’s and women’s pairs were seeded into the top slot in each cluster with draws being held to fill out the second, third and fourth position in each pool. Each team will play three pool play matches and, as the host country, no Austrian teams will be in the same group.The top two pairs in each pool will advance directly to the 32-team elimination bracket along with the four best third-place duos based on match points, set-point ratios and/or rally-point ratios. A Lucky Loser round for the teams ranked fifth through 12th will be played with the four winners advancing to the elimination bracket.For the bracket phase of the Vienna competition, there will be a draw to place each team in the bracket based on their pool standings with the 12 pool winners being seeded No. 1 to No. 12, and the third-place finishers, including the Lucky Losers being seeded No. 25 through No. 32. The second-place finishers in each pool will be seeded No. 13 through No. 24.Men’s top seedsSeed, Team, Country, Seeding points1, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 3,5002, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 3,2603, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 3,2404, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 2,8405, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,7006, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 2,6907, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 2,6458, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 2,5409, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,48010, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 2,36011, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2,28012, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria (best host country), 1,860Reigning world and Olympic champions Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt will be among the teams to beat in ViennaMen’s Draw 1 (will play seeds 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12)Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points13, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 2,20014, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 2,15015, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 2,10016, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 2,00017, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 1,97518, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 1,970Men’s Draw 2 (will play seeds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6)Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points19, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 1,93220, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 1,90021, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 1,83022, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 1,78023, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 1,65824, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 1,635Men’s Draw 3Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points25, Kacper Kujawiak/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 1,63226, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 1,56627, Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria, 1,54828, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 1,53829, Karell Pina/Daisel Quesada, Cuba, 1,46830, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 1,45031, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 1,38032, Rahman Raoufi/Bahman Salemiinjehboroun, Iran, 1,23633, Robin Seidl/Tobias Winter, Austria, 1,22234, Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina, 1,19035, Mohammad Ashfiya/Ade Rachmawan, Indonesia, 1,07836, Rihards Finsters/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 988Men’s Draw 4Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points37, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 81638, Marlon Phillip/Daneil Williams, Trinidad and Tobago, 79239, Marco Cairus/Mauricio Vieyto, Uruguay, 78040, Luis Garcia/Andy Leonardo, Guatemala, 59841, Jhonatan Golindano/Carlos Rangel, Venezuela, 54042, Aaron Nusbaum/Ryan Vandenburg, Canada, 53843, Roger Battilana/Gregorio Godoy, Paraguay, 46044, Austria (to be determined following trial)45, Jamaine Naidoo/Leo Williams, South Africa, 6046, Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco, 047, Aldevino Nguvo/Justino Tovela, Mozambique, 048, Abubakarr Kamara/Lombie Patrick, Sierra Leone, 0 Women’s top seedsSeed, Team, Country, Seeding points1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 3,7602, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 3,3203, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 2,9904, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 2,7105, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 2,5856, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2,3607, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 2,1808, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2,1609, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2,08310, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 2,06411, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 2,05612, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (host country), 1,267Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won Olympic gold in 2016Women’s Draw 1 (will play seeds 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12)Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points13, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 2,02014, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 2,00015, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 2,00016, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 1,91617, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 1,87218, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 1,780Women’s Draw 2 (will play seeds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6)Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 1,76620, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 1,75121, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 1,72222, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 1,65223, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 1,56224, Elsa Baquerizo/Angela Lobato, Spain, 1,524Women’s Draw 3Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points25, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 1,50826, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 1,41827, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 1,36628, Marta Menegatti/Rebecca Perry, Italy, 1,33229, Jamie Broder/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 1,31030, Ana Gallay/Virginia Zonta, Argentina, 1,30031, Nicole Laird/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia, 1,25032, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 1,24733, Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 1,21734, Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, Cuba, 1,21335, Tatyana Mashkova/Bakhtygul Samalikova, Kazakhstan, 1,18436, Erika Bobadilla/Gabriela Filippo, Paraguay, 1,175Women’s Draw 4Draw position, Team, Country, Seeding points37, Norisbeth Agudo/Gabi Brito, Venezuela, 1,12938, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 1,12039, Lena Plesiutschnig/Cornelia Rimser, Austria, 1,07640, Xinxin Wang/Chen Xue, China, 99841, Manon Nummerdor-Flier/Marleen van Iersel, 99342, Andrea Galindo/Claudia "Gorda" Galindo, Colombia, 98043, Natalia Alfaro/Karen Charles, Costa Rica, 75244, Katharina Holzer/Teresa Strauss, Austria, 66845, Denyse Mutatsimpundu/Charlotte Nzayisenga, Rwanda, 046, Mahassine Siad/Imane Zeroual, Morocco, 047, Gaudencia Makokha/Naomie Too, Kenya, 048, Liocadia Manhica/Vanessa Muianga, Mozambique, 0Related articles:Alison & Bruno headline men’s FIVB World Championship fieldVienna Worlds will crown a new women’s championOlympians supercharge continental qualifiers for Beach Volleyball World ChampionshipsFour countries net wild card slots for FIVB Beach Volleyball World ChampionshipsForty countriesOf the 40 countries competing in the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, seven will be sending a team or teams for the first time to the prestigious event that was first held in the United States in 1997 followed by events in France, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands.First-time countries qualifying a men’s and/or women’s team for the FIVB World Championships are Colombia (one women’s team), Iran (men), Kenya (women), Mozambique (men and women), Rwanda (women), Sierra Leone (men) and Trinidad & Tobago (men).Due to an injury to Evgeniya Ukolova at last week’s European Tour stop in Baden, Austria, the Russian player will miss the 2017 FIVB World Championships where she was scheduled to play with Anastasia Barsuk. As per FIVB regulations and endorsed by the European confederation (CEV), the team will be replaced by replaced by Manon Nummerdor-Flier/Marleen van Iersel of the Netherlands. The team Motrich/Barsuk is now in the reserve list.The 11th edition of the FIVB World Championships will be held July 28 through August 6 at the state-of-the art Vienna Centre Court at Donauinsel with the focal point of the action and entertainment being held with a picturesque view of the Danube River and the lively atmosphere of the Beach Village. A total of $1-million in prize money will be awarded with the winning men’s and women’s teams splitting the $60,000 first-place prizes. The women’s medal matches will be played August 5 and the men’s August 6. Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News