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World Footvolley Tournament in Eilat, Israel 🇮🇱
A lot of European men and women teams were involved in The World Red Sea Eilat Cup held in Eilat, Israel in mid march 2018. Reigning European champions Miguel Pinheiro & Nelson Pereira came up short in the final against Brazil, but delivered a good game against one of the best team in the world.
A lot of European men and women teams were involved in The World Red Sea Eilat Cup held in Eilat, Israel in mid march 2018. Reigning European champions Miguel Pinheiro & Nelson Pereira came up short in the final against Brazil, but delivered a good game against one of the best team in the world.
Portuguese and European champion Miguel Pinheiro with a shark block on Brazilian super star Eduardo Gasparini. The crowd witnessed a very high level in the final. Photo: Eilat Footvolley
Teams from around the world gathered in this traditional tournament and proved to be the biggest and most successful edition ever. Amongst the many countries who participated were; 🇬🇷Greece, 🇫🇷France, 🇳🇱Holland, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇵🇹Portugal, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇵🇾Paraguay, 🏴England, 🇦🇹Austria, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇺🇸USA and of course 🇮🇱Israel in the lineup.
It is nice to see the international footvolley family growing. It is especially nice to see so many women now finding their way into this amazing sport.
The tournament was administrated by Eilat Footvolley, Luiz Gomes and the help of the Israel Footvolley Association (IFA). The knock-out stages were broadcasted live on national television on Israel's channel 'One'; Israels most accredited sports channel.
Some of the best teams in the world participated in the tournament and in addition a few of Israels own best players like Maor Haas and Pascal Schmidt who won the European Groningen Cup and made it to the quarter finals in Eilat, as well as Israels current number one team, Oren Zuberi and Ron Ben Yishay who took 4th place in Eilat this year.
Results mens tournament
🏆1. place: 🇧🇷Brazil: Eduardo Gasparini & Marcellino Schiling
🥈2. place: 🇵🇹Portugal: Miguel Pinheiro & Nelson Pereira
🥉3. place: 🇵🇾Paraguay: Fernando Lugo & Victor Martinez
4. place: 🇮🇱Israel 1: Oren Zubeari & Ron Ben Vishay
Results womens tournament
🏆1. place: 🇧🇷Brazil: Natalia Guitler & Josy Souza
🥈2. place: 🇳🇱Holland 1: Evelyn Dobbinga & Isabel Harrysson Rodrigues
🥉3. place: 🇩🇪Germany: Rebecca Gabriell & Carolin Schultze
4. place : 🇳🇱Holland : Nynke Karrenbeld & Selma van Berkel
In the coming year another footvolley national league will take place and is expected to reach new heights in Israel. Besides the league there are many more tournaments planned for men and women. Educational and social projects are being worked on in order to keep the already rapidly growing community of footvolley players evolving, with a special focus on building interest from younger players.
The EFVL congratulates Israel with a well organized tournament with a very high level and the inclusion of so many EFVL-members.
Winners Eduardo Gasparini & Marcellino Schiling and Natalia Guitler & Josy Souza Photo: Eilat Footvolley
Italian National Qualifying Tournament
The Italian National Qualifying tournament is open to all players, both men and women.
The tournament will take place May 13th and 14th 2017 at the Sports Center and FCO Beach Center of Fiumicino (Rome). The qualifying event will be valid for the European Footvolley Championship in Albufeira, Portugal and for all events tagged European Footvolley 2017.
Registration must be sent in by May 10, 2017.
To register, please send an e-mail to: info@playfootvolley.it
Qualifica Italiana valida per il Campionato European Footvolley League di Albufeira, Portogallo.
L'evento e'aperto a tutti gli italiani di passaporto, per il settore maschile e femminile, e si svolgerà nella data del 13 e 14 Maggio presso la struttura FCO Beach Center di Fiumicino.
Update about Footvolley in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
On April 4th 2016 rumours began about footvolley being included as a demo sport in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. These rumours have of course provoked a lot of excitement and talk in the footvolley community.
On Monday April 4th the global footvolley community worldwide received exciting news.
The Brazilian Senator and great ambassador for our beloved sport, Romario Faria, posted a message stating:
“We will have Footvolley during the Olympics and Paralympics this year. But please remain calm. It will be more of a cultural event and not an official competition. Nevertheless it will be an excellent opportunity to present Footvolley to the world.”
The photo shows seven men standing side by side. At the center, profile Romario and Nuzman.
Romario and several Brazilian Footvolley representatives had a meeting with the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman. They received confirmation that a Footvolley event will take place from 25-28 August. In the spirit of the Olympics there will be games for men, women and under 20.
The Olympic Games will be held 5-21 August 2016 and the Paralympics will be held 7-18 September. That means that the tournament will be held in the period between the Olympics and the Paralympics in the main Beach Volleyball arena. More meetings will follow to determine all the details.
The role of EFVL
The news was released on April 4th and we already have EFVL ambassadors present in Rio to meet with the various stakeholders and offer support as necessary. The first impression is that everybody has a lot of questions. In fact, the people involved are swamped with questions from all over the world. Therefore we would like to ask everybody to be patient.
A question everybody is asking is which teams will play in this tournament? This, of course, has not yet been decided but the EFVL will elaborate on this matter as soon as we know more.
We are all thrilled to see that things are happening and it will help promote the sport we ♥. The visibility of such an event would be a blessing to our sport. But first and foremost we need to build the foundations in each country, get organized and unite as one footvolley community. The EFVL will continue this work regardless of the results of this matter.
More on this topic coming soon...
International tournament Groningen: Final results
Here are the final results of the largest indoor International Footvolley Tournament in Groningen in the Netherlands.
On January 8-10 the largest indoor International Footvolley Tournament took place at the indoor beach Binn’npret Groningen in the Netherlands. International teams from France, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Austria, Israel, Portugal, Switzerland and the Netherlands were keen to compete in this event. We would like to congratulate the organizers Dirk-Jan Postma, Stephan Kamminga and Erik Drenth with a job well done. High-level events such as these are the best publicity for the fantastic sport that is footvolley.
Here are the final results of the tournament in Groningen:
Men:
1. Spain 1: Carlos Delgado / Dani Martinez
2. Netherlands 1: Martijn ten Duis / Bart Zantman
3. Germany 1: Antonio Gonzalez / Mo Obeid & Netherlands 2: Marcel Birza / Erik Drenth
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Women:
1. Netherlands 1: Jorike Olde Loohuis / Nynke Karrenbeld
2. Netherlands 2: Evelyn Dobbinga / Nicoline Birza
3. Sweden 1: Elin Astrid Gustafsson / Iona van der Linden
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Mix:
1. Mo Obeid / Jorike Olde Loohuis
2. Pablo Carcelén / Nynke Karrenbeld
3. Nicoline Birza / Klemens Hofmann-Wellenhof
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More video and photos coming soon.
International Footvolley Tournament 2016 in Groningen
The Netherlands are starting of the new year with an international tournament in Groningen. It will take place from the 8th to the 10th of january.
The Netherlands are starting of the new year with an international tournament in Groningen. It will take place from the 8th to the 10th of january.
The event is open to men and women teams.
If you have a chance please visit the tournament and have a look - free entrance of course.