Just like FIVB’s President Ary Graça requested from the CEV, Snow Volleyball is taking Europe by storm. After 17 national championships and a tour consisting of 6 stops, the CEV is finally organizing its inaugural CEV Snow Volleyball European Championships. 24 male and 24 female teams from 18 different countries will participate in the event, which will be held from 23 – 25 March in Austria. Prize money is set at 10.000 EUR (about 12500 USD) per winning team.
The favorites to the crown are Russia’s Taras Myskiv / Ruslan Daianov and Turkey’s Bugra Eryildiz / Aleyna Vence, who have each won three gold medals on this year’s European Tour. Below is a full list of all participants (Cev.lu):
Men
Alexander Huber/Martin Streifellner (AUT)
Benedikt Kattner/Mathias Seiser (AUT)
Florian Schnetzer/Daniel Müllner (AUT)
Niko Goga/Donald Stojnic (CRO)
David Kufa/Robert Kufa (CZE)
Paul Becker/Jonas Schröder (GER)
Georgios Kotsilianos/Panagiotis Ioannidis (GRE)
Izsak Soos/Viktor Erik Ban (HUN)
Enrico Lupatelli/Michele Maines (ITA)
Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs (LAT)
Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius (LTU)
Henrik Skogen/Vegard Løkken (NOR)
Michal Matyja/Piotr Janiak (POL)
Piotr Groszek/Mateusz Zieba (POL)
Bogdan Necula/Tudorel Farcas (ROU)
Ruslan Daianov/Taras Myskiv (RUS)
Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov (RUS)
Yury Bogatov/Pavel Rakusov (RUS)
Tadej Bozenk/Anze Bahc (SLO)
Sébastien Chevallier/Alexei Strasser (SUI)
Raphael Zurgilgen/Remo Spahr (SUI)
Martin Smahel/Michal Kollar (SVK)
Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Hüseyin Mermer (TUR)
Vitalii Didukh/Andrii Holonko (UKR)
Women
Elisabeth Klopf/Viktoria Mair (AUT)
Marilena Preiml/Maria Obernosterer (AUT)
Lena Magyar/Laura Poschenreithner (AUT)
Erika Drvis/Dunja Milin (CRO)
Anna Dostalova/Michaela Knoblochova (CZE)
Karoline Fröhlich/Lena Overländer (GER)
Pigi Anna Metheniti/Liza Triantafillidi (GRE)
Eszter Lutter/Panna Györi (HUN)
Cristiana Parenzan/Tania Ferrazzo (ITA)
Alise Lece/Ilze Liepinlauska (LAT)
Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte (LTU)
Urte Andriukaityte/Irina Zobnina (LTU)
Ieva Vasiliauskaite/Gerda Grudzinskaite (LTU)
Janne Kongshavn/Kristine Wiig (NOR)
Zeynep Koc/Andreea Gabriela Savastita (ROU)
Elena-Andreea Petrosanu/Ioana-Rebeca Alexandru (ROU)
Liudmila Dayanova/Maria Ushkova (RUS)
Ekaterina Syrtseva/Ksenia Khakimzanova (RUS)
Bernarda Baron/Manica Bulc (SLO)
Sarah Leemann/Claudia Schmid (SUI)
Lenka Vandakova/Alica Bertova (SVK)
Silvia Poszmikova/Romana Jurenkova (SVK)
Bugra Eryildiz/Aleyna Vence (TUR)
Olena Borysenko/Olga Dovgopol (UKR)
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