2017 FIVB WORLD BEACH TOUR – RIO DE JANIERO
- May 17-21
- Olympic Park, Barra da Tijuca
- Co-ed
- 4-Star Event
- Event Site
- Results
4 different nations will be represented on Saturday afternoon in the men’s draw of the 2017 Rio Open, with neither the Americans nor the Brazilians able to advance more than one of their multiple quarterfinal pairs in the morning rounds.
In the first match of the day, Italy’s Olympic silver medalists Nicolai/Lupo knocked off the top-ranked team so far on this year’s World Tour Alvaro Filho/Saymon 2-1 (20-22, 21-16, 15-11). That’s Alvaro and Saymon’s first lost on this year’s tour, and leaves them with $6,000 to share.
Americans Brunner/Patterson beat Olympic bronze medalists Brouwer/Meeuwsen 2-1 (18-21, 28-26, 15-13) to advance to the semi-finals as well. They were the only one of 3 American pairs in the quarterfinals: Hyden/Doherty were swept 2-0 by Poland’s Losiak/Kantor; and Olympic champions Alison/Bruno Schmidt beat Taylor Crabb/Gibb in the same manner.
"In the World Tour, we play against Olympic caliber teams" – Brunner/Patterson ?? talk about the win vs @BrouwerMeeuwsen and the semifinal pic.twitter.com/69DsBUTyH2
— Beach Volleyball (@FIVBBeach) May 20, 2017
Bruno/Schimdt and Brunner/Patterson will play in one semi-final, while Nicolai/Lupo and Losiak/Kantor will play in the other semi-final.
Poland’s Losiak/Kantor beat the Americans Hyden/Doherty 2-0 (22-20, 21-18).
| FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (4-star) | per gender in USD | ||
| Rank | Number of teams | Prize Money Per team | Prize Money per Rank Place |
| 1st | 1 | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| 2nd | 1 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | 1 | $7,200 | $7,200 |
| 5th | 4 | $5,800 | $23,200 |
| 9th | 8 | $4,200 | $33,600 |
| 17th | 16 | $3,000 | $48,000 |
| TOTAL | $150,000 | ||
Quarterfinal Results:
| MATCH NUMBER | DATE | TEAMS | SETS | 1 | 2 | 3 | TOTAL POINTS | DURATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 20/05/2017 |
Álvaro Filho/SaymonBRAvs.Nicolai/LupoITA
|
1 – 2
|
22 – 20
|
16 – 21
|
11 – 15
|
49 – 56
|
00:51 |
| 50 | 20/05/2017 |
Losiak/KantorPOLvs.Hyden/DohertyUSA
|
2 – 0
|
22 – 20
|
21 – 18
|
43 – 38
|
00:32 | |
| 51 | 20/05/2017 |
Brouwer/MeeuwsenNEDvs.Brunner/PattersonUSA
|
1 – 2
|
21 – 18
|
26 – 28
|
13 – 15
|
60 – 61
|
00:48 |
| 52 | 20/05/2017 |
Crabb Ta./GibbUSAvs.Alison/Bruno SchmidtBRA
|
0 – 2
|
19 – 21
|
15 – 21
|
34 – 42
|
00:37 |
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