WATCH LIVE: Tokyo Three Star Semis, Finals Beginning at 10 p.m. ET

  0 Wendy Mayer | July 28th, 2018 | FIVB World Tour, News, Pro Beach

FIVB Tokyo Three Star

The podium matches are set for the men’s Tokyo Three Star, while the women’s semifinals start the evening’s action.

All semifinals and podium matches will be streamed live on the FIVB YouTube channel. 

Germans Philipp Arne Bergmann/Yannick Harms will take on Americans Casey Patterson/Stafford Slick for the bronze at midnight Saturday. Chile’s Marco Grimalt/Esteban Grimalt will face Serbia’s Lazar Kolaric/Stefan Basta for the gold medal at 2:30 a.m. ET Sunday.

The Grimalts will be looking for their first FIVB World Tour podium finish and have already achieved their best placing of the season ahead of a ninth-place effort the Espinho Four Star on July 8.

Kolaric/Basta are looking for their third podium finish of the season, following gold at the Aydin One Star on May 20 and silver at the Lucerne Three Star on May 13.

Despite tonight’s result, Patterson/Slick, which teamed up in January, have achieved their top FIVB placing of the year ahead of a fifth-place effort at the Lucerne Three-Star.

Bergmann/Harms are looking for their first podium finish since winning gold at the Oman One Star on March 17 and just their second as a pairing.

On the women’s side, Finland’s Taru Lahti-Liukkonen/Anniina Parkkinen earned the first spot in the semifinals.

The remaining three quarterfinal matches which were washed out yesterday started the action on Saturday:

The women’s semifinals are set for 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET Saturday. The bronze medal match will be played at 1:15 a.m. ET Sunday followed by the gold at 3:45 a.m. ET.

Mersmann/Tillmann will play Murakami/Ishii in the first semifinal, while Lunde/Ulveseth will take on Lahti/Parkkinen.

Mersmann/Tillmann are vying for their second FIVB crown of 2018 following a gold at the Baden One Star on June 17. 

Murakami/Ishii are looking for their first FIVB podium finish since winning gold at the Daegu One Star on July 16, 2017.

Lunde/Ulveseth and Lahti-Luikkonen/Parkkinen are seeking their first ever FIVB medals.

 

Women’s Semifinal 1 – 10 p.m. ET

 

Women’s Semifinal 2 – 11 p.m.

 

Women’s Bronze – 1:15 a.m. ET Sunday

 

Women’s Gold – 3:45 a.m. ET Sunday

 

Men’s Bronze – Patterson/Slick vs. Bergmann/Harms – midnight

 

Men’s Gold – Grimalt/Grimalt vs. Kolaric/Basta – 1:45 a.m. Sunday

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Wendy Mayer

Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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