Eight USA Teams Earn Spots In FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

The FIVB has announced most of the teams which be competing for a beach volleyball World Championship in Vienna later this summer, and the United States will be sending the maximum four teams per gender.

Jun 7, 2017 by Megan Kaplon

Eight USA Teams Earn Spots In FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

The FIVB has announced most of the teams that will be competing for a beach volleyball world championship in Vienna later this summer, and the United States will be sending the maximum four teams per gender.

On the men's side, world No. 1-ranked Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena lead the selections for Team USA, with Casey Patterson/Theo Brunner, Jake Gibb/Taylor Crabb, and John Hyden/Ryan Doherty also earning spots in the field for the FIVB World Championships, which run from July 8 to August 6.

Brooke Sweat and Summer Ross, who have reached the medal rounds in FIVB tournaments twice already this season, are the highest-ranking U.S. women's team to qualify. April Ross/Lauren Fendrick, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, and Kerri Walsh Jennings/Nicole Branagh also punched their tickets to Vienna, with Walsh Jennings and Branagh, who have yet to play a single tournament together this season, earning their spot as one of four selections by the NORCECA Confederation.

In total, 48 teams per gender will compete at the World Championships, with 23 earning qualification through their FIVB World Tour rankings, 20 selected by their regional confederation (four selections from each of the five confederations), two spots awarded to teams from the host country, and three wild cards per gender.

All but the wild-card bids have been determined, and the 2017 FIVB World Championships entry lists are as follows:

Men's

Team	Country	Qualification Path
Dalhausser/Lucena	USA	World Tour Ranking #1
Smedins/Samoilovs	LAT	World Tour Ranking #2
Álvaro Filho/Saymon	BRA	World Tour Ranking #3
Alison/Bruno Schmidt	BRA	World Tour Ranking #4
Evandro/Andre	BRA	World Tour Ranking #5
Pedro Solberg/Guto	BRA	World Tour Ranking #6
Brouwer/Meeuwsen	NED	World Tour Ranking #7
Losiak/Kantor	POL	World Tour Ranking #8
Herrera/Gavira	ESP	World Tour Ranking #9
Saxton/Schalk	CAN	World Tour Ranking #10
Krasilnikov/Liamin	RUS	World Tour Ranking #11
Brunner/Paterson	USA	World Tour Ranking #12
Gibb/Crabb Ta	USA	World Tour Ranking #13
Pedlow/Schachter	CAN	World Tour Ranking #14
Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	RUS	World Tour Ranking #15
Fijalek/Bryl	POL	World Tour Ranking #16
Virgen/Ontiveros	MEX	World Tour Ranking #17
Nicolai/Lupo	ITA	World Tour Ranking #18
Doherty/Hyden	USA	World Tour Ranking #19
Ranghieri/Carambula	ITA	World Tour Ranking #20
Grimalt E./Grimalt M.	CHI	World Tour Ranking #21
Plavins/Regza	LAT	World Tour Ranking #22
Gonzalez/Nivaldo	CUB	World Tour Ranking #23
Doppler/Horst	AUT	Host Country
Kunert/Dressler	AUT	Host Country
Santos Pereira/Younousse	QAT	AVC Qualification Path
Rachmawan/Ashfiya	INA	AVC Qualification Path
McHugh/Schumann	AUS	AVC Qualification Path
Raoufi/Salemiinjehboroun	IRI	AVC Qualification Path
Abiicha/Elgraoui	MAR	CAVB Qualification Path
Williams/Naidoo	RSA	CAVB Qualification Path
Nguvo/Tovela	MOZ	CAVB Qualification Path
Lombi/Kamara	SLE	CAVB Qualification Path
Tocs/Finsters	LAT	CEV Qualification Path
Prudel/Kujawiak	POL	CEV Qualification Path
Bockermann/Fluggen	GER	CEV Qualification Path
Koekelkoren/van Walle	BEL	CEV Qualification Path
Capogrosso/Azaad	ARG	CSV Qualification Path
Rangel/Golindano	VEN	CSV Qualification Path
Vieyto/Cairus	URU	CSV Qualification Path
Godoy/Battilana	PAR	CSV Qualification Path
Nusbaum/Vandenburg	CAN	NORCECA Qualification Path
Quesada/Piña	CUB	NORCECA Qualification Path
Leonardo Blanco/Garcia Betancourt	GUA	NORCECA Qualification Path
William/Thomas	TTO	NORCECA Qualification Path
To Be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the FIVB
To Be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the FIVB
To Be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the Tournament Organizers

Women's

Team	Country	Qualification Path
Larissa/Talita	BRA	World Tour Ranking #1
Ludwig/Walkenhorst	GER	World Tour Ranking #2
Agatha/Duda	BRA	World Tour Ranking #3
Laboureur/Sude	GER	World Tour Ranking #4
Summer/Sweat	USA	World Tour Ranking #5
Barbara/Fernanda	BRA	World Tour Ranking #6
Pavan/Humana-Parades	CAN	World Tour Ranking #7
Ross/Fendrick	USA	World Tour Ranking #8
Hermannova/Slukova	CZE	World Tour Ranking #9
Betschart/Hüberli	SUI	World Tour Ranking #10
Gallay/Klug	ARG	World Tour Ranking #11
Bawden/Clancy	AUS	World Tour Ranking #12
Yue/Wang	CHN	World Tour Ranking #13
Meppelink/van Gestel	NED	World Tour Ranking #14
Elize Maia/Taiana Lima	BRA	World Tour Ranking #15
Wilkerson/Bansley	CAN	World Tour Ranking #16
Elsa/Lobato	ESP	World Tour Ranking #17
Kolocova/Kvapilova	CZE	World Tour Ranking #18
Davidova/Shchypkova	UKR	World Tour Ranking #19
Hughes/Claes	USA	World Tour Ranking #20
Heidrich/Vergé-Dépré	SUI	World Tour Ranking #21
Bieneck/Schneider	GER	World Tour Ranking #22
Lehtonen/La	FIN	World Tour Ranking #23
Schweiger/Schützenhöfer	AUT	Host Country
Rimser/Plesiutschnig	AUT	Host Country
Xue/Wang	CHN	AVC Qualification Path
Ngauamo/Laird	AUS	AVC Qualification Path
Mashkova/Samalikova	KAZ	AVC Qualification Path
Radarong/Udomchavee	THA	AVC Qualification Path
Nzayisenga/Mutatsimpundu	RWA	CAVB Qualification Path
Siiad/Zeroual	MAR	CAVB Qualification Path
Makokha/Too	KEN	CAVB Qualification Path
Manhica/Muianga	MOZ	CAVB Qualification Path
Glenzke/Grobner	GER	CEV Qualification Path
Ukolova/Barsuk	RUS	CEV Qualification Path
Menegatti/Perry	ITA	CEV Qualification Path
Bilrova/Markoguzova	RUS	CEV Qualification Path
Filippo/Mongelos	PAR	CSV Qualification Path
Milesi/Martinez Fredes	ARG	CSV Qualification Path
Agudo/Brito	VEN	CSV Qualification Path
Galindo/Galindo	COL	CSV Qualification Path
Walsh/Branagh	USA	NORCECA Qualification Path
Gordon/Saxton	CAN	NORCECA Qualification Path
Martinez/Echevarria	CUB	NORCECA Qualification Path
Alfaro/Cope	CRC	NORCECA Qualification Path
To be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the FIVB
To be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the FIVB
To be Allocated	TBD	Allocated by the Tournament Organizers