Duos from Volleyball Empowerment supported Hungary, Australia and Thailand win the men’s medals, while pairs from China and Japan get on the women’s podium
- Domonkos Doczi & Bence Attila Streli win Qingdao Futures to claim FIVB Volleyball Empowerment supported Hungary’s first ever Beach Pro Tour gold
- Australia’s Joshua Howat & Luke Ryan and Thailand’s Netitorn Muneekul & Poravid Taovato earn silver and bronze, also with support from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment
- China’s Wang Jingzhe & Mushajiang Aheidan and Jiang Kaiyue & Yu Tong, and Japan’s Asami Shiba & Chika Nakagawa line up on the women’s podium
Three teams benefitting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support occupied the entire men’s podium at the Qingdao Futures in China. Domonkos Doczi & Bence Attila Streli (pictured in the main photo; credits: hunvolley.hu) earned their first Beach Pro Tour medal by topping the podium on Sunday.
It was not only Hungary’s second Beach Pro Tour medal for the weekend, after their compatriots Boldizsar Borbely & Lukas Niemeier claimed silver at the Bujumbura Futures on Saturday, but also Hungary’s first Beach Pro Tour gold ever.
Australia’s Joshua Howat & Luke Ryan and Thailand’s Netitorn Muneekul & Poravid Taovato earned silver and bronze, also with support from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment. In the women’s tournament, home pairs Wang Jingzhe & Mushajiang Aheidan and Jiang Kaiyue & Yu Tong, and Japan’s Asami Shiba & Chika Nakagawa, in that order, took the gold, the silver and the bronze.
The Hungarian Volleyball Federation’s beach volleyball department has been allocated CHF 36,000 in coach support for their men’s duos, trained by Izsak Soos, and another CHF 5,000 for national team coaches development. 21-year-old Doczi and 23-year-old Streli, seeded 12th in the Qingdao main draw, pushed their way through the tournament on a five-game winning streak, but in three of their matches, including the last two, they had to come back from a set down before winning in the tie-breakers. In their semifinal against fourth-seeded home pair Wang Yanwei & Du Hongjun, the Hungarian duo managed a 2-1 (15-21, 21-16, 15-12) win, and in the gold medal showdown, they persevered through an epic 2-1 (23-25, 21-18, 18-16) saga to claim victory over 11th-seeded Joshua Howat & Luke Ryan for the trophy. It was the pair’s first ever gold and first ever podium on the Beach Pro Tour. With another partner, Streli took a Cervia Futures silver last…
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