Thailand set to host the event for the third time in a row from November 7 to 12
France’s Arthur Canet in a spectacular dig at the 2023 Gstaad Elite16
Among the numerous young hopefuls set to test the sand at the upcoming 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Roi Et, a few names with an already established presence in international beach volleyball stand out and further stir the excitement about the event starting in Thailand on Tuesday, November 7, and lasting through Sunday, November 12.
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France’s Arthur Canet & Teo Rotar are probably the main favourites for the men’s title. In position 32, they are the highest placed team in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking that will hit the courts in Roi Et this week. Two years ago, they claimed the U19 world title in Phuket, and this year, 19-year-old Rotar and 18-year-old Canet triumphed as U20 European champions. The French duo’s record also includes a U19 World Championship bronze and a U20 European Championship silver in 2022, as well as a couple of medals on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.
Number 81 in the World Ranking, Timo Hammarberg & Tim Berger of Austria, are also set to present themselves in Roi Et. They have already collected three age-category continental medals in Europe, a 2021 U18 bronze, a 2022 U20 gold and a 2023 U20 silver, while also finishing fourth in the U22 age group in July. Just a few days ago, the young Austrians achieved their first Beach Pro Tour podium by earning gold at the Mallorca Futures.
Two of the participants in last year’s all-Latvian U19 World Championship final, gold medallist Kristians Fokerots and runner-up Olivers Bulgacs, will appear at the upcoming U21 World Champs as a team. Fokerots has already collected five age-category European Championship medals and three Beach Pro Tour podiums. His current regular partner is London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Martins Plavins. Bulgacs was Fokerots’s teammate for this year’s bronze medals at the U22 and U20 continental championships. He also has a Beach Pro Tour bronze with partner Edgars Tocs.
The men’s entry list also features an interesting pairing of 20-year-old Norwegian Jo Gladsoy Sunde, a four-time Beach Pro Tour gold medallist and a 2023 U22 European champion, and his regular partner Markus Mol’s 19-year-old brother Adrian, the fourth of the five Mol siblings, the most distinguished of whom…
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