{"id":44529,"date":"2019-07-25T02:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T02:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=44529"},"modified":"2019-07-25T02:57:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T02:57:48","slug":"tokyo-open-qualifier-a-year-before-2020-olympic-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/tokyo-open-qualifier-a-year-before-2020-olympic-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"TOKYO OPEN QUALIFIER A YEAR BEFORE 2020 OLYMPIC OPENING"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 2019 &#8211; With Wednesday marking the 365-day countdown mark until the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremonies, eight men\u2019s and eight women\u2019s beach volleyball teams will qualify for the main Draw rounds at this week&#8217;s FIVB World Tour event at Shiokaze Park.<\/p>\n<p>With the Japanese capital hosting an international beach volleyball event for the second-straight season, the main draw format for the $300,000 Tokyo Open will feature the same design as the 2020 Summer Games with 24 teams per gender competing for the gold medals to be presented Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s field are the No. 1 ranked teams on the FIVB World Tour ranking list &#8211; Anders Mol\/Christian Sorum of Norway and Alix Klineman\/April Ross of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Recently-crowned women&#8217;s world champions Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan of Canada are also in the women&#8217;s main draw.\u00a0 Currently ranked No. 3 in the world, the Canadians defeated Klineman and Ross on July 6 in Hamburg, Germany, for the World Championship trophy and an automatic berth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44531\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1224\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-60-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mol and Sorum placed third at the World Championships where the Norwegians defeated Tri Bourne\/Trevor Crabb in the bronze medal match.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Tokyo Open also serves as a qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games where the winning teams will net 800 points with the second-placed pairs collecting 720 with 640 for third, 560 for fourth, 480 for fifth, 400 for ninth, 320 for 17th, 300 for 19th, 240 for 25th and 160 for 33rd. In addition, the winning teams will net $20,000 for placing first.<\/p>\n<p>Following play on Wednesday afternoon, a drawing of lots will be held in the early evening to set the pool play field for Thursday&#8217;s schedule featuring six groups of four teams each per gender. Each tandem will play three pool matches with the top two pairs for each pool advancing to the 16-team single-elimination bracket.<\/p>\n<p>The last four berths each gender&#8217;s elimination round will be rewarded to the best two third-place finishers in each group (as per match points, then set points, then rally points ratio). The remaining third ranked teams play in the lucky loser round with the two winners qualifying to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s elimination rounds will start Friday with one round followed by the quarter and semifinals on Saturday. The women will play three elimination rounds Saturday starting with the Round of 16 matches followed by the quarter and semifinal contests. The medal matches will be played on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the qualifying seedings for the 2019 Tokyo Open.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men<\/strong><br \/>\n1, Gustavo &#8220;Guto&#8221; Carvalhaes\/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil<br \/>\n2, Pedro Solberg\/Vitor Felipe, Brazil<br \/>\n3, Reid Priddy\/Theo Brunner, United States<br \/>\n4, Cole Durant\/Damien Schumann, Australia<br \/>\n5, Peng Gao\/Yang Li, China<br \/>\n6, Nils Ehlers\/Lars Fluggen, Germany<br \/>\n7, Philipp Bergmann\/Yannick Harms, Germany<br \/>\n8, Likejiang Ha\/Jiaxin Wu, China<br \/>\n9, Maximilian Guehrer\/Zachery Schubert, Australia<br \/>\n10, Murat Giginoglu\/Volkan Gogtepe, Turkey<br \/>\n11, Surin Jongklang\/Adisorn Khaolumtarn, Thailand<br \/>\n12, Zhuoxin Li\/Chaowei Zhou, China<br \/>\n13, Quincy Aye\/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, France<br \/>\n14, Jan Pokersnik\/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia<br \/>\n15, Tobias Winter\/Julian Horl, Austria<br \/>\n16, Lukas Pfretzschner\/Robin Sowa, Germany<br \/>\n17, Nuttanon Inkiew\/Sedtawat Padsawud, Thailand<br \/>\n18, Takashi Tsuchiya\/Hitoshi Murakami, Japan<br \/>\n19, Yu Koshikawa\/Jumpei Ikeda, Japan<br \/>\n20, Kensuke Shoji\/Masato Kurasaka, Japan<br \/>\n21, Keisuke Shimizu\/Yuta Nagai, Japan<br \/>\n22, Nobuaki Taira\/Ryota Sato, Japan<br \/>\n23, Mohammad Ashfiya\/Candra Rachmawan, Indonesia<br \/>\n24, Daniel Thomsen\/Morten Overgaard, Denmark<br \/>\n25, Gilang Ramadhan\/Danangsyah Pribadi, Indonesia<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44532\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-43-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong><br \/>\n1, Carolina Salgado\/Maria Antonelli, Brazil<br \/>\n2, Kelly Claes\/Sarah Sponcil, United States<br \/>\n3, Talita Antunes\/Taiana Lima, Brazil<br \/>\n4, Chen Xue\/Xinxin Wang, China<br \/>\n5, Isabel Schneider\/Victoria Bieneck, Germany<br \/>\n6, Leonie Kortzinger\/Sarah Schneider, Germany<br \/>\n7, Akiko Hasegawa\/Azusa Futami, Japan<br \/>\n8, Chiyo Suzuki\/Yurika Sakaguchi, Japan<br \/>\n9, Phoebe Bell\/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia<br \/>\n10, Aline Chamereau\/Alexandra Jupiter, France<br \/>\n11, Varapatsorn Radarong\/Khanittha Hongpak, Thailand<br \/>\n12, Miller Pata\/Sherysyn Toko, Vanuatu<br \/>\n13, Nai-Han Kou\/Pi Hsin Liu, Chinese Taipei<br \/>\n14, Amaranta Navarro\/Angela Lobato, Spain<br \/>\n15, Rumpaipruet Numwong\/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand<br \/>\n16, Satono Ishitsubo\/Asami Shiba, Japan<br \/>\n17, Meimei Lin\/Jinjin Zeng, China<br \/>\n18, Yukako Suzuki\/Yui Nagata, Japan<br \/>\n19, Kaho Sakaguchi\/Reika Murakami, Japan<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44533\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-41-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the teams already placed into each gender\u2019s Main Draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men (world ranking)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Anders Mol\/Christian Sorum, Norway (1)<br \/>\n\u2022 Michal Bryl\/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (3)<br \/>\n\u2022 Cherif Samba\/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar (4)<br \/>\n\u2022 Evandro Goncalves\/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil (6)<br \/>\n\u2022 Alexander Brouwer\/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)<br \/>\n\u2022 Alison Cerutti\/Alvaro Filho, Brazil (10)<br \/>\n\u2022 Tri Bourne\/Trevor Crabb, United States (13)<br \/>\n\u2022 Andre Loyola\/George Wanderley, Brazil (15)<br \/>\n\u2022 Phil Dalhausser\/Nick Lucena, United States (17)<br \/>\n\u2022 Taylor Crabb\/Jake Gibb, United States (19)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sam Pedlow\/Sam Schachter, Canada (20)<br \/>\n\u2022 Piotr Kantor\/Bartosz Losiak, Poland (21)<br \/>\n\u2022 Dries Koekelkoren\/Tom van Walle, Belgium (33)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yoshiumi Hasegawa\/Takumi Takahashi, Japan (85)<br \/>\n\u2022 Koichi Nishimura\/Daisuke Shibata, Japan (156)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yusuke &#8220;Gottsu&#8221; Ishijima\/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (445)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women (world ranking)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Alix Klineman\/April Ross, United States (1)<br \/>\n\u2022 Rebecca Cavalcanti\/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (2)<br \/>\n\u2022 Melissa Humana-Paredes\/Sarah Pavan, Canada (3)<br \/>\n\u2022 Agatha Bednarczuk\/Eduarda &#8220;Duda&#8221; Lisboa, Brazil (5)<br \/>\n\u2022 Fernanda Alves\/Barbara Seixas, Brazil (8)<br \/>\n\u2022 Heather Bansley\/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (9)<br \/>\n\u2022 Sanne Keizer\/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands (11)<br \/>\n\u2022 Brooke Sweat\/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (13)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kelley Larsen\/Emily Stockman, United States (14)<br \/>\n\u2022 Barbora Hermannova\/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (17)<br \/>\n\u2022 Fan Wang\/Xinyi Xia, China (23)<br \/>\n\u2022 Karla Borger\/Julia Sude, Germany (25)<br \/>\n\u2022 Miki Ishii\/Megumi Murakami, Japan (29)<br \/>\n\u2022 Katarzyna Kociolek\/Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (32)<br \/>\n\u2022 Ayumi Kusano\/Takemi Nishibori, Japan (44)<br \/>\n\u2022 Suzuka Hashimoto\/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan (52)<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 2019 &#8211; With Wednesday marking the 365-day countdown mark until the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremonies, eight men\u2019s and eight women\u2019s beach volleyball teams 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