{"id":51834,"date":"2020-03-09T04:44:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T04:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=51834"},"modified":"2020-03-09T04:44:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T04:44:02","slug":"new-zealand-womens-tour-finale-features-continental-cup-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/new-zealand-womens-tour-finale-features-continental-cup-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ZEALAND WOMEN\u2019S TOUR FINALE FEATURES CONTINENTAL CUP PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><em>Kiwis Julia Tilley (left) and Shaunna Polley after winning the final stop on New Zealand&#8217;s domestic tour byt defeating a Continental Cup rival from Vanuatu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, March 8, 2020 &#8211; With the Asian Continental Cup action starting here Tuesday, two women&#8217;s teams scheduled to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying event played in the finals of the last event on the 2019-2020 New Zealand domestic tour.<\/p>\n<p>Shaunna Polley and Julia Tilley of New Zealand won their country&#8217;s final event this season by posting a 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) win over Loti Joe and Linline Matauatu of Vanuatu.\u00a0 The title was the fifth for Polley and Tilley on the New Zealand circuit this season.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51837\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/b.jpg 720w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/b-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both pairs will represent their country starting Tuesday as Polley and Tilley will be competing on the Kiwi squad with Francesca Kirwan\/Olivia MacDonald.\u00a0 Joe and Matauatu will on the Vanuatu team with Miller Pata\/Sherysyn Toko.<\/p>\n<p>To reach Sunday&#8217;s finale, Polley and Tilley posted a 2-0 (21-19, 21-18) win over Kirwan and MacDonald.\u00a0 Joe and Matauatu advanced to the title match with a 2-1 (24-26, 21-14, 15-11) over Canadians Amanda Harnett and Marie-Christine Lapointe.<\/p>\n<p>Joining New Zealand and Vanuatu in the women&#8217;s Mount Maunganui Continental Cup competition are pairs from Fiji and the Solomon Islands.\u00a0 In the men&#8217;s division, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu are scheduled to compete.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s competition begins Tuesday after for the teams from Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu with host New Zealand and Australia starting play Wednesday along with the four women&#8217;s team.\u00a0 The finals will be played Thursday with the winning men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s team advancing to the Asian Continental Cup finals in June.<\/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>Kiwis Julia Tilley (left) and Shaunna Polley after winning the final stop on New Zealand&#8217;s domestic tour byt defeating a Continental Cup rival from Vanuatu. 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