{"id":73039,"date":"2021-12-13T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=73039"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:21:31","slug":"spains-alvarez-back-with-curse-to-break-as-junior-worlds-are-about-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/spains-alvarez-back-with-curse-to-break-as-junior-worlds-are-about-to-start\/","title":{"rendered":"SPAIN\u2019S ALVAREZ BACK WITH \u201cCURSE\u201d TO BREAK AS JUNIOR WORLDS ARE ABOUT TO START"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Beach volleyball action to continue in Phuket with the U21 World Championships<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Daniela Alvarez Mendoza has already been on six age-category world or continental championship podiums, but as the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships are about to get underway in Thailand on Tuesday, the Spanish hopeful has a \u201ccurse\u201d to break. With six bronze medals on her tally, her mission is to finally get past that semifinal and play for the crown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Just three days after the U19 World Championships were completed at the same venue, Bang Tao Beach in Phuket is set to welcome the world\u2019s best of both genders in the U21 age category. 66 pairs (34 men\u2019s and 32 women\u2019s duos) from 27 different countries are about to take part in the competition to be held from December 14 through 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Men\u2019s qualification matches are scheduled on Tuesday, a day before both genders\u2019 main draw action gets underway on Wednesday. The 32 teams in each main draw will be split into eight round-robin pools. The pool winners will advance straight to the round of 16, while the pool runners-up and the third-placed pairs will have the chance to make it there through the round of 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73040\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1-4.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Teams training at Bangtao Beach during beautiful sundown<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the previous edition of the U21 World Championship, in Udon Thani, also in Thailand, two years ago, Daniela Alvarez finished third together with Maria Belen Carro. In 2018, she took the U19 bronze with Tania Moreno Matveeva at the championship in Nanjing. This week in Phuket, the 20-year-old Spaniard will play alongside Sofia Gonzalez Racero. The pair made the podium at the 2018 CEV U18 European Championship in Brno.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tania Moreno will also play in Phuket, but as a member of the other Spanish women\u2019s duo, with Ana Vergara as a partner. Moreno is in a way an age-category event \u201cveteran\u201d. She has previously played at five world and 10 continental youth or junior championships, as well as the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games, and collected two silver and two bronze medals. Both runner-up finishes were achieved together with Vergara, at the 2019 U18 European Championship in Baden and the 2021 U20 European Championship in Izmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are nine more players on this week\u2019s line-up at Bang Tao Beach, who have previously made it to the Youth Olympic or various world championship podiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73041\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2-3.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Ukraine\u2019s Khmil &amp; Lazarenko show off U19 bronze medals last week<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Russia\u2019s Mariia Bocharova, who failed to defend her U19 world title last week, will try to make up for it at the U21 event. She is also a reigning Youth Olympic champion and a silver medallist from the U21 World Championship in Udon Thani. Ukraine\u2019s Anhelina Khmil and Tetiana Lazarenko, on the other hand, celebrated their U19 bronze on Saturday with the upcoming U21 tournament in mind. Norway will be represented by Buenos Aires Youth Olympic bronze medallist Frida Berntsen in partnership with Birgitte Maaseide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Reigning Youth Olympic champions David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden are expected to headline the field on the men\u2019s side. Dmitrii Veretiuk, who brought the 2018 U19 World Championship gold home to Russia in a team with Denis Shekunov, will now try to match this achievement at the U21 level with Aleksei Arkhipov by his side. Thai heroes Netitorn Muneekul and Wachirawit Muadpha made the home fans proud by snatching U19 silver last week and will represent the host country in Phuket this week again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73043\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-580x600.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-860x889.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-500x517.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2-800x827.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/b-2.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The event at Bang Tao Beach will be the 18th edition of the junior world championships since the first one was held back in 2001. Brazil is the most decorated country in the history of the competition, with nine women\u2019s and seven men\u2019s titles on its tally, including both genders\u2019 crowns at the previous three editions, towards a total of 25 medals. Polish pairs have won five gold medals, three on the men\u2019s and two on the women\u2019s side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brazil\u2019s Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda), the current number one in the women\u2019s FIVB World Ranking alongside Agatha Bednarczuk, is a two-time winner of the U21 World Championship. The list of past champions includes the names of many other current top stars of beach volleyball like Nina Betschart, Anouk Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich of Switzerland, Marleen van Iersel of the Netherlands, Barbara Seixas, Carol Solberg, Taiana Lima, Bruno Schmidt and Pedro Solberg of Brazil, Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak and Piotr Kantor of Poland, Paolo Nicolai of Italy, Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Martins Plavins of Latvia, and Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa of Spain, to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The semifinals and the medal matches for both genders will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World video channel on YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BeachVolleyballWorld\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BeachVolleyballWorld<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXDF5nol10W\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73044\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-757x1024.jpg 757w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-768x1039.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-580x785.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-860x1163.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-500x676.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1-800x1082.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c-1.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXDF5nol10W\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXDF5nol10W\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Related links of AVC<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\"><span class=\"s4\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\">AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\"><span class=\"s5\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\"><span class=\"s4\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\"><span class=\"s4\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beach volleyball action to continue in Phuket with the U21 World Championships Daniela Alvarez Mendoza has already been on six age-category world or continental championship podiums, but as the FIVB&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":73042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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