Cochabamba, Bolivia hosts the South American Beach Volleyball Tour – Beach Volleyball

Bolivia provides the backdrop for a stop on beach volleyball’s South American Tour for the second week running this weekend. 

After last weekend’s stop in Sucre, this time the competition will be at the Olympic Club in the city of Cochabamba and will feature men’s and women’s pairs from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

On Friday, March 28, the competition will get under way with pool matches that will continue into Saturday. Saturday afternoon will see both the quarterfinals and semifinals.

The tournament will climax on Sunday with the gold- and bronze-medal matches for both men and women.

Brazil leads the ranking of beach volleyball in 2014 for men and women. In the men’s category, Chile is second and Venezuela third. In the women's category, Brazil is followed by Argentina in second and Chile in third place.

Competitors:

Women:

ARG 1 - ANA MARIA GALLAY / GEORGINA KLUG

ARG 2 - JULIETA PUNTÍN / VIRGINIA ZONTA

BOL 1 - TANIA ISMAEL / MARIA LUISA ORTIZ

BOL 2 - AMALIA CALVO / DANIELA ARNEZ

BOL 3 - MARXIA REYES / DIVA OROPEZA

BOL 4 - KATHERINE URIARTE / ALEJANDRA OSSIO

BOL 5 - FERNANDA MAIDA / ADRIANA VILLARROEL

BRA 1- FERNANDA BERTI ALVES / ELIZE MAIA SECOMANDI

BRA2 - CAROLINA HORTA MAXIMO / CLAUDINERE BENTO SABINO

CHI 1 - MARIA FRANCESCA RIVAS / MARIA PILAR MARDONES

CHI 2 - MARIA JOSEFINA VÉLEZ / NATALIA DEL CARMEN DEPASSIER

COL - ANDREA GALINDO / CLAUDIA GALINDO

PAR - MICHELLE VALIENTE / GABRIELA FILIPPO

PER - MICHELLE SERNA / DIANA TORRES

URU - LIA FORTUNATI / FLORENCIA ROTTI

VEN - NORISBETH AGUDO / GABRIELA BRITO

Men:

ARG 1 - JULIAN AZAAD / PABLO BIANCHI

ARG 2 - NICOLAS CAPOGROSSO / IAN MEHAMED

BOL 1 - ROLANDO ISMAEL / RODRIGO PEREZ

BOL 2 - ISRAEL MARTÍNEZ / SERGIO FRANCO

BOL 3 - MAURICIO HEREDIA / LUIS BARRON

BOL 4 - LUIS CARLOS GARCÍA / SERGIO HAZOU

BRA 1 - MARCIO HENRIQUE BARROSO ARAUJO / THIAGO SANTOS BARBOSA

BRA 2 - HEVALDO SABINO MOREIRA /BRUNO MARCELO LIMA DE PAULO

CHI 1 - MARCO GRIMALT / ESTEBAN GRIMILY

CHI 2 - CRISTOBAL MARTINEZ / GUILLERMO JIMENEZ

COL - JULIAN CARMONA / JUAN CAMILO GIL

PAR - ELIOTH FRUTOS / CARLOS PEREZ

PER - LUIS BRAMONT ARIAS / JIMY HEREDIA

URU - RENZO CAIRUS / NICOLÁS ZANOTTA

VEN 1 - JESUS VILLAFAÑE / JACKSON HENRIQUEZ

VEN 2 - RONALD FAYOLA / LEONARD COLINA