Spaniards cruise past to Main Draw of 2012 Prague Open – Volleyball news

With a stellar performance at the Qualification Tournament of 2012 Prague Open Men’s Beach Volleyball Tournament, Spanish duo of Francisco Alfredo Marco-Christian Garcia advanced to the 32-team Main Draw.

Spain played in the qualifying stage of the tournament with two teams but only one of them could survive the tough challenge. 7th-seeded Mesa-Lario also played under the flag of Spain but got eliminated in the second round. Nevertheless, Marcos-García staged a consistent performance and paved their way to the Main Draw without losing a single set.

Previously, Marcos and Garcia were teamed-up with different players and had reached the main draw individually. However, they formed the new partnership in 2011 and together as a team they continued with success.

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Four home duos make it to Qualification Tournament at 2012 Prague Open – Beach Volleyball

Out of seven duos from host country Czech Republic, only four advanced to the next stage of the 2012 Prague Open men’s beach volleyball tournament.

The tournament took centre stage on Tuesday and opening day featured the Country Quota Playoffs. Teams from three countries including host Czech Republic competed at the CQs. One of the home duos did not have to put up any effort as it earned the qualification after a forfeit. However, the rest of the teams got down to action and earned the berths.

The pairing of Hromadko and Weiss was the first to reach the qualifying round of Prague Open via forfeit. 

Here are the results of Czech Republic CQs:


·         Hromadko-Weiss CZE Bye
·         Kolder-Leikep vs. Platenik-Lebl  1-2 (17-21, 22-20, 14-16)
·         David-Lenc vs. PAVELKA-Studnicny 2-1 (21-23, 21-13, 15-10)
·         Bijecek-Doubravsky CZE Kufa, D.-Pridal CZE 0-2 (14-21, 15-21)  




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