Olympic updates: FIVB Indoor and Beach Volleyball championships

The FIVB Men's World League Indoor Volleyball championships ended in late July.

Russia defeated Brazil 3-0(25-23, 25-19 and 25-19) for gold.
Italy beat Bulgaria 3-2(21-25, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25 and 15-7 for silver.

The USA men's team finished 12th. They finished 4-6.
Here is a recap of their World League play.

June 7 - Lost to Argentina 3-1(18-25, 21,25. 25-22 and 24-26).
June 8 - Beat Argentina 3-1(22-25, 27-25, 25-19 and 25-16).
June 14 - Beat France 3-0( 25-15, 29-27 and 25-16).
June 15 - Beat France 3-2( 22-25, 24-22, 24-26, 30-28 and 15-9).
Jene 28 - Beat Bulgaria 3-0(25-19, 25-22, and 25-21).
June 29 - Lost to Bulgaria 3-1( 20-25, 25-18, 23-25 and 21-25).
July 5 - Lost to Poland 3-2(22-25, 25-19, 25-13, 28-30 and 16-18).
July 7 - Lost to Poland 3-1(23-25, 25-17, 21-25 and 23-25).
July 13 - Lost to Brazil 3-1(22-25, 18-25, 25-20 and 26-28).
July 14 - Lost to Brazil 3-0(21-25, 24-26 and 23-25).


The Inaugural FIVB World Series of Beach Volleyball Cup/Grand Slam was held in Long Beach, CA and ended on July 28.

Jennifer Kessy/April Ross of the USA wins gold beating Tiana Lima/Talita Antunes of Brazil 15-21, 21-18 and 17-15.

In an all American Semifinals Jennifer Kessy/ April Ross beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings/ Whitney Pavlik 18-21, 21-17 and 16-14.


On the men's side in the World Series Cup the USA Team of Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson defeated Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins of Latvia 22-20 and 21-11.

Earlier in the Grand Slam final Americans Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal beat Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira of Spain 21-15 and 21-18.