CATANIA– Today, at the Capannine in Catania, the second stage of the 2024 Italian Absolute beach volleyball championship will start. After the success of the first Gold stage in Caorle (VE), which took place from 14 to 16 June, the spectacular event organized by Fipav comes to Sicily.
After the Gold event in Caorle, the rankings of both scoreboards have begun to move, and the Sicilian event will therefore represent a new opportunity for the competing couples to accumulate precious points in the general classification. Tomorrow will be the day dedicated to qualifications, while the main draw will take place on Saturday; The finals are scheduled for Sunday.
WOMEN’S BOARD-
The first seeded couple will be Chiara They and Sara Breidenbach, who came in third in Caorle; the second team of the tournament is Giada Benazzi and Michela Lantignotti, a team that came in second in the first Venetian stage. Team number three will be the Italians Reka Orsi Toth and Giada Bianchi, while team number four is Alice Gradini and Federica Frasca, who will wear the Gold singlet they won in mid-June in Caorle. Eleonora Sestini and Erika Ditta, Anna Piccoli and Sharin Rottoli, Greta Cavestro and Jessica Belliero Piccinin and Eleonora Annibalini and Anna Pelloia will also start from the main draw with them. The two wild cards were assigned to Sara Franzoni and Eleonora Gili and Ilaria Porporati and Giorgia Sambugaro, who triumphed in the Under 20 stage that ended today, again in Catania.
MEN’S SCOREBOARD –
Spectacle is also guaranteed in the men’s draw. Giacomo Spadoni and Michele Luisetto, who came in second in Caorle, will be the number one seeded pair of the draw, while Manuel Alfieri and Tiziano Andreatta will be the number two team. Federico Geromin and Matteo Camozzi, Mauro Sacripanti and Giacomo Titta, Marco Ulisse and Matteo Bellucci, Gerald Ndrecaj and Franco Arezzo di Trifiletto, Fabrizio Mussa and Alessandro Carucci, Luca Bigarelli and Riccardo Reggiani, Simone Podestà and Nicolas Brucini and Luca Cravera and Michele Crusca will also start their journey from the main draw. For Daniele Lupo and Ivan Zaytsev, the tournament will instead start from the qualifications.
UPCOMING EVENTS | FULL CALENDAR-
THE GOLD STAGES –
12-14 July, Montesilvano (PE) | Italian Cup
6-8 September, Bellaria Igea Marina (RN) | Final
THE OTHER STAGES OF THE ITALIAN ABSOLUTE CHAMPIONSHIP
June 28-30, Catania
5-7 July, Giugliano (NA)
July 19-21, Beinasco (TO)
26-28 July, Ciro Marina (KR)
August 2-4, Marina di Modica (RG)
August 9-11, Cordenons (PN)
August 23-25, Vasto (CH)
