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Two German pairs seek FIVB World Tour Olympic berth
- Updated: April 25, 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 25, 2016 – With 50 days and seven events left in the qualifying process for the 15 available men’s berths via the FIVB World Tour for the Rio 2016 Olympics Games, two German pairs are battling teams from Canada, Chile, France, Mexico, Turkey and Venezuela for the final two spots for the Copacabana competition.
With 24 of the 30 FIVB World Tour qualifying events completed, Markus Bockermann and Lars Fluggen of Germany will be missing the next two international stops in Brazil (Fortaleza) before returning to action in Turkey (Antalya) for the Konyaalti Beachpark event where the Germans won three of four matches last October before finishing ninth.
GERMAN GENTS
With Fluggen sidelined with a knee injury suffered earlier this month at the Qatar Open, the German pair and their 4,400 Rio qualifying points since the start of the process in April 2015 will be watching as compatriots and London 2012 Olympic participants Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik attempt to make up ground.
Matysik, who has also been battling injuries, and Erdmann will satisfy their Rio Olympic qualifying requirement after competing in both Fortaleza and Sochi tournaments on by competing in at least 12 FIVB World Tour events. Despite not teaming together in the last four international events in Vitoria (Brazil), Doha (Qatar) and China (Xiamen and Fuzhou), Erdmann and Matysik have currently compiled 3,540 points for 10 participations.
OV FACTOR
Mexico’s Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen have strengthen their hold on the 15th and final spot on the Olympic provisional list by adding 220 points to their total the last two weeks with “elite eight” finishes at Chinese stops in Xiamen and Fuzhou. With 4,270 points for their 12 best finishes on the FIVB World Tour since the start of the process, Ontiveros and Virgen gained 160 points by winning the bronze medal in Xiamen and placing fifth in Fuzhou last week.
The gold medal winners at the 2015 PanAmerican Games, Ontiveros and Virgen need to place fifth or higher in their remaining four FIVB World Tour “open” events in Fortaleza, Sochi, Antalya and Cincinnati to improve their point totals. Once Fluggen returns to play in Antalya, he and Bockermann also have to reach the quarter-finals in the Turkey and United States FIVB World Tour stops to increase their qualifying totals.
OTHER TEAMS
With 15 of the 24 men’s Rio 2016 …
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