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- Updated: August 27, 2016
Long Beach, Calif., USA, August 26, 2016 — Clearly the surprise team here, Italian Olympian Alex Rangheiri and his substitute partner Marco Daminati won two single-elimination ‘knockout’ rounds Friday to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals at the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball featuring the $800,000 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam in Long Beach, Calif. The Italians are part of eight teams from eight countries who moved forward.The 2016 FIVB World Tour regular season is concluding in the United States with the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball being held through Sunday on a colorful purpose-built venue at Alamitos Beach adjacent to Marina Green Park on East Shoreline Drive. The first two of the men’s elimination rounds will be held Friday heading into Saturday’s quarterfinals and semifinals. The medal matches will be played Sunday.ASICS WSOVBWhile the cornerstone of the beach volleyball celebration is the $800,000 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam (regular season finale of the 2016 FIVB World Tour), the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball encompasses a wide variety of additional elements . Also part of the beach festival has been live entertainment, a special celebrity center court match, an expansive vendor’s village, multiple open, junior and youth beach volleyball tournaments and the very special legends of the game tribute dinner all at the event venue. For complete details regarding the entire ASICS WSOBV lineup of events and activities including premium seating tickets, visit the event website at www.wsobv.com.MOVING FORWARDBesides Italy’s 20th-seeded Rangheiri/Caminati, the only other team that made it through two elimination matches was Poland’s 21stt-seeded Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak as the other six quarterfinalists all earned first round byes for winning their pools on Thursday. Joining the Italians and Polish duos in the quarterfinals will be teams another team from Poland along with additional tandems from Brazil, Latvia, Mexico, Spain and the United States.QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPSIn Saturday’s first two quarterfinals, Italy’s Rangheiri/Caminati will play against Poland’s Bryl/Kujawiak and USA’s top-seeded Olympians Nick Lucena/Phil Dalhausser will be challenged by Spain’s sixth-seeded Olympians …
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