Germany’s Sude/Laboureur capture bronze medal at FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam

Long Beach, California, USA, August 28, 2016 – Turning the tables on a old home-country friendly ‘nemisis’, Germany’s Julia Sude/Chantal Laboureur toppled compatriots Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler Sunday to win the bronze medal at the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball featuring the $800,000 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam in Los Angeles, Calif. The gold medal match later Sunday afternoon will feature USA’s top-seeded Olympians Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross meeting Spain’s seventh-seeded Olympians Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo.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 bronze and gold medal matches and awarding ceremonies for each gender are being played Sunday.Germany’s Sude/Laboreur defeated their veteran German opponents Holtwick/Semmler in straight sets, 21-16, 21-17 in 38 minutes on the sun-drenched stadium court in front of an enthusiastic near capacity crowd on the shores of Alamitos Bay.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.FIVB LONG BEACH GRAND SLAM PURSE/POINTSThe gold medal teams at the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam will split $57,000 and 800 points, the silver $43,000 and 720 points, the bronze $32,000 and 640 points and fourth place $24,000 and 560 points.BRONZE MEDAL REVIEWIn the all-German battle for the bronze medal, Germany’s fifth-seeded Sude/Laboureur lined up against a team they are very familiar with in Germany’s 13th-seeded Holtwick/ Semmler. With both talented teams missing out on the 2016 Olympics in their country very strong with veteran …

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