Earlier this month, top beach volleyball teams opened the season with the Elite16 tournament in Doha. The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour now heads to Brazil this week. Also, Recife will host the first Challenge event, which plays a vital role in the Olympic Beach Volleyball qualifiers.
According to sports betting reviews and news sites, the Recife Challenge might significantly impact the pairings vying for a berth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is even though most of the top ten teams in the FIVB Olympic Rankings will not compete this week in Brazil.
Based on the ranking, there are 17 slots available for each gender for the Olympics. Also, many high-level Beach Pro Tour tournaments give valuable points towards that ranking (the deadline is June 9).
There is usually a separate race inside the Olympic race for traditional beach volleyball nations, with many teams competing for the two slots each country may offer. This week in Recife, we will see some intriguing chapters in these confrontations.
Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualifiers
Coming into this week’s event in Brazil, just 980 points separate the three top-ranked American men’s teams, so it will be interesting to watch. With 7,620 points and 10 out of 12 finishes considered, Andy Benesh and Miles Partain are in a very comfortable position. However, they are not competing this week in Recife, so their opponents may be able to close the gap. Thus, volleyball fans are expected to bet on the games this week. The bad news is that sports betting in Georgia is still unavailable. Residents go to nearby states to bet on volleyball and other sports.
This week, there will also be fresh developments in the host nation Brazil’s internal conflict. Based on what happens over the next two weeks, the top two seeds—Andre Loyola/George Wanderley and Evandro Gonçalves/Arthur Lanci—may start to see Pedro Solberg and Gustavo ‘Guto’ Carvalhaes in their rearview mirrors. They start the event with 8,440 and 8,000 points, respectively.
With just 300 points separating Switzerland’s top three women’s teams, spectators will have enough to keep an eye on until June. Since they have just 11 eligible results so far, Nina Brunner and Tanja Hüberli hope to increase their point total at their next event; they now have 7,100 points and will not compete this week in Brazil.
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