Russia’s Nikita Liamin/Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Poland’s Kantor/Losiak came up with straight-set wins over their rivals to progress to the final of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Kish Island 3-Star on Saturday.
Liamin/Krasilnikov outplayed Germany’s Lorenz Schumann/Julius Thole 2-0 (21-19, 21-15), while Kantor/Losiak overpowered Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) in the semifinals.
Liamin/Krasilnikov’s slow start allowed Schumann/Thole to gain the early lead in the first set, but the Russian’s better performance down the stretch secured them the set-win at 21-19. The Russian pair kept their pace and capitalised on the German’s missed attacks to seal set and match victory at 21-15.

Kantor/Losiak took control early on in the match, while Stoyanovski/Yarzutkin struggled on their attacks. Kantor mounted several excellent blocks, which provided the Polish side to gain cushion and win both sets at 21-13 and 21-17.

Schumann/Thole can still earn their first-ever World Tour medal against last year’s Kish Island silver medallists Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin in the bronze medal match at 15:00 local time, while Liamin/Krasilnikov will play their first final together against last year’s bronze winners Kantor/Losiak at 16:00.

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The tournament will be held in Chongqing, China during March 5-13, Tasnim News Agency reported.

It is the Asian qualification round for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U-18 World Championship in Argentina.

A total of 12 teams have confirmed their participation in the nine-day event, which will be the first Asian Volleyball Confederation event of the year. They consist of reigning champion Japan, China, Thailand, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan, Australia, Iran and Samoa.

The squads have been divided into four pools, with host China joining Hong Kong and Iran in Pool A, Japan, New Zealand and Samoa in Pool B, Thailand, Kazakhstan as well as Australia in Pool C and South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan in pool D.

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The Iranian squad stands third with 110 points, Tasnim News Agency reported.

Poland (130 points) and Argentina (120 points) are first and second in the ranking.

Also, Iran men’s U-23 team is seventh in the global ranking with 70 points. Turkey (108), Italy (106) and Russia (100) are the top three teams.

Iran men’s U-21 volleyball team has moved down one place to 11th with 41 points. Russia leads the ranking with 122 points, followed by Argentina (120) and China (110).

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