Beach Volleyball Eastern Europe Championship held in Yerevan
On September 8-10, the Men’s Eastern Europe Beach Volleyball Championship was held in Yerevan, Armenia, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs told Panorama.am.
The teams from Armenia (2 teams), Russia (6 teams), Ukraine (2 teams), Poland, Israel, Belarus, Lithuania and Georgia took part in the championship.
In the final game, Russia’s Maxim Sivolov-Igor Velichko pair defeated Ruslan Dayanov-Yuri Bogatov pair from the same country.
The best result of the Armenian team was the 9th place taken by Ashot Balabekyan - Andre Simoni pair, who collected ranking points, which the team needs to be qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The Armenian beach volleyball team takes part in the Eastern Europe Volleyball Championship for the second time.