FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships

The FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championship is a double-gender international beach volleyball tournament for athletes under the age of 23. The competition first took place in Myslowice, Poland in 2013.[1] Thirty-six teams per gender entered the competition, making 72 in total.

Results summary

Men
Men's U23 World Championship
Year Host Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
2013
Details[2]
Myslowice		  Piotr Kantor
and Bartosz Łosiak (POL)		  Vitor Felipe
and Márcio Gaudie (BRA)		  Lorenz Petutsching
and Tobias Winter (AUT)		  Rihard Finsters
and Aleksandrs Solovejs (LAT)
2014
Details[3]
Myslowice		  Maciej Kosiak
and Maciej Rudol (POL)		  Lars Tvinde
and Hendrik Mol (NOR)		  Allison Cittadin
and Gustavo Carvalhaes (BRA)		  Bennet Poniewaz
and David Poniewaz (GER)

Women
Women's U23 World Championship
Year Host Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
2013
Details[4]
Myslowice		  Victoria Bieneck
and Isabell Schneider (GER)		  Eduarda Lisboa
and Thaís Ferreira (BRA)		  Taylor Pischke
and Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)		  Eliška Gálová
and Adéla Machová (CZE)
2014
Details[5]
Myslowice		  Nicole Laird
and Mariafe Artacho (AUS)		  Lara Dykstra
and Jace Pardon (USA)		  Melissa Humana-Paredes
and Taylor Pischke (CAN)		  Taru Lahti
and Anniina Parkkinen (FIN)

Medals table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland (POL)2002
2 Australia (AUS)1001
 Germany (GER)1001
4 Brazil (BRA)0213
5 Norway (NOR)0101
 United States (USA)0101
7 Canada (CAN)0022
8 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (8 nations)44412

References
  1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U23/2014/viewPressRelease.asp?No=44316&Language=en
  2. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U23/2013/Results.asp?TournCode=M232013&Phase=2
  3. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U23/2014/Results.asp?TournCode=M232014&Phase=2
  4. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U23/2013/Results.asp?TournCode=W232013&Phase=2
  5. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U23/2014/Results.asp?TournCode=W232014&Phase=2
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