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.
Men's U23 World Championship | |||||
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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's U23 World Championship | |||||
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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) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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