Vanuatu beach volleyball

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball team prepares for Continental Cup

Vanuatu has sent its team to Honiara to train at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sports along with their counterparts from the Solomons.

The teams will play warm-up matches against each other before leaving for Port Vila at the end of the month.

The Continental Cup will be held from September 1-5 and will be a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games.

     

Youth development is secret of success for Vanuatu beach volleyball

The interest in the sport and in the nation's stars extend to the whole of the country including the outer islands.

Vanutau Volleyball Federation president Debbie Masauvakalo said having such pathways since the community programmes were first introduced in 2007 has been the secret of their success.

Vanuatu will be defending its Pacific Games women's title in Honiara in November. Their women's team also won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games through Sherysyn Toko and Miller Pata.

Vanuatu beach volleyball targets Olympic Games 2024 spot

It won't be easy as the host teams must finish in the top two at the Continental Cup for the Oceania Zone from September 1-3 in Port Vila, which serves as an elimination tournament for the Games.

Then any successful team - there will be men's and women's team competing at the cup - must finish in the top two in the Asian Cup next year.

A busy calendar for the rest of the year is in place for the top South Pacific beach volleyball nation.

Vanuatu scoops bronze at the Asian Volleyball Confederation Beach Tournament

The team, represented by Sherysyn Toko and Majabelle Lawac,  defeated Thailand in the bronze medal play off.

Thailand got off to a strong start and won the first set 18-21.

Vanuatu fought back to stay in the game after securing a 23-21 win in the second set and finished the match with a 15-12 win in the third set to book their spot in the quaterfinal.

The Vanuatu duo met Wang.X.X and Zhu Lingoli of China One in the quarters, where they cruise through a two straight sets win to qualify for the semi-final.

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball team ready for Australian Championships

The team, which is accompanied by Vice President Debbie Masauvakalo, has arrived in Gold Coast Queensland ahead of the Championships that will start on Friday.

The Gold Coast will be hosting the best athletes at the 2023 Australian Beach Championships squaring off on iconic Coolangatta Beach this week.

The tournament seedings will be released today and the draws will be released on Thursday.

     

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball team boosts preparation ahead of Pacific Mini Games

The team participated in friendly matches against women from the Australian Volleyball Federation in Canberra.

AVA said, “With Team Vanuatu having won the Bronze medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games four years ago, they come with plenty of experience, a wonderful game style, and are hoping to go one step further and make the final in Birmingham.

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball yet to confirm Commonwealth Games participation

Team President, Debbie Masauvakalo said the approval of the team’s participation will take place next month, 31 March.

It will be approved by the FIVB and the Commonwealth Games Federation.

Masauvakalo confirmed that there are only 12 teams participating at the event.

Five teams will earn direct entry through the FIVB rankings.

England has qualified as it is the host of the competition.

The Commonwealth Games will be held from July 28 to August 8.

     

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball Corporate Shield quarter-finals pool draws announced

The top two teams from each pool will progress through to the next stage.

In Pool A, Wilco defeated Police One to secure a place in the quarter-finals.

Despite the loss, Police One still progresses to the quarter-finals.

In Pool B, TRBR and ABM have booked their quarter-final berths.

Pool C NBV One leads the table after defeating PM Office and the side has qualified for the second round. PM office is the second team going through.

VCH and Police Two have qualified from Pool D.

Vanuatu Beach Volleyball games in AVC competition to begin next week

The AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup takes place from 25-28 June with the winners qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The Vanuatu Beach volleyball media officer, Veronique David told Vanuatu Daily Post sport that the national team will be  updated on their game fixtures when they arrived in Bangkok. .

David said Vanuatu Beach volleyball has signed a contract with a USA beach volley ball coach, Steve Anderson who will be assisting the team Head coach, Federica Tonon.

Vanuatu women's volleyball team hopes to make history by qualifying for Tokyo Olympics

But she never imagined how far the women would go.

"Our aim was just to become the best at beach volleyball in the Pacific," the Australian former volunteer said. 

"So we never started with the ambition of qualifying for the Olympic Games.”

But in 2009, Australian Olympic gold medal winner Natalie Cook saw the team play during a visit to Vanuatu and she told Masauvakalo they were world-class.

Nevertheless, achieving success on the world stage would be a challenge.