The Brazilians advance to the semi-finals and will face each other for the bronze medal in the Beach Volleyball World Cup

The remaining Brazilian duo in the women’s tournament Beach Volleyball World Championship They lost their matches on Saturday in Adelaide, Australia, and will compete for third place in the competition. In the latest version in Mexico Dudley and Anna Patricia They took the silver.

Thamila and Vic entered the court earlier, opened the semi-finals, and were beaten by Latvians Tina Graudina and Anastasia Samoilova 2 sets to 0, with scores of 21/10 and 21/16. The Brazilian duo that tops the women’s rankings International Volleyball Federation (International Volleyball Federation), the match started poorly and was dominated by the representatives of Latvia, the No. 4 pair in the world.

Later, Carol and Rebecca, who are ranked second in the FIVB rankings, fought a more balanced confrontation, but they were also unable to overcome the Americans Taryn Brasher and Kristin Noss and lost 2-1 in a difficult tie-break (19/21, 24/22 and 15/6). The Brazilians took the lead and narrowly lost the second set, losing their production in the decisive part.

Brasher and Nus will win gold after taking bronze at the World Cup in Mexico in 2023, against Graudina/Samoilova at 6:30 a.m. (Brasilia time) on Sunday. With the bronze medal guaranteed, Brazil will face off against Thamila/Vic and Karol/Rebecca, at 2:30 a.m., in the tussle for third place.

Sweden took gold and silver in the men’s tournament, which will be decided by Olympic champions David Ahmann and Jonatan Helvig, who lost to a Brazilian duo in the group stage, and Jakob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson, the youngest pair to reach a World Cup final – 20 and 19 years old respectively. The Brazilian participation ended with Evandro and Arthur Lancey being eliminated by Ahmed/Helwig in the quarter-finals – where they finished in fifth place.

Medal record holder, with 35, and main winner of the World Championships, with 13 gold medals for men and women, Brazil reached the top of the podium for the last time in 2022, in Rome, with Ana Patricia and Duda, who fell in the round of 16 in Adelaide. In the men’s category, the last gold medal came in Vienna, Austria in 2017 with Evandro and Andrei.