Duoerne Morten Levinsen og Mathias Sander Egede samt Tobias Barbosa og Matheus Nascimento deltog i den europæiske turnering EFL Open Berlin. Her blev desværre ikke til nogen dansk sejr, da begge hold hver tabte alle kampe i gruppen.
Spillerne mødte fredag eftermiddag op til første og eneste træning inden turneringsstart på det meget smukke og unikke Beach61 i Schönneberg, som ligger placeret centralt i Berlin. Anlægget kan prale af at have mere end 40 beachvolley baner, som hver eneste aften er fuldstændigt proppet af beachvolley spillere. Tobias Barbosa drømmer: “Sikke et sted, og hvilken drøm det vil være at få et lignende anlæg til København“.
Der var lagt op til en intens træningscamp hele ugen op til turneringsstart, men grundet arbejde kunne drengene desværre ikke deltage til alle træningerne. Selve turneringen bød på sol og +30 grader hele weekenden, hvor der var tilmeldt 20 mandlige hold og 9 kvindehold med lande som Israel, Tyskland, Italien, Grækenland, Sverige, Brasilien, Østrig, Ukraine, Schweiz og Holland repræsenteret.
Selvom det ikke blev til dansk sejr, blev det alligevel en lærerig og historisk turnering set med danske briller. Det var nemlig kun 2. turnering i Europa, at Danmark blev repræsenteret. Disse erfaringer er guld værd, når drengene får lov til at mærke niveauet, passionen og se hvordan de europæiske topspillere træner og agerer i diverse situationer under en turnering. “Det har givet os sult og motivation til at blive bedre, træne mere og justere en masse ting teknisk og taktisk. Vi har fået en masse input fra spillere hernede, som vi forhåbentlig kan tage med os og dele med de andre spillere i klubben”, fortæller Tobias Barbosa.
Det var også Matheus Nascimentos første europæiske turnering, som fortæller om hans oplevelse: “It was a very nice opportunity to experience the atmosphere in an European competition and to meet and play with different players. I learned so much in just a few days“.
De mandlige vindere blev Diego Silva, som også er kendt under navnet Maradona, og ukrainske Ivan Grom som vandt turneringen på meget overbevisende manér. Blandt kvinderne løb østrigske Antonia Missethan og italienske Sara Cupellini af med sejren.
Træningscampen og turneringen blev organiseret af det østrigske footvolley event og footvolleybrand Bolao Sports i samarbejde med Hertha BSC Berlin Footvolley.
Copenhagen Footvolley og spillerne takker for en varm velkomst og en flot velorganiseret turnering!
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English version below
Copenhagen Footvolley players competes in Open Berlin
The two duos Morten Levinsen and Mathias Sander Egede, and Tobias Barbosa and Matheus Nascimento participated in the European tournament EFL Open Berlin. Unfortunately, this event didn’t result in a Danish victory since both teams lost all of their games in the group stages.
The tournament was set up to have an intense training camp throughout the week leading up to the tournament, but due to work the Danish boys unfortunately couldn’t participate in all of the sessions. On Friday afternoon, the players joined their first and only training session before the tournament start.
At a stunning location in central Berlin, the games were held in the unique volley-facility Beach61 in the area of Schönneberg. The facility can pride itself of having more than 40 beach volley courts that are entirely packed each night. Tobias Barbosa dreams: “What a place, and what a dream it would be to have a similar facility in Copenhagen!”
The tournament was blessed with beautiful weather, sun and +30 degrees that lasted the whole weekend, with 20 male teams and 9 female teams with countries such as Israel, Germany, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Brazil, Austria, Ukraine, Switzerland, Holland represented.
Even though EFL Open Berlin didn’t result in a Danish win, it was still educational and a historic tournament seen from the Danes eyes. It was only the 2nd time Denmark was represented in an international tournament. These experiences are golden to the boys, who get to feel the level, the passion, and experience how European top players train and behave in different stages of a tournament. “It has given us hunger and motivation to become better, train more and adjust a lot of details technically and tactically. The players here have given us a lot of inputs, which we hopefully can bring back and share with the other players in the club” tells Tobias Barbosa.
Likewise, it was Matheus Nascimento’s first international tournament who shares his experience: “It was a very nice opportunity to experience the atmosphere in a European competition and to meet and play with different players. I learned so much in just a few days“.
The male winners were Brazilian Diego Silva, also known as Maradona and his partner Ivan Grom from Ukraine who convincingly won in a very dominating manner. Amongst the females, the duo Austrian Antonia Missethan and Italian Sara Cupellini took the tallest stand as the winners of the tournament.
The tournament was organized by the Austrian footvolley brand Bolao Sports together with Hertha BSC Berlin Footvolley..
Copenhagen Footvolley and all the players thank you for a warm welcome and a well-organized tournament.
You can see pictures above.
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