U20 BVA Beach Volleyball Balkan Championship

Ahmet Can and Tuna Imdat from Turkiye in the men’s competition and Ioana Miu and Ioana Hododi from Romania in the women’s competition won the U20 Balkan Beach Championship held in Lasi, Romania.

In the men’s final, the Turkish team defeated Iannis Alb and Radu Muresan from Romania in two sets: 21:19, and 23:21.

Ahmet Can and Tuna Imdat defeated Adrian Bilțiu and Adrian Onofrei (Romania 2) with 2:0 in the semifinals, while in the other semifinal, Iannis Alb and Radu Mureșan overcame Darius Ciatau and Ruben Bot with 2:1.

The bronze medals went to Adrian Biltiu and Adrian Onofrei from the Romania 2 team, who defeated Darius Ciatau and Ruben Bot from the Romania 3 team with 2:0.

In the women’s final, Ioana Miu and Ioana Hododi won U20 Balkan Beach Championship. They finished in first place in the group stage without losing a set.

In the semifinals, Miu and Hododi defeated a team from Moldova, Valeria Gherman and Lidia Vlad, with 2:0 (21:8, 21:8). In the final, Miu and Hododi won, after a great battle, with 2:1, against the Turkish team Sayar Ceylin and Limdim Su 2:1 (22:20, 17:21, 15:13).

The bronze medals went to the pair from Moldova, Gherman/Vlad, who defeated the Romanians Maya Rosenfeld Bugle and Hana Poleac with 2:1 (21:15, 17:21, 15:13).