U22 Men & Women Beach Volleyball Balkan Tour 2023

U22 Men & Women Beach Volleyball Balkan Tour 2023 was held from 14th to 16th July in Shtip in North Macedonia.

In the women’s competition, first place won Yllka Jashari and Meliroa Avdullahu from Kosovo, and second place won Ecem Aksoy and Esra Demirkiran from Turkiye. Stefan Anton and Radu Tanse from Romania won 3rd place.

In the men’s competition, Batuhan Kuru and Sacit Kurtfrom Turkiye won first place, silver medal won Erion Bajrami and Ermal Maliqi from Kosovo.  Denis Boldis and George Breban from Romania won 3rd place.

Participating teams:

WOMEN:

North Macedonia (1): Mila Vakuvska/Dobrina Hajdi Toseva
North Macedonia (2): Monika Kostovska/Stefanija Kiprijanovska
Kosovo: Yllka Jashari/Meliroa Avdullahu
Rmania (1): Ioana Hododi/Ioana Miu
Romania (2): IustinaCrocoz/Alexandra Daniloaia
Serbia (1): Milica Balać/Teodora Joldić
Serbia (2): Jovana Mićević/Ksenija Sokić
Turkiye (1): Idil Gur/Ceylin Sayar
Turkiye (2): Ecem Aksoy/Esra Demirkiran

Pool A: Serbia (1), Turkey (2), North Macedonia (1), Romania (2)

Pool B: Turkiye (1), Serbia (2), Romania (1), North Macedonia (2), Kosovo

MEN:

North Macedonia (1): Kiril Galev/David Kirov 
North Macedonia (2): TrajcheBarbareev/Toshe Efremov
Kosovo: Erion Bajrami/Ermal Maliqi
Romania (1):  Stefan Anton/Radu Tanse
Romania (2): Denis Boldis/George Breban
Serbia (1): Andrija Tomić/Lazar Loboda 
Serbia (2): Matija Kostić/Lazar Zubović 
Turkiye: Batuhan Kuru/Sacit Kurt

Pool A: Serbia (2), Romania (2), North Macedonia (2), Kosovo

Pool B: Serbia (1), Turkiye, North Macedonia (1), Romania (1)

MATCH SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, 16TH JULY

W: 1/4 FINAL:

A2-SRB1 – B3-KOS 0:2 0:25 0:25
B2-ROU1 – A3-ROU2 2:0 21:13 21:16

M: 1/4 FINAL:
A2-SRB2 – B3-SRB1 0:2 08:21 15:21
B2-ROU1 – A3-ROU2 1:2 21:15 16:21 08:15

M: SEMIFINAL

 B1-TUR vs SRB-1 2:0 21:14 21:13
A1-KOS vs ROU-2 2:0 21:17 21:17

W: SEMIFINAL
A1-TUR-2 vs ROU-1 2:0 21:11 21:18
B1-TUR-1 vs KOS 1:2 20:22 21:19 07:15

3rd place M:  SRB-1 vs ROU-2 0:2 20:22 15:21
Finale M: TUR vs KOS 2:0 21:14 21:11

3rd place W: ROU-1 vs TUR-1 2:0 21:13 21:13
Finale W: TUR-2 vs KOS 1:2 19:21 21:18 04:15

MATCH SCHEDULE AND RESULTS FOR, SATURDAY 14TH JULY:

W: ROU (1) – TUR (1) 0:2 (17:21, 16:21)
W: MKD (1) – ROU (2) 0:2 (18:21, 9:21)
W: MKD (2) – KOS 0:2 (9:21, 5:21)
W: MKD (1) – SRB (1) 0:2 (5:21, 8:21)
M: MKD (2) – KOS 0:2 (0:21, 0:21)
M: MKD (1) – ROU (1) 0:2 (6:21, 12:21)
M: MKD (2) – SRB (2) 0:2 (0:2, 0:21)
M: MKD (1) – SRB (2) 0:2 (8:21, 7:21)
M: ROU (2) – KOS 0:2 (18:21, 18:21)
M: TUR (1) – ROU (1) 2:0 (21:16, 21:13)
W: TUR (1) – MKD (2) 2:0 (21:4, 21:5)
W: TUR (2) – ROU (2) 2:0 (21:17, 21:15)
W: SRB (2) – ROU (1) 0:2 (7:21, 7:21)

MKD ()2 ) – SRB (2) 0:2 (2:21, 5:21)

MATCH SCHEDULE  AND RESULTS FOR, FRIDAY, 14 JULY:

 W: SRB (2) – KOS 0:2 (0:21, 0:21)
W: ROU (1)- MKD (2) 2:0 (21:7, 21:9)
W: SRB (1) – ROU (1) 1:2 (21:15,17:21)
W: TUR (2) – (MKD) 2:0 (21:18, 21:13)
M: SRB (2) – KOS 0:2 (0:21, 0:21)
M: SRB (1) – ROU (1) 1:2 (22:24, 25:23)
M: ROU (2) – MKD (2) 2:0 (21:0, 21:0)
M: TUR (1) – MKD (1) 2:0 (21:3, 21:8)
M: ROU (2) – SRB (2) 1:2 (15:21, 21:13)
M: TUR (1) – SRB (1) 2:0 (21:17, 21:17)
W: KOS – ROU (1) 0:2 (12:21, 19:21)
20.30h – Opening Ceremony
W: TUR (2) – SRB (1) 1:2 (21:18, 15:21)
W: TUR (1) – SRB (2) 2:0 (21:18, 21:16)