News archive 2010

Champions of the National Championship in beach volleyball announced

The last tournament of the Vip Beach Masters 2010 series, the Championship of Serbia in beach volleyball, organized by Vip mobile and Volleyball Federation of Serbia, finished today in Novi Sad. This year's champions of Serbia in beach volleyball are teams Veckov/Brčić and Borki/Burmazović, who have won the most points in all three tournament series of Vip Beach Masters 2010. The winners of this tournament are teams Marković/Jović in men and Vorlova/Rehackova in women's competition, who won the trophies and awards of EUR 1,800 or EUR 1,300.

For the last qualifying tournament in this season applied 49 teams, while in the finals of the tournament competed 16 male and 8 female teams. The tournament in Novi Sad was enhanced with the participation of guests from Croatia and the Czech Republic but also an amazing game of the team Marković/Jović, which won at the finals in front of the stands taken by the victory of tandem Tatić/Tešić 1:2 (22:20,19:21, 18:20). Third prize went to team Vidić/Kiković.

In women's competition the best proved to be Vorlova - Rehackova, who won team Isailović Ivana/Matić Milena with results 1:2 (19:21, 21:19, 13:15), while team Blagojević Jelena/ Egić Isidora won bronze medal.

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This weekend Serbia will get champions of the third Vip Beach Masters

The final tournament in beach volleyball Vip Beach Masters 2010, organized by Vip mobile and Volleyball Federation of Serbia, began today at Novi Sad’s beach Strand. The tournament continues throughout the weekend, while on Sunday, 29th August, will be played the semi-final and final matches of this year's, third Vip Beach Masters. For a prize fund of EUR 11.500 the best 16 male and 8 female teams will compete in the Main Tournament.

Total of 37 male and 12 female teams all over Serbia applied for qualifications, as well as men's team from Croatia, Kresimir Peric and Grga Trimcevski and women’s team from Czech Republic, Vorlova and Rehackova that will make the last tournament one of the most interesting tournaments this season.

Entrance for all matches of Vip Beach Masters is free of charge and the organizers have prepared for the end of this season great entertainment with the latest summer hits of DJ, there are beach dancers, and in the breaks between matches will be organized promotional prize games with interesting gifts. The audience rises to his feet by well-known host tandem: Galeb Nikacevic from the MTV Adria programme and the famous Brazilian animator Marcelo.

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Masters of beach volleyball in the finals of Vip Beach Masters in Nis

Second in the series of this year’s National Championship in beach volleyball - Vip Beach Masters, in organization of Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia was finished at the Cair swimming pools in Nis today, with victory of Jelena Blagojevic and Milena Matic in female competition and Zarko Kisic i Drago Teodorovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina in male competition. They were awarded with trophies and EUR 1.300 and EUR 1.800 respectively.

Supported very loudly by numerous spectators, Serbian representatives Blagojevic-Matic showed great play and sport spirit in women’s finals against Brazilian team Fabiola-Evelyn and defeated them with a result 2:1(21:17, 20:22 and 14:16). Although the third set was about to be terminated due to the injury of Fabiola, girls from Brazil continued with play and demonstrated why this country is among world leaders in beach volleyball. In the third place female match, Burmazovic-Borki won over Djukic-Pajovic (18:21, 21:15 and 7:15). Second placed team was awarded with EUR 1.000, while third placed team won EUR 750.

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Start of Vip Beach Masters at the Cair swimming pools in Niš

Second in the series of this year’s Vip Beach Masters tournaments in organization of Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia started yesterday at the sand courts in front of the Cair swimming pools in Nis. Tournament will last until Sunday, August 8th, when semi-final and final marches will be played. Total of 48 male and 17 female local teams, including 2 teams from abroad applied for qualifications, out of which the best 16 male and 8 female teams will compete in the Main Tournament for the total prize fund of EUR 6.500 and EUR 5.000 for male and female seniors respectively. Winning male team will be awarded with EUR 1.800, while female winners will get EUR 1.300.

Total 30 matches were played in male qualifications yesterday and 11 teams entered the Main Draw. This way they joined direct participants of the Main Tournament Veckov-Brcic, Nis representatives  Milosevic- Majcan, Basta-Nikolic who entered on the basis of rank list, Kisic-Teodorovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Djokic-Pajovic who entered based on a wild card. The Main Tournament in male competition will be organized from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, while the winning teams will continue competition tomorrow. Meanwhile, female teams will  play qualifications through 8 matches today and best 5 teams will secure participation in the Main Draw that starts tomorrow. Teams Burmazovic-Borki, Nis representatives Marinkovic-Stojanovic and Brasilian pair Fabiola-Evelyn are direct participants of the female Main Draw.

The entrance for all matches of Vip Beach Masters is free, while organizers prepared top quality entertainment for visitors consisting of summer hits played by DJ, cheerleaders and promotional games with interesting presents. Well known tandem Galeb Nikacevic from MTV Adria and Brazilian animator Marcelo are entertaining the audience.

The National championship will be finished with the final tournament held from August 27th to 29th in Novi Sad, when Serbia will get male and female beach volleyball champions for the third year in a row.

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Vip Beach Masters at the Cair sport center in Nis this weekend

Second in the series of this year’s Vip Beach Masters tournaments in organization of Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia will start this weekend at the sand courts in front of the Cair swimming pools in Nis. Citizens of Nis that had the opportunity to visit Vip Beach Masters at the Nis Fortress last year will be able to enjoy top beach volleyball this summer at this attractive sport complex from Friday, August 6th to Sunday, August 8th, when semifinal and final marches will be organized.

Total of 48 male and 17 female teams all over Serbia applied for qualifications, out of which the best 16 male and 8 female teams will compete in the main tournament for the total prize fund of EUR 6.500 and EUR 5.000 for male and female seniors respectively. Ivana Isailović and Jelena Blagojević in female competition and Milutin Ivanković and Bojan Mladenović in male competition are defending last year's champion titles. Along with great interest of Serbian teams, women's team Fabiola – Evelyn from Brasil and men’s team Kisić - Teodorović from Bosnia and Herzegovina will also compete for the awards, which will surely make this tournament even more attractive.

The entrance for all matches of Vip Beach Masters is free, while exciting competitions will be accompanied with great entertaining program consisting of summer hits played by DJ, cheerleaders and promotional games with interesting presents.

Vip Beach Masters 2010 consists of three professional male and female beach volleyball tournaments that are organized this summer in Kragujevac, Nis and Novi Sad. The National championship will be finished with the final tournament held from August 27th to 29th in Novi Sad, when Serbia will get male and female beach volleyball champions for the third year in a row.

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New triumph of the Latvians on CEV Challenger

CEV Challenger, one of the most prestigious European tournaments in beach volleyball was finished in Novi Sad today. Title of the Champions of CEV Challenger tournament and the best among beach volleyball players, went to tandem Toms Smedins and Artis Caics from Latvia, the last year’s winner of the this tournament in Novi Sad. They won the gold trophy, medals and EUR 1’920 money prize, defeating Alen Pajenk and Nejc Zemljak from Slovenia in the final match, with a result 2:1 (16:21, 21:19, 16:14). Great Slovenians that enter the finals through qualification while winning over 7 top-seeded teams received silver and EUR 1’560 money prize. Bronze trophy, medals and EUR 1’200 premium were awarded to team Kaczmarek/Schneider from Germany.

The organizers of the tournament, Vip mobile and Volleyball Federation of Serbia are credited for great four-day sports spectacle, where the best European volleyball players participated. From July 21st -25th at Strand, they showed excellent skills in an exciting battle for valuable money prizes and points at the CEV and FIVB rank lists. During the tournament, 57 teams from 25 countries competed for the title of the best and EUR 12’000 total money prize fund: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

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Audience in Novi Sad ready for tomorrow’s semi-finals

CEV Challenger, Beach Volleyball tournament of the European Volleyball Federation organized by Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia gathered this week in Novi Sad the best beach volleyball players of old continent. Starting from Wednesday, July 21st, even 57 teams from 25 counties compete for points, ranking at CEV and FIVB lists and valuable prize money. After three days of exciting matches at the Strand beach, tomorrow’s semi-final and final matches will decide on winners of this year’s tournament.

Friday, the first day of the main tourmanent was marked with extremely high temperatures that exhausted players and made matches very difficult. At one point, the sand temperature on the court rose up to 50°C, causing 7 medical time-outs and 3 forfeits. After three played matches, Serbian team Basta/Nikolic did not manage to pass to the next round as they won once, but were beaten twice. Together with seven other teams, they were left out of the competition.

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Qualification matches in the second CEV Challenger tournament in Novi Sad start today

The CEV Challenger, one of the most prestigious tournaments of the European Volleyball Confederation in beach volleyball for seniors, started in Novi Sad yesterday, in organization of Vip mobile and Volleyball Federation of Serbia. Until Sunday, July 25th, Novi Sad will be a gathering place of the top European beach volleyball players who will compete for victory and points on the CEV and FIVB lists on the sandy courts of the Strand beach.

Yesterday, six domestic teams competed to enter qualifications through the state quota: Galesev –Simeunovic against Tatic – Radic (2:0), Ivankovic – Mladenovic against Acic –Maric (2:1), Antonic - Galetin against Galesev – Simeunovic (2:0) and Ivankovic – Mladenovic against against Stanojcic - Markovic (2:1). Two teams that finally passed the Qualification Tournament are Antonic - Galetin and Ivankovic –Mladenovic. Both matches starring the duo Ivankovic - Mladenovic were unpredictable until the end and lasted 3 sets each which proved very strong competitiveness among local participants of the tournament.

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Capture the moment and win a present HTC Wildfire™ for the best photo

Don’t miss the chance to capture exciting moments at the most thrilling summer party – the Vip Beach Masters sand volleyball championship that will take place from 21 to 25 July and from 27 to 29 July at Štrand in Novi Sad, as well as from 6 to 8 August at Čair in Niš! Take a photo of yourself and your friends at the stands or capture the atmosphere on the beach court and upload it on the Vip Facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/vipsrbija. The best photo will win a fantastic present – HTC Wildfire™ and a 50% discount for monthly subscription. The second best photo will be presented with a ball and a volleyball jersey, while the third best photo will get a Vip promo package! Capture the moment and enjoy the presents!

The deadline for posting photos on Vip's Facebook page is 08/31/2010.

In selecting the best photographs, Vip will take into account the evaluation of photographs by the Vip Facebook fans. Vip reserves the discretionary right to select the most successful photographs.

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CEV Challenger one more time in Novi Sad

Next week and for the second year in a row, the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and Vip mobile will organize prestigious beach volleyball tournament of the European Volleyball Confederation - CEV Challenger.

From July 21st to 25th, Novi Sad will gather one more time the best beach volleyball players of our continent, who will have the opportunity to compete for points at CEV and FIVB rankings and valuable prize money. For the second time now, Serbia has the honour to host participants of this tournament owing to very successfully organized CEV Challenger last year as well as the Balkan Championship in beach volleyball held in 2008 and series of traditional Vip Beach Masters tournaments of National Championships organized in Serbia.

At this year’s CEV Challenger tournament, 64 teams from 25 countries will compete for the title of the best: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine. Direct participation in the Main Draw was secured by 16 teams, including two local teams and one team that will enter based on wild card, while 32 teams will compete for 8 remaining positions through qualification matches. This year as well, Vip mobile provided EUR 12.000 prize fund intended for the 24 teams that qualify for the Main Draw.

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Top beach volleyball in the finals of Vip Beach Masters in Kragujevac

The first tournament of this year’s Vip Beach Masters organized by Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia for the third time in a row, was finalized in a great atmosphere on the sandy ground in front of the Kragujevac City Hall today. The winners of tournament are Srdjan Veckov and Davor Brcic in male competition and guest team Asja Dinova and Svetla Angelova from Bulgaria in female competition, who won the cups and the prize of EUR 1.800 and EUR 1.300 respectively.

Total 46 male and 14 female teams applied for qualifications, while 16 male and 8 female teams entered the main competition. The winners of tournament in a male competition Srdjan Veckov and Davor Brcic were more succesfull than tandem Zarko Kisic and Drago Teodorovic who won the silver medal. The bronze medal went to Goran Marić and Jovan Sajnberger. In the female competition, winning team Asja Dinova and Svetla Angelova from Bulgaria was slightly better than Natasa Borki and Tatjana Burmazovic who won bronze medal in general ranking of Vip Beach Masters 2009. Ivana Isailovic and Jelena Blagojevic, last year’s national champions of Serbia won the third place. All participants received great support from Kragujevac spectators that filled stands of Vip Beach Masters despite occasional rainy showers.

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Great start of Vip Beach Masters in Kragujevac

The first tournament of this year’s Vip Beach Masters organized by Vip mobile and the Volleyball Federation of Serbia for the third time in a row, started at the beach volleyball court in front of the Kragujevac City hall today. Tournament lasts the whole day and will be continued on Saturday, June 19 th and Sunday, June 20 th when the semi-final and final matches of male and female competition will be played. Kragujevac tournament raised great interest of participants with 46 male and 14 female teams that applied for qualifications. The best 16 male and 8 female teams will compete for the prize fund of EUR 11.500.
 
The entrance for all matches is free and people of Kragujevac will have the opportunity to enjoy  great atmosphere and exciting games of Vip Beach Masters for the first time. The audience showed great interest on the very first day and the stadium was crowded with beach volleyball fans who gave support to the players on the court. This weekend, Kragujevac will be the main spot of the top beach volleyball and great entertainment provided by cheerleaders, DJ and the well known tandem of MTV Adria TV presenter, Galeb Nikacevic and famous Brazilian animator Marcelo.

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Serbian championship in beach volley this summer in Kragujevac, Nis and Novi Sad

Vip mobile and Volleyball Federation of Serbia announced today the launch of Vip Beach Masters 2010 - Serbian championship in beach volleyball, the third professional championship, which will be organized in Kragujevac, Nis and Novi Sad during the summer. The importance of Vip Beach Masters tournament for the development and promotion of beach volleyball in Serbia was also recognized by the Ministry of Youth and Sport, who is the patron of this year’s project.

Promotion of the new season was opened on the court of Goga Yachting Club with the exhibition match between professional players and popular TV presenters, who created a great atmosphere and announced good fun at the tournaments. The team consisting of Stefan Basta, winner of silver medal at the Balkan championship for players up to 23 years and TV presenter Marija Kilibarda played against Ivana Isailović, winner of the National Championship 2009 and Ivan Ivanović, host of TV show "Cash taxi", showing their volleyball skills and competitive spirit.

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