IMO it is again one big disgrace what FIVB is doing...now in beach volley...
runners up and 3rd placed teams from 5 continents (5 continental cups) should be lineup for this tournament...Russia wasnt even close, neither in world tour rankings, neither in continental cup...
then what happens...russia is the host and now they must play, tournament is getting bigger cause of that (14 teams men
) and Russia at the end advances to London
So undeserved and unfair to other contestants in europe...
same thing @women, after russia won women Euro continental cup, they shouldn't play this final qualification tournament at all, they did - and they qualified with one extra team also...women russian teams aren't even on the map of top 20 world beach teams
i wonder if they didn't - probably beach volley olimpic tournament would be played in russia
FIVB big jokers