19-AUGUST-2013
BEACH VOLLEYBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Januário Alvar/Fabrício Barros (men) and Juliana Rosas/Ana Freches (women) were crowned National Beach Volleyball Champions yesterday at the National Championship Final which took place, for the fourth consecutive year, at Albufeira do Azibo beach in Macedo de Cavaleiros.

Achieving the second place in 2011 and 2012, Alvar and Barros conquered the gold by edging Pedro Rosas/João Simões (2-0: 21-17, 32-30).
Flávio Cruz and José Pedrosa stood in third place after taking down Joaquim Carvalho and Luís Freitas by 2-1.
Defending champions Roberto Reis and Fabrício Silva couldn’t do better than a 5th place, while being the favorites to clinch another championship. [Photos]

Regarding the women’s event, Joana Vasconcelos and Raquel Lacerda defended the title, conquered last year, but couldn’t stop Juliana Rosas and Ana Freches run to the gold (21-19, 22-20), joining this year’s championship to the ones conquered in 2011, 2010, 2009 [Freches], 2008 [Juliana] and 2006 [Freches].
Joana Resende and Tânia Oliveira climbed to the podium after edging Daniela Loureiro and Rita Fernandes by 2-0 (21-11, 21-18). [Photos]

It should be recalled that Juliana Rosas and Tânia Oliveira won, recently, the Universities Beach Volleyball European Championship at Porto.

More info: www.fpvoleibol.pt/CNVP2013/duplas/duplas.htm