Olympic beach volleyball qualifiers announced

(BEIJING, July 23) -- The FIVB, the world's organizing body for beach volleyball, has released a provisional list of qualifiers for the Beijing 2008 beach volleyball competition. The list will be confirmed today when each country's National Olympic Committee sends an entry form to the FIVB.

Women's list:

1 Walsh-May-Treanor USA 2 Tian Jia-Wang CHN 3 Juliana-Larissa BRA 4 Xue-Zhang Xi CHN 5 Branagh-Youngs USA 6 Talita-Renata BRA 7 Karantasiou-Arvaniti GRE 8 Goller-Ludwig GER 9 Pohl-Rau GER 10 Barnett-Cook AUS 11 Hakedal-Torlen NOR 12 Maaseide-Glesnes NOR 13 Fernandez Grasset-Larrea Peraza CUB 14 Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT 15 Van Breedam-Mouha BEL 16 Esteves Ribalta-M. Crespo CUB 17 Koutroumanidou-Tsiartsiani GRE 18 Uryadova-Shiryaeva RUS 19 Kadijk R.-Mooren NED 20 Montagnolli-Swoboda AUT 21 Candelas-Garcia MEX 22 Teru Saiki-Kusuhara JPN 23 Saka-Rtvelo GEO

Men's list:

1 Rogers-Dalhausser USA 2 Ricardo-Emanuel BRA 3 Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA 4 Nummerdor-Schuil NED 5 Xu-Wu CHN 6 Brink-Dieckmann Ch. GER 7 Barsouk-Kolodinsky RUS 8 Klemperer-Koreng GER 9 Gibb-Rosenthal USA 10 Schacht-Slack AUS 11 Herrera-Mesa ESP12 Heyer-Heuscher SUI 13 Conde-Baracetti ARG 14 Kais Kr.-Vesik EST 15 Doppler-Gartmayer AUT 16 Boersma E.-Ronnes NED 17 Geor-Gia GEO 18 Kjemperud-SkarlundNOR19 Gosch-HorstAUT20 Laciga M.-SchniderSUI21 Samoilovs-PlavinsLAT22 Lione-VarnierITA23 Asahi-ShiratoriJPN