The Slovenian beach volleyball players Jernej Vrhunc and Alan Košenina took 9th place at the European Under-22 Championship, hosted by Baden in Austria.
The Slovenian beach volleyball players started their first day of finals with a win over the English representatives Robert Poole and Issa Batran. In the first set Črt Butinar’s charges were better, winning 21:1, in the second they lost 15:21, and in the third they celebrated a 15:13 win, securing their place among the best sixteen.
In the fight for the top places, Vrhunc and Košenina faced the 8th seeds of the championship, the Swiss pair Florian Breer and Yves Haussener. The opponents were convincingly better than our pair, allowing the Slovenians only 12 points in the first set, and winning the second 21:17.
Vrhunc and Košenina thus finished the European Championship in 9th place.
Summarized from odbojka.si. You can also read more about the players’ and coaches’ statements at http://www.odbojka.si/novice/6635.