Spain in the group of the CEV Beach Volley Nations Cup in Heraklion against the Greek duo of Myrtos Kalamaridou/Dimitras Manavis and Dionysias Matiou/Lisa Triantafyllidis will be represented as the first team by Maria Caro Markets, Angela Lobato, who are ranked No. 26 in the world, while the second Iberian team consists of Liliana Fernandez and Paula Gutierrez, who are at No. 67.
In fact, Liliana Fernandez has competed in two Olympic Games, in London in 2012 and in Rio in 2016, finishing ninth. Marcheth, Lobato have been together as a duo since 2021 and in their first season as teammates they reached fifth place in the European Championship.
At No16 in the world rankings are France’s Lejean Plasset, Alexia Richard, who will play their sixth tournament in 2023. The two athletes have been teammates since the summer of 2022 with a best finish of fifth place at the FIVB Challenge category tournament in Mexico Two months ago.
France’s second team is Alain Chamero, Clemens Vieira, who are ranked No76 in the world.
Portugal will also try with Beatrice Pinheiro/Ines Castro (No.180) and Ana Monteiro/Margarida Santos (No.328 in the world).
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