Men’s Beach Volleyball Semifinals Defined

Men’s Beach Volleyball Semifinals Defined

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 20, 2025.- After an intense day of men’s beach volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, the semifinals were defined and will be played this Thursday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

The champion will secure a direct berth to the Lima 2027 Pan American Games. In addition, the highest-ranked team from the opposite continental confederation that does not win gold will also qualify.

At 5:00 PM (local time), the first semifinal will be played between Argentina (Marcos Ezequiel González/Fausto Inostroza) and Brazil (Isac Farias/José Jonathan Heleno de Menezes).

Brazil reached this stage after defeating Canadians David Chaput and Cameron McGregor 2-0 (21-19, 21-18).

Argentina’s path was longer. First, they defeated in the Round of 16 Ramón De Jesús Goris/Rolvin Maldonado of Dominican Republic 2-0 (21-18, 21-15), and then in the quarterfinals they beat El Salvador’s twin brothers Yoel Guardado and Christopher Guardado 2-1 (24-26, 21-13, 15-11).

The second semifinal will be played immediately after, between Enyenser Delgado and Juliangel Zaid of Venezuela and Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst of the United States.

Venezuela reached this stage thanks to their 2-1 (19-21, 23-21, 15-13) quarterfinal victory over Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes of Cuba, while the U.S. advanced after defeating Mikhail Cuadrado/Luciano Fernández of Uruguay 2-0 (21-11, 21-15).

Round of 16 Results

Mikhail Cuadrado/Luciano Fernández URU derrotaron a Martin Etcheberry/Fernando Quintero CHI 2-0 (24-22, 21-12), Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes CUB venceiron Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela CRC 2-1 (18-21, 21-15, 15-10), David Chaput/Cameron McGregor CAN le ganaron a Juanangel Gómez/Camilo Vargas PAR 2-0 (21-16, 21-15) y Marcos Ezequiel González/Fausto Inostroza ARG a Jesus Goris/Rolvin Maldonado DOM 2-0 (21-18, 21-15).

Matches for positions 13/16

José Bowen e Isaac Jiménez ECU vs Deyner López y Jesy Umaña NCA 2-1 (21-15, 14-21, 15-11); David Duran/Julio Velarde BOL vs Julian Bristol/Clerique Ward SKN 2-1 (18-21, 21-7, 15-5).