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All-Brazilian quarterfinal in Rotterdam

 
In an all-Brazilian quarterfinal Alvaro Filho & Vitor Felipe take on
their former partners Pedro Solberg & Evandro Goncalves. Vice-world
champion Alvaro Filho played part of 2014 season with Pedro and Vitor
Felipe & Evandro were quite succesful together in 2013, winning the
Berlin Grand Slam and finishing second in Moscow, and 2014.•

    Vitor Felipe and Alvaro Filho (BRA), 3rd Place Pool K, Apeldoorn

•    Vitor Felipe and Alvaro Filho are playing in their 5th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
•    Vitor has played in 2 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals.
•    Alvaro has played in 8 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold, two silver, two bronze medals and two 4th place finishes.
•    Alvaro and Ricardo Santos lost the gold medal match to Brouwer/Meeuwsen at the 2013 FIVB World Championships (Stare Jablonki).
•    Vitor and Alvaro are currently ranked 20th in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 1,720 points and 19th in winnings with $46,000.
•    Vitor and Alvaro won silver medals at the U21 World Championships in 2009 (Blackpool, England) and 2010 (Alanya, Turkey).
•    Vitor won the bronze medal at the U21 World Championships with Marcus Carvalhaes in 2011 (Halifax, Canada).
•    Vitor won the silver medal at the U23 World Championships with Marcio Guadie in 2013 (Myslowice, Poland).

•    Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg (BRA), 3rd Place Pool L, Rotterdam
•    Evandro Goncalves and Pedro Solberg are playing in their 5th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together.
•    Evandro has played in 4 FIVB World Tour final fours with two gold medals and two silver medals.
•    Pedro has played in 43 FIVB World Tour final fours with 15 gold, eight silver, eight bronze medals and 12 4th place finishes.
•    Evandro and Pedro have played in 2 Final Fours in 2015 (Silver Moscow Grand Slam, Gold Stavanger Major Series).
•    Evandro and Pedro are currently ranked 1st in FIVB World Tour points in 2015 with 2,960 points and 1st in winnings with $146,000. They have one win in 2015 (Stavanger Major Series).
•    Pedro (15) ranks 10th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual gold medals.
•    Pedro (117) ranks 35th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual tournaments.
•    Pedro ($784,462) ranks 9th in all-time FIVB World Tour individual earnings.
•    Pedro won the gold medal at the U18 World Championships in 2002 (Xylokastro, Greece) and the silver medal in 2003 (Pattaya, Thailand), both with Ian Borges.
•    Pedro won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Pedro Cunha in 2003 (Saint Quay Portrieux, France), the bronze medal with Neilton Santos in 2004 (Porto Santo, Portugal), and the gold medal with Bruno Oscar Schmidt in 2006 (Myslowice, Poland).
•    Pedro was named the FIVB World Tour Best Blocker in 2013, and was Tour Champion and named Team of the Year with Harley Marques in 2008.

•    First Meeting Between the Two Teams

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