Clemens Doppler an Matthias Mellitzer have won the Silver Medal at the Beach Volleyball European Championship Final in Berlin. The Austrian pair lost the highly dramatic final to the defending champions Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil 1:2 (18:21, 30:28, 18:20). It’s the third consecutive title for Nummerdor/Schuil after capturing the crown in 2008 and 2009.

At the FIVB 2010 Men’s World Championships from September 24^th to October 10^th 2010 of course also the top European teams will fight for the title in Italy. Besides the host nation Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain, the Czech Republic and Serbia are among the 24 participants. Austria and the Czech Republic could welcome all of the European participants at EuroVolley next year.