Sunday 01.09.2019. starting at 2.30 pm, the ninth edition of the kings and queens of Stella Maris was held, the Umag beach volleyball championships for teams, in the men’s and women’s competition on the Vila Rita-Stella Maris playing fields.
This year we have a record number of teams registered in both competitions, 10 in the men’s competition and 7 in women’s competitions.
The tournament is like every year open, so this year we also had a team from Italy.
After exhausting struggles (due to extreme heat) in the group stages, were played the semi-finals and finals.
Until the finals it was played on a single set and the finals were played at the best of the 2 sets.
In the men’s competition the title was won by Luka Celebic and Mirren Kopani Mulvaj, otherwise the members of MOK Umag-CPM Umago, who in the final in an exciting game, were better than David Petretic and Maroje Ravnić by 2-0 (32: 30, 21:19).
In the women’s competition, the title was won this year by the sisters Celić, Eni and Malu ‘, who in the final defeated the pair composed by Rudy Renko Ilic and Monica Marusic with a score of 2: 0 (21: 9, 21: 12).
This year two of our cadet pairs, the Croatian national champions for 2019, also participated in the tournament, composed by Alex Ćetojević and Lars Turk, who finished in 4th place, and Nicolas Sodomaco and Gabriel Nadal, who have placed in 6th place.
Congratulations to all participants in the ninth edition of Kings and Queen’s by Stella Maris, and great congratulations to the winners of this year’s edition.
See you next year for the tenth edition.
Edi Forza
President of club
MOK UAMG-CPM UMAGO
Good job, everyone!