Last weekend, the final matches for the Nysa Beach Volleyball Championship took place. The event attracted over 140 players from all over the country. In the men’s category, the title was won by the pair of Michał Nalborski from Nysa and Jakub Korczyk from Andrychów.

– For the first time in the new history of the Nysa Beach Volleyball Championships, the title was won by a resident of Nysa – says Wojtek Kondracki, president of the Volley Beach Nysa Volleyball Club. – The final tournament, in which the best pairs from the entire championship cycle played, was extremely even. This is evidenced by the huge, record number of tie-breaks necessary to decide the match.

For the second time in the history of the reactivated competition, both women’s and men’s categories were competed in. The tournament was attended by competitors from various indoor leagues, but also by amateurs.

As the competition organizers emphasize, in this discipline all participants have a chance to win, regardless of their league reputation. Technical skills and experience are the basis for success, but beach conditions equalize or reverse the chances.

Playing on the sand requires much more energy than on the court. Despite this, the women’s final tournament saw a record-breakingly long and very close match on the Nysa beach, that lasted 70 minutes.

The organizers point out that the competition maintained a high turnout during all the tournament eliminations. In total, over 80 men and 60 women participated and a total of several hundred matches were played. In the finals of the Nysa 2024 Championships, the eight best women’s pairs and sixteen men’s pairs competed.

Best women’s pairs:

In the women’s category, the winner was a pair from Wrocław, Karolina Olszewska and Justyna Brożek, who – despite losing in the first match, which is allowed by the Brazilian tournament system – won the entire tournament. In the final, also after a tie-break, they defeated Karolina Nowak from Ruda Kozielska and Paulina Szymańska from Kraków (2:1). Third place went to the favourites from Poznań, Klaudia Parzyńska and Jagoda Radzewicz, who defeated players from Milicz and Kalisz, Małgorzata Vlk and Magda Lachman.

Best Men’s Pairs:

The 2024 Nysa Champions were Michał Nalborski and Jakub Korczyk, who turned the tables and defeated the favored team with the current Polish vice-champion title, Mateusz Podborączyński and Paweł Malicki (2:1). Third place went to last year’s Nysa Champions, Szymon Bak and Mikołaj Sarnecki from Kędzierzyn-Koźle, who defeated the pair from Sieradz and Kalisz, Paweł Kozielski and Olek Walaszyk (2:1 after a tie-break).