text: Québec Open Jeep 2011 | Women 19/07/2011 - 24/07/2011
  Four Canadian teams, one from USA win women's country quota in Quebec
  Quebec City, Canada, July 19, 2011—As a prelude to the start of this week's event, four teams from Canada and one from the United States emerged from women's country quota playoff matches Tuesday to advance to Wednesday's qualification tournament at the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron. Back in North America for the first time since 2007, the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour is in Canada this week featuring beach volleyball tandems from around the world as the double-gender event marks the eighth time the world tour is visiting Canada and the first time competing in Quebec City.
  The ninth of 14 men's and 10th of 15 women's internationally-televised tournaments on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour schedule, the FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011 will run parallel schedules for both genders. Action begins with country quota playoff matches on Tuesday, single elimination qualification tournaments on Wednesday to determine the final eight spots in the 32-team double elimination main draws which will be held on Thursday through Sunday. The semifinals will conclude play for each gender on Saturday and medal matches for each gender will be played Sunday afternoon as the winning pairs in each gender share the $30,000 first-place prizes. The venue for the open tournament in Quebec is I'Externat St-Jean Berchmans and Seminaire des Peres Maristes in the Quebec borough of Sillery. Admission is free to Tuesday's country quota playoff matches as well as Wednesday's qualification tournaments and ticket information for Thursday through Sunday is available at the event website, www.quebecopenjeep.com or by calling 418.656.3668.
  The four Canadian women's teams that have advanced to Wednesday's single-elimination qualifier are: Jamie Lynn Broder/Ashley Voth, Victoria Altomare/Melissa Humana-Paredes, Rebecca Billings/Kristina Vlcek and Victoria Cowley/Alexandra Mingay. Advancing for the United States is Brittany Hochevar/Lisa Rutledge.
  As the FIVB Swatch World Tour returns to Canada, Canadians will have a very strong presence in the event with three teams in each gender already pre-seeded into the main draw. Canada's women's main draw teams are Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney, and Kacie MacTavish/Julie Rodrigue.
  In Tuesday's women's country quota playoff matches at the picturesque venue, Broder/Voth advanced with a bye to the qualifier. Altomare/Humana-Paredes defeated Melanie Savoie/Helene Rancourt, 21-18, 21-16 in 36 minutes to move forward while Cowley/Mingay beat Catherine Martin/Sarah Schaerli, 22-24, 21-10 and 15-12 in 60 minutes and Billings/Vlcek overcame Jennifer Cross/Caleigh Whitaker, 21-17, 21-16 in 42 minutes to earn their qualifier spot.
  A total of 97 teams from 29 countries have entered the FIVB Swatch Québec Open Jeep 2011.
  As expected as the host nation, Canada had seven women's teams in the country quota playoffs while USA had three teams. With a bye in the first round, Hochevar/Rutledge, who are regulars on this year's FIVB Swatch World Tour, advanced with their second round win over Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, 21-17, 21-11 in 25 minutes. Roenicke/Ross, who were the 2010 FIVB Swatch Junior World Champions for players under 21 years old, won their first round match over Emily Day, Heather Hughes, 10-21, 21-17 and 18-16 in 47 minutes.
  For more information on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org or visit the event website at www.quebecopenjeep.com. More press releases