ADELAIDE, Australia — Day one of the Beach Volleyball World Championships has officially arrived — here in Australia, anyway. On the East Coast, as I’m writing this, it is barely afternoon, and it is only mid-morning on the West. Time travel is a wild thing.
A viewer or listener of one of our podcasts mentioned it would be nice, amid the dozens and dozens of matches — 216 total over the next 10 days — to have a list of the best or most important ones to watch, and maybe a time zone guide of when that’s happening.
Mission accepted, dear listener.
Below are the key matchups from day one in Adelaide.
Marco Krattiger, Leo Dillier vs. Adrian Heidrich, Jonathan Jordan
- 9 am local
- 5:30 pm EST
- 2:30 PM Pacific
Hendrik Mol, Mathias Berntsen vs. Adrian Mol, Markus Mol
- 10 am local
- 6:30 pm EST
- 3:30 pm Pacific
Joao Pedrosa, Hugo Campos vs. Brad Fuller, Ben O’Dea
- 11 am local
- 7:30 pm EST
- 4:30 pm Pacific
Paul Henning, Lui Wust vs. Bautista Amieva, Maciel Bueno
- 2 pm local
- 10:30 pm EST
- 7:30 pm Pacific
Arnaud Gauthier-Rat, Teo Rotar vs. Joaquin Bello, Javier Bello
- 2 pm local
- 10:30 pm EST
- 7:30 pm Pacific
Lukas Pfretzschner, Sven Winter vs. Chris Dressler, Philipp Waller
- 3 pm local
- 11:30 pm EST
- 8:30 pm Pacific
Daniela Alvarez, Tania Moreno vs. Aine Raupelyte, Monika Paulikiene
- 4 pm local
- 12:30 am EST (Friday)
- 9:30 pm Pacific
Valentyna Davidova, Anhelina Khmil vs. Mila Konink, Desy Poiesz
- 5pm local
- 1:30 am EST (Friday)
- 10:30 pm Pacific
Chase Budinger, Miles Evans vs. Ruben Penninga, Matthew Immers
- 6 pm local
- 2:30 am EST (Friday)
- 11:30 pm Pacific
Emi van Driel, Wies Bekhuis vs. Vitoria de Souza, Hegeile Almeida dos Santos
- 7:30 pm local
- 3:30 am EST (Friday)
- 12:30 am Pacific (Friday)
Annique Niederhauser, Leona Kernen vs. Melanie Paul, Lea Kunst
- 7:30 pm local
- 3:30 am EST (Friday)
- 12:30 am Pacific (Friday)
Taliqua Clancy, Jana Milutinovic vs. Xinyi Xia, Xu Yan
- 8 pm local
- 4 am EST
- 1 am Pacific
George, Saymon vs. Andre, Renato
- 9:30 pm local
- 5:30 am EST
- 2:30 am Pacific