Both USA Duos and Canada confirm their place in the Girls’ Elimination Round in Doha

DOHA, Qatar, October 8, 2025.- The two USA girls’ duos of Avery Junk & Addison Junk and Jordyn Scribner & Ella Grimes, and Canadians Ruby Cochrane & Sophie Hancock booked an early ticket to the elimination round after winning their first two matches of the pool phase at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U18 World Championship in Doha.

The Junk sisters beat Brazil’s Kiara Vitoria Ernesto Jeronimo & Leticia Schwalb Machado by 2-0 (21-15, 21-09) in the first match of the day before easing past Paraguay’s Sofia Martinez & Agustina Velazquez in straight sets (21-12, 21-13) to reach the knockout phase with a match to spare. They will complete their Pool B action against the winless Moroccan pair of Marwa Chalhaoui & Hafsa Bouysfi on Thursday.

On the other hand, Scribner & Grimes begun their Pool A campaign with a 2-0 (21-07, 21-02) sweep of Qatar’s Penda Fatima Gadiaga & Meriem Mouhoub and followed it up with a 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) rout of Mexico’s Angela Perez Araujo & Melina Román Hernández. Victory over Malaysia’s Mohammad Noor Aizuddin Nur Azwa Qariesya & Goh Yu Heng on Thursday will earn them top spot in the group and a Round 16 slot.

Canadians Ruby Cochrane & Sophie Hancock won two matches in Pool H, confirming their place in the elimination round. Cochrane/Hancock took a solid 2-0 (21-11, 21-6) victory over Hoja Njie & Mariama Sambou of Gambia, followed by another dominant performance against Ekete Moseka & Matatanu Mayala of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

FIVB Beach Volleyball U18 World Championship: Match Schedule and Results

The Gambia’s Bakari Ensa Kanyi & Abdallah Bah produced the biggest upset yet of the, after defeating USA’s 2-1 Spencer Smith & Cash Essert by 2-1 (22-20, 14-21, 15-12) in their opening Pool F match on Wednesday in the boys’ field.

The Main Draw will conclude on Thursday with the 32 teams in each gender all in action. The top three teams in each of the eight pools advance to the elimination rounds – the eight pool winners go directly to the Round of 16, while the teams that finished second and third play in the Round of 24. Both rounds will be held on Thursday, with the quarterfinals and semifinals following on Friday and the medal matches concluding the event on Saturday.