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Austria, Russia and the Netherlands all qualified in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday to compete in the beach volleyball tournament at the London Olympics.

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Russia, Austria and the Netherlands all celebrated qualifying for the Olympic Games on Sunday.

The Netherlands women were the first to cheer with Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Geste beating Italy's Daniela Gioria and Giulia Momoli.

The Netherlands Rimke Braakman and Michelle Stiekema beat Italy's pair of Laura Giombini and Viktoria Orsi Toth to secure a place at the Olympics for the Dutch team.

On home sands the Russians were the second women's team to qualify after a win over China. 

Meanwhile Russia's Anastasia Vasina and Anna Vozakova overcame China's Yuanyuan Ma and Changning Zhang in the first match.

Then Maria Bratkova and Svetlana Popova sealed a second spot in the Olympic Games for Russia with a hard-fought three-set win over China's Fan Wang and Yuan Yue.

In the men's section, Austria earned a place at the Olympics after both their pairs won against Mexico.

Russia's men didn't disappoint the home crowd and successfully negotiated their passage to the Olympics.

Their two pairs of Dmitri Barsouk and Yury Bogatov, plus Serguei Prokopiev and Konstantin Semenov, beat their Polish opposition to qualify.

All the winning teams can look forward to playing at Horse Guards Parade in London which will be specially modified to host the beach volleyball event.