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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1990
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Miller Lite Arizona Open.
It was the 110th win for Sinjin Smith, the 86th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 85th win for the team.
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In 2001
Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst won the FIVB Macau Open.
It was the 3rd win for Natalie Cook, the 3rd win for Kerri Pottharst, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2007
Hans Stolfus and Scott Wong won the NORCECA Boca Chica.
It was the 1st win for Hans Stolfus, the 1st win for Scott Wong, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Alicia Polzin and Paula Roca won the NORCECA Boca Chica.
It was the 1st win for Alicia Polzin, the 1st win for Paula Roca, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2012
Orlando Irizarry and Roberto Rodriguez won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic.
It was the 1st win for Orlando Irizarry, the 5th win for Roberto Rodriguez, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2012
Yarleen Santiago and Yamileska Yantin won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic.
It was the 8th win for Yarleen Santiago, the 3rd win for Yamileska Yantin, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2016
Adrian Carambula and Alex Ranghieri won the FIVB Qatar Open.
It was the 7th win for Adrian Carambula, the 4th win for Alex Ranghieri, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2023
Andrea Abbiati and Tiziano Andreatta won the FIVB BPT Futures Tahiti.
It was the 2nd win for Andrea Abbiati, the 2nd win for Tiziano Andreatta, and the 2nd win for the team.
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| Latest News and Feature Articles |
| 4/3/2026 |
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Two Hungarian duos join American winners Basey & Hurst on Tahiti Futures podium
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Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst of the United States earned their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold at the Tahiti Futures in French Polynesia. Two Hungarian teams – Bence Tari & Lukas Niemeier and Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress – completed the podium at the single-gender stop with silver and bronze, respectively. |
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| 4/1/2026 |
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First Two League Spots Claimed in Manhattan Beach
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On Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Paul Lotman and Miles Partain swept Derek Bradford and Evan Cory in the men’s final, and Kylie DeBerg and Betsi Flint edged Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft 16-14 in a third set to win the women’s bracket — each earning automatic berths into the 2026 AVP League. They join theteams already qualified through 2025 results... |
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| 3/31/2026 |
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World Ranking update: Cottafava & Dal Corso reach top 25 for the first time
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Italy’s leading men’s beach volleyball duo – Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso – who won last week’s Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, reached the top 25 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking for the first time. Cottafava & Dal Corso earned 800 ranking points with their Challenge gold in Mexico last week. |
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| 3/29/2026 |
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Cottafava & Dal Corso celebrate duo’s first Challenge gold
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Top-seeded Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso lived up to their status and triumphed as Nayarit Challenge winners at the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event in Mexico. The Nayarit gold was the team’s first at the Challenge level. Previously, they had one silver at the Futures level. Netherlands’ Leon Luini & Matthew Immers settled for silver. |
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Yan & Xia win Nayarit to bring home first Beach Pro Tour gold together
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The Chinese pairing of two-time Olympian Xia Xinyi with Yan Xu brought home its first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour medal since they teamed up for their international debut at the Adelaide 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Seeded fourth in the Nayarit Challenge women’s main draw, Yan & Xia made a solid run of six consecutive wins in Mexico and grabbed gold. |
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Verena & Thainara and Yan & Xia in Nayarit Challenge gold medal showdown
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Three-set semifinal battles on Saturday propelled Brazil’s Verena Figueira & Thainara Feitosa and China’s Yan Xu & Xia Xinyi to Sunday’s women’s final at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. For each of the two pairs, it will be the first final at their third appearance on the Beach Pro Tour as such. The bronze medal playoff in Mexico will set... |
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Cottafava & Dal Corso v Elazar & Cuzmiciov, Capogrossos v Luini & Immers in Nayarit semis
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Israel’s Eylon Elazar & Kevin Cuzmiciov will take on top-seeded Italians Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso in one of Sunday’s men’s semifinals at the Nayarit Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. In the other, second-seeded Argentinean brothers Tomas Capogrosso & Nicolas Capogrosso will face Netherlands’ Leon Luini & Matthew Immers. |
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| 3/28/2026 |
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Hungary’s Doczi & Veress crown duo’s debut with Rarotonga Futures gold
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Hungary’s Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress crowned their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut as a team with Rarotonga Futures gold. Charles Siragusa & Alex Ukkelberg of the United States and Steven Abrams & Cameron Chadwick of Canada completed the podium at the men’s stop in the Cook Islands with silver and bronze, respectively. |
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Spain’s Vergara & Gonzalez on to Nayarit quarterfinals after fourth tie-breaker in Mexico
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Spain’s Ana Vergara & Sofia Gonzalez have played four matches at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour so far and had to grind through tie-breakers in all four of them. On Friday, they were successful in both the sixteenthfinals and the eighthfinals to push through to the women’s quarterfinals on Saturday. |
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Mexican home favorites to challenge top seeds in Nayarit Challenge eighthfinals
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The men’s main draw action at the Nayarit Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour unfolded in full swing on Friday – the second leg of pool play and the sixteenthfinal elimination round were held – to shape the match-ups for Saturday’s eighthfinals, in which the eight pool winners will be challenged by teams that pushed through the first knockouts. |
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| 3/27/2026 |
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USA v Canada and Australia v Hungary in Rarotonga Futures semis
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Pairs from Australia, Canada, Hungary and the United States progressed to the semifinals of the men’s Rarotonga Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour taking place this week in the Cook Islands. The semis and the medal matches on Friday, March 27 will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel. |
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Germans earn their maximum in Nayarit women’s pool play
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The four German teams competing in the Nayarit Challenge women’s main draw on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico reached their best possible results in Thursday’s pool play, with the only damages they conceded coming from “friendly fire”. Thus, three of them won their pools and joined another five teams with direct tickets to the second elimination round, the eighthfinals... |
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Nemec & Petruf and Bedritis & Rinkevics deliver upsets in Nayarit Challenge main draw openers
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Lubos Nemec & Adrian Petruf of Slovakia and Ardis Bedritis & Arturs Rinkevics of Latvia were the only two teams that managed to break the seeding in their opening men’s main draw matches at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico on Thursday. Slovakia’s Lubos Nemec & Adrian Petruf, who came into pool play as the top-seeded team of the qualification bracket... |
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Apr 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Saquarema, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Saquarema, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open, Texas |
M |
$10,000 |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open, Texas |
W |
$10,000 |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Costa Rica, TBD |
M |
TBD |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Costa Rica, TBD |
W |
TBD |
| Apr 29-May 3, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Brasília, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 29-May 3, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Brasília, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
| May 7-10, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Madrid, Spain |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| May 8-10, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
M |
TBD |
| May 8-10, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
W |
TBD |
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