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| 4/17/2026 |
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2026 Australian Beach Volleyball Tour comes to an end with event in Cobram
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Thompsons Beach in Cobram on the banks of the Murray River hosted the third and last stop on the 2026 Australian Beach Volleyball Tour last week. Top-seeded Jana Milutinovic & Kyla Sanchez lived up to their status and won the women’s competition. In the gold medal showdown, the bracket leaders put together a tight 2-0 (21-18, 22-20) victory over the mixed Australian-Czech pairing... |
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| 4/16/2026 |
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Beach volleyball star Doaa Elghobashy to inspire youth Olympians as Athlete Role Model for Dakar 2026
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Egypt’s beach volleyball star and FIVB Athletes’ Commission member Doaa Elghobashy has taken on another important role in her incredible sporting career after being announced as an Athlete Role Model for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026. Elghobashy is one of 31 athletes and Olympians selected as an Athlete Role Model for the upcoming YOG Dakar 2026... |
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32 Teams in Costa Rica for the First Stop of the NORCECA Tour
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SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 16, 2026.- A total of 16 women’s and 16 men’s teams from 12 countries are confirmed for the opening of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour season, set to take place from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19 on the sand courts of La Sabana in San José, Costa Rica. In the women’s field, attention is focused on Canadians Darby Dunn and Alison McKay... |
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| 4/15/2026 |
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AVP League Qualifier #3 Recap
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The qualification series is complete. On Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Troy Field and Ryan Wilcox swept Chaim Schalk and James Shaw in the men’s final, and Maddie Anderson and Alaina Chacon swept Chloe Loreen and Corinne Quiggle in the women’s final — each earning the last automatic berths into the 2026 AVP League. Across three Saturdays, six teams have qualified through the bracket. |
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| 4/14/2026 |
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NORCECA Beach Volleyball Kicks Off 2026 Season in Costa Rica
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SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 14, 2026.- The 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Season is set to officially get underway in Costa Rica, with the first stage of the NORCECA Beach Tour scheduled for April 16–20 at La Sabana in San José. The opening event marks the beginning of an exciting and extensive season organized by the NORCECA Confederation, featuring a total of 11 stages... |
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AVCA Small College Beach Championships Return to Gulf Shores This Week
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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY (April 14, 2026) —The AVCA is looking forward to a big week in Gulf Shores, AL, at its 2026 AVCA Small College Beach Championships. The eighth edition of the Championships, which takes place Friday to Sunday, April 17–19, brings together top beach teams from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and the NAIA. Follow live at VolleyballLife |
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| 4/13/2026 |
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Empowerment teams dominate Asian Tour opener in Indonesia
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As many as five of the six podium spots (pictured in the main photo; source: AVC – Asian Volleyball Confederation) at last week’s opening event on the 2026 AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Tour were claimed by teams benefitting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment. Asami Shiba & Reika Murakami of Japan, Jasmine Rayner & Stefanie Fejes of Australia and Shaunna Polley & Olivia MacDonald of New Zealand... |
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Czechia's Golden Twins Anna and Katerina Pavelkova
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The 20-year-old twin sisters open up about their first Beach Pro Tour Challenge gold and the bond that drives them on and off the court. In the historic city of Tlaxcala, a new chapter in international beach volleyball was written by the Pavelkova twins, Anna and Katerina, who captured their first Challenge-level gold medal at the Beach Pro Tour Tlaxcala Challenge 2026. |
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| 4/12/2026 |
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Mol and Sørum repeat as Saquarema Elite champions
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Saquarema continues to be a happy place for Norwegian superstars Anders Mol and Christian Sørum, who are set to return home from the Brazilian coastal city with gold medals won in a Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event for a second-straight season. The Tokyo Olympic champions won the second Elite event of the 2026 season, which came to an end on Sunday... |
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| 4/8/2026 |
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Ricardo and Emanuel inducted into Brazilian Olympic Committee Hall of Fame
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Olympic beach volleyball champions Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego have been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Brazilian Olympic Committee during a ceremony held at the Copacabana Palace. The Brazilian pair are among the most successful teams in the history of the sport. They won gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and claimed bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games... |
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The Final Chance To Qualify
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All four courts stream live on the AVP YouTube Channel. Men begin at 8:00 AM. Women follow at 10:00 AM. This is the last opportunity to earn an automatic League berth through qualification. This past Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb won the men’s bracket in three sets over Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, and Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft swept... |
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Téo Rotar: Trailblazing French prodigy aims for the stars
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Téo Rotar has lived all his life around volleyball and it’s no surprise that he is emerging as the biggest French prospect in beach volleyball. Both his parents were professional volleyball players; his father Teodor-Dumitru Rotar featured for French A league club Martigues and the Romanian national team while his mother played in the French second division in Nancy. |
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New mom Brunner returns to the Beach Pro Tour this week in Saquarema
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This week's Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Saquarema Elite will be the 85th international tournament in Nina Brunner's 14-year professional beach volleyball career, but it will certainly hit different. Set to return to the sand for the first time since August 2024, the 30-year-old Swiss Olympic medalist will enter the court in Brazil not only as one of the most accomplished players... |
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| 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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