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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Database Statistics
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Players: 13615 10614 24229
Tournaments: 2232 1801 4033
 
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Bea Graves 70
Peko Nakano 61
Tyce Mister 59
Magnus Emmens 55
Hanikoglu Hakan 53
Monica Valencia 51
David Posta 50
Tyson Baker 49
Dinah Kilchenmann 48
Matt Osburn 48
Tamsin Hinchley 46
Jeff Minc 45
Danica Barty 45
Yupa Phokongploy 44
Fangtian Gao 44
Katerina Tychnova 43
Sofia Ogren 42
Mark Bohls 41
Jens Moller 41
Hana Jech 40
Bernard Heijting 39
Hadar Romaskano 36
Max Martin 36
Martins Jansons 35
Vitor Felipe 35
Tkakumi Takahashi 35
Jakob Wijk Tegenrot 34
Stanislav Kovalkov 33
Nguyen Van Nha 32
Yendris Castillo 32
Hendrik Mol 32
Jakub Jarosik 30
Cain van Hal 30
Jingzhe Wang 29
Ellyson Lundberg 28
Miguel Verduzco 28
Martha Guillermo 27
Lucie Seredova 27
Lisanne Roofe 27
Kelvin Carboo 26
Josefin Bluhm 26
Kuluthumu Jumanne 25
Matteo Schalk 24
Valerie Dvornikova 23
Eduards Stiegelis 23
Valentina Devcic 21
Adam Brogan 20
Ethan Moloney-Illien 19
Meriem Mouhoub 16
Faber Hendrik 16
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1996
Karch Kiraly won the AVP Swatch King of the Beach Invitational.  It was the 114th win for Karch Kiraly.
In 2018
Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen won the FIVB KATARA Beach Volleyball Cup 2018.  It was the 7th win for Alexander Brouwer, the 7th win for Robert Meeuwsen, and the 7th win for the team.
In 2019
Maxim Sivolap and Artem Yarzutkin won the FIVB Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival.  It was the 3rd win for Maxim Sivolap, the 4th win for Artem Yarzutkin, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2019
Esteban Grimalt and Marco Grimalt won the FIVB Volleyfest Three Star.  It was the 2nd win for Esteban Grimalt, the 2nd win for Marco Grimalt, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2019
Nicole Laird and Becchara Palmer won the FIVB Volleyfest Three Star.  It was the 2nd win for Nicole Laird, the 2nd win for Becchara Palmer, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2024
Jordan Hoppe and James Shaw won the FIVB BPT Futures Mount Maunganui.  It was the 1st win for Jordan Hoppe, the 1st win for James Shaw, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2024
Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann won the FIVB BPT Futures Mount Maunganui.  It was the 3rd win for Shaunna Polley, the 3rd win for Alice Zeimann, and the 3rd win for the team.
 
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3/10/2026
Bhubaneswar Challenge medalists shoot up the World Rankings
After the first high-level beach volleyball tournament of 2026 – the Bhubaneswar Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour – is over, it is time to resume our regular FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking reports. As the charts received their weekly update on Monday, all medalists of the event in India showed remarkable gains in their positions.

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3/9/2026
Olympic and world champions back on the Beach Pro Tour this week in João Pessoa
The 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season is set to ramp up this week, when the first Elite event of the year will be held in João Pessoa, Brazil. Scheduled to go from Wednesday to Sunday, the first of four events of this caliber scheduled to take place in the South American country in 2026 will feature the elite of the sport, with the reigning Olympic and world champions...

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Izmir, Battipaglia, and Madrid to host age-group Beach Volleyball European Championships
Izmir, Battipaglia, and Madrid will welcome the rising stars of European Beach Volleyball later this year for the 2026 edition of the U18, U20, and U22 Beach Volleyball European Championships. These cities and the local organisers have all a wealth of experience in the delivery of international Beach Volleyball events – so the three events are in very good hands and the most promising players...

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3/8/2026
Japanese Olympian and German qualifiers earn gold at Sanya Futures
Japan’s two-time Olympian Miki Ishii and her current partner Mayu Kikuchi topped the women’s podium at the second Futures event of the year on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, held this week in Sanya. Two Chinese teams pleased the home crowd with the other women’s medals - Yu Tong & Qi Siyu claimed silver, while Cao Shuting & Mushajiang Aheidan earned bronze.

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Belgium’s Van Langendonck & Vercauteren snatch first Challenge gold
2023 U21 world champions Joppe Van Langendonck & Kyan Vercauteren of Belgium earned their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold in the Challenge category by winning the Bhubaneswar men’s tournament in India. Previously, they had two golds and a silver from Futures events. Top-seeded Jakub Sepka & Matyas Dzavoronok of Czechia claimed silver, crowning their Beach Pro Tour debut as a team...

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Durish & Koenig go all the way - top Bhubaneswar Challenge podium!
Alexis Durish & Audrey Koenig of the United States of America went all the way to the top of the women’s podium at the Bhubaneswar Challenge in India, bagging their third Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour medal in three appearances, but their first one in the Challenge category. Last year, the American pair picked up gold at the Geneva Futures and bronze at the Montpellier Futures.

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Volleyball World proudly celebrates International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, Volleyball World highlights the women who continue to raise the level of the sport every time they compete. From packed arenas to iconic beach venues and global broadcasts, women’s volleyball and beach volleyball stand among the world’s most balanced and competitive team sports, where women and men compete for the same prize money and command the same global stage.

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3/7/2026
Durish & Koenig against Shiba & Reika in Sunday’s Bhubaneswar Challenge final
In an all-American semifinal, ninth-seeded Alexis Durish & Audrey Koenig denied top-seeded Sara Hughes & Allysa Batenhorst a quintuple match point in the tie-breaker to sprint to the finish line with an impressive run of seven points in a row and advance to the women’s final of the Bhubaneswar Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour at their first ever appearance...

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Former U21 world champs push through to first Challenge-level semifinal
2023 U21 world champions Joppe Van Langendonck & Kyan Vercauteren of Belgium achieved a hard-earned place in Challenge-level semifinals for the first time on their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour journey. They joined Jacob Brinck & Nicolai Hovmann of Denmark, Jakub Sepka & Matyas Dzavoronok of Czechia and Eylon Elazar & Kevin Cuzmiciov of Israel into the men’s last four lineup...

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