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Players: 13688 10656 24344
Tournaments: 2242 1809 4051
 
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Christian Wandeler 63
Terry Stevens 60
Rogerio De Paula 58
Wolfgang Knapp 53
Mike Kuk 51
John Moran 50
Jason Kolczak 49
Beat Wachter 49
Andy Shean 49
Na Zhang 46
Bors Vodenicharov 45
Paola Rodriguez 44
Boris Yankov 44
Jason Medero 44
German Varela 43
Tommi Koponen 43
Zsuzsanna Jozsa 43
Kevin McColloch 42
Evangelina Gallay 42
Jure Zerdoner 42
Khallouf Abdelaziz 41
Xi Zhang 41
Chrisanthi Ifady 41
Jacob Layden 40
Alexey Yutvalin 39
Diana Tataru 38
Diana Balintoni 38
Hannah Keddell 36
Sandrina Hunsel 35
Mary Boles 34
Austin Rysyk 33
Tambre Nobles 33
Michael Saeta 32
Alessandro Carucci 32
Jiajun Wang 31
Devon Dunn 31
Esra Cetin 30
Milana Stojanoski 30
Karlis Kaulins 30
Aiden Hazzard 28
Katerine Montealto 27
Julija Peric 27
Kaleb Jenness 26
Rianne Stok 26
Katelyn Hess 26
Silvia-Ioana Coman 26
Joao Elbert 25
Kate Reilly 24
Romina Ediger 24
Antoniya Nikolova 23
Ana Monteiro 21
Ivan Brletic 21
Vernecia Caines 19
Anninos-Alexios Chrysosto 19
Alexey Durunda 18
Ahmed Zyad 16
 
Today In
Beach Volleyball History
In 1987
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Panama City Open.  It was the 72nd win for Sinjin Smith, the 48th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 47th win for the team.
In 1992
Karolyn Kirby and Angela Rock won the WPVA Coors Light Fort Myers Open.  It was the 21st win for Karolyn Kirby, the 13th win for Angela Rock, and the 13th win for the team.
In 1998
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the Miller Lite/AVP Player's Championships.  It was the 26th win for Jose Loiola, the 100th win for Kent Steffes, and the 13th win for the team.
In 2009
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open presented by Riverside Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  It was the 38th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 50th win for Todd Rogers, and the 37th win for the team.
In 2009
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open presented by Riverside Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  It was the 9th win for Nicole Branagh, the 44th win for Elaine Youngs, and the 8th win for the team.
 
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4/17/2026
Five Duos Remain Undefeated After Balanced Women’s Opening Day in Costa Rica
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 17, 2026.- Five duos finished undefeated after the opening day of the women’s main draw at the first stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, in a competitive start held at La Sabana that featured both dominant wins and tightly contested matches. The pairs of Darby Dunn/Alison McKay (Canada), Crismil Paniagua/Bethania Almanzar (Dominican Republic)...

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Seven Duos Dominate Men’s Opening Day at NORCECA Tour First Stop
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 17, 2026.- The opening day of the men’s main draw at the first stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held at La Sabana, saw seven duos take control after recording two victories each, establishing themselves as the most solid teams of the day. In Pool A, the Mexican pair Carlos Andrés/Lares displayed complete dominance with a 2-0 (21-7, 21-10)...

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Holting Nilsson & Andersson up to world’s number one for the first time!
Swedish youngsters Jacob Holting Nilsson & Elmer Andersson came out on top of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking for the first time in their careers with the most recent update of the chart after the end of last week’s Saquarema Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. This week’s changes to the World Ranking were affected not only by this year’s Saquarema Elite results...

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2026 Australian Beach Volleyball Tour comes to an end with event in Cobram
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
Beach volleyball star Doaa Elghobashy to inspire youth Olympians as Athlete Role Model for Dakar 2026
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
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
AVP League Qualifier #3 Recap
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
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Kicks Off 2026 Season in Costa Rica
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
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
Empowerment teams dominate Asian Tour opener in Indonesia
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
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
Mol and Sørum repeat as Saquarema Elite champions
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
Ricardo and Emanuel inducted into Brazilian Olympic Committee Hall of Fame
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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May 13-17, 2026 FIVB BPT Challenge Xiamen, China M US$125,000
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