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Monday, March 30, 2026
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Players: 13640 10622 24262
Tournaments: 2239 1806 4045
 
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Vicki Shea 63
Ulrike Schmidt 57
Paul Schroffenegger 53
Shannon Sauer 53
Patrick Cook 51
Ratko Peris 50
Jon Mesko 49
CJ Emanuelson 49
Mike Buob 49
Prisca Seerungen 48
Thakshila Gunasinghe 48
Summer Lochowicz 48
Briana Como 46
Joana Figueiras 44
Mustafa Kavaz 43
Dana DeMayo 43
Derek Olson 42
Gregoire Capitaine 42
Nemanja Vucic 42
Marne Mateya 39
Morgan Miller 39
Alexis Crusey 38
Benjamin Gillie 38
Alexandru Mitransescu 38
Libor Leikep 38
Lucas Ormos 37
Flavia Moura 37
Breann Crowell 36
Robert Reiske 36
Steven VanderWerp 36
Kristopher Johnson 36
Mojca Bozic 34
Patrick Kavalo 34
Uros Pavlovic 34
Luis Del Valle 33
Kara Eugenio 32
Lisa Glor 32
Edoardo Serafino 32
Maria Eckelmann 31
Oliver Martin 31
Benedikt Jankowski 28
Tanner Woods 28
Kylie Deberg 27
Leonel Garza 25
Raitiavatea Herman 24
Isatu Bah 24
Isabella Simurina 20
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1997
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Phoenix Open.  It was the 14th win for Jose Loiola, the 88th win for Kent Steffes, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2008
Harley Marques and Pedro Solberg won the FIVB Adelaide Australia Open.  It was the 7th win for Harley Marques, the 7th win for Pedro Solberg, and the 4th win for the team.
In 2008
Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Maestrini won the FIVB Adelaide Australia Open.  It was the 22nd win for Juliana Felisberta, the 21st win for Larissa Maestrini, and the 21st win for the team.
In 2009
Mike Bruning and Jason Wight won the NORCECA Cayman Island.  It was the 1st win for Mike Bruning, the 1st win for Jason Wight, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2009
Kirenia Ballar and Nirian Sinal won the NORCECA Cayman Island.  It was the 1st win for Kirenia Ballar, the 3rd win for Nirian Sinal, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2020
New dates are set for the beach volleyball competition at the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games, starting 52 weeks later from their original scheduled date, they will now be held from July 24-August 7, 2021
In 2025
John McManaway and Ben O'Dea won the FIVB BPT Futures Coolangatta.  It was the 2nd win for John McManaway, the 2nd win for Ben O'Dea, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2025
Alaina Chacon and Morgan Chacon won the FIVB BPT Futures Coolangatta.  It was the 2nd win for Alaina Chacon, the 1st win for Morgan Chacon, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2025
Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz won the FIVB BPT Elite Quintana Roo.  It was the 5th win for Jorge Alayo, the 5th win for Noslen Diaz, and the 5th win for the team.
In 2025
Rebecca Cavalcanti and Carol Salgado won the FIVB BPT Elite Quintana Roo.  It was the 5th win for Rebecca Cavalcanti, the 13th win for Carol Salgado, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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3/29/2026
Cottafava & Dal Corso celebrate duo’s first Challenge gold
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
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
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
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
Hungary’s Doczi & Veress crown duo’s debut with Rarotonga Futures gold
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
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
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
USA v Canada and Australia v Hungary in Rarotonga Futures semis
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
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
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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3/26/2026
Women’s turn to hit the sand in Nayarit on Thursday
After the successful Tlaxcala Challenge in Mexico last week, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour stayed in the North American country, but moved over to its western coast, where the Nayarit Challenge, the season’s third event of that category, served off on Wednesday, March 25, with the men’s qualifiers. It is the women’s turn to hit the sand on Varadero Beach in the Nuevo Vallarta resort...

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3/25/2026
D’Artagnan Potts: Winning My First Gold Medal
Australia’s D’Artagnan Potts and Jack Pearse arrived in Tlaxcala targeting a round of 16 finish but left with their first Beach Pro Tour gold at the second Challenge event of 2026. For Potts, the moment felt almost like the old myth – finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The breakthrough came in what was also the their first Beach Pro Tour final appearance...

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Dates Tour Tournament Gender Purse
Mar 30-Apr 2, 2026 FIVB BPT Futures Tahiti, Pirae Tahiti, French Polynesia M US$5,000
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&W TBD
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



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