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Sunday, February 15, 2026
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Players: 13600 10608 24208
Tournaments: 2230 1799 4029
 
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Dieter Holzapfel 62
Kwok Wai Chow 61
Albetiza Olinda Rodrigues 59
Craig Cromwell 57
Ryan Turner 54
Ayako Inoue 50
Sarah Depallens 49
Adam Hutsler 47
Bryan Dirks 45
Michael Waelchli 44
Kemoroy Percival 44
Sandra Carter 43
Matthias Pompe 42
Dag Stromsuag 42
Dane Jensen 42
Iuliia Karimova 41
Gregory Hunter 40
John Albertson 40
Olga Bukreeva 39
Abduljalil Alblooshi 35
Gianluca Pederzoli 34
Helar Jalg 32
Joseph Yigit 31
Veronica Chau 31
Lara Schreiber 31
Tigrito Gomez 30
Nguyen Vu 30
Vasileios Mandilaris 30
Ioan Rosu 30
Tony Celso 29
Cecilia Stecconi 29
Matthias Kostler 29
Georg Kostler 29
Whitney Walker 27
Lancy Aldebol 26
Vitalina Usatiuk 25
Alejandra Dubost 23
Sophia Hladyniuk 23
Maria Clara Costa 21
Kayley Hamilton 21
Megi Bislimi 18
Hubert Ziajka 16
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1998
Ze Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Brazil Open.  It was the 16th win for Ze Marco de Melo, the 1st win for Ricardo Santos, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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2/13/2026
Germany’s Paul Henning: New Season, New Chapter
There are few things that bring Paul Henning joy like donning the red, black and white colours of Germany in international tournaments. The 28-year-old Henning has been lucky to live his ‘childhood dream’ with Germany in four major competitions—three European Championships and one World Championship. “Representing Germany was always a childhood dream.

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2/12/2026
New Partnerships for 2026
The 2026 AVP season begins with real disruption at the top of both the men’s and women’s fields. The breakup of the 2024 U.S. Olympic pairing of Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, Taylor Crabb aligning with Benesh, and Kelly Cheng partnering with Megan Kraft represent some of the most consequential partnership changes going into the 2026 AVP League season.

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De Groot teams up with Van de Velde after Boermans decides to take a break
Yorick de Groot & Steven van de Velde will be a new team on the international men’s beach volleyball stage and are expected to make their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut together at the very first Elite event of the year, in Joao Pessoa from March 11 to 15. De Groot’s previous partner Stefan Boermans decided to take a break from the Dutch national team and from the Beach Pro Tour...

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2/8/2026
Duos from Australia and Romania snatch first Beach Pro Tour golds
Australia’s Solomon Bushby & Justin Schumann and Romania’s Beata Vaida & Francesca Alupei marched through the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year undefeated to snatch the Mount Maunganui Futures gold medals, the first ones ever on the tour for each of these two pairs. Two United States teams completed the men’s podium in New Zealand. Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst earned silver...

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2/7/2026
Duos from USA, Japan, Romania, Australia and New Zealand to battle for year’s first Beach Pro Tour medals
The first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event of the year is approaching its climax. Three teams from the United States, two from Japan and one each from Australia, Romania and host nation New Zealand reached the semifinals of the Mount Maunganui Futures. The semis and the medal matches will be played on Sunday, February 8, and will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel.

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2/5/2026
A Breakdown of the 2026 AVP Season
The 2026 season introduces League stops in Belmar, New Jersey; Aspen, Colorado; and Las Vegas, Nevada, while continuing to showcase the sport in established markets like Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, and Chicago. For fans, that means more variety, more unique venues, and a League schedule that continues to adapt while delivering compelling competition at the highest level of the sport.

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Ahmed Tijan: How fatherhood changed me
Ahmed Tijan needs little or no introduction in the world of volleyball. Since 2018, the beach volleyball star has alongside his long-term partner Cherif Younousse, put Qatar on the global map with their terrific performances notably the bronze medal feat in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Their impressive resumé also features a fourth-place finish in the Olympic Games Paris 2024...

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Melissa Humana-Paredes and Esteban Grimalt feature at Milano Cortina 2026 fashion show
Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada and three-time Olympian Esteban Grimalt of Chile were among the athletes featured at a fashion show in Milan during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The fashion show was held at Clubhouse 26, the official hospitality venue in Milan, and was hosted by the International Olympic Committee.

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