In 2010 Partnering with Tara Roenicke for a 19-21, 26-24, and 15-13 victory over Marta Menagatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth of Italy in the gold medal match of the Junior World Championship in Alanya, Turkey, Summer Ross of the United States became the first athlete to win both the SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships and the SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships in the same year. Ross won the Youth World Championships with Jane Croson in July in Porto, Portugal.
The 2026 AVP season ends where the sport’s history runs deepest. The Progressive AVP Laguna Open, the world’s longest-running beach volleyball tournament, closes the calendar September 19-20 on the sand at Laguna Beach, free to the public, with 16-team draws in each gender and one last AVP title on the board.
Teams from Latvia and Netherlands crowned #EuroBeachVolleyU22 champions in Madrid
After five intense days of competition, teams from Latvia and the Netherlands were crowned U22 Beach Volleyball European Champions under intense heat in Madrid. In the men’s final, Latvia’s Gustavs Auzins and Kristians Fokerots completed the cycle. In their farewell to the youth categories, they claimed the continental gold to add to the U21 world title they won the previous year.
The 2026 AVP League season ended the way seasons are supposed to end: sold out both days at Oak Street Beach, packed and loud, with the two best teams of the year lifting the crowns. Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz won the AVP League Championship to complete a summer without precedent, adding the League title to their Manhattan Beach three-peat. And Trevor Crabb and Phil Dalhausser defended...
Volleyball Empowerment teams dominate CSV South America Beach Volleyball Championships podium
Teams supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme won five of the six medals at the 2026 CSV South America Beach Volleyball Championships held in João Pessoa, Brazil from 2 to 6 September. Brazil’s Andre Loyola Stein & Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho emerged men’s champions while compatriots Andre Loyola Stein & Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho settled for silver.
Volleyball Empowerment teams complete podium sweep at AVC Asia Beach Volleyball Championships
Teams supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme swept both the men’s and women’s podiums at the 2026 AVC Asia Beach Volleyball Championships held in Shangluo, China from 2 to 6 September. Australia’s Stefanie Fejes & Taliqua Clancy were crowned women’s champions while China’s Xu Yan & Xia Xinyi and Japan’s Asami Shiba & Reika Murakami claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Gottardi & Orsi Toth and Alfieri & Ranghieri defend champions’ crowns in Italy
Caorle hosted the Finals of the Absolute Italian Beach Volleyball Championship tour, where the 2026 national champions were crowned. Valentina Gottardi & Reka Orsi Toth defended their women’s national title. On Sunday, the top-seeded team mastered a 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) sweep of the gold medal final against Giada Benazzi & Erika Ditta.
Klinger/Klinger and Hammarberg/Berger crowned champions in Schladming
The champions of the MEVZA Beach Volleyball Championships Schladming 2026 have been crowned. Dorina and Ronja Klinger claimed the women’s title with a straight-set victory over Magdalena Rabitsch/Oleksandra Shkarupa, while Timo Hammarberg and Tim Berger came from behind to defeat Philipp Waller/Moritz Pristauz in a thrilling three-set men’s final.
#EuroBeachVolleyU20 crowns its champions after four days of high-level competition in Battipaglia
Battipaglia crowned the 2026 European U20 champions on Sunday, bringing together on the final podium athletes whose results also tell a wider story about the level and continuity of European youth Beach Volleyball. At this stage of a young player’s career, the European Championship represents far more than the pursuit of a continental medal.
Two Brazilian pairs earn spots at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028
Brazil capitalised on home advantage to win the men’s and women’s titles at the 2026 CSV South America Beach Volleyball Championships held in João Pessoa, Brazil from 2 to 6 September. Andre Loyola Stein & Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho were crowned men’s champions while Thamela Coradello Galil & Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta won the women’s gold medal.
Ukraine’s Likhatskyis and Hungary’s Kun & Villam snatch Budapest Futures trophies
Ukraine’s Ivan Likhatskyi & Richard Likhatskyi and Hungary’s Stefania Kun & Lilla Villam triumphed on top of the men’s and women’s podiums at the Budapest Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour on Sunday. Dimitar Mehandzhiyski & Dimitar Kalchev of Bulgaria and Sergiy Popov & Illia Tiurin of Ukraine completed the men’s podium, while Nina Pavlova & Sunniva Helland-Hansen of Norway and...
Australian duos book two spots at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028
It was double joy for Australia as the 2026 AVC Asia Beach Volleyball Championships concluded on Sunday in Shangluo, China after their men’s pair of Mark Nicolaidis & Izac Carracher and women’s duo of Stefanie Fejes & Taliqua Clancy emerged champions. By winning the tournament, Australia has secured two spots at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028.
Europe’s U20 generation sets a high standard as medal contenders emerge in Battipaglia
Saturday in Battipaglia offered perhaps the clearest indication yet of the level reached by this year’s CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship. As the competition moved deeper into the knockout phase, the margins became smaller, the rallies more demanding and the differences between the various schools of European Beach Volleyball increasingly evident.
#EuroBeachVolleyU20 provides valuable testing ground for Europe’s young talents
The pool stage of the CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championships 2026 came to a close on Friday in Battipaglia, drawing the opening chapter of the tournament to an end and shifting the focus towards the knockout rounds at Lido Riviera Spineta. With 32 teams per gender divided into eight pools, the championship has brought together young players representing 34 countries...
Battipaglia welcomes Europe’s rising stars as #EuroBeachVolleyU20 gets underway
The 2026 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship officially got underway on Thursday at Lido Riviera Spineta in Battipaglia, where Europe’s most promising young players took to the sand to begin their quest for the continental titles. Following the qualifying rounds, the Main Draw has now brought together 32 pairs per gender, divided into eight pools of four teams each...
One weekend left in the 2026 AVP League season. Two championships get decided at Oak Street Beach. The two rivalries that defined the year sit on opposite sides of their brackets. It starts Saturday morning. Four teams open in the semifinals. Each is one win from Sunday’s final and two from the crown. Here is what each of them is playing for, and why Saturday’s quarterfinal winners should...
16 Volleyball Empowerment men duos vie for Asian beach volleyball title in Shangluo
The 2026 AVC Asia Beach Volleyball Championship will take place in Shangluo, China from 2 to 6 September with 16 out of the 24 participating men teams being supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme. Volleyball Empowerment-supported pairs from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand, Oman, The Philippines, Qatar and Uzbekistan will vie for the...
Volleyball Empowerment pairs chase women’s title in AVC Beach Volleyball Championship
The 2026 AVC Asia Beach Volleyball Championship will take place in Shangluo, China from 2 to 6 September. 17 out of the 24 participating women’s teams have received support from the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme. Volleyball Empowerment-supported pairs from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Vanuatu will...
The AVCA is proud to name its 2026 Junior Beach All-Americans. This year’s honorees include 24 athletes, with eight on each of the first, second, and honorable mention teams. The 2026 All-Americans include players from eight states. California leads the way with nine, followed by Florida and Texas with four each, Arizona and North Carolina with two, and New Jersey, Ohio, and Washington...
Italian duos earn five podium spots at Modena Futures
The home teams largely prevailed at the Modena Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Italian pairs collected as many as five of the six medals, leaving only one of the silvers to a non-Italian duo. Leanne van Vegten & Jill de Groot of the Netherlands finished runners-up to home favorites Valentina Gottardi & Reka Orsi Toth, while Anna Pelloia & Maria Rachele Mancinelli completed...
The home teams clearly dominated the Brno Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Czech pairs picked up as many as five of the six medals, leaving only one of the bronzes to a foreign duo. Kylie Neuschaeferova & Martina Maixnerova, Marketa Svozilova & Marie-Sara Stochlova and Andrea Lorenzova & Mariana Tomasova delighted the home fans by collecting the gold, the silver and the bronze...
USA Volleyball Names Carolina “Gabi” Garbato as GM of USA Beach Volleyball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 27, 2026) – USA Volleyball has announced the appointment of Carolina “Gabi” Garbato as its new General Manager, USA Beach Volleyball, effective immediately. In this role, Garbato will lead the overall management, performance and continuous evolution of USA Volleyball’s beach program, spanning the senior national teams and the Beach National Team Development Program...
The 2026 AVP League season ends where it has been pointing since May: Labor Day weekend on Chicago’s Oak Street Beach, with twelve pairs and two titles on the lakefront. The format is simple and unforgiving. Four quarterfinals on Saturday morning. Semifinals rolling in behind them. Finals on Sunday afternoon. Single elimination the whole way, which means every team in the field is at most...
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