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| 3/21/2026 |
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Plenty of tie-breakers in Tlaxcala as women’s quarterfinals take shape
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There was plenty of excitement at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour on Friday as the first two knockout rounds of the women’s competition took place and the quarterfinal match-ups shaped up. As many as nine of the 16 sixteenthfinal and eighthfinal matches were pushed to tie-breaker resolutions. |
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Men’s eighthfinal lineup shapes up in Tlaxcala
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The men’s main draw action at the Tlaxcala 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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| 3/20/2026 |
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Chinese qualifiers meet in pool final in Tlaxcala
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The women’s pool play at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour was completed on Thursday, with the eight pool winners booking direct tickets to the eighthfinals, and the runners-up and the third-placed teams moving on to the sixteenthfinal round. In one of the most interesting pools, two Chinese teams that came into the main draw from the qualification bracket... |
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Five qualifier teams win opening men’s pool matches in Tlaxcala
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The first day of men’s main draw action at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour brought in lots of drama and plenty of upsets. As many as five teams that made it through Wednesday’s qualifications won their first-leg matches in pool play and secured advancement to the knockout rounds. |
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| 3/19/2026 |
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Canada’s Rivest & Licht push through to Tlaxcala main draw with two qualification wins
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Guillaume Rivest & Martin Licht of Canada were the only team that managed to score two qualification wins on Wednesday on the way to the men’s main draw at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Another seven teams from Canada, Latvia, Paraguay, Slovakia, USA and two from Australia also advanced to the main draw in Mexico, but after receiving byes... |
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All set for women’s main draw in Tlaxcala
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The second Challenge event on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour got underway in Tlaxcala on Wednesday. In the women’s competition, the qualifications took place with a single round of five matches played. Five teams – two from the United States and one each from Argentina, Brazil and Germany – earned their spot in the main draw. Another three – two from China and one from Romania... |
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| 3/18/2026 |
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Last week’s Elite semifinalists Scampoli & Bianchi on to Tlaxcala Challenge campaign
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The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday... |
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Four Swedish World Championship finalists highlight Tlaxcala Challenge men’s lineup
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The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday... |
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Cruz & Brasher, Ahman & Hellvig back to number one in World Rankings
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Both winners of last week’s Joao Pessoa Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour – USA’s Kristen Cruz (formerly Nuss) & Taryn Brasher and Sweden’s David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig – climbed back up to number one in the world after the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings received their weekly update following the first Elite event of the year. |
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| 3/16/2026 |
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Chinese teams reign supreme at Haikou Futures
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Representatives of the host nation China collected two golds and a silver at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Haikou Futures that came to an end on Sunday. In an all-Chinese women’s final, Jiang Kaiyue & Dong Jie defeated Kadeliye Halaiti & Zhou Mingli, while Japan’s Miki Ishii & Mayu Kikuchi took the bronze. Wu Jiaxin & Wang Yanwei topped the men’s podium... |
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| 3/15/2026 |
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Åhman and Hellvig start 2026 with João Pessoa Elite gold
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Reigning Olympic and world champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden missed no time reassuring their position as the top team in the world by triumphing in the first Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season, which came to an end on Sunday in João Pessoa. The European superstars topped the podium at the Cabo Branco Beach in Brazil... |
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Brasher and Cruz on top at João Pessoa Elite
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Americans Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz (formerly Nuss) spoiled the Brazilian party in the first Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season, winning the tournament held in João Pessoa on Sunday. The Paris Olympians denied fan favorites and reigning Olympic champions Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos the opportunity of winning a title... |
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Australia triumphs with both golds in Coolangatta
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Host nation Australia picked up both gold medals at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Coolangatta Futures on Sunday. Jack Pearse & D'Artagnan Potts topped the men’s podium, while Stefanie Fejes & Jasmine Rayner triumphed in the women’s competition. Another Aussie team – Solomon Bushby & Justin Schumann – claimed the men’s bronze, while Thailand’s Pithak Tipjan & Wachirawit Muadpha... |
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Evandro/Arthur and Daubas/Aye to meet in João Pessoa semifinals
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The finalists of last year's Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour João Pessoa Elite, Brazil's Evandro Gonçalves/Arthur Lanci and France's Rémi Daubas (formerly Bassereau)/Calvin Aye are set to meet again on the last day of the 2026 edition of the tournament, but this time in the semifinals. Brazilians and French overcame a pair of elimination matches at the Cabo Branco Beach on Saturday... |
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