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Wednesday, April 1, 2026
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Players: 13642 10622 24264
Tournaments: 2239 1806 4045
 
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Dumitru Ionescu 62
Maria Morales 61
Velia Eguiluz Soto 61
Kris Bredehoft 60
Daiva Vaitulioniene 59
Grigorii Voleanin 59
Dagmara Szyszczak 57
Maria Aparecida Santos 55
Suzy Easterbrook 53
Fulvia Grimaldi 53
Andrea Martins 52
Javier Luna 51
Ryan Mariano 50
Nicole Sanderson 50
Jennifer Henderson 49
Jon Thompson 49
Na Dong 49
Dan Mintz 48
Bas Ghijssen 48
Glen Hunter 47
Michelle Demming 46
Jay Gousman 45
Josh Allen 44
Tulay Kicik 43
Nadara Kanina 43
Lily Markovic 42
Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmoc 42
Sarah Schmocker 42
Erika Sfalli 41
Hiroko Matsuyama 40
Kaitlin Nielsen 39
Agnese Caica 38
Xeniya Popova 38
Feldmane Agnese 38
Kristyna Kolocova 38
Ellen Anda 37
Jonathan Golindano 37
Taylor Roppolo 36
Rebecca Billings 36
Jack Petersen 36
Juliana Simoes 34
Zane McFarland 34
Kaisa Soomets 33
Joao Lemos 33
Simone Nicotra 31
Denisa Pujky 31
Berkecan Bildircin 30
Adam Stasevich 30
Riccardo Vecchi 30
Mohamed Sayedin 30
Weiming Liu 29
Aidan Brown 28
Peri Green 27
Maryem Rachki 26
Nester James 25
Lidia Oliinyk 25
Antoni Piris 25
Sebastian Hernandez 24
Monge Tetila 24
Adem Elmeddeb 23
Adem Meddeb 23
Taylor Hagenah 22
Caroline Krogh 22
Jonathan Krogh 22
Joke Johanning 20
Aidana Ramirez 18
Mariia Shkurat 17
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1990
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Miller Lite Hawaiian Open.  It was the 109th win for Sinjin Smith, the 85th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 84th win for the team.
In 2012
Pablo Guzman and Roberto Rodriguez won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala.  It was the 1st win for Pablo Guzman, the 4th win for Roberto Rodriguez, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2012
Jenny Kropp and Whitney Pavlik won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Guatemala.  It was the 7th win for Jenny Kropp, the 7th win for Whitney Pavlik, and the 7th win for the team.
In 2018
Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler won the   2018 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Göteborg.  It was the 2nd win for Julius Thole, the 3rd win for Clemens Wickler, 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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Philip John Collin
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Ongoing Tournaments
Mar 30-Apr 2
FIVB Men Pirae Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Upcoming Tournaments
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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