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10976 |
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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1957
Bernie Holtzman and Gene Selznick won the Parks & Rec Sorrento Beach Open.
It was the 17th win for Bernie Holtzman, the 16th win for Gene Selznick, and the 12th win for the team.
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In 1962
Mike Bright and Mike O'Hara won the Parks & Rec Manhattan Beach Open.
It was the 8th win for Mike Bright, the 14th win for Mike O'Hara, and the 8th win for the team.
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In 1979
Andy Fishburn and Dane Selznick won the Parks & Rec Will Rogers State Beach Open.
It was the 7th win for Andy Fishburn, the 4th win for Dane Selznick, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 1990
Karolyn Kirby and Jackie Silva won the WPVA United Dairy Farmers Cincinnati Open.
It was the 8th win for Karolyn Kirby, the 41st win for Jackie Silva, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 1995
Scott Ayakatubby and Karch Kiraly won the AVP Player's Championships.
It was the 15th win for Scott Ayakatubby, the 112th win for Karch Kiraly, and the 8th win for the team.
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In 2001
Jennifer Kessy and Heather Lowe won the FIVB Thailand Challenger.
It was the 1st win for Jennifer Kessy, the 1st win for Heather Lowe, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2006
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Cincinnati Open presented by Liftoff.
It was the 9th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 20th win for Todd Rogers, and the 8th win for the team.
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In 2007
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Pringles Smart Flavors Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife.
It was the 86th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 83rd win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 80th win for the team.
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In 2007
Harley Marques and Pedro Solberg won the FIVB St. Petersburg Open.
It was the 6th win for Harley Marques, the 6th win for Pedro Solberg, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2007
Anders Lund Hoyer and Bo Soderberg won the FIVB Milan Challenger.
It was the 1st win for Anders Lund Hoyer, the 1st win for Bo Soderberg, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Danielle Remmers and Marleen Van Iersel won the CEV U20 European Championships.
It was the 3rd win for Danielle Remmers, the 3rd win for Marleen Van Iersel, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz won the CEV U20 European Championships.
It was the 3rd win for Michal Kadziola, the 3rd win for Jakub Szalankiewicz, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2007
As an indication of their dominance, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the Cincinnati event, their 50th team title on the AVP Crocs Tour. The other 59 team titles have gone to a combined 21 different teams. At the end of the season, May-Treanor is awarded the Best Offensive Player, Best Defensive Player, and MVP honors for the second straight season, the only player in history to receive all three in the same year.
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In 2012
Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler won the FIVB Paf Open.
It was the 6th win for Katrin Holtwick, the 7th win for Ilka Semmler, and the 6th win for the team.
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In 2012
Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak won the FIVB Jr/Youth SWATCH FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships.
It was the 6th win for Piotr Kantor, the 6th win for Bartosz Losiak, and the 6th win for the team.
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In 2012
Nina Brunner and Anouk Verge-Depre won the FIVB Jr/Youth SWATCH FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships.
It was the 2nd win for Nina Brunner, the 2nd win for Anouk Verge-Depre, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2012
John Hyden and Sean Scott won the AVP Cincinnati Open.
It was the 21st win for John Hyden, the 23rd win for Sean Scott, and the 18th win for the team.
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In 2012
Jennifer Kessy and April Ross won the AVP Cincinnati Open.
It was the 25th win for Jennifer Kessy, the 22nd win for April Ross, and the 22nd win for the team.
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In 2013
Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson won the AVP Cincinnati Open.
It was the 20th win for Jake Gibb, the 8th win for Casey Patterson, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2013
Emily Capers and Summer Ross won the AVP Cincinnati Open.
It was the 10th win for Emily Capers, the 6th win for Summer Ross, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2018
Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb won the AVP Gold Series The Championships.
It was the 7th win for Taylor Crabb, the 37th win for Jake Gibb, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2018
Alix Klineman and April Ross won the AVP Gold Series The Championships.
It was the 4th win for Alix Klineman, the 59th win for April Ross, and the 4th win for the team.
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| 8/31/2026 |
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2026 AVCA Junior Beach All-America Teams
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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... |
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Italian duos earn five podium spots at Modena Futures
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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... |
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| 8/30/2026 |
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Czech pairs collect five medals at Brno Futures
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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... |
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| 8/27/2026 |
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USA Volleyball Names Carolina “Gabi” Garbato as GM of USA Beach Volleyball
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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... |
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The 2026 League Championship Field
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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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| 8/24/2026 |
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Norway’s Kjemperuds and Slovenia’s Kotnik & Lovsin win Bujumbura Futures
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Norway’s Jonah Kjemperud & Sebastian Kjemperud and Slovenia’s Tjasa Kotnik & Tajda Lovsin topped the men’s and the women’s podiums, respectively, at the Bujumbura Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Benjamin Vaught & Wesley Jensen of the United States and Jiri Dostal & Filip Rydval of Czechia earned silver and bronze in the men’s tournament, while two Japanese teams... |
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Thâmela and Victoria end the season with Montréal Elite gold
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Brazilians Thâmela Coradello and Victoria Lopes had to wait until the last Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season to celebrate, but they are set to end the year with gold medals around their necks after triumphing in Montréal on Sunday. The South Americans have now won Beach Pro Tour Elite events in each of their three seasons as partners and have four golds in 25 events... |
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| 8/23/2026 |
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Mol says goodbye to the sand with Montréal three-peat alongside Sørum
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Playing what would be his last tournament on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in many months, Norwegian superstar Anders Mol said his brief goodbye to the sand by doing something he got very accustomed to in the last eight years - winning! Set to make a move to indoor volleyball to play for Rana Verona in the 2026-2027 Italian League, the Olympic and world champion triumphed... |
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Estonians celebrate home-sand success at Tallinn Futures
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Estonian teams claimed three medals, including both golds, at the Tallinn Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Mart Tiisaar & Dimitriy Korotkov triumphed in the men’s tournament, while Eva Liisa Kuivonen & Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson and Heleene Hollas & Liisa Remmelg finished first and third on the women’s side. Both silver medals went to Austrian pairs... |
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| 8/22/2026 |
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Nigeria and Morocco qualify for LA28!
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Nigeria’s Esther Onyinye Mbah & Pamela Miyoum Bawa and Morocco’s Zouheir Elgraoui & Soufiane El Gharouti emerge African champions and earn qualification to the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028: Morocco’s Zouheir Elgraoui & Soufiane El Gharouti and Esther Onyinye Mbah & Pamela Miyoum Bawa of Nigeria are the 2026 CAVB African Beach Volleyball champions. |
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| 8/20/2026 |
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2026 History on the Pier
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The Granddaddy of them all delivered. Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz won their third consecutive Manhattan Beach Open title, and Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh went through the entire men’s draw without losing a set. One team cemented a dynasty. The other started a new chapter in a family tradition that now spans nine straight finals. |
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| 8/18/2026 |
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Melissa and Brandie go for home three-peat at Montréal Elite
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The top Canadian team competing on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and one of the very best in the entire world, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will try to make their country proud another time this week when they compete at home in the Montréal Elite. The Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists enter the event, which will be held from Wednesday to Sunday at Parc Jean-Drapeau... |
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New European champs Hölting Nilsson and Andersson try to keep momentum at Montréal Elite
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Fresh from their victory at the European Championship, which earned their country a spot at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, Swedish stars Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson return to action on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour this week, trying to keep their momentum. Sitting at the top of the FIVB World Rankings, the Europeans are one of the main attractions of this week's Elite event... |
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| 8/16/2026 |
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Netherlands and Sweden qualify for LA28!
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Sweden’s Hölting Nilsson Jacob & Andersson Elmer and Katja Stam & Raïsa Schoon of The Netherlands are the 2026 CEV EuroBeachVolley champions. By winning the tournament, Sweden and The Netherlands have also secured a spot at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028. The winners of the 2026 continental championships will earn their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) a quota spot for... |
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Filipino duos triumph with gold and silver at Busan Futures
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Two Filipino duos wrote a golden page for their country’s beach volleyball by reaching Sunday’s final of the women’s Busan Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. The gold medal went to Khylem Harl Progella & Sofiah Shanine Pagara, while their compatriots Cherry Ann Rondina & Bernadeth Pons brought home bronze. Australia’s Jana Milutinovic & Jasmine Rayner completed the podium in Korea. |
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Young Swedes claim EuroBeachVolley title, book ticket to LA28
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Jacob Hölting Nilsson/Elmer Andersson of Sweden are the newly-crowned men’s Beach Volleyball European champions following a final day where the youngsters from Sweden first edged their compatriots David Ahman/Jonatan Hellvig in the semis and subsequently prevented Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sørum from securing their sixth continental crown. With this result, the Swedes have also secured... |
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Sep 2-6, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U20 European Championships, Battipaglia, Italy |
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| Sep 2-6, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U20 European Championships, Battipaglia, Italy |
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| Sep 3-6, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Budapest, Hungary |
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€ 7,500 |
| Sep 3-6, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Budapest, Hungary |
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€ 7,500 |
| Sep 4-7, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Mother Lode, Aspen, Colorado |
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$10,000 |
| Sep 4-7, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Mother Lode, Aspen, Colorado |
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$10,000 |
| Sep 5-6, 2026 |
AVP League |
AVP League Championship - Chicago, Illinois |
M&W |
TBD |
| Sep 9-13, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U22 European Championships, Madrid, Spain |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 9-13, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U22 European Championships, Madrid, Spain |
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€ 5,000 |
| Sep 16-20, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U18 European Championships, Izmir, Türkiye |
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| Sep 16-20, 2026 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U18 European Championships, Izmir, Türkiye |
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| Sep 17-20, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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€ 7,500 |
| Sep 17-20, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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€ 7,500 |
| Sep 18-20, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open, California |
M&W |
TBD |
| Sep 25-27, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Midwest Open, Edwardsville, Illinois |
M&W |
$20,000 |
| Oct 2-4, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Santa Barbara Open, California |
M&W |
$20,000 |
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