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13877 |
10854 |
24731 |
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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1972
Ron Lang and Ron Von Hagen won the Parks & Rec San Diego Open.
It was the 44th win for Ron Lang, the 42nd win for Ron Von Hagen, and the 21st win for the team.
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In 1978
Greg Lee and Jim Menges won the Parks & Rec Sorrento Beach Open.
It was the 24th win for Greg Lee, the 32nd win for Jim Menges, and the 22nd win for the team.
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In 1978
Kathy Gregory and Miki McFadden won the Parks & Rec Venice Beach Open.
It was the 17th win for Kathy Gregory, the 11th win for Miki McFadden, and the 10th win for the team.
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In 1989
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Miller Lite Hawaii Open.
It was the 101st win for Sinjin Smith, the 77th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 76th win for the team.
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In 1989
Patty Dodd and Jackie Silva won the WPVA Sideout Phoenix Open.
It was the 5th win for Patty Dodd, the 20th win for Jackie Silva, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 1994
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Jose Cuervo Gold Crown Boulder.
It was the 94th win for Karch Kiraly, the 65th win for Kent Steffes, and the 53rd win for the team.
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In 1995
Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh won the AVP Nestea Baltimore Open.
It was the 67th win for Mike Dodd, the 9th win for Mike Whitmarsh, and the 8th win for the team.
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In 1995
Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan won the WPVA Killer Loop U.S. Open.
It was the 59th win for Karolyn Kirby, the 36th win for Liz Masakayan, and the 28th win for the team.
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In 2000
Ana Paula Connelly and Monica Rodrigues won the FIVB Italy Open.
It was the 1st win for Ana Paula Connelly, the 6th win for Monica Rodrigues, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2000
Carrie Dodd and Leanne McSorley won the Union Bay/BVA Hermosa Beach Open.
It was the 1st win for Carrie Dodd, the 1st win for Leanne McSorley, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2000
Jose Loiola and Emanuel Rego won the Mervyn's Beach Bash 2000 AVP Hermosa Beach Open.
It was the 44th win for Jose Loiola, the 31st win for Emanuel Rego, and the 14th win for the team.
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In 2006
Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel won the FIVB Easy Living Italian Open.
It was the 7th win for Patrick Heuscher, the 8th win for Stefan Kobel, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 2006
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light.
It was the 5th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 16th win for Todd Rogers, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2006
Rachel Scott and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light.
It was the 6th win for Rachel Scott, the 34th win for Elaine Youngs, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2011
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the FIVB Beijing Grand Slam.
It was the 108th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 105th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 100th win for the team.
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In 2011
Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego won the FIVB Beijing Grand Slam.
It was the 8th win for Alison Cerutti, the 80th win for Emanuel Rego, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2011
With their victory in the Beijing Grand Slam, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win their 100th victory together. They are the first women's team to reach the century mark in wins.
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In 2012
Chen Xue and Xi Zhang won the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam.
It was the 12th win for Chen Xue, the 12th win for Xi Zhang, and the 12th win for the team.
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In 2016
Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won the FIVB Smart Major Hamburg.
It was the 16th win for Laura Ludwig, the 9th win for Kira Walkenhorst, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 2016
Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli won the CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden.
It was the 8th win for Nina Brunner, the 1st win for Tanja Huberli, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2017
Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb won the AVP New York City Open.
It was the 4th win for Taylor Crabb, the 34th win for Jake Gibb, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2017
Lauren Fendrick and April Ross won the AVP New York City Open.
It was the 9th win for Lauren Fendrick, the 55th win for April Ross, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2023
Davide Benzi and Carlo Bonifazi won the FIVB BPT Futures Lecce.
It was the 2nd win for Davide Benzi, the 2nd win for Carlo Bonifazi, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2023
Margherita Bianchin and Claudia Scampoli won the FIVB BPT Futures Lecce.
It was the 4th win for Margherita Bianchin, the 4th win for Claudia Scampoli, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2023
Hagen Smith and Logan Webber won the AVP Tour Series Virginia Beach Open.
It was the 1st win for Hagen Smith, the 1st win for Logan Webber, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2023
Macy Jerger and Megan Rice won the AVP Tour Series Virginia Beach Open.
It was the 1st win for Macy Jerger, the 2nd win for Megan Rice, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2023
Florian Breer and Marco Krattiger won the FIVB BPT Futures Spiez.
It was the 2nd win for Florian Breer, the 2nd win for Marco Krattiger, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2023
Tetiana Lazarenko and Diana Lunina won the FIVB BPT Futures Spiez.
It was the 6th win for Tetiana Lazarenko, the 2nd win for Diana Lunina, and the 1st win for the team.
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| 6/9/2026 |
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Florida City Rivalry Comes to Miami
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Week 3 takes the 2026 AVP League to Sephora Arena in Miami on June 12-13 — an indoor arena setting for the second installment of the Florida City Rivalry between Palm Beach Passion and Miami Mayhem; the League debuts for both Texas teams (Austin Aces and Dallas Dream ); and 10 of 16 athletes on the schedule who have competed in an Olympic Games. |
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Empowered Australians dominate Asian Tour stop in Pingtung, collect four medals
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Five of the six medals at the third event on the 2026 AVC Asian Beach Volleyball Tour that came to an end in Chinese Taipei on Sunday were earned by teams of federations benefitting from FIVB Volleyball Empowerment support. Australia occupied the entire men’s podium in Pingtung, with Ben Hood & Thomas Hodges Mark Nicolaidis & Izac Carracher and D’Artagnan Potts & Jack Pearse... |
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Sam Schachter and Sergiy Popov return to Alanya where they first triumphed as world champions
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Alanya is about to welcome the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour for the second straight year. The southern Turkish Mediterranean resort city will host another Challenge event this week, after the successful organization of the first one last year. For two of the veteran players in the men’s field – Canada’s Samuel Schachter and Ukraine’s Sergiy Popov – it will be a trip down memory lane... |
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Anouk & Zoe back to defend Alanya Challenge trophy
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Alanya is about to welcome the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour for the second straight year. The southern Turkish Mediterranean resort city will host another Challenge event this week, after the successful organization of the first one last year. Swiss stars Anouk Verge-Depre & Zoe Verge-Depre, who topped the Alanya women’s podium in 2025, are back to defend their trophy... |
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CEV EuroBeachVolley 2027 to take place in Gstaad!
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Breaking news: for the third time in history, the CEV EuroBeachVolley will be held in Switzerland in 2027. From 30 June to 4 July of next year, the best European teams will compete for continental honours in Gstaad. Following previous editions held in Basel in 2002 and Biel/Bienne in 2016, the European Beach Volleyball Championships will be held in Switzerland for a third time in 2027. |
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| 6/8/2026 |
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Reigning world champions headline upcoming Jurmala Futures
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Beach Volleyball teams from 24 different countries have registered to participate in the Beach Pro Tour Futures due to take place this week in Jurmala. The reigning world champions Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova will be the main favourites in the women’s competition, while several leading domestic pairs will face competition from the U21 world vice-champions... |
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Line-up for Nations Cup Final confirmed
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With the last qualifying events completed this past weekend in Alanya, we now know which eight countries are due to contest the CEV Beach Volley Nations Cup 2026 Final scheduled for July 16 to 19 in Budapest. The competition featuring a highly entertaining country vs country format will reach its climax in a few weeks in the iconic and vibrant Hungarian capital city... |
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Hungarian teens win Sveti Vlas Futures to continue excellent season
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19-year-old Hungarians Bence Tari & Lukas Niemeier topped the men’s podium at the Sveti Vlas Futures on Sunday, earning their first gold on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, but also continuing an excellent season with fourth consecutive top-four finish. Serbia’s Marko Makaric & Djordje Klasnic and Ukraine’s Ivan Likhatskyi & Richard Likhatskyi took silver and bronze, respectively... |
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Datsiuk & Bublyk, Tega & Mattavelli celebrate first Beach Pro Tour gold medals in Krakow
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Ukraine’s Ivan Datsiuk & Oleksii Bublyk and Italy’s Margherita Tega & Aurora Mattavelli won the Krakow Futures on Sunday to celebrate their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold medals. Two Polish teams pleased the home crowd with the men’s silver and bronze – Jakub Krzeminski & Aleksander Czachorowski and Piotr Janiak & Jedrzej Brozyniak, respectively. |
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| 6/5/2026 |
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2026 Beach Collegiate National Team Announced
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 5, 2026) – USA Volleyball has announced the 26 athletes selected to the 2026 Beach Collegiate National Team (BCNT), featuring 13 women and 13 men. The athletes will participate in a training block June 8-17 in Hermosa Beach, Calif., where they will train alongside USA Volleyball’s Beach National Team Program athletes and coaches. |
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| 6/4/2026 |
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The AVP Heads to Aspen for League Week 2
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Week 2 takes the 2026 AVP League to Aspen, Colorado at the base of its slopes — the first AVP League event ever held in Aspen. Four teams. Eight duos. The first of two Crabb Brothers matchups of the regular season. A 2025 Women’s League Championship final rematch. And two city rivalries playing out across the weekend. |
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| 6/2/2026 |
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AVP Announces 2026 National Broadcast Schedule Across CBS Sports and The CW Network
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The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), the premier professional beach volleyball league, today announced its 2026 national broadcast schedule across CBS Sports and The CW Network as part of year two of the league’s landmark multi-year media partnerships. New for the 2026 season, AVP events airing on The CW Network later this summer will also stream live within the ESPN app... |
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| 6/1/2026 |
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Alanya poised to host CEV Beach Volley European Cup 2026 Final
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The Turkish city of Alanya will be playing host to the fourth edition of the CEV Beach Volley European Cup Final, with the event scheduled for November 5-8. This competition has been going from strength to strength with each edition and helps cement the pivotal role that clubs play in growing the game at all levels. Last year, the event held in Heraklion, Greece... |
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Ahman & Hellvig make it three in a row in Ostrava
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Reigning Olympic and world champions David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden defended their Ostrava Elite title on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, claiming the gold medals in Czechia’s third largest city for the third consecutive time to improve their overall Tour collection to 13 gold, five silver and two bronze medals. It was Ahman & Hellvig’s second podium in 2026... |
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After bronze and silver, Melissa & Brandie finally win gold in Ostrava
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Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes & Brandie Wilkerson finally conquered Ostrava. After their bronze in 2023 and silver in 2024, the Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalists made it all the way to the top of the women’s podium at the 2026 edition of the Elite event in Czechia’s third largest city on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. It was their eighth podium and fourth gold medal... |
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| 5/31/2026 |
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Shields and Frohling of the United States Crowned Champions in San Salvador
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, May 31, 2026.- Madison Shields and Hannah Frohling of the United States won the gold medal at the fifth stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held at the Flor Blanca Sports Complex in San Salvador. In their first appearance on the NORCECA Tour, Shields/Frohling captured the title, although they had to work hard to defeat Canadians... |
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Lares and Carlos Andrés of Mexico, Three-Time Champions of the NORCECA Tour 2026
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, May 31, 2026. – Ines Vargas Lares and Carlos Andrés Ayala of Mexico captured their third regional crown by winning the gold medal at the fifth stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held at the Flor Blanca Sports Complex in San Salvador. The Mexicans defeated Francisco De Jesús and Oscar José Martínez of the Dominican Republic 21-15, 15-21, 15-7... |
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Italy’s Borraccino crowns Beach Pro Tour debut with Cervia Futures gold
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Upon his very debut on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, 28-year-old Italian Davide Borraccino conquered the gold medal! He and his partner Marco Viscovich topped the podium at the Cervia Futures after overcoming top-seeded compatriots Manuel Alfieri & Alex Ranghieri in Sunday’s men’s final. Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress won the all-Hungarian third-place match in Italy. |
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Young Norwegian brothers storm Wuhan for first Beach Pro Tour gold
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Norway’s Sebastian Kjemperud & Jonah Kjemperud cruised through the Wuhan Futures in China unbeaten to claim not only their first medal, but also their first ever gold on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, both as a pair and individually. Guo Sihong & Song Jinyang and Wu Jiaxin & Zhou Chaowei pleased the home crowd with the men’s silver and bronze, respectively. |
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| 5/30/2026 |
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Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico and USA Advance to Women’s Semifinals
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, May 30, 2026.- Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico and the United States secured their spots in the women’s semifinals of the fifth stop of the 2026 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, being held at the Flor Blanca Sports Complex in San Salvador and concluding on Sunday. Canada’s Darby Dunn and Alison McKay were the first team to book their place in the semifinals... |
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Jun 10-14, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Alanya, Türkiye |
M |
US$125,000 |
| Jun 10-14, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Alanya, Türkiye |
W |
US$125,000 |
| Jun 10-14, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Jurmala, Latvia |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 10-14, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Jurmala, Latvia |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 11-14, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Spiez, Switzerland |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 12-14, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Virginia Beach Open |
M |
$10,000 |
| Jun 12-14, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Virginia Beach Open |
W |
$10,000 |
| Jun 12-13, 2026 |
AVP League |
AVP League Week 3 - Miami, Florida |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jun 18-21, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Geneva, Switzerland |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 18-21, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Ios, Greece |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 18-21, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Ios, Greece |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 18-21, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Karpacz, Poland |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 19-20, 2026 |
AVP League |
AVP League Week 4 - Las Vegas, Nevada |
M&W |
TBD |
| Jun 19-21, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Jun 19-21, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Balikesir, Türkiye |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Balikesir, Türkiye |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Bridlington, England |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Bridlington, England |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Geneva, Switzerland |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Hangzhou, China |
M |
US$5,000 |
| Jun 25-28, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Hangzhou, China |
W |
US$5,000 |
| Jun 26-28, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Varadero, Cuba |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Jun 26-28, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Varadero, Cuba |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Jul 1-5, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Gstaad, Switzerland |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Jul 1-5, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Gstaad, Switzerland |
W |
US$200,000 |
| Jul 2-5, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Rzeszow, Poland |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 2-5, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Rzeszow, Poland |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 3-5, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Denver Open, Colorado |
M&W |
$60,000 |
| Jul 8-10, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Waupaca Open, Wisconsin |
M&W |
$60,000 |
| Jul 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB Age Group WC |
FIVB BVB U18 WCHS The Hague, Netherlands |
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| Jul 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB Age Group WC |
FIVB BVB U18 WCHS The Hague, Netherlands |
W |
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| Jul 9-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Leuven, Belgium |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 9-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Leuven, Belgium |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 9-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Malmo, Sweden |
M |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 9-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Sibiu, Romania |
W |
€ 7,500 |
| Jul 10-12, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Roatan Island, Honduras |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Jul 10-12, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Roatan Island, Honduras |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Jul 11-12, 2026 |
AVP League |
AVP League Week 5 - Los Angeles, California |
M&W |
TBD |
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