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Monday, August 31, 2026
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Wanda Guenette 64
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Virna Dias 55
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Jeff Nielson 54
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Ericka Munoz 53
Avrilio Moumoutjis 52
Katia Neeser 51
Erwan Allard 51
Shannon Ferris 50
Brad Northcut 49
Jason Johnson 47
Michael Schiewe 47
Michael Thornton 45
David Wenger 44
Cassandra Sharp 42
Dimitrios Chalikos 42
Ricardo Pfeiffer 39
Romana Jurenkova 38
Rakia Moussa 38
Johan Hanna 37
Christopher McHugh 37
Bjarte Usken 37
Esther Van Berkel 36
Jeroen Vismans 35
Charlotte Sider 34
Louis Vandecaveye 34
Tim Shenkin 33
Noemi Horvath 33
Kirsten Sparnaay 33
Ivan Zeljkovic 32
Jeroen Oprins 32
Kamil Pavlinsky 31
Oliver Orav 31
Marloes Hesselink 31
Julie Longman 31
Charlotte Hansen 31
Illia Kovalov 30
Matthew Nelson 30
Rene Giralt 29
Guille Jimenez 29
Grace Christiansen 29
Alison Denney 29
Akseli Lankinen 29
Esther Essumang 28
Makenzie Griffin 28
Hugo Fischer 27
Clay Messenger 27
Janis Jansons 26
Aaron Li 25
Katarina Pantovic 24
Max Fosseli 23
Daniela Lopez 23
Geeske Camp 21
Lilou Destailleur 20
Flora Zolnai 20
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1974
Dennis Hare and Fred Zuelich won the Parks & Rec World Indoor Championship.  It was the 1st win for Dennis Hare, the 3rd win for Fred Zuelich, and the 1st win for the team.
In 1975
Dennis Hare and Fred Zuelich won the Parks & Rec Mammoth Lakes Open.  It was the 4th win for Dennis Hare, the 5th win for Fred Zuelich, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 1986
Mike Dodd and Tim Hovland won the AVP Lite Beer Seal Beach Open.  It was the 24th win for Mike Dodd, the 23rd win for Tim Hovland, and the 22nd win for the team.
In 1997
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the AVP Tour Championships.  It was the 25th win for Jose Loiola, the 99th win for Kent Steffes, and the 12th win for the team.
In 1997
Paulao Moreira and Paulo Emilio Silva won the FIVB Turkey Open.  It was the 7th win for Paulao Moreira, the 5th win for Paulo Emilio Silva, and the 5th win for the team.
In 2002
Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta won the CEV European Championships.  It was the 2nd win for Daniela Gattelli, the 2nd win for Lucilla Perrotta, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2003
Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau won the CEV European Championships.  It was the 1st win for Stephanie Pohl, the 1st win for Okka Rau, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2003
Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard won the AVP Chicago Open Presented by Bud Light.  It was the 9th win for Dain Blanton, the 4th win for Jeff Nygaard, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 2003
Sebastian Fuchs and Thomas Kaczmarek won the FIVB Jr/Youth Under 18 World Championships, presented by Swatch.  It was the 1st win for Sebastian Fuchs, the 1st win for Thomas Kaczmarek, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2003
Jana Kohler and Laura Ludwig won the FIVB Jr/Youth Under 18 World Championships, presented by Swatch.  It was the 2nd win for Jana Kohler, the 2nd win for Laura Ludwig, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2003
Nikolas Berger and Clemens Doppler won the CEV European Championships.  It was the 1st win for Nikolas Berger, the 1st win for Clemens Doppler, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2008
Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa won the FIVB Otera Open Kristiansand.  It was the 6th win for Pablo Herrera, the 4th win for Raul Mesa, and the 4th win for the team.
In 2008
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs defeat Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh 21-19, 10-21, 25-23 in 1 hour and 45 minutes at the final of the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout Cincinnati. The loss breaks the May-Treanor's and Walsh's consecutive tournament victory streak at 19 and consecutive match streak at 112. It was the first loss since August 19, 2007, also against Branagh and Youngs at the finals in Boston.
In 2008
Irina Chaika and Ekaterina Karapischenko won the   CEV U18 European Championships.  It was the 1st win for Irina Chaika, the 1st win for Ekaterina Karapischenko, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2008
Sergiy Popov and Valeriy Samoday won the   CEV U18 European Championships.  It was the 1st win for Sergiy Popov, the 1st win for Valeriy Samoday, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2008
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati.  It was the 34th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 46th win for Todd Rogers, and the 33rd win for the team.
In 2008
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Cincinnati.  It was the 6th win for Nicole Branagh, the 42nd win for Elaine Youngs, and the 6th win for the team.
In 2013
Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin won the   2013 CEV U18 Beach Volleyball European Championship.  It was the 1st win for Oleg Stoyanovskiy, the 1st win for Artem Yarzutkin, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2013
Nadezda Makroguzova and Daria Rudykh won the   2013 CEV U18 Beach Volleyball European Championship.  It was the 1st win for Nadezda Makroguzova, the 1st win for Daria Rudykh, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2014
Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins won the   2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala.  It was the 9th win for Aleksandrs Samoilovs, the 7th win for Janis Smedins, and the 5th win for the team.
In 2014
Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson won the AVP Cincinnati Open.  It was the 25th win for Jake Gibb, the 13th win for Casey Patterson, and the 7th win for the team.
In 2014
April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Cincinnati Open.  It was the 39th win for April Ross, the 122nd win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 12th win for the team.
In 2019
Dirk Boehle and Stefan Boermans won the FIVB Montpellier One Star.  It was the 1st win for Dirk Boehle, the 1st win for Stefan Boermans, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2025
Anders Mol and Christian Sorum won the FIVB BPT Elite Hamburg.  It was the 39th win for Anders Mol, the 37th win for Christian Sorum, and the 36th win for the team.
In 2025
Valentina Gottardi and Reka Orsi Toth won the FIVB BPT Elite Hamburg.  It was the 3rd win for Valentina Gottardi, the 2nd win for Reka Orsi Toth, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2025
Jose Cardenas and Jorman Osuna won the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Manzanillo.  It was the 2nd win for Jose Cardenas, the 3rd win for Jorman Osuna, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2025
Maria Gonzalez and Allanis Navas won the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Manzanillo.  It was the 8th win for Maria Gonzalez, the 8th win for Allanis Navas, and the 8th win for the team.
In 2025
The second edition of the AVP League takes place from May 23 through August 31. The Palm Beach Passion, represented by Trevor Crabb/Phil Dalhausser and Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson win the AVP League Cup, the official regular season team title. In a rule change that pits the best six individual teams by gender in the League Championships, held at Oak Street Beach in Chicago, Trevor Crabb/Phil Dalhausser win the men's title with Lexy Denaburg/Julia Donlin winning the women's crown.
 
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8/31/2026
2026 AVCA Junior Beach All-America Teams
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
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
Czech pairs collect five medals at Brno Futures
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
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...

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The 2026 League Championship Field
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
Norway’s Kjemperuds and Slovenia’s Kotnik & Lovsin win Bujumbura Futures
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
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
Mol says goodbye to the sand with Montréal three-peat alongside Sørum
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
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
Nigeria and Morocco qualify for LA28!
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
2026 History on the Pier
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
Melissa and Brandie go for home three-peat at Montréal Elite
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
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
Netherlands and Sweden qualify for LA28!
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
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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Stam/Schoon crowned European champions in Stare Jablonki as Netherlands secure LA28 spot
On Sunday, under a cloudy sky in Stare Jablonki, Raïsa Schoon and Katja Stam of the Netherlands could celebrate two major achievements – their very first EuroBeachVolley title and securing a spot for their National Olympic Committee to compete at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The final match with Spain’s sensation Tania Moreno Matveeva and Sofia Izuzquiza was truly one-sided...

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8/15/2026
Three Scandinavian teams plus France reach EuroBeachVolley men’s semis
Two teams from Sweden – Åhman/Hellvig and Hölting Nilsson/Andersson, the gold and silver medal winners from last year’s World Championships in Adelaide – will lock horns in one of the men’s semi-finals at the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 in Stare Jablonki on Sunday. In the other semi-final, last year’s World Championships bronze medallists Téo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France will challenge...

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Spain and the Netherlands to fight for EuroBeachVolley women’s crown and ticket to LA28
Whoever emerges victorious from Sunday’s gold medal match in the women’s competition at the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 will crown themselves European champions for the very first time in their careers. Spain’s Tania Moreno Matveeva and Sofia Izuzquiza caused a real sensation with their come-from-behind semi-final victory over World champions Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova of Latvia.

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Stare Jablonki cements Beach Volleyball Mecca status with EuroBeachVolley added to track record
There is no major sporting event that can go ahead without volunteers at its core and the CEV EuroBeachVolley 2026 in Stare Jablonki is just a confirmation of that. The organisers have recruited some 65 volunteers across a variety of areas to support the smooth delivery of the continental championship – including ball kids, rakers, and other personnel supporting media and TV operations...

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