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Jurmala – the heart of Latvian beach volleyball
This week’s CEV European Championships will be hosted by Jurmala, a lovely seaside resort in Latvia. We digged a bit deeper to find out more about Jurmala, the heart of Latvian beach volleyball… Jurmala is the largest resort town on the coast of the Baltic Sea with an...
Professional beach volleyball resuming in Europe
Europe is currently entering a post-lockdown phase after most of public life had come to a halt in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With restrictions being eased in many European countries, beach volleyball in public places has already resumed in some European...
Vikings and Latvian youngsters claim European titles in Moscow
The new European champions are the old ones. In a one-sided EuroBeachVolley 2019 final in Moscow, Norwegian Vikings Anders Mol and Christian Sorum beat home team Semenov/Leshukov in straight sets (21:12, 21:18) to claim their second European championship title after...
Russian world champs knocked out on home turf – Stubbe/van Iersel strong
The 2019 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship in Moscow (Russia) came to a full start today with the kick-off of the elimination rounds. A major upset occurred in the men’s round of 16 where local heroes and new world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg...
Latvian youngsters top women’s Pool B and advance as number two seeds
Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka did also win their third out of three matches and top Pool B after beating Germany’s Koertzinger/Schneider. In their first appearance on the Hamburg Rothenbaum center court, the Latvian youngsters showed a consistent performance...
Norwegians Mol/Sorum are also European Champions
After winning the Gstaad Major last weekend, Norwegian youngsters Anders Mol and Christian Sorum are also the new European Champions. Playing like real champions, they didn’t leave Latvia’s Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins any chance and won the final in two...
Marketa Slukova and the Czech approach to success
Marketa Slukova and the Czech approach to success If you search for “Marketa Slukova” in a search engine, you will most probably stumble upon several nice videos, most of them referring to Marketa's looks. If you stop your search and don’t keep...
The Lion King on his nickname, Latvian beach volleyball and his Olympic dream
The Lion King on his nickname, Latvian beach volleyball and his Olympic dream There are many players on the tour and many nicknames out there, some of them little-known to the public. But probably all beach volleyball fans around the world know...
Tina Graudina – From Riga to Los Angeles
Tina Graudina From Riga to Los Angeles Tina Graudina is young, confident and motivated. Our interview is on a Sunday morning with sunny Californian weather and blue sky. You could imagine many things to do with such a day. Nevertheless, her plan for the rest of the...
Brouwer/Meussen win CEV European Masters
In the first CEV event of the year, 2013 world champions Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen (Netherlands) won the gold medal at the CEV European Masters at Pelhrimov (Czech Republic). In another tight match they beat Kantor/Losiak from Poland in the final (24:22,...
All events at a glance – 2018 Beach Volleyball Calendar
It is the off-season and planning for 2018 is running wild. After major beach volleyball associations such as FIVB and AVP have announced their event schedule for next season, Beach Volleyball Space is offering a consolidated view of all major beach volleyball events...
Glenzke/Grossner win European Championships – and are denied further support by the German volleyball association (DVV)
With an impressive performance German team Glenzke/Grossner have won the 2017 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final in Jurmala, Latvia. In the gold medal match they beat Kolocova/Kvapilova (Czech Republic) 2:1. In a close match the Germans had lost the...
