by Juan | Mar 10, 2021 | FIVB, News
After the first day of the Doha 4-star main draw, several top teams are facing an early goodbye in today’s second pool matches. US veterans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena will need to go up against Austria’s Huber/ Dressler in a “win-or-go-home” match. They are...
by Juan | Mar 8, 2021 | FIVB, News, Olympics
After a one-year break, it is the return of the international beach volleyball elite at Doha in Qatar. Last year’s Katara Beach Volleyball Cup was the last big event. Then Covid came. Then a long break. But now the action and the excitement is back. And after all,...
by Juan | Sep 14, 2020 | CEV, News
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...
by Juan | Aug 23, 2020 | FIVB, News
It was only a 1-star event but the entry list of the FIVB Baden Open read like the one of a 4-star. The event was dominated by teams from Switzerland who claimed four spots in the semifinals and one gold, two silver and a bronze medal. On the women’s side, Hamburg...
by Juan | Aug 2, 2020 | AVP, News
They were in the zone. They felt the energy. They did it! Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb claimed the last title of the 2020 AVP season by beating oldies Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the final of the Porsche Cup. Though losing the final, Dalhausser/Lucena won the...
by Juan | Jul 27, 2020 | AVP, News
It was the same teams as last week, sometimes even the same brackets as in the first edition of the AVP Champions Cup Series. You might wanna blame the format of the series but in the end it goes deeper. The entire competition did also say a lot about the current...