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Season highlight preview: World Championships Hamburg 2019
It is only about two months to go before the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg will start. The FIVB World Championships are the highlight of the 2019 season and an important milestone on the way to Tokyo 2020. The Hamburg World Championships will be the...
Grimalt cousins beat Dalhausser/ Lucena at 4-star Doha final
Marco and Esteban Grimalt are the team to beat right now. In the FIVB 4-star Doha final the Chilean cousins and 3-star Sydney winners claimed the first 4-star gold of their careers against US legends Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena. The final was a clear two-set win...
Australian surprise team wins women’s Sydney gold
It was a close match between Australia and the U.S. in the women's gold medal match of the FIVB 3-star in Sydney. But in the end, Australian surpise team Nicole Laird and Becchara Palmer beat Betsi Flint and Emily Day in three sets (21:19, 16:21, 15:13). For the...
Strong US teams make it into Sydney quarterfinals
American men’s teams had a strong start at the FIVB 3-star in Sydney, an event that is part of the Olympic qualification process for Tokyo 2020. Five teams made it into the round of 16 that was played today at beautiful Manly Beach. While Theo Brunner and Olympic...
Game over for Ludwig/Walkenhorst
Kira Walkenhorst (28) is going to end her beach volleyball career for health reasons. With her partner Laura Ludwig (32) she had dominated women's beach volleyball in recent years. After winning the Olympic gold medal in Rio 2016, they did also win the World...
Ana Patricia/Rebecca win The Hague gold defying American teams – Strong Russian men dominate
Ana Patricia and Rebecca from Brazil won the year’s first FIVB event at The Hague, Netherlands. In the final they beat Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes (USA) in two straight sets to claim their first 4-star World Tour gold medal after winning silver at the FIVB 4-Star...
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Bansley/Wilkerson win “North American Championship” in Mexico–Brandie’s humor pulls crowd on Canadian side
In the end, the FIVB 3-star event in Chetumal (Mexico) turned out to be a North American Championship. Only teams from the U.S. and Canada made it to the semifinals. And just as in Las Vegas last weekend, Canadians Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley claimed gold...
Bansley/Wilkerson win all-Canadian Las Vegas final – Business as usual on the men’s podium
In an all-Canadian final, beach volleyball "gypsy" Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley claimed the gold medal at the FIVB Las Vegas Open, a 4-star event presented p1440. In a close three-set gold medal match, Bansley/Wilkerson defeated their Canadian compatriots...
Strong A-Team claims gold in China – Bronze for Hughes/Ross
With a strong performance throughout the tournament, Alix Klineman and April Ross (USA) claimed gold at the FIVB 4-star event in Yangzhou (China). In the gold medal match the “A-Team” defeated strong Brazilian team Ana Patricia Silva and Rebecca Cavalcanti in two...
Tri Bourne wins first title after his comeback
He already had a strong comeback at the last few AVP events of the season, especially at the AVP Invitational in Hawaii. But after a break that lasted for almost two years, today Tri Bourne won his first title after returning to the beach. He and his childhood friend...
87 World Tour Events – The 2019 FIVB calendar is a monster
Last season, the FIVB had already doubled the number of World Tour events compared to the previous season. But the 2018/2019 calendar that has been announced this week is even bigger. 87 events (both genders) at 52 different stops is huge. And there are even more...
Tri Bourne is back on the beach – Americans dominate AVP Hawaii
Last December, Tri Bourne talked to us about the auto-immune disesase he is fighting. End of this year’s AVP season, Tri came back for the AVP events in Manhattan and Chicago. And now he had a great appearance in the season’s last event at the AVP Invitational in...