Women’s turn to hit the sand in Nayarit on Thursday
After the successful Tlaxcala Challenge in Mexico last week, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour stayed in the North American country, but moved over to its western coast, where the Nayarit Challenge, the season’s third event of that category, served off on Wednesday, March 25, with the men’s qualifiers. It is the women’s turn to hit the sand on Varadero Beach in the Nuevo Vallarta resort...
Australia’s D’Artagnan Potts and Jack Pearse arrived in Tlaxcala targeting a round of 16 finish but left with their first Beach Pro Tour gold at the second Challenge event of 2026. For Potts, the moment felt almost like the old myth – finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The breakthrough came in what was also the their first Beach Pro Tour final appearance...
Single elimination has a way of making every point feel heavier. The pressure is palpable. On Saturday, 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams will descend upon Manhattan Beach for the first of three AVP League qualification events — a single-day, single-elimination bracket where one loss ends your run. All four courts will stream live on the AVP’s YouTube Channel.
Nayarit Challenge to serve off on Wednesday with men’s qualifiers
The week after the successful Tlaxcala Challenge, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour stays in Mexico, but moves over to its western coast, where the Nayarit Challenge, the season’s third event of that category, will serve off on Wednesday, March 25, on Varadero Beach in the Nuevo Vallarta resort. The first competition day will offer the men’s qualification matches...
A former number two team in the world – Argentina’s Tomas Capogrosso & Nicolas Capogrosso – climbed back up to number 10 in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking after their silver medal finish at last week’s Tlaxcala Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. The Capogrosso brothers had been out of the top 10 for about three and a half months.
From qualifiers to gold: Potts & Pearse earn first Challenge medal in Tlaxcala
Australia’s D'Artagnan Potts & Jack Pearse made it from the qualifications all the way to the top of the men’s podium at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. It was the pair’s second consecutive gold on the Tour, after the Coolangatta Futures trophy in Australia last week, and first ever podium in the Challenge category.
Pavelkova twins conquer Tlaxcala to celebrate first ever Challenge gold
20-year-old Czech twin sisters Katerina Pavelkova & Anna Pavelkova not only conquered their first ever Challenge-level medal on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, but made it shine in gold as they won Sunday’s women’s final in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Previously, the rising Czech stars had a full set of medals in the Futures category.
Paulikiene & Raupelyte to take on Pavelkova twins in women’s Tlaxcala showdown
Lithuanian Olympians Monika Paulikiene & Aine Raupelyte persevered through two tie-breakers on Saturday and made it to their first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour final as a team. In the Tlaxcala Challenge women’s gold medal match on Sunday, they will take on 20-year-old Czech twin sisters Katerina Pavelkova & Anna Pavelkova, for whom it will be the third final on the Tour...
Aussies to face one another in one of Tlaxcala semis
An all-Australian clash shaped up for one of Sunday’s men’s semifinals at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, as Mark Nicolaidis & Izac Carracher and D'Artagnan Potts & Jack Pearse made their way through Saturday’s eighthfinals and quarterfinals. In the other semifinal in Mexico, USA’s Timothy Brewster & Logan Webber will take on...
Plenty of tie-breakers in Tlaxcala as women’s quarterfinals take shape
There was plenty of excitement at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour on Friday as the first two knockout rounds of the women’s competition took place and the quarterfinal match-ups shaped up. As many as nine of the 16 sixteenthfinal and eighthfinal matches were pushed to tie-breaker resolutions.
The men’s main draw action at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour unfolded in full swing on Friday – the second leg of pool play and the sixteenthfinal elimination round were held – to shape the match-ups for Saturday’s eighthfinals, in which the eight pool winners will be challenged by teams that pushed through the first knockouts.
The women’s pool play at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour was completed on Thursday, with the eight pool winners booking direct tickets to the eighthfinals, and the runners-up and the third-placed teams moving on to the sixteenthfinal round. In one of the most interesting pools, two Chinese teams that came into the main draw from the qualification bracket...
Five qualifier teams win opening men’s pool matches in Tlaxcala
The first day of men’s main draw action at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour brought in lots of drama and plenty of upsets. As many as five teams that made it through Wednesday’s qualifications won their first-leg matches in pool play and secured advancement to the knockout rounds.
Canada’s Rivest & Licht push through to Tlaxcala main draw with two qualification wins
Guillaume Rivest & Martin Licht of Canada were the only team that managed to score two qualification wins on Wednesday on the way to the men’s main draw at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Another seven teams from Canada, Latvia, Paraguay, Slovakia, USA and two from Australia also advanced to the main draw in Mexico, but after receiving byes...
The second Challenge event on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour got underway in Tlaxcala on Wednesday. In the women’s competition, the qualifications took place with a single round of five matches played. Five teams – two from the United States and one each from Argentina, Brazil and Germany – earned their spot in the main draw. Another three – two from China and one from Romania...
Last week’s Elite semifinalists Scampoli & Bianchi on to Tlaxcala Challenge campaign
The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday...
Four Swedish World Championship finalists highlight Tlaxcala Challenge men’s lineup
The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday...
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