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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1973
Bob Jackson and Fred Zuelich won the Parks & Rec Manhattan Beach Open.
It was the 2nd win for Bob Jackson, the 1st win for Fred Zuelich, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1979
Gary Hooper and Steve Obradovich won the Parks & Rec Sorrento Beach Open.
It was the 8th win for Gary Hooper, the 6th win for Steve Obradovich, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 1979
Sandy Malpee and Nina Matthies won the Parks & Rec Hermosa Beach Open.
It was the 4th win for Sandy Malpee, the 5th win for Nina Matthies, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1985
Nancy Cothron and Donna Townsend won the Parks & Rec Miller Chicago Women's Open.
It was the 1st win for Nancy Cothron, the 1st win for Donna Townsend, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1990
Nina Matthies and Elaine Roque won the WPVA Flamingo Hilton World Championships.
It was the 43rd win for Nina Matthies, the 4th win for Elaine Roque, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1990
Brent Frohoff and Karch Kiraly won the AVP Miller Lite Seattle Open.
It was the 16th win for Brent Frohoff, the 40th win for Karch Kiraly, and the 9th win for the team.
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In 1995
Scott Ayakatubby and Karch Kiraly won the AVP Jose Cuervo Gold Crown Boulder.
It was the 14th win for Scott Ayakatubby, the 111th win for Karch Kiraly, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 1995
Ze Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego won the FIVB Belgium Open.
It was the 2nd win for Ze Marco de Melo, the 2nd win for Emanuel Rego, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2001
Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar won the FIVB China Open.
It was the 26th win for Shelda Bede, the 26th win for Adriana Behar, and the 26th win for the team.
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In 2001
Thomas Klepper and Murilo Toscano won the FIVB Swiss Satellite.
It was the 3rd win for Thomas Klepper, the 3rd win for Murilo Toscano, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2001
Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong won the AVP Michelob Light Open at Santa Barbara Presented by Paul Mitchell.
It was the 2nd win for Stein Metzger, the 3rd win for Kevin Wong, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2001
Dianne DeNecochea and Liz Masakayan won the AVP Michelob Light Open at Santa Barbara Presented by Paul Mitchell.
It was the 1st win for Dianne DeNecochea, the 47th win for Liz Masakayan, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2006
Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger won the AVP Brooklyn Open presented by Cushman & Wakefield.
It was the 11th win for Mike Lambert, the 12th win for Stein Metzger, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 2006
Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler won the FIVB Vaduz Satellite.
It was the 1st win for Katrin Holtwick, the 2nd win for Ilka Semmler, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2006
Inese Jursone and Inguna Minusa won the FIVB Turku Satellite.
It was the 1st win for Inese Jursone, the 2nd win for Inguna Minusa, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Bob's Stores Boston Open at Marina Bay.
It was the 3rd win for Nicole Branagh, the 38th win for Elaine Youngs, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2007
Harley Marques and Pedro Solberg won the FIVB PAF Open.
It was the 5th win for Harley Marques, the 5th win for Pedro Solberg, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2007
Vivian Cunha and Angela Lavalle won the FIVB Good Luck Beijing Challenger.
It was the 1st win for Vivian Cunha, the 1st win for Angela Lavalle, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Joao Maciel and Bruno Oscar Schmidt won the FIVB Lausanne Satellite.
It was the 1st win for Joao Maciel, the 2nd win for Bruno Oscar Schmidt, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Frederike Fischer and Jana Kohler won the CEV U23 European Championships.
It was the 2nd win for Frederike Fischer, the 4th win for Jana Kohler, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2007
Sebastian Fuchs and Thomas Kaczmarek won the CEV U23 European Championships.
It was the 2nd win for Sebastian Fuchs, the 2nd win for Thomas Kaczmarek, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2007
Misty May-Treanor became the all-time earnings leader on the women's side following her second place finish in Boston. She has collected a total of $1,505,157.50 in her short career thus far (136 tournaments). Nine men's players have earned more money, but all have at least 50 more tournaments played.
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In 2012
Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins won the FIVB Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam.
It was the 5th win for Martins Plavins, the 2nd win for Janis Smedins, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2012
Lorenz Petutschnig and Tobias Winter won the 2012 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship.
It was the 1st win for Lorenz Petutschnig, the 1st win for Tobias Winter, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2012
Jagoda Gruszczynska and Katarzyna Kociolek won the 2012 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship.
It was the 2nd win for Jagoda Gruszczynska, the 3rd win for Katarzyna Kociolek, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2018
Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa won the Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals presented by Vodafone.
It was the 7th win for Agatha Bednarczuk, the 11th win for Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2018
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena won the AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach.
It was the 95th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 24th win for Nick Lucena, and the 21st win for the team.
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In 2018
Alix Klineman and April Ross won the AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach.
It was the 3rd win for Alix Klineman, the 58th win for April Ross, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2018
David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig won the U18 Beach Volleyball European Championship.
It was the 1st win for David Ahman, the 1st win for Jonatan Hellvig, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2018
Lea Kunst and Svenja Muller won the U18 Beach Volleyball European Championship.
It was the 1st win for Lea Kunst, the 1st win for Svenja Muller, and the 1st win for the team.
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| Latest News and Feature Articles |
| 8/19/2019 |
Busy week on tap for FIVB World Tour
Lausanne, Switzerland, August 19, 2019 - With three weeks of events left on the 2018-2019 international beach volleyball calendar, the FIVB World Tour prepares for its busiest week of the season with tournaments on three continents in four countries.
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| 8/18/2019 |
Samoilovs & Smedins defend Moscow title
Moscow, Russia, August 18, 2019 – Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Janis Smedins defended their 2018 title of the Moscow four-star event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
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Heidrich & Verge-Depre claim first World Tour gold as team
Moscow, Russia, August 18, 2019 – Joana Heidrich & Anouk Verge-Depre are the new champions of the Moscow four-star event on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
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Unfamiliarity no impediment as Silvestre and Platre top Knokke-Heist podium
Knokke-Heist, August 18, 2019 – Jérémy Silvestre and Timothée Platre marked their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour debut as a pair at the Knokke-Heist 1-Star tournament by winning gold on Sunday.
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Galindo sisters win first World Tour gold, at Knokke-Heist 1-Star
Knokke-Heist, Belgium, August 18, 2019 – Andrea Galindo and Claudia Galindo claimed their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour medals when they won the Knokke-Heist 1-Star gold medal match on Sunday.
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| 8/17/2019 |
Alison & Alvaro Filho to play Samoilovs & Smedins for Moscow gold
Moscow, Russia, August 17, 2019 – Second-seeded Alison Cerutti & Alvaro Morais Filho of Brazil will face Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Janis Smedins (seed #18) of Latvia in Sunday’s men’s gold medal match at the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
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Shustrov and Gusev ready to spoil hosts’ party in Knokke Heist
Knokke-Heist, August 17, 2019 – Pavel Shustrov and Alexey Gusev will try to end the hopes of Anshel Ver Eecke and Tim Lemmens - Belgium’s last remaining team in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Knokke-Heist 1-Star tournament – when they meet in the semifinals on Sunday.
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Galindo sisters out to stop top seeds in Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist, August 17, 2019 –Andrea Galindo and Claudia Galindo will face top seeds Emi van Driel and Raïsa Schoon in the Knokke-Heist 1-Star semifinals on Sunday and in doing so try to stop them from winning a third FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal in 2019.
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Brazilian qualifiers reach women’s final at Moscow
Moscow, Russia, August 17, 2019 – Brazil’s Taiana Lima & Talita Da Rocha Antunes (seed #17), who came into the main draw from Wednesday’s qualifications, and Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich & Anouk Verge-Depre (#15) will play in Sunday’s big final of the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
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Borger & Sude reminisce about Rome experiences in anticipation of World Tour Finals
Moscow, Russia, August 17, 2019 – Karla Borger & Julia Sude, currently the highest ranked German women’s pair, are keen on going back to Rome for the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals next month.
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| 8/16/2019 |
News - Samoilovs & Smedins stun Russian world champs on Moscow ground
Moscow, Russia, August 16, 2019 – Aleksandrs Samoilovs & Janis Smedins delivered Friday’s biggest upset at the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, knocking the reigning world champions and number one seed in the tournament, Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Oleg Stoyanovskiy, out of the last eight on their home ground in the Russian capital.
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Cools and Van Den Vonder give 1-Star Knokke-Heist fans plenty to cheer
Knokke-Heist, August 16, 2019 – Sarah Cools and Lisa Van Den Vonder guaranteed that there would be one host team in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Knokke-Heist 1-Star tournament when they won both their matches on the opening day of the main draw on Friday.
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Ver Eecke and Lemmens enjoy home comforts at Knokke-Heist 1-Star
Knokke-Heist, August 16, 2019 – Anshel Ver Eecke and Tim Lemmens sent the home crowd into raptures of delight as they made a winning start at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Knokke-Heist 1-Star tournament on Friday.
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Menegatti and Sponcil celebrate birthdays with Moscow quarterfinal spots
Moscow, Russia, August 16, 2019 – Eight pairs earned their spots in Saturday’s women’s quarterfinals of the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and two of the players, Italy’s Marta Menegatti and USA’s Sarah Sponcil did so on their birthdays.
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World champs ready to peak again at World Tour Finals
Moscow, Russia, August 16, 2019 – Reigning world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Oleg Stoyanovskiy, who were crowned in Hamburg just over a month ago, feel somewhat disappointed with their results after their triumph at the World Championship, especially with their ninth place at last week’s European Championship at home in Moscow.
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Grimson and Palmer march on to Knokke-Heist main draw
Knokke-Heist, Belgium, August 15, 2019 – Jess Grimson and Victoria Palmer made it through qualifying for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Knokke-Heist 1-Star on Thursday, one of four teams per gender to reach pool play that begins on Friday.
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| 8/15/2019 |
Manhattan Beach Open: Main Draw
At first glance, the qualifying brackets for the AVP Manhattan Beach Open might look like madness, with a hundred-and-plenty names scattered through them, playing on courts that take a bit of a hike to find.
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Qualifiers Guto & Saymon win two tie-breakers in Moscow main draw
Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2019 – Wild cards Gustavo Albrecht Carvalhaes & Saymon Barbosa Santos of Brazil, who advanced to the men’s main draw at the four-star Moscow stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour from Wednesday’s qualifications, continued their winning streak on Thursday, snatching two come-from-behind tie-breaker wins to top Pool D and progress directly to the round of 16, along with seven other pairs.
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Birthday girl wins twice to top Moscow pool
Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2019 – Legendary American Kerri Walsh Jennings, who celebrates her 41st birthday on Thursday playing at the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, and her partner Brooke Sweat also celebrated two victories on the sand to become one of eight women’s teams to top their pools and advance straight to the second knockout round.
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Newly-crowned European champs hope for World Tour success next
Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2019 – Tina Graudina & Anastasija Kravcenoka claimed the CEV European Championship title in Moscow last week. Although they are only 21 and 22 years old, respectively, these young Latvian athletes have already made a name for themselves on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and this continental crown is as logical as it is sensational.
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| 8/14/2019 |
AVP Gold Series MBO: Event Guide - AVP Beach Volleyball
It’s Christmas in August and that’s because it’s the Granddaddy of ‘em all… the Wimbledon of beach volleyball… the Super Bowl of our sport. Whatever you want to call it, it’s the most highly-anticipated beach volleyball event of the year for athletes and fans— the AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open.
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Walsh Jennings celebrates her birthday at Moscow event
Moscow, Russia, August 14, 2019 - When Kerri Walsh Jennings takes to the sand here on Thursday during the opening pool play rounds in Moscow, she will be celebrating her birthday at an FIVB-sanctioned beach volleyball event for the fourth time.
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Ehlers & Flueggen excited about both Moscow and Rome main draws
Moscow, Russia, August 14, 2019 – On the very same day Germany’s Nils Ehlers & Lars Flueggen qualified for the men’s main draw at the Moscow four-star stop on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, to double their excitement, the direct main draw spots for next month’s World Tour Finals in Rome were officially confirmed and Ehlers & Flueggen are among them.
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Tough battles for women’s main draw vacancies at Moscow
Moscow, Russia, August 14, 2019 – Wednesday’s qualification matches for the vacant spots in the women’s main draw of the Moscow four-star stop on the 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour offered the spectators at the Luzhniki sports complex fierce battles, many of which extended to tie-breaker sets.
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Van Driel and Schoon aiming for more success, at Knokke-Heist 1-Star
Knokke-Heist, Belgium, August 14, 2019 – Emi van Driel and Raïsa Schoon will try to maintain their strong run of form in 2019 when they compete at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Knokke-Heist 1-Star tournament.
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Aug 21-25, 2019 |
FIVB |
Jurmala Three Star, Latvia |
M |
US$75,000 |
| Aug 21-24, 2019 |
FIVB |
Rubavu One Star, Rubawu, Rwanda |
M |
US$5,000 |
| Aug 21-24, 2019 |
FIVB |
Rubavu One Star, Rubawu, Rwanda |
W |
US$5,000 |
| Aug 22-25, 2019 |
FIVB |
Zhongwei Two Star, China |
W |
US$25,000 |
| Aug 24-27, 2019 |
FIVB |
Salalah One Star, Oman |
M |
US$5,000 |
| Aug 27-31, 2019 |
FIVB |
Montpellier One Star, France |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| Aug 28-Sep 1, 2019 |
AVP |
Gold Series Championships, Chicago |
M&W |
$300,000 |
| Aug 28-Sep 1, 2019 |
FIVB |
Oslo One Star, Norway |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 4-8, 2019 |
FIVB |
World Tour Finals, Rome, Italy |
M |
US$300,000 |
| Sep 4-8, 2019 |
FIVB |
World Tour Finals, Rome, Italy |
W |
US$300,000 |
| Sep 13-15, 2019 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Continental Tour Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
M |
TBD |
| Sep 13-15, 2019 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Continental Tour Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
W |
TBD |
| Sep 18-22, 2019 |
Other |
Olympic Qualification Tournament, Haiyang, China |
M&W |
TBD |
| Sep 19-22, 2019 |
AVP |
Hawaii Open, Waikiki |
M&W |
$200,000 |
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