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Year: 2025

AVP League Championships Set for Chicago – Whats at Stake

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The AVP League season all comes down to this. On August 30–31, the top six men and women duos will battle it out at Oak Street Beach for the 2025 AVP League Championship. This isn about city totals or team points anymore – Chicago is about the best duos in the league, playing for ultimate bragging rights and the biggest payday of the season. Championship Format The bracket is compact, high-stakes, and simple: Six duos per gender, seeded #1–#6 from season standings. Quarterfinals (Saturday): #3 vs #6, #4 vs #5.…

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2025 AVP Manhattan Beach Open – Event Recap

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Women Bracket – Brasher and Nuss Cement Their Dynasty The defending champions, Taryn Brasher and Kristen Nuss, once again etched their names into Manhattan Beach history, winning their second straight title with a gritty three-set victory over #2 Terese Cannon and Megan Kraft (15–21, 21–18, 15–13). It the first women repeat since Emily Capers and Brittany Hochevar in 2016–2017, confirming Kloth/Nuss as the defining force of the modern AVP. They entered the weekend having won 32 of their last 35 AVP matches and extended their finals streak to seven straight…

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Olympic final rematch highlights Montreal semis

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Olympic Final Rematch Highlights Montreal Semifinals Canadians Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brazilians Eduarda Duda Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos are set to meet for the first time since their historic Paris Olympics gold medal clash. Semifinals Schedule 12:00 local time (16:00 GMT): Brandie and Melissa (Canada) vs. Duda and Ana Patricia (Brazil) 13:00 local time (17:00 GMT): Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann (Germany) vs. Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia) Olympic Rematch The teams have entered the same tournament twice since their memorable encounter at the Eiffel Tower…

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Lippmann and Bock continue to rise with Baden Challenge gold

The Germans defeated Dutch Konink and Schoon in the final in Austria to secure their first title as partners. Bock and Lippmann won their first title in just their sixth event as partners (Photo: Florian Schroetter/Beach Volleyball Baden) A new team on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in 2025, Germans Louisa Lippmann and Linda Bock continued to climb the international beach volleyball ladder this weekend, earning their first title as partners at the Baden Challenge on Saturday. The former volleyball players topped the podium at the conclusion of the…

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Dallas Event Preview – Stakes Clinches Scenarios

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Comerica Center • Fri–Sat, Aug 8–9 Teams: L.A. Launch, Dallas Dream, Brooklyn Blaze, Miami Mayhem Headlines Men: Launch and Dream are already in. The final berth is a straight fight: Mayhem vs. Blaze. Byes—including the 1-seed—are still in play. Women: Blaze are chasing a bye; Mayhem and Dream are playing to avoid seventh (elimination). League Cup: Launch must sweep 4–0 in Dallas to lift the Cup. Anything less and Palm Beach take it. Men — Team-by-Team L.A. Launch (5–1, 11 pts) Bye/1-seed: 2–0 = 7–1 = 1st overall. If they…

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Austin Event Preview – Stakes Clinches Scenarios

H-E-B Center, Cedar Park // Aug 1 – 6–10 PM CT and Aug 2 – 5–9 PM CT Only L.A. Launch, Austin Aces, New York Nitro, and Miami Mayhem are on court in Austin. Here exactly what on the line for the AVP League Cup and Chicago Championship berths. Cup and Qualification Recap The League Cup goes to the city team with the best combined men + women win–loss record. For League Championships in Chicago, the top six men and top six women duos by win–loss record qualify independently of…

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Brazilian Legend Alison Says Goodbye to the Sand

A Legendary Career Comes to a Close One of the most accomplished and dominant beach volleyball players of all time, Brazilian blocker Alison Cerutti has announced that the next three months will be the last of his long and successful career. A Rio 2016 Olympic champion, the 39-year-old veteran will play in two events of the American AVP League and in one of the Brazilian Tour before stepping away from the sport that has been his life for the past 20 years. The Mammoth’s Legacy An Espirito Santo native, Alison…

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Week 6 Preview – NYC Central Park Gets a Beach July 19-20

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Central Park Gets a Beach Upgrade We dropping 300 tons of sand onto Central Park Wollman Rink for the first professional beach-volleyball event EVER held inside this iconic NYC park. Tickets sold out in under three days, so if you aren part of this historic event in the park, your TV screen is the only way to experience this. Tune in on Saturday, July 19th to The CW and Sunday, July 20th, on CBS broadcast television! What on the Line Team Current W-L Post-season Outlook Palm Beach Passion – Men…

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Week 5 Preview – Intuit Dome Transforms into a Beach July 11-12

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Undefeated top seed L.A. Launch (4-0) returns to the court to face their fiercest challenger yet – the red-hot Palm Beach Passion (6-2). Over eight matches across two nights, the stakes are high: can Launch keep their perfect record, or will Passion take control of the leaderboard? Top Storylines Seven Olympians, one roof. Dalhausser farewell tour meets 2024 silver medalists Brandie and Mel. Perfect vs Proven. Launch are unbeaten but have to play the #2 ranked Passion; Saturday decides control of the standings. Stat monsters. Wilkerson/Humana-Paredes hit an astounding .660…

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Ehlers and Wickler upset Mol and Sørum for a spot in the quarterfinals

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Germans Stun Norwegian Superstars Repeating what they did just under a year ago in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics, Germans Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler shocked Norwegian stars Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, beating the FIVB World Ranking leaders in the Round of 12 of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event held in Gstaad on Friday. The German Olympic medalists are among the eight teams that continue alive in the race for the title in the Swiss Alps, which will see both the quarterfinal and the…

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