Carol and Rebecca New World Number One After Itapema
USA Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher enjoyed being the world number one women team for two weeks after their FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship silver, but after skipping the last Elite event on the 2025 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour calendar in Itapema, they had to step down and give up the crown to another team that climbed on top of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking for the first time – Itapema winners Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti of Brazil.
Women World Ranking Updates
Carol and Rebecca collected 1,200 ranking points along with their Itapema Elite gold in Brazil last week and, after dropping their old eighth best result of 760 points from their score, they netted 440 points towards a new total of 8,440, enough to propel them to the top of the World Ranking, 200 points clear of compatriots and former number one Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes. Before Itapema, the two teams shared the second place in the World Ranking, but Thamela and Victoria also medaled in Brazil with bronze and improved their score by a net of 240 points to surpass Nuss and Brasher by 40 points, leaving the Americans in third place.
It is the first time Carol and Rebecca stand together as the world number one team. Just until about nine months ago in March 2025, Carol was in the number one spot together with her previous partner Barbara Seixas. The highest ranking Rebecca has ever reached with her previous partner Agatha Bednarczuk was the second place.
Women Top 10
The rest of the top 10 remained unchanged after this week update of the World Ranking:
🥇 Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti (Brazil) – 8,440 pts
🥈 Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes (Brazil) – 8,240 pts
🥉 Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher (USA) – 8,200 pts
🏅 Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia) – reigning world champions
🏅 Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Lisboa (Brazil) – reigning Olympic champions
🏅 Terese Cannon and Megan Kraft (USA)
🏅 Molly Shaw and Kelly Cheng (USA)
🏅 Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann (Germany)
🏅 Valentina Gottardi and Reka Orsi Toth (Italy)
🏅 Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson (Canada)
Meanwhile, Itapema Challenge silver medalists Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima of Brazil jumped as many as 21 positions up the chart to number 36.
Men World Ranking Updates
France Elouan Chouikh-Barbez and Joadel Gardoque, the sensational winners of the men Itapema Elite tournament, gained 11 spots in the men World Ranking and rose to a new team-high 37th place. The highest they had ever reached in the past was the 43rd place.
Itapema silver medalists Martins Plavins and Kristians Fokerots of Latvia made a leap of seven positions up to number eight, while Brazilian bronze medalists Evandro Oliveira and Arthur Mariano Lanci ascended one spot from number five to number four.
Men Top 10
🥇 Anders Mol and Christian Sorum (Norway)
🥈 Jacob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson (Sweden)
🥈 David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig (Sweden) – reigning world and Olympic champions
🏅 Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot (Netherlands)
🏅 Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan (Qatar)
🏅 Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner (Czechia)
🏅 Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak (Poland)
🏅 Noslen Diaz and Jorge Alayo (Cuba)
Credit: volleyballworld.com
