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Crabb & Benesh Make Flawless Debut as Partners in Brazil

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NEW AMERICAN DUO SHINES IN JOÃO PESSOA as Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh earn a perfect first day together on the Beach Pro Tour. Partnership Off to Ideal Start Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh announced their new partnership just weeks ago and couldn’t have asked for a better tournament debut. The Americans earned two straight-set victories on Thursday in João Pessoa, securing their spot in the Round of 16 with an unblemished pool play record. Crabb, 34, and Benesh, 30, made their official partnership debut less than two months after…

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American Qualifiers Stun Latvian Champions in João Pessoa Opener

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UPSETS HEADLINE WOMEN’S MAIN DRAW at the Beach Pro Tour João Pessoa Elite as qualifying teams make their mark on elite competition. World Champions Fall on Opening Day In one of the biggest surprises of the 2026 season, American qualifiers Savvy Simo and Devon Newberry defeated Latvian world champions Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova 2-1 (21-18, 20-22, 15-10) in their first match together on Wednesday. The upset marked the first pool play match of the women’s main draw in Brazil. Simo and Newberry had just earned their tournament berth hours…

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2026 Beach Pro Tour Schedule: Elite16 and Challenge Stops Across Four Continents

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The FIVB Beach Pro Tour returns in 2026 with another exciting season of elite beach volleyball. The calendar features eight Elite16 events and seven Challenge tournaments, bringing world-class competition to iconic beach destinations around the globe. Season Kickoff The 2026 campaign serves off in India on March 4, with high-level beach volleyball action returning to the subcontinent. Full 2026 Beach Pro Tour Calendar Elite16 Events (8 Stops) 🇧🇷 Joao Pessoa Elite16, Brazil – March 11-15 🇧🇷 Saquarema Elite16, Brazil – April 8-12 🇧🇷 Brasilia Elite16, Brazil – April 29 to…

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Krattiger and Dillier Produce Stunning Shutout of Boermans and De Groot at World Championships

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Switzerland’s Marco Krattiger and Leo Dillier produced the most shocking result of the sixteenthfinals at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship in Adelaide, knocking out second-seeded Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot of the Netherlands. The stunning upset headlines a dramatic day that saw the full lineup for Thursday’s eighthfinals take shape. Swiss Shockwave in Adelaide Krattiger and Dillier, seeded 24th in the 48-team draw, hammered out a stunning 2-0 (21-14, 21-19) shutout of one of the main medal candidates in Australia. The Swiss dominated most of the first set…

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Benesh and Partain avoid elimination and move forward in Adelaide

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Playing a win-or-go-home match in the third round of pool play of the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship on Monday, Americans Andy Benesh and Miles Partain celebrated their first victory in Adelaide and continue alive in the tournament. With one victory and two losses, the Americans progressed as the third-best team in Pool H and now need to wait until the end of pool play to figure out if they will make it directly to the Round of 32 or if they will need to play in the lucky…

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Defending champions Perusic and Schweiner dominate in World Championship debut

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The pressure of starting their title defense at the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship didn faze Czech stars Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner, who on Saturday claimed their first victory in the tournament in a compelling way. The two-time Olympians were faced with Togo Koffi Kotoka and Kuamivi Samani in their first match in Adelaide and gave them no chance, securing an undisputable 2-0 (21-5, 21-11) victory. The most loop-sided victory in the men tournament so far in Australia puts the Europeans in a strong position to advance to…

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New Partnerships for 2026 AVP Season

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Major moves set the stage for a wide-open AVP season. The 2026 AVP season begins with real disruption at the top of both the men and women fields. The breakup of the 2024 U.S. Olympic pairing of Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, Taylor Crabb aligning with Benesh, and Kelly Cheng partnering with Megan Kraft represent some of the most consequential partnership changes going into the 2026 AVP League season. These moves aren cosmetic. They reflect elite players reassessing fit, roles, and competitive direction after a revealing 2025 season. While every…

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2026 AVP Schedule Released

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The AVP League returns to iconic cities and expands to new markets in 2026 season. The AVP Heritage Tournament Series returns to Manhattan Beach and Huntington Beach, California, while adding a third Major in Belmar, New Jersey. November 13, 2025 – The AVP, the preeminent professional beach volleyball league in the world, today announces a robust 2026 schedule for the AVP League and the AVP Heritage Tournament Series that will showcase the world best men and women beach volleyball players competing at iconic venues from coast to coast from May…

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Holting Nilsson and Andersson snatch first Elite gold

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Sweden Jacob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson celebrated their first ever Elite-level gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event in Cape Town. They cruised through the competition undefeated in six matches played, losing only two sets along the way. It was their sixth gold and ninth medal overall on the Tour. Another pair of young athletes, Austria Timo Hammarberg and Tim Berger, took the men silver in South Africa, the pair fourth Beach Pro Tour medal. All three of their previous podiums were achieved at Futures tournaments. Eighth-seeded…

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Beach Pro Tour back to Africa with Cape Town Elite

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The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour returns to the African continent with the Cape Town Elite, serving off on Wednesday with the qualification matches. South Africa is set to host the 11th Elite event on the 2025 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour this week, from Wednesday, October 22, to Sunday, October 26. It will also be the first Elite event on the African continent since Cape Town welcomed an Elite16 event during the inaugural Beach Pro Tour season in November 2022. Pool Breakdown The 2025 Cape Town Elite men bracket…

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