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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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Swiss hopefuls Bossart and Kernen enjoying their last U21 World Champs

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Switzerland Muriel Bossart and Leona Kernen are in the middle of their 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship campaign in Puebla. They are really enjoying the atmosphere of their last junior world champs together and, of course, hoping to go as far as possible in the tournament. Meanwhile, Kernen is also looking forward to her first senior World Championship next month in Adelaide, along with star partner Tanja Huberli. The Swiss duo have already won some and lost some at the event in Mexico, but are now qualified for…

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Mexico new heroes Lares and Carlos Andres have what it takes for a bright future

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Rising Mexican beach volleyball stars Ines Antonio Vargas Lares and Carlos Andres Ayala Herrera have been real ambassadors for the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships that got underway in Puebla on Wednesday. The fans have been going crazy as soon as the young talents show up on the premises of the event in Cholula, but when they won their opening main draw match on Thursday, the euphoria around them was indescribable. One can only imagine what it will be like in Mexico if Lares and Carlos Andres continue…

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Brasher and Nuss achieve their season goal with home victory in California

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The Americans earned their third gold of the season in front of their home fans. The first major international beach volleyball event held in the United States since 2018, this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Newport Beach Elite ended up being a celebration of the success of American women in the sport, with duos from the host country ranking first and second. 🥇 Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss (USA) 🥈 Julia Donlin / Lexy Denaburg (USA) 🥉 Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Ramos (Brazil) The fans that followed the…

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Bukovec and Miric storm through Veracruz Challenge qualifier

2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship silver medalist and Paris 2024 Olympian Sophie Bukovec and Tiadora Miric of Canada made a successful Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut as a team in Wednesday’s single-round qualifications at the Veracruz Challenge in Mexico and made it to the 32-team main draw that serves off on Thursday, along with another seven teams successful in the qualifiers. Watch the Veracruz Challenge on VBTV Bukovec‘s last appearance on the Tour with her previous partner, three-time Olympian Heather Bansley, was at the Warmia Mazury Challenge in…

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Donlin and Denaburg Drop Another Stunner in Rio

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USA’s Julia Donlin and Lexy Denaburg delivered another big upset at the Rio de Janeiro Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. After surprising the number two team in the FIVB World Ranking, Brazil’s Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti, on Thursday, they went on to top their pool after another three-set stunner against the world’s number three team Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova of Latvia on Friday. Watch the Rio de Janeiro Elite on VBTV In the Pool B final, 14th-seeded Donlin and Denaburg celebrated a 2-1 (21-17, 11-21,…

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Netherlands’ Luini and Poiesz Celebrate First Beach Pro Tour Gold

Lisa Luini and Desy Poiesz of the Netherlands celebrated their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold together by topping the podium at the women’s Bondues Lille Metropole Futures in France. Two pairs representing the home nation completed the podium – Romane Sobezalz and Saofe Duval with silver, and Ophelie Lusson and Alex Merle with bronze. 🥇 Lisa Luini / Desy Poiesz (Netherlands) 🥈 Romane Sobezalz / Saofe Duval (France) 🥉 Ophelie Lusson / Alex Merle (France) The two 22-year-old Dutch athletes made a victorious run through the tournament winning…

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