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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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Carol and Rebecca New World Number One After Itapema

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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…

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Trousil and Dzavoronok Take Evandro and Arthur Down to Win Itapema Elite Pool

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Tadeas Trousil and Matyas Dzavoronok silenced the home crowd on the second day of matches of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 1xBet Itapema Elite on Thursday, as the Czechs took down the top team of host country Brazil in pool play. The Europeans faced Paris Olympians Evandro Goncalves and Arthur Lanci at the Meia Praia Beach with the top spot in Pool A on the line and claimed it with a solid 2-0 (23-21, 21-17) victory. The only undefeated team in Pool A, Trousil and Dzavoronok advanced directly to…

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Tina and Anastasija Sweep Adelaide Semifinal to Secure Latvia First Ever World Championship Podium

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Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova booked the first spot in Sunday final of the women FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship in Adelaide. In the first of two semifinals on Saturday, they produced an emphatic shutout of the world number one ranked team, top-seeded Brazilians Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes, and secured Latvia first ever World Championship podium in either gender. Fifth-seeded Tina and Anastasija will find out their opponents later on Saturday, when second-seeded Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti of Brazil take on third-seeded Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher of…

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Schalk and Shaw Upset Cuban Olympians on Their Way to World Championship Quarterfinals

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Americans Chaim Schalk and James Shaw continue to make the most of their last-minute opportunity to compete at the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship, and, on Thursday, advanced to the tournament quarterfinals in Adelaide. The two had a challenging Round of 16 matchup with Cuban Olympians Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz, but showed calm and quality in the decisive moments to win the match 2-0 (21-19, 22-20) and continue to progress in South Australia. Partners for just over a year, the Americans originally were not among the 48 men…

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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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