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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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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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