Credit: volleyball.org.au Seventy-three teams representing 24 different countries will take to the court in Torquay from November 23 until Sunday, November 27 to compete in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge, the first event of the Great Ocean Road Beach Volleyfest in Australia. As the Beach Pro Tour season winds down towards the inaugural...

Second seeds and 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tipjan pulled off stunning win against reigning champions Christopher McHugh/Paul Burnett of Australia in the final showdown of the Bandar Abbas-hosted 2022 Asian Senior Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship in Iran. The exceptional 21-16, 21-17 win in the Friday’s showdown not only handed the...

Qataris Cherif/Ahmed in quarterfinal action against Aussies Schubert/Hodges Top seeds Abdolhamed Mirzaali/Arash Vakili, second seeds Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan and in-form Chinese Li Zhuoxin/Xue Tao all struggled in hard-fought three-setters on Thursday, but third seeds Christopher McHugh/Paul Burnett sealed comfortable win to see them book their semifinal slots in the Bandar Abbas-hosted 2022 Asian Senior Men’s...

The Bandar Abbas-hosted 2022 Asian Senior Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship in Iran has reached its climax on Thursday when teams qualified for round of 16 will battle it out in the knockout stages to keep Finals hopes alive. Top teams including three Australian pairings navigated their ways to the Thursday’s round of 16. Defending champions...

Third seeds and 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games champions Christopher McHugh/Paul Burnett kicked off their title defense campaign in the Bandar Abbas-hosted Asian Senior Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship in Iran on Tuesday with stunning loss in Pool C, as current FIVB world No.4 and second seeds Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan sealed first win in their opening Pool...

There were no big surprises on the opening day of the Bandar Abbas-hosted Asian Senior Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship in Iran, as strong teams enjoyed flying starts of the continent’s five-day topflight competition with comfortable wins on Monday. Thai players ruled the roost on the very first day of the championship when their three teams...

All is set for the “PPTV” 2022 Asian “Hamrahe Avval” Senior Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship, which will be held from November 14 to 18 in Bandar Abbas, a port city and capital of Hormozgan Province on the southern coast of Iran, with Qataris Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan leading star cast and Aussies Christopher McHugh/Paul Burnett back...

Chinese Ha Likejiang and Wu Jiaxin stamped their authority on the 2022 AVC Beach Tour Bandar Abbas Open following their exceptional victory against Zachery Schubert and Thomas Hodges in the final showdown in Bandar Abbas, Iran on Friday. The 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) demolition of the Australia’s second seeds not only handed Ha and Wu the...

China are assured of booking their berth in the final showdown of the AVC Beach Tour Bandar Abbas Open in Iran’s port city on southern coast Bandar Abbas after Ha Likejiang/Wu Jiaxin and Wang Yanwei/Zhou Chaowei set up an all-Chinese semifinal clash, as Aussies Zachery Schubert/Thomas Hodges and Iranians Bahman Salemiinjehboroun/Alireza Aghajanighasab will fight it...

Second seeds Zachery Schubert/Thomas Hodges knocked top seeds Abolhamed Mirzaali/Arash Vakili out of the AVC Beach Tour Bandar Abbas Open in Bandar Abbas after stunning the host duo in the Wednesday’s round of last 16, as three Chinese pairings escaped unscathed to secure their quarterfinals berths in the five-day men’s only tournament.   Aside from...

Excitement levels have reached fever pitch for Wednesday’s round of last 16 encounters when participating teams will have to give it all-out in the knockout phase to keep their high hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals and semifinals in the AVC Beach Tour Bandar Abbas Open in Bandar Abbas, Iran alive. The pool round-robin preliminaries...

As most strong teams escaped unscathed on Day 1 of the AVC Beach Tour Bandar Abbas Open in Bandar Abbas, Iran on Monday, second seeds Zachary Schubert/Thomas Hodges suffered shock 1-2 defeat to 18th-seeds Sina Shokati Shekarsaraei/Abbas Pourasgari in their opening Pool B clash. Australians Schubert and Hodges had performed brilliantly to capture three titles...