Credit: volleyballnz.org.nz The aspirations of New Zealand’s best beach volleyballers have got a welcome boost recently with confirmation of a High Performance Sport New Zealand grant supporting Volleyball NZ’s beach programme. The grant confirms $204,000 annually for the next three years ahead of the 2022  Commonwealth Games and 2024 Paris Olympics and will go towards...

Rome to host prestigious event for second time since 2011 This summer, the world’s top women’s and men’s beach volleyball pairs will go head-to-head in Rome for the chance of being crowned world champions at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2022 from 7-19 June. The prestigious event is being held in Rome as part...

Credit: volleyball.org.au Australia’s top junior beach volleyball players will congregate on the Sunshine Coast this week for the first leg of the 2022 Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour (AJBVT), in Mooloolaba between January 19 and 21. The AJBVT is the premier domestic beach volleyball series for U19 and U21 age groups throughout Australia, bridging the...

Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2022 – Ramsar Hoorsun, Yazd Shahdab and Bandar Dayyer Paykam emerged as the top three teams after first week of the Iran Beach Volleyball Premier League. The  first week of the pool preliminaries took place in Bandar Abbas on January 9 and came to a close on Tuesday, January 11. According...

Beach Pro Tour is a unique entertainment platform combining sport, music, food and the beach lifestyle The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour will get underway this March for its inaugural season with an incredible calendar of famous beaches and iconic cities already set to host a beach volleyball festival both on and off the court....

Doha, Qatar, January 9, 2022 – Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Tijan Ahmed, bronze medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, put up a stellar show to emerge as champions in the first King of the Court Beach Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday. In the three-round final at the Aspire Zone, FIVB world No. 1 Qatari...

Credit: volleyball.qa Qatar’s Tijan Ahmed and Abdullah Nasim survived a strong challenge from Oman to emerge as eventual champions in the West Asia Beach Volleyball Zonal Tour at the Aspire Courts in Doha, Qatar on Monday. Ahmed and Nasim scored a scintillating 21-19, 21-19 win over Haitham Al Sharqi and Mazen Al Hashemi in a...

Credit: volleyball.qa Qatar’s Tijan Ahmed and Abdullah Nasim began their campaign in the West Asia Beach Volleyball Zonal Tour with a straight sets win over their Saudi Arabian opponents at the Aspire Courts on Saturday. Ahmed and Nasim prevailed 21-12, 21-13 against Ali Mahfouz and Hassan Alabdulbaqi in their Group A encounter. Qatar were due...

Credit: volleyball.qa Al Sadd captured the Qatar Men’s Beach Volleyball Open Championship for the 2021/22 season, after defeating Al Shamal 2-0 in the thrilling final match at Al Gharafa Beach Stadium on Wednesday. Mr Yousef Kano, Secretary General of the Qatar Volleyball Association, presented Champions’ Trophy to the eventual winners of the tournament. Al Shamal...

Presenting the member of the FIVB Athletes’ Commission and volleyball and beach volleyball Olympian Louise Bawden is one of the rare cases of an athlete having competed at the Olympic Games as both a volleyball and beach volleyball player. After an impressive athletic career of high sporting standards that lasted over 20 years, the 40-year-old...

Phuket, Thailand, December 19, 2021 – Thailand’s hosting of the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships ended on a high note on Sunday with the awards presentation being highlights of the closing ceremony. Phuket Governor Mr Narong Woonciew and Thailand Volleyball Association President Mr Somporn Chaibangyang jointly presided over the awards and colourful closing...

Spain and Switzerland complete women’s podium, Italy and Russia take men’s silver and bronze Teammate hug between Hellvig and Ahman after the gold medal victory Ukraine’s Anhelina Khmil and Tetiana Lazarenko and Sweden’s David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig triumphed on top of the podium at the 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships after winning...