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Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Players: 13628 10618 24246
Tournaments: 2236 1805 4041
 
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Jose Vallejo 64
Jon Hollosi 61
Ana Armat Vazquez 58
Andreas Schindler 55
Ze Marco de Melo 55
Nora Flores 53
Josh Marsh 53
Julian Posodente 53
Konstantinos Aggelidis 53
Sebastian Winiarski 51
Oleksandr Beloblodsky 51
Franco Mederos 50
Olukayode Edu 50
Toni Tuominen 50
Dan Fisher 50
Ingrid Rivas 48
Matevz Berk 47
Scott Castevens 47
Francesco Tabarini 45
Alfredo Tabarini 45
Juraj Jogunica 45
Patrick Grady 45
Drew Vaughn 45
Aikaterini Christodoulaki 44
Murielle Saha 44
Patricia Daniel 43
Annie Daniel 43
Juraj Tomasik 43
Hassan Mohd 41
Justin Wilke 41
Denis Messelmani 40
Sun-Hwa Lee 39
Pedro Peixoto 39
Stephen Gately 39
Adam Cabbage 38
Jekaterina Stepanova 37
Srdjan Medan 36
Sini Hakkinen 36
Jon Newton 35
Mari Berget 35
Olga Yaremchuk 35
Christopher Teetz 35
Magdalina Stratulat 34
Anna Kurshina 34
Nenad Sormaz 34
Natalia Plodowska 34
Geoffrey Pauly 33
Patrick Carr 33
Jade Hayes 33
Katie Hogan 32
Bing Bai 32
Lidianny Echeverria 30
Henrik Aase Hole 30
Hailey Harward 28
Tarin Mergener 28
Rafael Mendonca 28
Rocio Ramirez 28
Cristiele Schwatrzhaupt 26
Karolina Wroblewska 24
Luke Turner 24
Lisa Luini 23
Wenqin Han 23
Daria Vorotintseva 22
Stephanie Rondon 21
Mayra Perez 20
Erik Kolev 19
Oliwier Pawlicki 19
Ignacio Perez 18
Xinyu Wang 18
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1988
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Miller Lite Daytona Beach Open.  It was the 86th win for Sinjin Smith, the 62nd win for Randy Stoklos, and the 61st win for the team.
In 1989
Brent Frohoff and Karch Kiraly won the AVP Miller Lite Fort Myers Open.  It was the 7th win for Brent Frohoff, the 29th win for Karch Kiraly, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2017
Julie Gordon and Camille Saxton won the FIVB Sydney Two Star.  It was the 3rd win for Julie Gordon, the 2nd win for Camille Saxton, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2023
Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera won the FIVB BPT Challenge La Paz.  It was the 8th win for Adrian Gavira, the 14th win for Pablo Herrera, and the 8th win for the team.
In 2023
Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz won the FIVB BPT Challenge La Paz.  It was the 7th win for Taryn Brasher, the 7th win for Kristen Cruz, and the 7th win for the team.
In 2023
Likejiang Ha and Jiaxin Wu won the FIVB BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Beach.  It was the 3rd win for Likejiang Ha, the 3rd win for Jiaxin Wu, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 2023
Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann won the FIVB BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Beach.  It was the 2nd win for Shaunna Polley, the 2nd win for Alice Zeimann, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2023
Taylor Crabb and Taylor Sander won the AVP Pro Series Miami Open.  It was the 17th win for Taylor Crabb, the 3rd win for Taylor Sander, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 2023
Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson won the AVP Pro Series Miami Open.  It was the 16th win for Melissa Humana-Paredes, the 7th win for Brandie Wilkerson, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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3/19/2026
Canada’s Rivest & Licht push through to Tlaxcala main draw with two qualification wins
Guillaume Rivest & Martin Licht of Canada were the only team that managed to score two qualification wins on Wednesday on the way to the men’s main draw at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Another seven teams from Canada, Latvia, Paraguay, Slovakia, USA and two from Australia also advanced to the main draw in Mexico, but after receiving byes...

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All set for women’s main draw in Tlaxcala
The second Challenge event on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour got underway in Tlaxcala on Wednesday. In the women’s competition, the qualifications took place with a single round of five matches played. Five teams – two from the United States and one each from Argentina, Brazil and Germany – earned their spot in the main draw. Another three – two from China and one from Romania...

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3/18/2026
Last week’s Elite semifinalists Scampoli & Bianchi on to Tlaxcala Challenge campaign
The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday...

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Four Swedish World Championship finalists highlight Tlaxcala Challenge men’s lineup
The Mexican city of Tlaxcala, which has already earned an iconic status in beach volleyball after hosting the first ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event back in March 2022 as well as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2023, is now ready to welcome its second Beach Pro Tour stop. The 2026 Tlaxcala Challenge is set to serve off shortly on Wednesday...

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Cruz & Brasher, Ahman & Hellvig back to number one in World Rankings
Both winners of last week’s Joao Pessoa Elite on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour – USA’s Kristen Cruz (formerly Nuss) & Taryn Brasher and Sweden’s David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig – climbed back up to number one in the world after the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings received their weekly update following the first Elite event of the year.

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3/16/2026
Chinese teams reign supreme at Haikou Futures
Representatives of the host nation China collected two golds and a silver at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Haikou Futures that came to an end on Sunday. In an all-Chinese women’s final, Jiang Kaiyue & Dong Jie defeated Kadeliye Halaiti & Zhou Mingli, while Japan’s Miki Ishii & Mayu Kikuchi took the bronze. Wu Jiaxin & Wang Yanwei topped the men’s podium...

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3/15/2026
Åhman and Hellvig start 2026 with João Pessoa Elite gold
Reigning Olympic and world champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden missed no time reassuring their position as the top team in the world by triumphing in the first Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season, which came to an end on Sunday in João Pessoa. The European superstars topped the podium at the Cabo Branco Beach in Brazil...

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Brasher and Cruz on top at João Pessoa Elite
Americans Taryn Brasher and Kristen Cruz (formerly Nuss) spoiled the Brazilian party in the first Elite event of the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season, winning the tournament held in João Pessoa on Sunday. The Paris Olympians denied fan favorites and reigning Olympic champions Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos the opportunity of winning a title...

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Australia triumphs with both golds in Coolangatta
Host nation Australia picked up both gold medals at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Coolangatta Futures on Sunday. Jack Pearse & D'Artagnan Potts topped the men’s podium, while Stefanie Fejes & Jasmine Rayner triumphed in the women’s competition. Another Aussie team – Solomon Bushby & Justin Schumann – claimed the men’s bronze, while Thailand’s Pithak Tipjan & Wachirawit Muadpha...

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Evandro/Arthur and Daubas/Aye to meet in João Pessoa semifinals
The finalists of last year's Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour João Pessoa Elite, Brazil's Evandro Gonçalves/Arthur Lanci and France's Rémi Daubas (formerly Bassereau)/Calvin Aye are set to meet again on the last day of the 2026 edition of the tournament, but this time in the semifinals. Brazilians and French overcame a pair of elimination matches at the Cabo Branco Beach on Saturday...

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Cheng and Kraft make it to the semifinals in their team debut in João Pessoa
Americans Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft earned the right to compete for a medal in their first tournament as partners after they advanced to the semifinals of this week's Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour João Pessoa Elite on Saturday. With that, the Americans will be among the four teams appearing in the medal rounds of the tournament held at the Cabo Branco Beach on Sunday...

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3/14/2026
China, Germany, Japan and Turkiye to be represented in Haikou Futures semis
As many as four teams from host nation China advanced to the semifinals of the Haikou Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and will be joined by two German pairs and duos from Japan and Turkiye in Sunday’s matches for the distribution of the places on the podiums. The semis and the medal matches on March 15 will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel.

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Mar 18-22, 2026 FIVB BPT Challenge Tlaxcala, Mexico M US$125,000
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