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10622 |
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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1987
Mike Dodd and Tim Hovland won the AVP Jose Cuervo Clearwater Open.
It was the 29th win for Mike Dodd, the 27th win for Tim Hovland, and the 26th win for the team.
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In 1992
Adam Johnson and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Fort Myers Open.
It was the 7th win for Adam Johnson, the 18th win for Kent Steffes, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2009
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Crocs Tour Panama City Beach Open.
It was the 37th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 49th win for Todd Rogers, and the 36th win for the team.
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In 2009
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Crocs Tour Panama City Beach Open.
It was the 8th win for Nicole Branagh, the 43rd win for Elaine Youngs, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 2026
Xinyi Xia and Xu Yan won the FIVB BPT Challenge Nayarit.
It was the 8th win for Xinyi Xia, the 4th win for Xu Yan, and the 1st win for the team.
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| 3/29/2026 |
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Verena & Thainara and Yan & Xia in Nayarit Challenge gold medal showdown
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Three-set semifinal battles on Saturday propelled Brazil’s Verena Figueira & Thainara Feitosa and China’s Yan Xu & Xia Xinyi to Sunday’s women’s final at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. For each of the two pairs, it will be the first final at their third appearance on the Beach Pro Tour as such. The bronze medal playoff in Mexico will set... |
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Cottafava & Dal Corso v Elazar & Cuzmiciov, Capogrossos v Luini & Immers in Nayarit semis
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Israel’s Eylon Elazar & Kevin Cuzmiciov will take on top-seeded Italians Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso in one of Sunday’s men’s semifinals at the Nayarit Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. In the other, second-seeded Argentinean brothers Tomas Capogrosso & Nicolas Capogrosso will face Netherlands’ Leon Luini & Matthew Immers. |
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| 3/28/2026 |
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Hungary’s Doczi & Veress crown duo’s debut with Rarotonga Futures gold
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Hungary’s Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress crowned their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut as a team with Rarotonga Futures gold. Charles Siragusa & Alex Ukkelberg of the United States and Steven Abrams & Cameron Chadwick of Canada completed the podium at the men’s stop in the Cook Islands with silver and bronze, respectively. |
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Spain’s Vergara & Gonzalez on to Nayarit quarterfinals after fourth tie-breaker in Mexico
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Spain’s Ana Vergara & Sofia Gonzalez have played four matches at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour so far and had to grind through tie-breakers in all four of them. On Friday, they were successful in both the sixteenthfinals and the eighthfinals to push through to the women’s quarterfinals on Saturday. |
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Mexican home favorites to challenge top seeds in Nayarit Challenge eighthfinals
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The men’s main draw action at the Nayarit Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour unfolded in full swing on Friday – the second leg of pool play and the sixteenthfinal elimination round were held – to shape the match-ups for Saturday’s eighthfinals, in which the eight pool winners will be challenged by teams that pushed through the first knockouts. |
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| 3/27/2026 |
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USA v Canada and Australia v Hungary in Rarotonga Futures semis
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Pairs from Australia, Canada, Hungary and the United States progressed to the semifinals of the men’s Rarotonga Futures on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour taking place this week in the Cook Islands. The semis and the medal matches on Friday, March 27 will be streamed live on the Beach Volleyball World YouTube channel. |
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Germans earn their maximum in Nayarit women’s pool play
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The four German teams competing in the Nayarit Challenge women’s main draw on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico reached their best possible results in Thursday’s pool play, with the only damages they conceded coming from “friendly fire”. Thus, three of them won their pools and joined another five teams with direct tickets to the second elimination round, the eighthfinals... |
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Nemec & Petruf and Bedritis & Rinkevics deliver upsets in Nayarit Challenge main draw openers
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Lubos Nemec & Adrian Petruf of Slovakia and Ardis Bedritis & Arturs Rinkevics of Latvia were the only two teams that managed to break the seeding in their opening men’s main draw matches at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Mexico on Thursday. Slovakia’s Lubos Nemec & Adrian Petruf, who came into pool play as the top-seeded team of the qualification bracket... |
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| 3/26/2026 |
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Women’s turn to hit the sand in Nayarit on Thursday
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After the successful Tlaxcala Challenge in Mexico last week, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour stayed in the North American country, but moved over to its western coast, where the Nayarit Challenge, the season’s third event of that category, served off on Wednesday, March 25, with the men’s qualifiers. It is the women’s turn to hit the sand on Varadero Beach in the Nuevo Vallarta resort... |
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| 3/25/2026 |
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D’Artagnan Potts: Winning My First Gold Medal
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Australia’s D’Artagnan Potts and Jack Pearse arrived in Tlaxcala targeting a round of 16 finish but left with their first Beach Pro Tour gold at the second Challenge event of 2026. For Potts, the moment felt almost like the old myth – finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The breakthrough came in what was also the their first Beach Pro Tour final appearance... |
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First Round, Highest Stakes
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Single elimination has a way of making every point feel heavier. The pressure is palpable. On Saturday, 16 men’s teams and 16 women’s teams will descend upon Manhattan Beach for the first of three AVP League qualification events — a single-day, single-elimination bracket where one loss ends your run. All four courts will stream live on the AVP’s YouTube Channel. |
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Nayarit Challenge to serve off on Wednesday with men’s qualifiers
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The week after the successful Tlaxcala Challenge, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour stays in Mexico, but moves over to its western coast, where the Nayarit Challenge, the season’s third event of that category, will serve off on Wednesday, March 25, on Varadero Beach in the Nuevo Vallarta resort. The first competition day will offer the men’s qualification matches... |
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| 3/24/2026 |
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Capogrossos back to top 10 in the world
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A former number two team in the world – Argentina’s Tomas Capogrosso & Nicolas Capogrosso – climbed back up to number 10 in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking after their silver medal finish at last week’s Tlaxcala Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. The Capogrosso brothers had been out of the top 10 for about three and a half months. |
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| 3/22/2026 |
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From qualifiers to gold: Potts & Pearse earn first Challenge medal in Tlaxcala
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Australia’s D'Artagnan Potts & Jack Pearse made it from the qualifications all the way to the top of the men’s podium at the Tlaxcala Challenge on the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. It was the pair’s second consecutive gold on the Tour, after the Coolangatta Futures trophy in Australia last week, and first ever podium in the Challenge category. |
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Pavelkova twins conquer Tlaxcala to celebrate first ever Challenge gold
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20-year-old Czech twin sisters Katerina Pavelkova & Anna Pavelkova not only conquered their first ever Challenge-level medal on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, but made it shine in gold as they won Sunday’s women’s final in Tlaxcala, Mexico. Previously, the rising Czech stars had a full set of medals in the Futures category. |
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| Upcoming Tournaments |
| Dates |
Tour |
Tournament |
Gender |
Purse |
| Mar 25-29, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Nayarit, Mexico |
M |
US$125,000 |
| Mar 26-29, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Nayarit, Mexico |
W |
US$125,000 |
| Mar 30-Apr 2, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Tahiti, Pirae Tahiti, French Polynesia |
M |
US$5,000 |
| Apr 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Saquarema, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 8-12, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Saquarema, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
AVP |
AVP Heritage Contender Series Austin Open, Texas |
M&W |
TBD |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Costa Rica, TBD |
M |
TBD |
| Apr 17-19, 2026 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Costa Rica, TBD |
W |
TBD |
| Apr 29-May 3, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Brasília, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Apr 29-May 3, 2026 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Brasília, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
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