Three Japanese Duos, One Czech Make Tuan Chau Quarterfinals
Three teams from Japan and one from the Czech Republic earned free passes to the quarterfinals of the Tuan Chau Open by winning their respective pools on Thursday.
Americans Carico/Dykstra, Budinger/Rosenthal On To Lucerne Main Draw
Eight men’s and eight women’s pairs fought through two qualifying rounds to earn berths to the Lucerne Three-Star 32-team main draw on Wednesday. Among those moving on were Americans Lane Carico/Lara Dykstra and Chase Budinger/Sean Rosenthal.
Busy FIVB Slate Rolls On with Events in Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam
The jam packed FIVB slate continues this week with three titles on the line: the Tuan Chau Island One-Star, the Bangkok One-Star and the Lucerne Three-Star.
Misty May-Treanor Appointed Co-Chair of Presidential Council on Sports
Misty May-Treanor, playing with Kerri Walsh-Jennings, won 3-straight Olympic gold medals in beach volleyball from 2004-2012.
Kira Walkenhorst Announces Leonie Kortzinger as Interim Beach Partner
Olympic gold medalist Kira Walkenhorst has a new partner and a new role for the 2018 beach volleyball season.
1st-Time Gold Medalists Kusano/Nishibori, Karpa/Sievers Win in Manila
Manila One-Star May 3-6, 2018 Manila, Philippines Schedule/Results First time gold medalists were the order of the day at the…
Austrians, Russians Earn First Tour Golds at Mersin Three-Star
It was a day of firsts in the championship matches of the Mersin Three-Star on Sunday as Austria’s Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer and Russia’s Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov earned their first World Tour gold medals with three-set championship wins.
Germans Behlen/Schneider Win Phnom Penh Gold in FIVB Tour Debut
Germans Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider made quite a splash in their FIVB World Tour debut, taking home the gold medal at the two-star Anchor International Beach Volleyball Carnival after a rallying for a three-set win in the championship match on Sunday.
Barbara/Fernanda, Brouwer/Meeuwsen Take Huntington Beach Gold
History was made on the men’s side of the Huntington Beach Four-Star as seventh-seeded Dutch duo Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands became the first European team in nearly 22 years to claim an FIVB event title on American soil. The last was Norway’s Jan Kvalhelm/Bjorn Masseide at the 196 U.S. Open in Hermosa Beach, California.
WATCH LIVE: Huntington Beach Finals
FIVB Huntington Beach Open May 2-6, 2018 Huntington Beach Pier; Huntington Beach, California Schedule/Results Live Streams The Huntington Beach Open…
