An Inside Look at the Gstaad Major
Some of the biggest beach volleyball names in the world will make their way to Gstaad, Switzerland for the second of three 2018 FIVB Beach Major tournaments, nicknamed the Major in the Mountains.
Ross/Klineman, Walsh Jennings/Branaugh Pick Up Pool Wins in Xiamen
FIVB Xiamen Four-Star Xiamen, China April 17-21, 2018 Schedule/Results Canada’s Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson became the second Top 10 women’s seed…
Artacho/Clancy, Sivalop/Vilachko Win 1st FIVB Medals with Qinzhou Gold
Fifth seeded Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy of Australia and No. 15 seed Maxim Sivolap and Igor Velichko of Russiaeach won their first FIVB medals with gold at the Qinzhou Open on Saturday.
Surprise Finals Set for Qinzhou Three Star
QINZHOU THREE STAR Oct. 11-15, 2017 Qinzhou, China Schedule/Results Streaming Video Saturday night’s finals are set for the Qinzhou Three…
Men’s Qualifiers Boehle/Van De Velde Through to Qinzhou Quarterfinals
Second seeded American duo Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat and fourth-seeded Lauren Fendrick and Nicole Branagh and are on to the quarterfinals, while the story on the men’s side is Dutch qualifiers Dirk Boehle and Steven Van de Velde who also moved on.
New Duo Ross/Claes Are Out in Qinzhou, 3 Other Americans Remain
April Ross and Kelly Claes lost in the main draw on Thursday, while fellow Americans Lauren Fendrick and Nicole Branagh, Emily Day and Brittany Hochevar, and Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat fared better with straight-set wins
Upsets Abound in Men’s Beach World Championships
Qatar’s Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younousse, who knocked off No. 2 overall seed Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs of Latvia to claim the top spot in Pool B, while five other Tuesday matches featured upsets.
Koekelkoren/van Walle Come Back to Win in Three on FIVB Worlds Day 1
No. 12 Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle of Belgium edged Latvia’s Edgars Tocs and Rihards Finsters 21-14, 19-21, 15-13 in one of just two three-set match on opening day.
Germany’s Bockermann/Fluggen Edge Doherty/Hyden for Olszytn Gold
Germany’s Markus Bockermann and Lars Fluggen are FIVB World Tour champions for the first time in 2017, winning the Olsztyn Open in three sets on Sunday.
USA’s Doherty/Hyden, Germany’s Bockermann/Fluggen Vie for Olsztyn Gold
Americans Ryan Doherty and John Hyden are looking to make history in the Olszytn Four Star finals on Sunday.
