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Friday, April 19, 2024
Database Statistics
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Players: 12665 9745 22410
Tournaments: 2095 1663 3758
 
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Christian Wandeler 61
Terry Stevens 58
Rogerio De Paula 56
Wolfgang Knapp 51
Mike Kuk 49
John Moran 48
Jason Kolczak 47
Beat Wachter 47
Andy Shean 47
Na Zhang 44
Bors Vodenicharov 43
Paola Rodriguez 42
Boris Yankov 42
Jason Medero 42
German Varela 41
Tommi Koponen 41
Zsuzsanna Jozsa 41
Kevin McColloch 40
Evangelina Gallay 40
Jure Zerdoner 40
Khallouf Abdelaziz 39
Xi Zhang 39
Chrisanthi Ifady 39
Jacob Layden 38
Alexey Yutvalin 37
Diana Tataru 36
Diana Balintoni 36
Hannah Keddell 34
Sandrina Hunsel 33
Mary Boles 32
Austin Rysyk 31
Tambre Nobles 31
Michael Saeta 30
Alessandro Carucci 30
Jiajun Wang 29
Devon Dunn 29
Esra Cetin 28
Milana Stojanoski 28
Karlis Kaulins 28
Aiden Hazzard 26
Katerine Montealto 25
Julija Peric 25
Kaleb Jenness 24
Rianne Stok 24
Katelyn Hess 24
Silvia-Ioana Coman 24
Joao Elbert 23
Kate Reilly 22
Romina Ediger 22
Ana Monteiro 19
Anninos-Alexios Chrysosto 17
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1987
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Panama City Open.  It was the 72nd win for Sinjin Smith, the 48th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 47th win for the team.
In 1992
Karolyn Kirby and Angela Rock won the WPVA Coors Light Fort Myers Open.  It was the 21st win for Karolyn Kirby, the 13th win for Angela Rock, and the 13th win for the team.
In 1998
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the Miller Lite/AVP Player's Championships.  It was the 26th win for Jose Loiola, the 100th win for Kent Steffes, and the 13th win for the team.
In 2009
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open presented by Riverside Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  It was the 38th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 50th win for Todd Rogers, and the 37th win for the team.
In 2009
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs won the AVP Crocs Tour Riverside Open presented by Riverside Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  It was the 9th win for Nicole Branagh, the 44th win for Elaine Youngs, and the 8th win for the team.
 
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4/18/2024
World’s best back on the beach at this week’s Tepic Elite16
As the Beach Pro Tour season has settled into its early-season stride, hitting consecutive stops in Brazil and another in Mexico, something still felt amiss. Namely, the best players. Almost all of them. Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth have played just four matches this season, Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes six. Miles Partain and Andy Benesh haven’t played at all.

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Grimalts score important tie-breaker wins to make Tepic main draw
The main draw line-ups at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Tepic are now complete after Wednesday’s qualifiers made good news for some of the candidates for Olympic tickets and not so good for others. Chile’s Marco Grimalt & Esteban Grimalt, who are right on the edge of the men’s provisional Olympic Ranking, managed two important tie-breaker victories...

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4/17/2024
How Norway’s Beach Volley Vikings are changing beach volleyball
HERMOSA BEACH, California — In the spring of 2015, Mathias Berntsen and Anders Mol, cousins united by blood as much by a hereditary passion for the sport of volleyball, sat down and mapped out the future. There was much to discuss. The members of Norway’s senior national team at the time were aging out. After the 2016 Olympic Games, the future of their country’s success...

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Another chapter of the Swiss battle unfolds in Guadalajara
Some important moves were made in the internal race between Swiss women’s teams as they attempt to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics via the FIVB Olympic Rankings this past week at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Guadalajara Challenge, in Mexico, where all three duos that vie for the two available spots were on the court.

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4/16/2024
Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Crabb-Brunner take big leap with Guadalajara gold
Within an hour or so after Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner won gold at the Guadalajara Challenge, the messages came pouring in: Did that seal the deal? Are Crabb and Brunner going to the Paris Olympics? Maybe. A gold medal, and the 800 points that come with it, certainly do not hurt the cause of Brunner and Crabb. They are now the No. 2 USA men’s team by a 480-point margin...

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Beach Update: Olympic Points on the Line at Elite16 Tepic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 17, 2024) – In the latest beach update, a gold medal for Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner at Challenge Guadalajara vaults them into the top spot for the U.S. men’s provisional Olympic rankings. We now look toward the next Elite16 event in Tepic, Mexico, this week with all the top U.S. teams in the Olympic rankings.

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Partain & Benesh, Tillmann & Muller in for late start of 2024 season this week in Tepic
The fifth high-level event on the 2024 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and the second Elite16 tournament of the year is about to serve off in Mexico. Tepic will host its second world-level event this week, from April 17 to 21, after its inaugural Elite16 Tour stop in March 2023. For some high-calibre pairs, like USA’s Miles Partain & Andrew Benesh or Germany’s Cinja Tillmann & Svenja Muller...

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Crabb & Brunner take lead in US race for Olympic spots
Following their victory at last week’s Guadalajara Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, Trevor Crabb & Theodore Brunner became the highest-placed American team in the men’s provisional Olympic Ranking, surpassing Miles Partain & Andrew Benesh in the race for the country’s maximum of two tickets to Paris 2024.

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Pair From The Philippines Celebrate First Beach Pro Tour Medal With Support From FIVB Volleyball Empowerment
FIVB Volleyball Empowerment beneficiaries James Buytrago & Rancel Varga of the Philippines claimed the pair’s first-ever Beach Pro Tour medal by finishing runners-up at last week’s Nuvali Futures on home sand in Santa Rosa. The duo from Czechia, Krystof Jan Oliva & Vaclav Kurka topped the men’s podium to celebrate the team’s first gold, while Latvian pair Toms Liepa & Ernests Puskundzis...

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4/15/2024
“Comeback Kings” Theo Brunner, Trevor Crabb win Guadalajara Challenge gold
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Theo Brunner had accepted it. While he and Trevor Crabb wouldn’t get a podium finish at the Guadalajara Challenge, “sweet,” Brunner recalled thinking. “We get to rest up for [next week’s Tepic Elite16].” Crabb was less on the sunny side of matters. “We blew it,” he remembered thinking as the score of their quarterfinal against Steven Van de Velde and Matthew Immers...

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New Tickets For The Olympic Games Paris 2024 To Go On Sale On 17 April
More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April at 10 am CEST. It's one of the last opportunities to get your tickets to see the stars of the Games in action. To celebrate 100 Days to Go to the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Paris 2024 will release more tickets on the official ticketing website - tickets.paris2024.org.

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Dates Tour Tournament Gender Purse
Apr 17-21, 2024 FIVB BPT Elite16 Tepic, Mexico M US$150,000
Apr 17-21, 2024 FIVB BPT Elite16 Tepic, Mexico W US$150,000
Apr 25-28, 2024 FIVB BPT Challenge Xiamen, China M US$75,000
Apr 25-28, 2024 FIVB BPT Challenge Xiamen, China W US$75,000
May 1-5, 2024 FIVB BPT Elite16 Brasília, Brazil M US$150,000
May 1-5, 2024 FIVB BPT Elite16 Brasília, Brazil W US$150,000
May 3-5, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Varadero, Cuba M TBD
May 3-5, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Varadero, Cuba W TBD
May 7-10, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic M TBD
May 7-10, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic W TBD
May 9-12, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Madrid, Spain M € 5,000
May 9-12, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Pingtan, China M US$5,000
May 9-12, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Pingtan, China W US$5,000
May 12-14, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio Final, Dominican Republic M TBD
May 12-14, 2024 NORCECA NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Juan Dolio Final, Dominican Republic W TBD
May 16-19, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Cervia, Italy M € 5,000
May 16-19, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Cervia, Italy W € 5,000
May 16-19, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Madrid, Spain W € 5,000
May 16-19, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Qingshan, China M US$5,000
May 16-19, 2024 FIVB BPT Futures Qingshan, China W US$5,000
May 17-19, 2024 AVP Huntington Beach Heritage Series M&W TBD



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