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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Players: 12671 9748 22419
Tournaments: 2095 1663 3758
 
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Nak-Gil Ma 56
Pascal Delfosse 55
Alan Hinchley 53
Vladek Pavelka 50
David Toussaint 49
Shane LeCroy 49
Daniela Scarpellino 44
Jenny Scherfenberg 43
Linda Laffourcade 43
Brandon Kuntz 43
Angela Lavalle 43
Michael Atisha 42
Monica Fine 41
Yasmina Hernandez Ramos 40
Daina Marsh 39
Abdullah Kaabi 39
Irina Lashchenko 38
Petr Minarik 37
Rut Gomez 33
Meaghan Wheeler 33
Naomie Too 32
Alex Shipley 32
Christina Pasiali 31
Kevin Lopez 29
Filip Mokelainen 28
Joona Vaananen 25
C.M. Tam 25
Al Basri Kungkoy 25
Al Rashid Kungkoy 25
Cheikho Mirna 24
Elijah Margetts 24
Xingyu Tang 23
Jorge Diaz 23
Joshua Gagnon 22
Antonio Saucedo 22
Lourdes Lugo 22
Vitaly Markov 21
Fausto Inostroza 20
Kaspars Kronbergs 20
Liam Corcoran 20
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1988
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP Scottsdale Open.  It was the 90th win for Sinjin Smith, the 66th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 65th win for the team.
In 1993
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Jose Cuervo Gold Crown Clearwater.  It was the 67th win for Karch Kiraly, the 39th win for Kent Steffes, and the 27th win for the team.
In 1994
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Jacksonville Open.  It was the 88th win for Karch Kiraly, the 59th win for Kent Steffes, and the 47th win for the team.
In 2005
Jake Gibb and Stein Metzger won the AVP Tempe Open.  It was the 3rd win for Jake Gibb, the 6th win for Stein Metzger, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2005
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Tempe Open.  It was the 38th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 35th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 33rd win for the team.
In 2010
Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Maestrini won the FIVB Brasilia Open.  It was the 33rd win for Juliana Felisberta, the 33rd win for Larissa Maestrini, and the 32nd win for the team.
In 2011
Javier Jimenez and Karell Pina won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic.  It was the 1st win for Javier Jimenez, the 3rd win for Karell Pina, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2011
Jenny Kropp and Whitney Pavlik won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Dominican Republic.  It was the 2nd win for Jenny Kropp, the 2nd win for Whitney Pavlik, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2016
April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the FIVB Fuzhou Open.  It was the 47th win for April Ross, the 127th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 17th win for the team.
In 2016
Taylor Crabb and Trevor Crabb won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands.  It was the 3rd win for Taylor Crabb, the 3rd win for Trevor Crabb, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 2016
Betsi Flint and Kelley Kolinske won the NORCECA Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands.  It was the 2nd win for Betsi Flint, the 2nd win for Kelley Kolinske, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 2022
Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz won the NORCECA Continental Tour Aguascalientes.  It was the 1st win for Jorge Alayo, the 1st win for Noslen Diaz, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2022
Sophie Bukovec and Brandie Wilkerson won the NORCECA Continental Tour Aguascalientes.  It was the 4th win for Sophie Bukovec, the 6th win for Brandie Wilkerson, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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4/24/2024
Race for Paris 2024 tickets continues in Xiamen
There are three more Elite16 and two more Challenge tournaments to go on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour before the provisional Olympic rankings become final and 17 tickets to Paris 2024 per gender are handed out to those who earned them through these rankings. That means there is plenty of time and opportunities for changes that can affect those lists...

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Åhman and Hellvig make it to the top of the Olympic Rankings
The top spot in the men’s FIVB Olympic Rankings changed hands following the conclusion of last week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Tepic, Mexico, as Swedish David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig are now above everyone else following their victory in the tournament. The rankings, which will determine 17 of the 24 teams that will compete in this year’s Paris Olympics...

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4/23/2024
Ahman & Hellvig are the new world’s number one team!
David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig are the new number one team in the men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking! After winning gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Tepic Elite16 last week in Mexico, the 22-year-old Swedes dethroned Norway’s Anders Mol & Christian Sorum, who had been on top of the chart for 82 consecutive weeks, since October 3, 2022.

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FIVB Volleyball Empowerment beneficiaries Katja Stam & Raisa Schoon of the Netherlands claimed the women’s silver at last week’s Beach Pro Tour Elite16 stop in Tepic, Mexico. Switzerland’s Nina Brunner & Tanja Huberli celebrated their first-ever Beach Pro Tour gold. Brazil’s Barbara Seixas & Carol Solberg took the bronze.

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Ukraine’s National Beach Volleyball Tour Continues In Full Swing
Another Masters stop on the Ukrainian national beach volleyball tour was held over the weekend at the SUNRISE indoor beach sports complex in Kyiv, with the participation of 14 women’s and 14 men’s teams. Inna Makhno & Diana Lunina topped the women’s podium following a great comeback in Sunday’s final against Maryna Hladun & Tetiana Lazarenko.

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4/22/2024
36 tandems at Varadero NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour
HAVANA, Cuba, April 22, 2024.- The second phase of the 2024 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, hosted in the tourist city of Varadero, will feature 36 tandems, 18 in each gender, from May 2nd to 5th. Mireya Luis, former triple Olympic volleyball champion, confirmed the information as supervisor of the event and organizer since 2011 as this attractive venue has been hosting an annual stop...

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Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Cuba continues rising with Tepic bronze
The rise of Cuba’s Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz has been as swift as it has been astonishing. Entering the 2024 beach volleyball season, they had less than 4,000 Olympic points to their name and only five of the required 12 finishes. It wasn’t so much a matter if they could qualify, but if they would even play enough events to be in the discussion. They were, at best, an afterthought.

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Brunner-Huberli win “most intense” first gold medal at Tepic Elite16
The idea was to medal in Guadalajara. For Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli to play their first Challenge event in two years. To feel the pressure of being the one seed, the expectations of a medal. Of getting every team’s best shot, and to hand it right back, that their best wasn’t good enough. It didn’t work. It worked out better than planned.

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European champions triumph at Tepic Elite 16
Reigning European champions David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden and Nina Brunner/Tanja Hüberli of Switzerland took the continent to the top of the podium at this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event held in Tepic, Mexico. Their victories capped off a successful week for European teams competing at the highest level of the international event...

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Huberli & Brunner snatch first Beach Pro Tour gold; Ahman & Hellvig defend Tepic title
Switzerland’s Nina Brunner & Tanja Huberli celebrated their first-ever Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold after defeating Netherlands’ Katja Stam & Raisa Schoon in the extended tie-breaker of a three-set women’s final at the Elite16 event in Tepic on Sunday. In another spectacular three-setter, in which each of the sets was pushed to overtime...

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4/21/2024
Eying Paris, Huberli & Brunner cruise on to Tepic final against Stam & Schoon
Nina Brunner & Tanja Huberli are set to gain an important edge in the Swiss race for tickets to the women’s Olympic tournament at Paris 2024 this summer. They qualified for Sunday’s gold medal match at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite16 event in Tepic and will cross swords with Netherlands’ Katja Stam & Raisa Schoon for the trophy.

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4/20/2024
Men’s and women’s world champs upset in Tepic eighthfinals
Pablo Herrera & Adrian Gavira qualified for the Tepic Elite16 main draw from Wednesday’s qualifiers. Three tie-breakers later, they are already in the quarterfinals. While cruising confidently towards Paris 2024, which would be a record-breaking sixth Olympic appearance for Herrera (and fourth for Gavira), the Spanish veterans were among the four men’s pool winners...

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