The 2026 CSV South America Beach Volleyball Championship will take place in João Pessoa, Brazil from 3 to 6 September with 12 out of the 16 participating women teams being supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme.
Volleyball Empowerment-supported pairs from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela will vie for the South American title in João Pessoa which will also secure the champions a slot at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028.
Each of the six Empowerment-supported National Federations will be represented by two pairs making up a total of 12 empowered pairs that will be in action on the sands of Praia de Cabo Branco around the iconic Busto de Tamandaré landmark.
FIVB has approved an investment of USD 21,000 in Coach Support for Brazil’s senior women’s teams. Top seeds Thamela Coradello Galil & Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta of Brazil will be the favourites in Pool A where they will come up against Chile’s Karen Vania Santander Pastes & Antonella Mori and two empowered pairs; Venezuela’s Valeria Valentina Moreno Figueredo & Darlin Veronica Rodríguez Carvajal and Peru’s Edith Marilyn Gonzales Rodrigues & Medalyn Mendoza.
The second Brazilian pair of Verena Figueira de Oliveira & Thainara Mylena Feitosa de Oliveira will bank on home support to finish top of Pool C. In the preliminary round, the Brazilian third seeds will take on empowered duos Isabella Habze Amoretti & Karelys Simisterra Ortiz from Ecuador and Paraguay’s Fiorella Nunez Quintana & Denisse Alvarez as well as Argentina’s Agostina Ghigliazza & Morena Marisa Abdala.
Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla & Giuliana Poletti Corrales of Paraguay are seeded second and grouped in Pool B alongside Mariana Anais Chacin Esteves & Aidana Alejandra Mejias Ramirez of Venezuela, Colombia’s Anni Sofia Cruz Jaramillo & Sara Catalina Perez Gutierrez and Peru’s Lisbeth Allcca Merino & Claudia Gaona Arevalo.
FIVB has invested a total of USD 273,000 in Paraguay’s women’s beach volleyball programme with Brazilian coach Adriano Garrido and Paulo Madeiros Costas taking charge of their senior and junior teams. Puerto Rican expert Juan Cartagena is in charge of Colombia’s senior and junior women’s teams as part of Coach Support projects totaling USD 63,000.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan Leobardo José Sanabria Rodriguez manages Peru’s women’s beach volleyball programme as part of Coach Support projects totaling USD 126,000 while Cuban coach Eugenio Ortiz Tellez manages Venezuela’s junior and senior women’s teams in a Coach Support project worth USD 5,250.
Fifth seeds Sofia Maret Ohlsson Lopez & Alejandra Dubost Orrico will lead Chile’s charge from Pool D where they are drawn together with Ecuador’s Ariana Estefanía Vilela Becerra & Stephany Valeska Cherrez Yucailla, Colombia’s Mercy Carolina Beleno Beleno & Juliana Franco Acosta and Argentina’s fourth seeds Agnes Victoria Michel Tosi & Brenda Ailen Churin.
FIVB has invested a total of USD 294,000 in the Coach Support projects in Chile with Brazilian Lucelia Batista de Almeida taking charge of the junior and senior women’s national teams. Cuban expert Roel Guerra Leyva manages Ecuador’s junior and senior men’s and women’s national teams as part of Coach Support projects totalling USD 147,000.
The 16 participating women’s teams will be split into four single round-robin pools of four. The top team qualifies directly to the quarterfinals, while the second and third teams progress to Round of 12. The knockout stage continues in a direct elimination format, further including the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the two medal matches.
