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Category Beach Volleyball

Feb 10, 2020

World Tour looks ahead to stop in Phnom Penh

Lausanne, Switzerland, February 10, 2020 - Prior to the second of two international events in Cambodia, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour will take a one-week break before February's schedule concludes with a men's-only stop in Phnom Penh.

Feb 10, 2020

Experienced referee squad appointed for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

The world’s 22 best volleyball and 19 best beach volleyball referees, representing all five Continental Confederations, have been revealed

Feb 9, 2020

Fernanda Pereyra relies on family experience in Olympic qualification attempt

Lausanne, Switzerland, February 9, 2020 – Qualifying for the Olympic Games for the first time is not an easy task but being surrounded by people who have already accomplished the feat may ease the way. It is one of the factors driving Argentinean beach volleyball player Fernanda Pereyra's dream of competing at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Feb 9, 2020

Americans Fendrick & Hughes victorious in Siem Reap

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 9, 2020 - With the United States guaranteed the top two spots on the US$25,000 Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival podium here Sunday, Lauren Fendrick and Sara Hughes validated their top seeding by winning the gold medal in their second-ever FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event together.

Feb 8, 2020

Fendrick & Hughes lead Siem Reap semifinalists

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 8, 2020 - After dropping their first match in the US$25,000 Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival, top-seeded Lauren Fendrick and Sara Hughes of the United States rebounded with three-straight wins highlighted by two elimination victories here Saturday over teams from Japan.

Feb 7, 2020

Laird/Palmer & Sakaguchi/Suzuki pace Siem Reap pool winners

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 7, 2020 - Led by FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal winners Nicole Laird/Becchara Palmer of Australia and Yurika Sakaguchi/Chiyo Suzuki of Japan, six teams from four countries posted two pool play victories each here Friday to advance undefeated to the elimination rounds in the Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival.

Feb 6, 2020

Fendrick returns for another Olympic try

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 6, 2020 - Eight months after giving birth to a baby girl, Rio 2016 Olympian Lauren Fendrick has returned to competitive beach volleyball. The 37-year-old American and partner Sara Hughes are the No. 1-seeded pair at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Siem Reap, with main draw action beginning on Friday.

Feb 6, 2020

Hildreth/Schermerhorn & Callahan/Jones post two Siem Reap qualifying wins

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 6, 2020 - The American pairs of Kimberly Hildreth/Sarah Schermerhorn and Traci Callahan/Crissy Jones each posted a pair of qualifying wins here Thursday to advance to the main draw of the US$25,000 Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival.

Feb 5, 2020

Carambula in World Tour form on Copacabana

Lausanne, Switzerland, February 5, 2020 – Adrian Carambula showed that he will be unleashing his most potent weapon when he returns to action on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.

Feb 5, 2020

Japan’s Ishitsubo & Shiba headline Siem Reap qualifying field

Siem Reap, Cambodia, February 5, 2020 - Led by two-time FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event winners Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba of Japan, the first women's event of the 2020 calendar begins here Thursday at the US$25,000 Anchor Beach Volleyball Carnival.

Feb 4, 2020

Vikings can’t win them all – Stoyanovskiy and Krasilnikov set for epic rivalry

Lausanne, Switzerland, February 4, 2020 - The year 2019 was certainly one to remember for beach volleyball and it was a year when we witnessed what is potentially the sport's biggest rivalry growing nicely between Norway and Russia.