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A Beach Pro Tour 2025 event in Gstaad, Switzerland (Credit: Volleyball World)

Q&A: Guido Betti, Alex Inglot on Volleyball World’s New Beach Concept

Guido Betti was a professional volleyball player in Italy for 11 years and has now been involved with the sport for almost three decades. Since 2007, he has shaped the future of volleyball, both at an international federation (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) and at a commercial level with Volleyball World, a dedicated commercial entity designed […]

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The IOC has expanded its Olympic Q-Series for 2028 (Credit: IOC)

Orlando and Montreal Among Hosts for Expanded Olympic Q-Series Pre-LA28

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Orlando, Montreal, Tokyo and Shanghai will host the Olympic Q-Series, formerly known as the Olympic Qualifier Series, in an expanded format on the road to the LA28 Olympic Games. The sports program for each stop will be confirmed at a later date, with 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, BMX […]

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The 2023 edition of the International Volleyball Federation's Beach Volleyball World Championships will take place in Mexico.

Mexico to Host 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and Volleyball World have announced that Mexico will be the host of next year’s men’s and women’s Beach Volleyball World Championships, the first time the country has hosted the event. FIVB and Volleyball World expect it will take place across multiple cities in the second half of 2023, with dates […]

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NCAA Expands Field for Women’s Ice Hockey, Beach Volleyball Tournaments

The NCAA beach volleyball and women’s ice hockey brackets will be expanded starting with this season’s championship events. The Division I Council on Wednesday approved the recommendations from the Division I Competition Oversight Committee to increase the beach volleyball tourmament field to 16 teams and women’s ice hockey tournament to 11 teams. Both brackets had […]

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NCAA to Expand Beach Volleyball, Women’s Hockey Brackets

The NCAA intends to expand the bracket sizes for its National Collegiate Beach Volleyball and Women’s Ice Hockey championships. The move came after a decision by the Division I Competition Oversight Committee that will be forwarded for a formal vote. The move for the Beach Volleyball Committee to double in size — to 16 teams from […]

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Bally’s Corporation Acquires AVP Pro Volleyball Tour

Bally’s Corporation has acquired the Association of Volleyball Professionals, the professional beach volleyball organization and host of the longest-running domestic beach volleyball tour in the United States. Under the terms of the transaction, Bally’s acquired all of AVP’s assets with plans to leverage AVP’s distribution channels, as well as the Bally Sports Regional Sports Networks, […]

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NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Championships Head West

The NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Championships will head west for the first time in 2025 and 2026 as the Orange County Sports Commission was awarded the rights to host the events in Huntington Beach, California. From its inception in 2016, the event has been staged in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The California city received the event as […]

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USOPC, NBC Announce Team USA Champions Series

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee will have four sports spotlighted as part of the Team USA Champions Series presented by Xfinity, with broadcast coverage on NBC or NBCSN as part of the buildup toward the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. Among the events scheduled […]

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