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    Eight teams gear up for Olympic ticket in Asia

    Australia head coach Mark Lebedew: “We spent last week training together, but actually our preparation for the Olympics began in 2017. Over the past three years, we have been working towards a unique Australian identity, we’ve also gained some success. This week we can see how far we can go because we would really like […] More

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    FIVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup helps drive global growth

    Lausanne, Switzerland, January 6, 2020 – The third edition of the FIVB Continental Cup is underway in each of the five continents and continues to support the global growth of beach volleyball. Introduced by President Ary Graça ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Continental Cup is played in a unique country vs country […] More

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    Year in review: Photos we liked in men’s beach volleyball

    Lausanne, Switzerland, January 6, 2020 – Browse through our selection of photos from last season’s men’s beach volleyball. They include shots from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Mexico’s Miguel Sarabia is focused on saving the ball in their FIVB U21 World […] More

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    Toniutti fuels France towards shutout of European champs; Grozer hammers eight aces

    Toniutti fuels France towards shutout of European champs; Grozer hammers eight aces   French setter Benjamin Toniutti in action against Serbia   Berlin, Germany, January 5, 2020 – Continental Olympic qualification men’s action got underway with France shutting out reigning EuroVolley champions Serbia in the first of Sunday’s three games at the CEV tournament in […] More

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    Women's Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020 – Schedule and results

    Sunday, January 5 Kenya v Egypt at 16.00 local time/15.00 GMT (Yaounde, Cameroon) Botswana v Cameroon at 19.00 local time/18.00 GMT (Yaounde, Cameroon) Monday, January 6 Botswana v Kenya at 16.00/15.00 GMT (Yaounde, Cameroon) Nigeria v Cameroon at 19.00/18.00 GMT (Yaounde, Cameroon) Tuesday, January 7 Iran v Kazakhstan at 13.00 local time/6.00 GMT (Nakhon Ratchasima, […] More

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    Men's Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020 – Schedule and results

    Men’s Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification 2020 – Schedule and results   France begin their campaign to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games against Serbia on Sunday   Lausanne, Switzerland, January 5, 2020 – The Men’s Continental Tokyo Volleyball Qualification process will be completed across the five Continental Confederations from January 5 to 12. The […] More

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    Olympic hopefuls back in action

    “Over Christmas I was at my parents’ home together with my brother. We always make a big Christmas dinner on the 24th of December and open a couple of presents. When it comes to food I don’t change my diet over the Christmas period and I eat the same as my family of course. I […] More

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    Year in review: Photos we liked in women’s beach volleyball

    Gold! Brazil’s Victoria Lopes Pereira and Vitoria de Souza came back from a set down to win the FIVB U21 World Championship gold medal against Russia’s Maria Voronina and Mariia Bocharova (Udon Thani, Thailand, June 23). Olympic and world champion Kira Walkenhorst gives the FIVB World Championship trophy a kiss (Hamburg, Germany, July 6). Tears […] More