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    Year in Review: Zhu Ting stars anew as China defend World Cup title

    Lausanne, Switzerland, December 29, 2019 – Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Zhu Ting provided leadership on the court and the scoring proficiency once again to lead China to an inspiring title defence in the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup in Osaka, Japan. The Chinese skipper kept her team rolling along with her great leadership […] More

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    Year in Review – Latvian men and women lead way in Tokyo 2020 qualifiers

    Year in Review – Latvian men and women lead way in Tokyo 2020 qualifiers   Latvia’s Tina Graudina (left) and Anastasija Kravcenoka at the Tokyo Beach Volleyball Qualification competition in Haiyang, China.   Lausanne, Switzerland, December 28, 2019 – Two Latvian teams – one men’s and one women’s – secured berths at the Tokyo 2020 […] More

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    Year in Review – Russian duo end season in golden fashion

    Year in Review – Russian duo end season in golden fashion   Stoyanovskiy and Krasilnikov head up the Workd Tour Finals medallisys   Lausanne, Switzerland, December 27, 2019 – Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy’s victory at the Rome 2019 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals meant that the 2018-19 season-ending tournament had a very familiar […] More

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    2019 Social media stars of Volleyball World – Part 2

    2019 Social media stars of Volleyball World – Part 2   Look back at a great year for volleyball with the Volleyball World 2019 Roster, including Masahiro Sekita.   Lausanne, Switzerland, December 27, 2019 – As a fantastic year for the sport comes to an end, we look back at the 2019 stars of the […] More

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    Year in Review – Brazil and USA rivalry renews in 4-Star season

    Year in Review – Brazil and USA rivalry renews in 4-Star season   Ana Patricia (left) and Rebecca Silva won two 4-Star tournaments in 2018-19   Lausanne, Switzerland, December 26, 2019 – Brazil and USA women’s teams dominated the 4-Star tournaments in the 2018-19 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, with seven of the 12 gold […] More

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    Year in Review – Norwegians make it five alive at 4-Star tournaments

    Year in Review – Norwegians make it five alive at 4-Star tournaments   Anders Mol (left) and Christian Sorum won five 4-Star gold in 2018-19   Lausanne, Switzerland, December 26, 2019 – Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum were the dominant team in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-Star tournaments in 2018-19 with five […] More

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    FIVB celebrates another successful year for beach volleyball

    Lausanne, Switzerland, December 24, 2019 – Beach volleyball continued to grow in popularity in 2019 with a highly successful World Championships and World Tour capturing the imagination of fans around the world. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships took place in Hamburg, Germany on 28 June to 7 July. More than 130,000 fans packed the […] More