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Monday, April 13, 2026
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Players: 13664 10642 24306
Tournaments: 2240 1807 4047
 
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Sharkie Zartman 76
Anne Cecelia Siroky 66
Kristin Schritter 59
Ilias Zolastathiadis 59
Mike Connaughton 55
Riccardo Lione 54
Sandrine Filisetti 51
Heather Lowe 51
Vanessa Valansi 50
Rob Jansons 49
Graig Domanski 49
Courtney Guerra 45
Aaron Clendenning 44
Nenad Simeunovic 44
Joppe Paulides 44
Aymeric Christine 42
Neilton Santos 42
Hanna Anttila 42
Valters Vensbergs 41
Triston Hitchman 40
Jan Dumek 40
Matija Gracin 40
Naoufal Maskali 39
Lukas Peterhans 39
Tim Oude Elferink 39
Jessie Lee Jay See 36
Antonio Ciarelli 36
Finn Dittelbach 36
Samantha Klump 36
Karolina Santaryte 35
Reto Willimann 35
Devin Von Pingel 35
Helene Rancourt 35
Milena Matic 34
Marie-Alex Belanger 33
Maria Tan 33
Maxim Zhirkov 33
Maria Tuliz 32
Natalia Gruszczynska 31
Yuto Iwashita 31
Hana Tresnakova 31
Fabrizio Ferraguti 31
Elitsa Hristova 30
Philip Amissah 28
Brooke Burling 28
Xindie Jin 27
Anna Selina 27
Rancel Varga 26
Kaja Kersnik 26
Wachirawit Muadpha 24
Yuliana Chavez 20
Kate Zvidra 20
Zhaklin Zhelyazkova 20
Annelore Bex 20
Nicoleta Beselea 19
Bodhi Ikin 19
Fredy Luna 18
Coulibaly Seko 18
Zuzana Lajkebova 17
Ana Barcias 17
 
Today In
Beach Volleyball History
In 1996
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Jose Cuervo Gold Crown Clearwater.  It was the 117th win for Karch Kiraly, the 79th win for Kent Steffes, and the 67th win for the team.
In 1997
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Clearwater Open.  It was the 16th win for Jose Loiola, the 90th win for Kent Steffes, and the 3rd win for the team.
In 2008
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open.  It was the 22nd win for Phil Dalhausser, the 34th win for Todd Rogers, and the 21st win for the team.
In 2008
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Crocs Tour Cuervo Gold Crown Miami Open.  It was the 90th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 87th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 84th win for the team.
In 2025
Anders Mol and Christian Sorum won the FIVB BPT Elite Saquarema.  It was the 36th win for Anders Mol, the 34th win for Christian Sorum, and the 33rd win for the team.
In 2025
Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes won the FIVB BPT Elite Saquarema.  It was the 4th win for Thamela Coradello, the 4th win for Victoria Lopes, and the 2nd win for the team.
 
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4/13/2026
Czechia's Golden Twins Anna and Katerina Pavelkova
The 20-year-old twin sisters open up about their first Beach Pro Tour Challenge gold and the bond that drives them on and off the court. In the historic city of Tlaxcala, a new chapter in international beach volleyball was written by the Pavelkova twins, Anna and Katerina, who captured their first Challenge-level gold medal at the Beach Pro Tour Tlaxcala Challenge 2026.

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4/12/2026
Mol and Sørum repeat as Saquarema Elite champions
Saquarema continues to be a happy place for Norwegian superstars Anders Mol and Christian Sørum, who are set to return home from the Brazilian coastal city with gold medals won in a Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event for a second-straight season. The Tokyo Olympic champions won the second Elite event of the 2026 season, which came to an end on Sunday...

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4/8/2026
Ricardo and Emanuel inducted into Brazilian Olympic Committee Hall of Fame
Olympic beach volleyball champions Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego have been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Brazilian Olympic Committee during a ceremony held at the Copacabana Palace. The Brazilian pair are among the most successful teams in the history of the sport. They won gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and claimed bronze at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...

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The Final Chance To Qualify
All four courts stream live on the AVP YouTube Channel. Men begin at 8:00 AM. Women follow at 10:00 AM. This is the last opportunity to earn an automatic League berth through qualification. This past Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb won the men’s bracket in three sets over Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, and Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft swept...

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Téo Rotar: Trailblazing French prodigy aims for the stars
Téo Rotar has lived all his life around volleyball and it’s no surprise that he is emerging as the biggest French prospect in beach volleyball. Both his parents were professional volleyball players; his father Teodor-Dumitru Rotar featured for French A league club Martigues and the Romanian national team while his mother played in the French second division in Nancy.

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New mom Brunner returns to the Beach Pro Tour this week in Saquarema
This week's Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Saquarema Elite will be the 85th international tournament in Nina Brunner's 14-year professional beach volleyball career, but it will certainly hit different. Set to return to the sand for the first time since August 2024, the 30-year-old Swiss Olympic medalist will enter the court in Brazil not only as one of the most accomplished players...

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4/3/2026
Two Hungarian duos join American winners Basey & Hurst on Tahiti Futures podium
Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst of the United States earned their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold at the Tahiti Futures in French Polynesia. Two Hungarian teams – Bence Tari & Lukas Niemeier and Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress – completed the podium at the single-gender stop with silver and bronze, respectively.

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4/1/2026
First Two League Spots Claimed in Manhattan Beach
On Saturday in Manhattan Beach, Paul Lotman and Miles Partain swept Derek Bradford and Evan Cory in the men’s final, and Kylie DeBerg and Betsi Flint edged Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft 16-14 in a third set to win the women’s bracket — each earning automatic berths into the 2026 AVP League. They join theteams already qualified through 2025 results...

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3/31/2026
World Ranking update: Cottafava & Dal Corso reach top 25 for the first time
Italy’s leading men’s beach volleyball duo – Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso – who won last week’s Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, reached the top 25 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking for the first time. Cottafava & Dal Corso earned 800 ranking points with their Challenge gold in Mexico last week.

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3/29/2026
Cottafava & Dal Corso celebrate duo’s first Challenge gold
Top-seeded Samuele Cottafava & Gianluca Dal Corso lived up to their status and triumphed as Nayarit Challenge winners at the 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event in Mexico. The Nayarit gold was the team’s first at the Challenge level. Previously, they had one silver at the Futures level. Netherlands’ Leon Luini & Matthew Immers settled for silver.

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