Brazil sweeps gold in stunning season highlight Sunday’s medal rounds at the inaugural Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals provided a jawdropping preview of the level of play to come when beach volleyball takes center stage at the 2016 Olympics. Brazilian men and women were golden, but not without a colossal fight from the […]
Brazilian women complete Swatch Major Series sweep Brazilian beach volleyball showed the extent of its power at the Gstaad Major on July 11, as Larissa França and Talita Antunes claimed Brazil’s third Swatch Major Series gold in a row, while Fernanda Alves and Taiana Lima earned the country’s second consecutive silver in the series. The […]
Gstaad Major The 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship concluded July 5, but not even the winning teams can count on a 2016 Olympic berth, making this season’s third Swatch Major Series stop, Gstaad, Switzerland on July 7–12, a critical milestone in the calendar. The new world titleholders – men and women – have come […]
Dutch Beat Heat, Italians & Canadians for Porec Major The Netherlands claimed the first-ever Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series gold in men’s competition at Poreč, Croatia on Sunday, June 7, while Canada went home with silver and Italy took bronze. As temperatures skyrocketed to 35 degrees Celsius on the sands of the Poreč Major, a […]
Brazilian women reign at Poreč Major on Saturday, June 6, with silver and bronze going to Canada and Australia in women’s competition. Men’s Semi Final matchups are set ahead of medal round duals as the road to Rio continues on Sunday. While temperatures soared at the Poreč Major in Croatia on Saturday, no one was hotter […]
There’s more to beach volleyball than meets the eye. As the first Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series tournament heats up in Poreč, Croatia, here’s info to make you feel like an insider. Where did beach volleyball come from? That question raises passions almost as much as the matches on the court! Folks in the USA […]
POREČ (Croatia) – Sporting history was made Tuesday as the first-ever Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series was launched in Poreč, Croatia with a VIP press conference and explosive early-round action. From June 2 through 7, the biggest international stars in beach volleyball are charging the sand at the series opener to contend toward precious […]
