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The Paris Beach Pro Tour is an Elite 16 stage of the world beach volleyball circuit: the Beach Pro Tour. But the Paris Beach Pro Tour is much more than that, it is the world elite of beach volleyball competing in an iconic place (Roland-Garros stadium) and in a festival atmosphere, unique and specific to beach volleyball.

World elite

The Paris Beach Pro Tour brings together the 16 best male and female pairs in the world. World champions and Olympic champions compete for four days to win one of the most prestigious stages of the Beach Pro Tour. 

The presence of the French teams is ensured thanks to a wild-card system.

A unique atmosphere

Beach volleyball is a spectacular sport, both on the court and in the stands. The Paris Beach Pro Tour is no exception and combines sporting competition with the atmosphere of a festival. Music between each point, DJ throughout the competition, entertainment between sets and matches, village with animations on the site of Roland-Garros stadium ... All the elements are gathered to spend a unique and festive moment with friends or family.

Vibrate to the rhythm of the announcer at each match and react to each Ace, Monster Block or Super Spike!  Don't forget: "Make some noise, the players are ready"!

An iconic venue

The mythical Roland-Garros stadium, known for hosting one of the four Grand Slam tournaments each year: Roland-Garros. This key venue for French and international sport will be transformed for four days to become the most beautiful beach volleyball site in the world.  

This is an opportunity to re-discover the Roland-Garros stadium as you have never seen it before. The Philippe-Chatrier court and 2 other courts will be completely covered with sand for the occasion. A village with animations will also be set up in the immediate vicinity of the Philippe-Chatrier court. The opportunity for you to eat and enjoy various activities (volleyball initiation, partner activations and musical activities...).

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Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Bukovec-Bansley make huge jump in Cinderella run

Travis Mewhirter

March 26, 2024

The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began last week, back in Doha, and the final event of the Olympic qualification cycle will be the Ostrava Elite16, which ends on June 9. We’ll be providing these updates for the Beach Volleyball Olympic rankings throughout the next two years.

Last weekend’s Recife Challenge was a weekend for the dark horses, the underdogs, the pairs making late and urgent pushes up through the Olympic rankings. None more so than Sophie Bukovec and Heather Bansley, the Canadian pair who came together in the middle of last summer, with Bukovec scrambling for a new partner and Bansley coming out of retirement to be that partner. In a stunner of a start to the 2024 season, Bukovec and Bansley began the tournament in the qualifier and ran it all the way to the finals, where they took silver, falling in the finals to Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova, who all but punched their ticket to Paris two weeks ago at the Doha Elite16 . With their 760-point, Bukovec and Bansley jumped from No. 42 to 35, narrowing the gap to Canada’s No. 2, Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain.

For the men, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, with their fourth-place finish, reduced their deficit to USA No. 2 Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner to just 340 points. Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk also gained on Brunner and Crabb with a fifth and are down 880 to Brunner and Crabb.

The next Olympic qualifying event is a Challenge in Saquarema, Brazil that starts with a qualifier Thursday.

Women’s Beach Volleyball Olympic Rankings

(updated March 25 after the Recife Challenge)

• Duda Lisboa, Ana Patricia Silva, BRAZIL, 11820 (11)
• Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth, USA, 10860 (12)
• Carolina Salgado, Barbara Seixas, BRAZIL, 10200 (12)
• Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes, USA, 10040 (11)
• Melissa Humana-Paredes, Brandie Wilkerson, CANADA, 8860 (10)
• Raisa Schoon, Katja Stam, NETHERLANDS, 8840 (12)
• Tina Graudina, Anastasija Samoilova, LATVIA, 8560 (12)
• Xinyi Xia, Chen Xue, CHINA, 8200 (12)
• Valentina Gottardi, Marta Menegatti, ITALY, 8200 (12)
• Victoria Lopes, Taina Silva, BRAZIL, 7720 (12)
• Agatha, Rebecca, BRAZIL, 7320 (12)
• Mariafe Artacho, Taliqua Clancy, AUSTRALIA, 7310 (10)
• Nina Brunner, Tanja Huberli, SWITZERLAND, 7100 (9)
• Anouk Verge-Depre, Joana Mader, SWITZERLAND, 7000 (12)
• Esmee Bobner, Zoe Verge-Depre, SWITZERLAND, 6960 (12)
• Svenja Muller, Cinja Tillman, GERMANY, 6900 (10)
• Betsi Flint, Julia Scoles, USA, 6740 (11)
• Lezana Placette, Alexia Richard, FRANCE, 6720 (12)
• Daniela Alvarez, Tania Moreno, SPAIN, 6660 (12)
• Monika Paulikiene, Aine Raupelyte, LITHUANIA, 6480 (12)
• Andressa Cavalcanti, Vitoria De Souza, BRAZIL, 6240 (12)
• Karla Borger, Sandra Ittlinger, GERMANY, 6080 (12)
• Niina Ahtiainen, Taru Lahti, FINLAND, 5820 (12)
• Dorina Klinger, Ronja Klinger, AUSTRIA, 5820 (12)
• Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann, GERMANY, 5740 (10)
• Lili Fernandez, Paula Soria, SPAIN, 5720 (12)
• Sarah Pavan, Molly McBain, CANADA, 5700 (11)
• Barbora Hermannova, Marie-Sara Stochlova, CZECH REPUBLIC, 5680 (12)
• Jagoda Gruszczynska, Ola Wachowicz, POLAND, 5660 (12)
• Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee, Taravadee Naraphornrapat, THAILAND, 4720 (10)
• Jie Dong, Fan Wang, CHINA, 4620 (11)
• Miki Ishii, Sayaka Mizoe, JAPAN, 4300 (10)

Men’s Beach Volleyball Olympic Rankings

• Anders Mol, Christian Sorum, NORWAY, 10460 (10)
• David Ahman, Jonatan Hellvig, SWEDEN, 10020 (9)
• Nils Ehlers, Clemens Wickler, GERMANY, 9100 (12)
• Sam Cottafava, Paolo Nicolai, ITALY, 8800 (12)
• Andre Loyola, George Wanderley, BRAZIL, 8500 (12)
• Evandro Goncalves, Arthur Mariano, BRAZIL, 8400 (12)
• Alex Brouwer, Robert Meeuwsen, NETHERLANDS, 8160 (12)
• Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 7780 (8)
• Andy Benesh, Miles Partain, USA, 7620 (9)
• Adrian Gavira, Pablo Herrera, SPAIN, 7500 (12)
• Thomas Hodges, Zachery Schubert, AUSTRALIA, 7380 (12)
• Theo Brunner, Trevor Crabb, USA, 7320 (12)
• Cherif Samba, Ahmed Tijan, QATAR, 7200 (10)
• Michal Bryl, Bartosz Losiak, POLAND, 7080 (9)
• Julian Horl, Alex Horst, AUSTRIA, 7060 (12)
• Chase Budinger, Miles Evans, USA, 6980 (12)
• Matthew Immers, Steven van de Velde, NETHERLANDS, 6940 (12)
• Adrian Carambula, Alex Ranghieri, ITALY, 6920 (10)
• Stefan Boermans, Yorick de Groot, NETHERLANDS, 6640 (8)
• Vitor Felipe, Renato Lima, BRAZIL, 6560 (12)
• Pedro Solberg, Guto Carvalhaes, BRAZIL, 6540 (11)
• Esteban Grimalt, Marco Grimalt, CHILE, 6440 (12)
• Tri Bourne, Chaim Schalk, USA, 6440 (12)
• Moritz Pristauz, Robin Seidl, AUSTRIA, 6400 (12)
• Sam Schachter, Dan Dearing, CANADA, 5900 (12)
• Piotr Kantor, Jakub Zdybek, POLAND, 5880 (12)
• Daniele Lupo, Enrico Rossi, ITALY, 5720 (12)
• Hendrik Mol, Mathias Berntsen, NORWAY, 5690 (12)
• Paul Burnett, Chris McHugh, AUSTRALIA, 5460 (12)
• Mark Nicolaidis, Izac Carracher, AUSTRALIA, 5200 (12)
• Hugo Campos, Joao Pedrosa, PORTUGAL, 5080 (12)
• Audrius Knasas, Patrikas Stankevicious, LITHUANIA, 5000 (12)
• Florian Breer, Marco Krattiger, SWITZERLAND, 4920 (12)

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Things to know about Olympic Beach qualifying:

• To qualify for the Olympic Games via the Olympic rankings, teams use their best 12 finishes throughout the Olympic qualifying period, which ends June 9, 2024. The top 17 from the Olympic rankings will punch their tickets to the Paris Olympics. The remaining seven spots are allotted to five continental cup champions, the winner of the 2023 World Championships, and the French wild card.
• Each country is limited to two teams who can earn a spot in the Olympic Games.
• Teams can never push out good finishes. Once you hit your 12, you only replace your worst finishes. In parentheses below is the number of events each pair has played.
• You earn points  as a team.  Therefore, if a team breaks up and the individuals select new partners, they begin with zero Olympic ranking points, although they keep their individual entry points to get into events.
• Click here for the full Beach Pro Tour schedule. The next Volleyball World event will be a Challenge in Saquarema, Brazil, March 28-31.

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World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour: Race for Paris 2024 tickets at Doha Elite16 from today

The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour will pick up from where it left after December’s 2023 Finals as Doha is once again set to host the first Elite16 event of 2024 from March 5 to 9 at Al Gharafa.

As the world’s highest-calibre teams get together for the first time after the off-season, it will be exciting to see them in battle for Elite16 honours again, but as usual during the final stages of the Olympic qualification process, a lot of the focus will fall on the race for Paris 2024 tickets.

In each gender, 17 of these tickets will be issued through the Olympic ranking and high-level Beach Pro Tour events offer plenty of precious points towards that ranking. While the teams already placed high in the provisional Olympic rankings can be quite certain of making it among the Paris 2024 participants, it will be most interesting to follow the pairs in the gray area around the cut-off line or the pairs from nations with more than two solid candidates for the maximum of two spots per country.

Road to Paris: Brazil mens' race winds down while USA men, Canadian women heat up SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Welcome back to the Road to Paris, where Travis Mewhirter breaks down the race to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This episode follows the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Recife Challenge and Saquarema Challenge, covering: - How Evandro Goncalves and Arthur Mariano just delivered the knockout punch to Pedro Salgado and Guto Carvalhaes - Sophie Bukovec and Heather Bansley making a surge up the rankings, contending for the second Canadian spot - Laura Ludwig and Louisa Lippmann's massive silver medal - Chase Budinger and Miles Evans now neck and neck with Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner And a whole lot more. So fun being in Brazil then getting to chat about it. SHOOTS! *** Want to get better at beach volleyball? Use our discount code, SANDCAST, and get 10 percent off all Better at Beach products!  Get 20 PERCENT off all Wilson products with our code, SANDCAST-20. https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball SANDCAST and Bartender in a Box invite you and 12 of your friends to enjoy just one Box of their Premium BarQuality Libations for around $20 bucks.  We are FIRED UP to announce that we've signed on for another year with Athletic Greens! Get a FREE year's supply of Vitamin D by purchasing with that link.  We have a new book! Playbook of Champions: The habits, routines, and stories of Olympians, Champions, and world-class athletes. If you listen to the show – which, if you’re reading this, then you are – then this is the perfect book for you, as it is a distillation of the best golden nuggets from our first five years of the podcast. Check it out on Amazon! We now have SANDCAST MERCHANDISE!! Rock the gear of your favorite podcast today! https://www.sandcastmerch.com/ If you want to receive our SANDCAST weekly newsletter, the Beach Volleyball Digest, which dishes all the biggest news in beach volleyball in one quick newsletter, head over to our website and subscribe! We'd love to have ya! https://www.sandcastvolleyball.com/ Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

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By Sevrin Lavenstein | February 28, 2024 , 07:06 AM (MST)

Beach Update: U.S. Pairs ready for 2024 Beach Pro Tour

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 28, 2023) – The beach update is back for the first time in 2024. This edition previews the first stops on the FIVB Beach Pro Tour season with both a Futures and Elite 16 event in the next two weeks. We also recap the results of NORCECA Playoff No. 1 in Manhattan Beach and review the Olympic rankings.

Doha Elite 16

While it’s not the first BPT event of the 2024 season, all eyes will be on Doha, Qatar on March 5-9 for the Elite 16 tournament. The five top U.S. pairs in the provisional Olympic rankings are set to compete.

Defending world champions Kelly Cheng/Sara Hugues join defending BPT Finals Champions Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss to represent the U.S. women.

The men’s bracket has Trevor Crabb/Theo Brunner, Miles Evans/Chase Budinger, and Tri Bourne/Chaim Schalk representing the U.S. The three pairs are vying to finish in the top 17 of the Olympic rankings and be one of the top two U.S. pairs.

The U.S. did not place a pair on the podium at the 2023 Doha Elite 16.

Futures Mollymook

Prior to Doha, the BPT officially kicks off with Futures Mollymook in on Feb. 28-March 3 in Australia.

Six women’s teams and three men’s teams are competing for the U.S.

For the U.S. women, Anna Donlan/Kelsey Bradburry, Avery Poppinga/Madison Shields, Delaney Peranich/Charlie Ekstrom, Adrienne Gibb/Victoria Shephard, Alaina Chacon/Mariah Whalen, and Tiffany Creamer/Katie Lindstrom will compete.

The U.S. men are represented by Jordan Hoppe/James Shaw, Charlie Siragusa/Derek Bradford, and Ben Vaught/Kevin Coyle.

NORCECA Playoff No. 1

USA Volleyball held its first NORCECA playoff of the new year last week in Manhattan Beach, Calif. U.S. pairs competed for the right to represent the U.S. at upcoming NORCECA competitions.

Women’s pairs included Deahna Kraft/Toni Rodriguez, Paloma Bowman/Samantha Parrish, Avery Poppinga/Madison Shields, Savvy Simo/Abby Van Winkle, Emily Day/Geena Urango, Tiffany Creamer/Katie Lindstrom, Delaney Peranich/Charlie Ekstrom, and Kylie Deberg/Hailey Harward.

Kraft/Rodriguez and Simo/Van Winkle met in the semifinals, where Simo/Van Winkle won 2-0. Deberg/Harward faced Creamer/Lindstrom in the other semi, where Deberg and Harward advanced on a 2-0 win. In the final, Deberg/Harward defeated Simo/Van Winkle 2-0. Creamer/Lindstrom took third place.

Men’s competing teams included Tim Brewster/Kyle Friend, Evan Cory/Wyatt Harrison, Cody Caldwell/Avery Drost, Logan Webber/Hagen Smith, Caleb Kwekel/Jake Urrutia, Chase Frishman/David Wieczorek, Lev Priima/Charlie Siragusa, and Alex Diaz/Brandon Joyner

Caldwell/Drost faced Cory/Harrison in the semifinals where Cory/Harrison advanced with a 2-0 win. Brewster/Friend defeated Smith/Webber 2-1 in their semifinal. In the final, Brewster/Friend defeated Cory/Harrison 2-1. Caldwell/Drost took third place.

The first NORCECA event on the 2024 calendar is in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 4-8.

Dalhausser and Crabb Earn Gold

On Feb. 11, the American duo of Taylor Crabb/Phil Dalhausser took gold at the third stop on the 2024 GJ Gardner Homes NZ Beach Tour. The pair won in Christchurch, New Zealand, out of the No. 3 seed without losing a set across four matches. In the final, Dalhausser/Crabb defeated Thomas Hartles/Ben O’Dea (NZL).

Dalhausser is a four-time Olympian and gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Games. Crabb is a two-time AVP MVP (2018-2019) and a 13-time AVP champion.

The world and provisional Olympic rankings have several U.S. pairs in the top-20 with not a lot of separation.

Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are No. 2 in the provisional Olympic rankings, behind only Ana Patricia/Duda (BRA). Nuss/Kloth have 10,260 points in 13 tournaments played. In the FIVB World Rankings, the duo are also No. 2 with 10 tournaments played and 8,140 points.

Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes are No. 4 in the provisional Olympic rankings with 9,040 points in 12 tournaments played. Hughes/Cheng have the W designation for a quota place obtained for winning the 2023 Beach World Championships. In FIVB World Rankings, they are No. 3 with nine tournaments played and 7,680 points.

Julia Scoles and Betsi Flint are tied for No. 9 in the provisional Olympic rankings with 6,740 points in 11 tournaments played. They are No. 13 in the FIVB World Rankings with 11 tournaments played and 5,360 points.

In the men’s provisional Olympic rankings, Miles Partain and Andy Benesh share the No. 4 spot with Evandro/Arthur (BRA). Partain/Benesh have 7,620 points on 10 tournaments played. In the FIVB World Rankings, Partain/Benesh have 7,020 points on 10 tournament played and are tied for No. 3 with Perusic/Schweiner (CZE).

Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner are currently No. 11 in the provisional Olympic rankings with 6,920 points and 12 tournaments played. Just behind them, Miles Evans and Chase Budinger are No. 12 with 6,480 points in 13 tournaments played. In the FIVB World Rankings, Crabb/Brunner are No. 15 with 5,400 points and 12 tournaments played. Budinger/Evans are No. 20 with 5,040 and 13 tournaments played.

Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk are in a four-way tie for No. 15 in the provisional Olympic rankings with 6,080 points in 14 tournaments played. In the FIVB World Rankings, they are No. 23 with 4,760 points on 14 tournaments played.

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December 19, 2023

Beach Update: U.S. Earns Five Medals Across Two NORCECA Events

In the final beach update of 2023, we take a look at the results of the two most recent NORCECA tournaments, both of which took place in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. The U23 Continental Tour and the Beach Finals closed out the competition schedule until the new year, so we will look one more time at the rankings. The U.S. also did well at the King and Queen of the Court series.

December 11, 2023

Beach Update: Kloth and Nuss Claim Victory in Doha

As the 2023 beach volleyball competition season winds down, we crown a new Beach Pro Tour Champion at the conclusion of the BPT Finals over the weekend. Plus, the U.S. is coming home with two medals from NORCECA San Salvador after positive showings from all four competing teams. We also preview two more NORCECA competitions that are set to conclude this year’s events.

December 5, 2023

Beach Update: Finals Week for Top U.S. Teams in Doha

Get set for a big week across the beach volleyball landscape in this latest beach update. We preview the 2023 BPT Finals in Doha featuring the top ranked U.S. teams. NORCECA San Salvador also begins this week with U.S. pairs competing and we recap the results from Challenge Nuvali last week. 

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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Announces 2024 Schedule

The 18-event schedule will begin and end in doha.

The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour has announced its 2024 schedule for Elite16 and Challenge events as a blend of previous hosts and new venues is highlighted by three North American events.

The 2024 season will be the third for the organization, which also hosts indoor events including a stop in Arlington, Texas, in the first half of 2024. The first half of the beach season will also have Olympic qualification points on the road to the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris . Ostrava, Czech Republic, will organize the last tournament that will count toward the Olympics from June 5–9.

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The season will start and end in Doha, Qatar. The first Elite16 event will take place in the Qatari capital from March 5–9 and the Beach Pro Tour will return for the Finals from December 5–8. March and April will feature two stops in Brazil (Recife from March 20–24 and Saquarema from March 27–31) and two stops in Mexico (Guadalajara from April 10–14 and Tepic from April 17–21).

After the Latin American leg, the Beach Pro Tour will end April with a Challenge event in Xiamen, China, which has hosted World Tour tournaments in the past but will welcome a Beach Pro Tour stop for the first time. Another venue that has hosted many beach volleyball competitions, including the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, Stare Jablonki in Poland appears on the Beach Pro Tour calendar for the first time from May 29 through June 2.

After the Ostrava Elite16 puts the final touches on the Olympic Ranking in June, Elite16 events will also be held at European venues in Gstaad, Switzerland, and Vienna, Austria, in July before the focus turns to the Olympic Games in Paris.

After Hamburg from August 21–25, Canada makes its lone appearance on the 2024 schedule with an event in Montreal from August 28–31. After a nearly two-month break, the final stretch run commences in the fall with Joao Pessoa, Brazil, in October, to India in November and to Nuvali, Philippines, from November 28 through December 1 for the last Challenge stops of the season, before it culminates with December’s Finals in Doha.

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Highlights of World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024

Editor: huaxia

2024-04-01 10:15:48

Gold medalists Xue Chen (3rd L)/Xia Xinyi (4th L) of China, silver medalists Laura Ludwig (2nd L)/Louisa Lippmann (1st L) of Germany and bronze medalists Lima Taiana/Talita (1st R) of Brazil pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R)/Xia Xinyi of China celebrate during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R)/Xia Xinyi of China compete during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R)/Xia Xinyi (C) of China compete during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (C) of China spikes during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xia Xinyi (Rear) of China spikes during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R) of China spikes during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (L) of China saves the ball during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xia Xinyi (R) of China spikes during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (L) of China blocks during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xia Xinyi of China passes the ball during the women's semifinal match between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Hegeile/Vitoria of Brazil at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R, front)/Xia Xinyi celebrate during the women's final between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Laura Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann of Germany at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Gold medalists Xue Chen (L)/Xia Xinyi of China pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xue Chen (R)/Xia Xinyi celebrate during the women's final between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Laura Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann of Germany at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

Xia Xinyi (C) spikes during the women's final between Xue Chen/Xia Xinyi of China and Laura Ludwig/Louisa Lippmann of Germany at the World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Challenge 2024 in Saquarema, Brazil, March 31, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

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Apr the 03 Sitting Men Senior

Canada competing in China for final Paralympic Qualifier

The athletes listed below are competing at the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Final Qualifiers currently underway in Dali, China. From April 3 to 10, 2024, this tournament is the last chance for teams to secure a spot at the Paris Paralympic Games.

Canada’s men’s sitting team is currently ranked 13th in the world. Following the round robin play, the top two teams will head to the finals, from which the winner will be granted the last berth to the Paralympic Games.

The Canadian women's sitting team, already qualified for Paris, are not part of this tournament.

#2        Mikael Bartholdy (Calgary)

#5        Nasif Chowdhury (Toronto)

#6        Bryce Foster (Thunder Bay)

#7        Doug Learoyd (Calgary) captain

#9        Andrew Tucker (Toronto)

#11       José Rebelo (Montreal)

#13       Dariusz Symonowicz (Toronto)

#14       Connor Compton (Calgary)

#19       Jason Beaman (Calgary)

#20       Jesse Buckingham (Toronto)

Head Coach: Jeff Smith (Grande Prairie)

Assistant Coach: Taylor Dyer (Lloydminster)

Assistant Coach:  Tristan Simmonds (Kelowna)

Therapist: Dr. Blair Murphy (Calgary)

Manager:  Matheus Braz (Gatineau)

Schedule and Tournament Information:

https://www.worldparavolley.org/2024-wpv-final-paralympics-qualifier/#hfaq-post-16970

Photo courtesy of World ParaVolley

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Canada's Bansley, Bukovec win silver at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour event in Brazil

Canadian duo falls to latvian pair of samoilova, graudina in final.

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Canada's Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec secured a silver medal on Sunday after falling to Latvia in the final at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Recife Challenge tournament in Recife, Brazil.

The No. 12-ranked pair of Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina took gold in two tight sets (21-18, 21-17) over Canada.

The Canadians took down Slovenia and Brazil in the preliminary phase on Saturday before dispatching Germany 2-0 (21-16, 21-11) in the semifinals earlier on Sunday to punch their ticket to the gold-medal match.

Bansley of Waterdown, Ont., and Toronto's Bukovec are Canada's third-highest ranked women's pair, sitting at 39th in the world, with Sunday's silver-medal finish being their best since the Beach Pro Tour Futures Halifax event in September.

The two joined forces in July 2023 after two-time Olympian Bansley, 36, came out of retirement following her quarterfinal exit at the Tokyo Games in 2021 with then-partner Brandie Wilkerson.

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17 Paris Olympic qualification spots remain in both the women's and men's events for this summer, with high-level Beach Pro Tour events offering points toward those rankings.

The Canadian men's pair of Sam Schachter of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Toronto's Dan Dearing, ranked No. 30 in the world, finished fifth in Brazil after falling in the quarterfinals on Saturday to No. 31 Cuba.

Cuba's Noslen Diaz and Jorge Alayo lost to Brazilians Evandro Gonçalves and Arthur Lanci 2-0 (21-15, 21-18) in the final.

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"We got second place here two years ago, so we felt like we needed to come back and get redemption," said MacNeil to Volleyball Australia. "This is our absolute favourite beach; the people showed up and we're just speechless right now.

"Alex makes my job super easy, he was an absolute monster in today's final and he made my job easy. We're just so grateful."

The 65th-ranked pair also earned a medal this season at the Punta Cana Volleyball Classic in the Dominican Republic in September after falling to the United States in the gold-medal game.

With files from Volleyball Canada

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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2023 preview: Full schedule, format, top stars and how to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier live

The tournament is returning to Latin America for the first time in two decades with the United States, Brazil and Germany fielding the biggest delegations. Find out who are the top contenders to advance to the gold medal matches to be held in Tlaxcala's iconic bullring and secure quotas for Paris 2024, and how to watch all the action live.

The 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships will be returning to Latin America after 20 years when action gets underway in Tlaxcala, Mexico on Friday 6 October.

Running until 15 October, the tournament will feature 48 men’s and 48 women’s teams with Olympic quotas on the line for the best-ranked pair in each gender.

A total of 216 matches will be played, featuring athletes from up to 40 countries. Four venues will be used, including historic bullrings in Tlaxcala de Xicohtencatl, and its neighbouring cities Apizaco and Huamantla.

USA has the biggest representation with seven women’s and five men's teams. Brazil and Germany have one pair less, followed by Australia, France, the Netherlands, Mexico and Italy who also field large contingents.

Five of the six medallist pairs from the 2022 edition of the competition and 14 past world champions are returning to the tournament. Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum will try to become the first men's team to defend a world title, while Tokyo 2020 champion Alix Klineman is making a comeback as a tournament wildcard, four months after giving birth to her first child.

Find out all you need to know about the competition in our preview, including the top athletes to watch, format and schedule of competition, and what's at stake ahead of Paris 2024 .

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2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships: Competition format

The tournament is made up of a preliminary round, a single elimination round and a lucky-loser round.

In the preliminary round , 48 teams from each gender will be split into 12 pools of four teams. Every team will face all three opponents in their pool with the top two ranked teams advancing to the elimination round. 

Four teams that rank third in their pools and are the best among the other third-ranked teams will also advance, while the other eight teams will be relegated to the lucky loser round . They will play four matches to decide the last four spots in the elimination round.

The single elimination round consists of the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. All the medal matches will take place on the final day of competition, 15 October.

Qualifying for Paris 2024 from the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

The winners of the men's and women's tournaments will each earn a quota for their National Olympic Committees (NOCs) at the 2024 Olympic Games. 

As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024. 

More information on the Olympic qualification pathway in beach volleyball is available here .

2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships: Top athletes and storylines to watch

Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions Mol and Sorum were among the six pairs who won medals at the 2022 edition of the global event, in Rome, Italy. This time, the Norwegians have even bigger goals - not only to defend their world title, but to become the first men's pair to win back-to-back titles. Tlaxcala 2023 will mark their third worlds appearance.

Their 2022 rivals - Brazil’s silver medallists Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima and bronze medallists Andre Loyola / George Wanderley - will also be in Mexico, trying to make sure that does not happen.

On the women's side, last year's gold medallists Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos of Brazil are back, fresh off their victory at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 in Paris, France, earlier this month. The 2022 World Championships was their fourth international tournament as partners. The Brazilian duo have become even stronger since, and now enter the competition as world No.1. If they win, it will be Brazil's seventh world title in the women's event.

Last year's silver medallist, Brandie Wilkerson of Canada, returns with a new partner. She started competing with 2019 world champion Melissa Humana-Paredes early in 2023.

Germany's bronze medallists, Cinja Tillmann and Svenja Muller , will also try to upgrade the colour of their medals.

USA's Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are set to make their worlds debut in 2023 and are already hailed as potential gold medallists. The pair fought a tight final against Duda and Ramos at the Beach Pro Tour on 1 October and are currently ranked second in the world.

Meanwhile, their compatriot Alix Klineman , is set to make one of the most anticipated returns in Mexico. The Tokyo 2020 champion stepped away from beach volleyball in 2021 and gave birth to her first son in June 2023. She and new partner Hailey Harward received a a wildcard for the upcoming tournament.

Other notable names at Tlaxcala 2023 include Spain's Pablo Herrera who is on track to make his 11th straight appearance, going back to his worlds debut in 2003.

Germany's Laura Ludwig and Brazil's Pedro Solberg are two more veterans worth keeping an eye on. Olympic champion Ludwig is set to make her ninth appearance, while Solberg is making his eighth appearance. Both missed the tournament last year.

World Championships: Full schedule and competition start times

The competition runs from 6 to 15 October, starting with the pool matches. All times are local (UTC -6).

Friday, 6 October

• 14:30 – Men’s pool matches 

Saturday, 7 October

• 16:30 – Women’s pool matches 
• 19:00 – Women’s pool matches, men’s pool matches 
• 20:00 – Women’s pool matches

Sunday, 8 October

• 16:30 – Women’s pool matches, men’s pool matches

Monday, 9 October

Tuesday, 10 october.

• 16:30 – Men’s pool matches
• 19:00 – Women’s pool matches
• TBD – Lucky Losers tournament

Wednesday, 11 October

• TBD – Women's Round of 32
• TBD – Men's Round of 32

Thursday, 12 October

• TBD – Women's Round of 16
• TBD – Men's Round of 16

Friday, 13 October

• TBD – Women's quarter-finals
• TBD – Men's quarter-finals

Saturday, 14 October

• TBD – Women's semi-finals
• TBD – Men's semi-finals

Sunday, 15 October

• TBD - Women’s third place match
• TBD - Women’s final
• TBD - Men’s third place match
• TBD - Men’s final

How to watch the 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships live

Matches from the 2023 World Championships will be streamed on International Volleyball Federation's digital streaming and VOD service platform, Volleyball World TV (VBTV) .

Various TV broadcasters and on-demand streaming services provided by broadcasters will also air competitions from Tlaxcala 2023. The list includes:

• ESPN in Latin America (including Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico)
• SporTV in Brazil
• CBC in Canada

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