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2023 Beach World Championships draw ever closer, and this week's beach update checks in on the latest FIVB world rankings and sets the field for the U.S. pairs after the pools were announced last week.
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2023 Beach World Championships draw ever closer, and this week's beach update checks in on the latest FIVB world rankings and sets the field for the U.S. pairs after the pools were announced last week.

Nine Olympians highlight the 14-player roster for the U.S. Men’s National Team competing this week at the NORCECA Continental Championship at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center

U.S. Beach National Team stars of today gear up for the AVP Chicago Open, and an exciting new pair joins the fray for international competition. Meanwhile, the stars of tomorrow brought three medals back to the States from BPT Futures international events.

Two major events on different sides of the beach volleyball landscape highlighted the last week, with athletes competing at the AVP Manhattan Beach Open and the BPT Elite 16 in Hamburg.

This week, FIVB Elite16 Hamburg kicks off with the top ranked U.S. Men's and Women's teams looking to bring home more hardware and improve their world rankings. It's also one of the biggest weekends on the calendar for AVP. The main draw of the Manhattan Beach Open begins on Friday and a number of U.S. National Team pairs will hope to have their names carved onto the pier as 2023 champs.

TORRANCE, Calif. (Aug. 2, 2023) – USA Volleyball announces that it has hired Scott Davenport as its Beach National Team development coach. Davenport began his coaching career in indoor volleyball at Cal State Dominguez Hills, but quickly found his way to the beach. He began coaching for U.S. Beach National Team athletes in 2008 and...

The U.S. beach teams of Betsi Flint/Julia Scoles and Andy Benesh/Miles Partain each went the distance in the finals on Sunday before taking silver medals at the Pro Beach Tour Elite 16 event in Montreal, Canada

U.S. beach teams look to improve their rankings in the drive toward Paris 2028 this week at the Beach Pro Tour (PBT) Elite 16 event in Montréal, Canada

The U.S. Men’s National Team won the silver medal at the Volleyball Nations League for the second straight year on Sunday as it fell to host Poland 3-1 (25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 25-18) in Gdansk

After a difficult quarterfinal, the U.S. Men’s National Team made it look easy in their semifinal, sweeping Italy (25-19, 25-18, 25-19) on Saturday in Gdansk, Poland

The U.S. Men’s National Team (11-2) will play Italy (11-2) at 11 a.m. PT on Saturday in the semifinals of the Volleyball National League Final Round in Gdansk, Poland.

The defending VNL champions took the U.S. Men to five sets, but the U.S. held on for the 3-2 (25-21, 25-18 17-25, 24-26, 15-9) win

U.S. men’s beach volleyball won a second straight international gold medal on Sunday as Theo Brunner/Trevor Crabb took the title at the Pro Beach Tour Espinho Challenge on Sunday in Portugal

The U.S. Men’s National Team finished the preliminary round of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in first place with a 10-2 record. Their quarterfinal opponent will be France (6-6), which finished eighth

The U.S. Women’s National Team finished the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in fourth place after falling to Poland on Sunday, 3-2 (25-15, 16-25, 25-19, 18-25, 17-15) at College Park Center

The U.S. Women’s National Team almost took Türkiye to a fifth set, but the comeback came up short and the European side won 3-1 (25-21, 25-14, 24-26, 27-25) in the semifinals of the Volleyball Nations League on Saturday at the College Park Center

The U.S. Women’s National Team (11-2) will face a familiar foe with a new look on Saturday when they take on Türkiye (10-3) in the semifinals of the Volleyball Nations League at 7:30 p.m. CT at the College Park Center.

A crowd of almost 5,000 showed up to the College Park Center on Wednesday to cheer on the U.S. Women’s National Team and Team USA didn’t let them down, beating Japan 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 18-25, 25-18) in the quarterfinals of the Volleyball Nations League

The women’s Volleyball Nations League Final Round is in Arlington, Texas, this week, and USA Volleyball has selected its fourteen-person roster

USA Volleyball beach teams are bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals and more cowbells from the Pro Beach Tour Elite 16 event in Gstaad, Switzerland on July 9

The U.S. Men's National Team finished preliminary round play in the Volleyball Nations League Sunday night with a 3-0 win over Bulgaria (29-27, 25-19, 25-21).