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Today In
Beach Volleyball History |
In 1950
Lois Haraughty and Norma Holtzman won the Parks & Rec State Beach Open.
It was the 1st win for Lois Haraughty, the 1st win for Norma Holtzman, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1950
Ev Keller and Gene Selznick won the Parks & Rec State Beach Open.
It was the 1st win for Ev Keller, the 1st win for Gene Selznick, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 1966
Ron Lang and Ron Von Hagen won the Parks & Rec Will Rogers State Beach Open.
It was the 27th win for Ron Lang, the 10th win for Ron Von Hagen, and the 6th win for the team.
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In 1977
Chris Marlowe and Jim Menges won the Parks & Rec World Championships.
It was the 8th win for Chris Marlowe, the 30th win for Jim Menges, and the 6th win for the team.
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In 1982
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the Parks & Rec Will Rogers State Beach Open.
It was the 27th win for Sinjin Smith, the 5th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 4th win for the team.
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In 1983
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the Parks & Rec Gladstone's Men's Open.
It was the 36th win for Sinjin Smith, the 14th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 13th win for the team.
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In 1988
Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the AVP San Francisco Open.
It was the 94th win for Sinjin Smith, the 70th win for Randy Stoklos, and the 69th win for the team.
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In 1993
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the AVP Old Spice Tournament of Champions.
It was the 82nd win for Karch Kiraly, the 54th win for Kent Steffes, and the 42nd win for the team.
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In 1994
Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto won the FIVB Brazil Open.
It was the 5th win for Roberto Lopes, the 3rd win for Franco Neto, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 1994
Barbra Fontana won the WPVA Avia Top of the Tour .
It was the 4th win for Barbra Fontana.
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In 2001
Jose Loiola and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Goodwill Games.
It was the 52nd win for Jose Loiola, the 13th win for Ricardo Santos, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2001
Tatiana Minello and Sandra Pires won the FIVB Goodwill Games.
It was the 1st win for Tatiana Minello, the 18th win for Sandra Pires, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2005
Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Athens INFOTE Open.
It was the 59th win for Emanuel Rego, the 32nd win for Ricardo Santos, and the 16th win for the team.
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In 2005
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Chicago Open Presented by McDonald's.
It was the 49th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 46th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 44th win for the team.
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In 2011
Sergiy Popov and Valeriy Samoday won the FIVB Jr/Youth SWATCH FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships.
It was the 3rd win for Sergiy Popov, the 3rd win for Valeriy Samoday, and the 3rd win for the team.
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In 2011
Nina Brunner and Joana Mader won the FIVB Jr/Youth SWATCH FIVB Junior (U21) World Championships.
It was the 1st win for Nina Brunner, the 1st win for Joana Mader, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2011
John Hyden and Sean Scott won the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball.
It was the 15th win for John Hyden, the 17th win for Sean Scott, and the 12th win for the team.
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In 2011
Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Niles won the U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball.
It was the 4th win for Lauren Fendrick, the 2nd win for Brooke Niles, and the 2nd win for the team.
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In 2016
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena won the AVP Championships.
It was the 85th win for Phil Dalhausser, the 14th win for Nick Lucena, and the 11th win for the team.
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In 2016
Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat won the AVP Championships.
It was the 8th win for Lauren Fendrick, the 9th win for Brooke Sweat, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2016
Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins won the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters.
It was the 16th win for Aleksandrs Samoilovs, the 14th win for Janis Smedins, and the 12th win for the team.
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In 2016
Chantal Laboureur and Julia Sude won the CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters.
It was the 8th win for Chantal Laboureur, the 7th win for Julia Sude, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 2022
Gustavs Auzins and Kristians Fokerots won the Euro Beach Volley U18.
It was the 1st win for Gustavs Auzins, the 1st win for Kristians Fokerots, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2022
Anna Pavelkova and Katerina Pavelkova won the Euro Beach Volley U18.
It was the 1st win for Anna Pavelkova, the 1st win for Katerina Pavelkova, and the 1st win for the team.
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In 2022
Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb won the AVP Gold Series Chicago Open.
It was the 11th win for Tri Bourne, the 13th win for Trevor Crabb, and the 7th win for the team.
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In 2022
Taryn Brasher and Kristen Nuss won the AVP Gold Series Chicago Open.
It was the 5th win for Taryn Brasher, the 5th win for Kristen Nuss, and the 5th win for the team.
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In 2022
Markus Mol and Jo Gladsoy Sunde won the FIVB 2022 VW Beach Pro Tour Futures - Warsaw.
It was the 1st win for Markus Mol, the 1st win for Jo Gladsoy Sunde, and the 1st win for the team.
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| 9/3/2025 |
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Challenge event in Veracruz and Elite in Itapema confirmed on Beach Pro Tour 2025 calendar
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Veracruz will host this year’s second Challenge stop in Mexico, while a fourth event of the Elite category in Brazil, to be held in Itapema, has been added on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 2025 calendar to replace the Doha Elite that was initially planned to take place in October and November, but has not been confirmed. The Veracruz Challenge will take place from October 1 to 5. |
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Budapest and Warsaw welcome the last busy weekend of the season
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The 2025 season of Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures events in Europe enters its final month this week, when, for the last time in the year, two tournaments will take place simultaneously on the continent. This week, the Hungarian capital Budapest and the Polish capital Krakow will be the stages for the action, with the former hosting a double-gender tournament... |
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| 9/2/2025 |
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Emanuele Monduzzi’s swansong coming up in Warsaw at almost 55 years of age
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Emanuele Monduzzi of Italy will be playing his last international competition later this week when he travels to Warsaw, Poland for a men’s-only Futures event. Monduzzi has been involved in international Beach Volleyball competitions for almost 30 years, with his debut coming in Durban (South Africa) a way back in 1996. Monduzzi will contest the event in Warsaw... |
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Gottardi & Orsi Toth jump to number three in World Ranking
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Valentina Gottardi & Reka Orsi Toth, the winners of last week’s Hamburg Elite women’s tournament on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, rose to number three in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking. For this Italian pair, formed after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this is the highest ranking they have ever reached. Gottardi & Orsi Toth’s previous high was the seventh place... |
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| 8/31/2025 |
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Europeans make the double in Hamburg
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Homecourt advantage helped European beach volleyball teams produce another strong showing on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour this week as duos from the continent won gold on both genders in the Elite event held in Hamburg, which came to an end on Sunday. Led by Norwegian superstars Anders Mol and Christian Sørum, who topped the all-European men’s podium... |
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González and Navas of Puerto Rico confirm their dominance in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 31, 2025. Puerto Ricans María González and Allanis Navas reaffirmed their status as favorites and captured their fourth gold medal of the season, claiming the championship at the sixth stop of the 2025 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, held at Playa Azul, Manzanillo, Colima. The Puerto Rican duo, who had already defeated Mexico’s Susana Torres and Atenas Gutiérrez... |
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Cárdenas and Osuna of Mexico Crowned Champions at Home
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 31, 2025.- Mexico’s José Cárdenas and Jorman Osuna were crowned champions of the sixth stop of the 2025 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour at Playa Azul, Manzanillo, defeating Canada’s Robert Kemp and Cameron Chadwick 2-0 in the final with scores of 21-16 and 21-19. Osuna arrived with strong credentials, having already claimed one gold medal and two bronze medals... |
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Gottardi and Orsi Toth earn first Beach Pro Tour gold
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A new team on the 2025 season of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, Italians Valentina Gottardi and Reka Orsi Toth celebrated their first title as partners on Sunday, when they triumphed in the Elite event held in Hamburg. The ecstatic Italians made it to the top of the podium at the Am Rothenbaum Stadium flanked by two Brazilian teams, as Thamela Coradello and Victoria Lopes... |
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Mol and Sørum repeat as Hamburg Elite winners
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Hamburg continues to feel like home for Norwegian superstars Anders Mol and Christian Sørum on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour as the Beach Volley Vikings won their third gold in the German city on Sunday, triumphing in the seventh Elite event of 2025. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalists entered the week determined to defend the title they had won in the city last year... |
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| 8/30/2025 |
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Favorites Deliver and the Women’s Semifinals Are Set in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 30, 2025. All eyes were on the favorites, and this Saturday they confirmed their status. Canada’s two pairs, Darby Dunn and Mikayla Law-Heese, and Akash Grewal and Katarina Pantovic, along with Mexico’s Susana Torres and Atenas Gutiérrez, and Puerto Rico’s María González and Allanis Navas, advanced to the women’s semifinals of the tournament. |
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Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, and Canada Reach Semifinals in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 30, 2025.-The sands of Playa Azul came alive once again as the men’s event defined its semifinalists. Mexico’s José Cárdenas and Jorman Osuna, the U.S. pair Timothy Brewster and Ryan Ierna, Costa Rica’s Julián Araya and Jhostin Varela, and Canada’s Robert Kemp and Cameron Chadwick advanced to the penultimate stage of the tournament. |
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Brazilians to clash in the semifinals in Hamburg
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Brazil will be represented in the women’s podium of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite for a third-straight season after the country had two teams – Thamela Coradello/Victoria Lopes and Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa/Ana Patrícia Ramos – advancing to the tournament’s semifinals on Saturday. The Brazilian duos will meet on Sunday, at 13:00 local time (11:00 GMT), at the Am Rothenbaum Stadium... |
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Plavins and Fokerots score big wins on their way to the semis
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Latvians Martins Plavins and Kristians Fokerots had a pair of complicated matches on Saturday at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite, but survived both of them and will appear in the tournament’s medal rounds on Sunday. Besides the Latvians, three other European teams – Norway’s Anders Mol/Christian Sørum, the Netherlands’ Stefan Boermans/Yorick de Groot and... |
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| 8/29/2025 |
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Puerto Rico and Mexico Open Strong in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 29, 2025.– Puerto Ricans María González and Allanis Navas confirmed why they are the top favorites at the sixth stop of the NORCECA Tour by debuting with a victory in Manzanillo, Colima. The Caribbean duo, who already have three gold medals this season, defeated Mexico’s Naomi Cruz and Angélica Torres 2–0 (21-15, 21-9). |
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Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Costa Rica Set the Pace in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 29, 2025. — The opening men’s day of the 2025 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour kicked off with great intensity in Manzanillo, where Puerto Ricans William Rivera and Diego Rosich and Costa Ricans Julián Araya and Jhostin Varela recorded two victories each, while Americans Timothy Brewster and Ryan Ierna needed three sets to edge out Mexico’s José Cárdenas and Jorman Osuna. |
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Lahti and Ahtiainen win Hamburg pool with big upset
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Finland’s Taru Lahti and Niina Ahtiainen produced the biggest upset of the second day of main draw matches for the women at this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event in Hamburg and topped their pool in Germany on Friday. Like the Finnish, five other teams completed pool play undefeated and advanced directly to the Round of 12. The remaining six spots in that phase... |
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Evandro and Arthur survive a three-set battle and make it to the Round of 12
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Brazilian Olympians Evandro Gonçalves and Arthur Lanci had to fight hard for it, but managed to earn a spot in the Round of 12 of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event held in Hamburg on Friday. The South Americans were among the six men's teams that survived the first elimination matches in the tournament held at the Am Rothenbaum Stadium, overcoming the Round of 18... |
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| 8/28/2025 |
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23 Teams to Compete in the Sixth Stage of the 2025 NORCECA Tour in Manzanillo
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MANZANILLO, Colima, August 28, 2025- The Mexican Pacific coast is set to welcome the continent’s top pairs with the sixth stop of the 2025 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, taking place August 29–31 in Manzanillo. Following the preliminary inquiry, it was confirmed that the competition will feature 23 teams: 9 in the women’s division and 14 in the men’s division... |
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Hölting Nilsson and Andersson win second tie-breaker to continue on a roll
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Swedish Jacöb Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson won their second tie-breaker in as many days on Thursday to finish first in Pool D as the first phase of the men’s main draw of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event held in Hamburg was completed. The young Swedish and the other five pool winners will have Friday off in Germany, as the Round of 12 is scheduled for Saturday. |
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German women enjoy a perfect first day of main draw in Hamburg
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Homecourt advantage did play a factor in the first day of the women’s main draw of this week’s Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite event in Hamburg, and teams representing hosts Germany took full advantage of it to win all four matches they played on Thursday. Svenja Müller/Cinja Tillmann, Linda Bock/Louisa Lippmann, Sandra Ittlinger/Anna-Lena Grüne and Paula Schürholz/Lea Kunst... |
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| Sep 4-7, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Budapest, Hungary |
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€ 5,000 |
| Sep 4-7, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Budapest, Hungary |
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€ 5,000 |
| Sep 4-7, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Warsaw, Poland |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 5-7, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Guadalajara, Mexico |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Sep 5-7, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Guadalajara, Mexico |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Sep 10-14, 2025 |
CEV Under Age |
CEV U18 ECH 2025, Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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CEV U18 ECH 2025, Corigliano Rossano, Italy |
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| Sep 11-14, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Warsaw, Poland |
W |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 12-14, 2025 |
AVP |
Laguna Beach Contender Series, California |
M&W |
$60,000 |
| Sep 12-14, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - El Salvador, TBD |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Sep 12-14, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - El Salvador, TBD |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Sep 17-21, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Joao Pessoa, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Sep 17-21, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Joao Pessoa, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
| Sep 18-21, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Bondues Lille Metropole, France |
W |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 24-28, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
M |
US$200,000 |
| Sep 24-28, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
W |
US$200,000 |
| Sep 25-28, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Balikesir, Türkiye |
M |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 25-28, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Futures Balikesir, Türkiye |
W |
€ 5,000 |
| Sep 26-28, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
M |
US$3,500 |
| Sep 26-28, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic |
W |
US$3,500 |
| Oct 1-5, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Veracruz, Mexico |
M |
US$125,000 |
| Oct 1-5, 2025 |
FIVB |
BPT Challenge Veracruz, Mexico |
W |
US$125,000 |
| Oct 3-5, 2025 |
NORCECA |
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour - San Jose, Costa Rica |
M&W |
US$7,000 |
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