EUROPE AND BRAZIL GET NEW CHAMPIONS AHEAD OF CLUB WORLDS

XIAMEN GOLD FOR BROUWER/MEEUWSEN DEFEATING NICOLAI/LUPO   Xiamen, China, April 23, 2017 – Dutch team Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen claim gold in their 2017 debut defeating Italy’s Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Xiamen Open 2017.    Read more... BARBARA/FERNANDA WIN GOLD IN XIAMEN THRILLER   Xiamen, China, April 23, 2017 – Brazil’s Barbara Seixas De Freitas and Fernanda Alves take their first FIVB World Tour title together beating China’s Fan Wang and Yue Yuan at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Xiamen Open 2017.    Read more... EUROPE AND BRAZIL GET NEW CHAMPIONS AHEAD OF CLUB WORLDS   Lausanne, Switzerland, April 23, 2017 - VakifBank Istanbul are the new Queens of Europe after demolishing all opposition in the European Women's Champions League Final Four in Treviso, including a 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-23) sweep of Imoco Volley Conegliano in Sunday's final before some 5,000 fans.   Read more... RIO PREPARES FOR NEXT FIVB WORLD TOUR STOP   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23, 2017 - With entries totaling 146 teams from 31 countries with less than month before the start of competition, organizers for the FIVB World Tour stop in Rio de Janeiro are busy preparing a new site for staging the 18th international Beach Volleyball stop for men and 10th for women in the city that hosted the 2016 Olympic Games.