FROM INSIDE THE GAMES: The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has extended its Olympic beach volleyball qualification deadlines for Tokyo 2020 after the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The FIVB’s Olympic world ranking deadline has been pushed back to June 13 2021, while the cut-off for the Continental Cup route…
From Inside the Games: The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has confirmed that next year’s Beach Volleyball World Championships will instead be moved to 2022 to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The event is now planned to be held in June 2022 and will remain in Italian capital Rome. Following a…
Doubles Beach Volleyball announced today that Megan Wallin-Brockway will serve as its director of competition. Wallin-Brockway is a highly regarded professional beach volleyball player. Megan has competed on the AVP Tour, FIVB, Doubles Beach Volleyball, Corona Wide Open, Dig the Beach, East End, Florida Beach Volleyball Tour, EVP and the Jose Cuervo Tour. She has…
With the impact of COVID-19 canceling every day activities and sporting events across America, Doubles Beach Volleyball™ has announced it will host a series of individual tour events — The Lost Summer Tour™. Events will start once the coronavirus threat passes – bringing the excitement of women’s beach volleyball to locations across the United States. …
From CBS News: Postponing the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo because of the coronavirus pandemic was “the right decision,” beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings said. Walsh Jennings, who was set to play for Team USA this summer, said it was almost a relief to hear the games would be…