International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) will seek to further promote its snow volleyball format at

Streitfellner and Christoph Dressler triumphed in front of a home crowd in the men’s event.Italian Volleyball

Federation President Pietro Bruno Cattaneo has backed the new format.Italian Volleyball Federation President

Pietro Bruno Cattaneo has praised the new format ©FIVB“There are some similarities with beach volleyball

“I think one of the most impressive aspects of snow volleyball is how visually spectacular it is.

“We believe that we should always push the boundaries of our sport and snow volleyball is a real representation

Haiyang in China is set to host the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) beach volleyball qualification

highest-ranked eligible team would earn a spot.Athletes who claim the sole Olympic spot on offer at the FIVB Beach

Volleyball Senior World Championships, due to take place at Hamburg in July, will not be able to compete

Brazilian legend Giba will be one of the names on court when the inaugural Snow Volleyball World Tour

Wagrain-Kleinarl with 45-year-old compatriot Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo.His partner won Olympic beach

volleyball silver medal at Beijing 2008 and won the world title in 2005."

programme ©Getty ImagesGiba added: "It was a really incredible experience, similar in some ways to beach

volleyball.

 "I played beach volleyball before playing volleyball - the opposite way round to a lot of other

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has marked 500 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by unveiling a promotional sign at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro.

athletes, among them former Olympic champions Torben Grael, Jackie Silva and Giovane Gávio of sailing, beach

volleyball and volleyball, respectively.They were joined by sprinter Robson Caetano da Silva, a double

Olympic bronze medallist, and Rio 2016 silver medal-winning beach volleyball player Ágatha Bednarczuk.Also

Austria’s Christophe Dressler and Alexander Huber claimed victory at the International Volleyball Federation

Beach World Tour event in Siem Reap in Cambodia.

seeds Jyrki Nurminen and Santeri Siren of Finland en route to the semi-finals of the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in Siem Reap in Cambodia.

Top seeds Jyrki Nurminen and Santeri Siren of Finland cruised into the last 16 at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in Siem Reap in Cambodia with two victories on the opening day of

Aliaksandr Dziadkou and Pavel Piatrushka of Belarus progressed to the main draw as the Beach Volleyball

Siem Reap in Cambodia is scheduled to host the next men's International Volleyball Federation Beach World

follows tournaments in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh and Kg Speu.The Cambodian leg, entitled the Anchor Beach

Volleyball Cup series, concludes with a women's event in Battambang from April 4 to 7.Maxim Sivolap

among the entrants for the event in Siem Reap ©FIVBThe latest event on the second-lowest level of the Beach

and Artem Yarzutkin of Russia are all set to be in action.The four pairings have topped the podium at Beach

Rome has been awarded the 2021 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Graça.He said the FIVB is hoping to work with sporting officials in Italy to bring flagship beach volleyball

We are delighted to be joined by FIPAV and CONI in our efforts to bring high-profile beach volleyball

volleyball is coming back to Italy after several years.

 "The Italian Volleyball Federation strongly believes in beach volleyball and we have been intensively

 "Talking about 2019, for example, we will have a busy calendar of beach volleyball events."

Argentina defeated Chile in the final of the men's and women's rugby event at the 2019 South American Beach

 Argentina lost in the men's and women's beach volleyball final, however, Uruguay defeating the

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and marine conservation group Ghost Fishing Foundation

launched Good Net, a project recovering discarded fishing nets from oceans and recycling them into volleyball

Good Net was launched on Copacabana Beach in Brazil, venue for the volleyball competition at the 2016

As volleyball players, nets are at the centre of our game and of our joy," Brazilian volleyball star

 "And we love the beach.

With volleyball, we have the most watched sport at the Olympic Games.

Brazilian volleyball star Giba attended the Good Net launch ©FIVBEach year, 640,000 tonnes of fishing

Chilean cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt won their second International VolleybalL Federation (FIVB)

Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal in less than a week as they beat the United States pairing of

the 39-year-old Americans, who were playing their first tournament since last August, in this Katara Beach

Spain's Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira won the bronze medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Paulo Moreira de Costa, better known as Paulao.He has many years of experience coaching on the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour and is now bringing it to bear on the cousins."

Hosts Argentina are currently topping the 2019 South American Beach Games medal table after taking two

beat Venezuela's Mairovi Jaspe in 1:33:33 and Uruguay's Nadia Segovia in 1:44:45.Three Argentinian beach

volleyball pairs are through to the semi-finals of the 2019 South American Beach Games ©Rosario 2019

medal tally up to five, putting them at the top of the table.The hosts are also looking good in the beach

volleyball competition, with three Argentinian pairs progressing to the semi-finals.

Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena reached their first International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball

But something sparked into me and totally switched my mind-set and I feel like I have a new life in beach

volleyball."

Esteban and Marco Grimalt are in the final at Doha and seeking their second successive title in the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour series ©FIVBDalhausser and Lucena are set to face Esteban and Marco Grimalt in

When we started to play beach volleyball they were our idols so it is very important that we are playing