through to the main draw after coming through two qualifying matches on day one of the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in Shepparton.

Guinea.They beat the top seeds in the qualification round by a 21-6, 21-10 scoreline at the purpose-built beach

volleyball stadium in Victoria Park.Schumann and Wakefield were the only Australians to emerge from

qualification into the men's main draw at their home tournament.Shepparton hosted a FIVB Beach Volleyball

Australian city Shepparton is set to host the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball

pairs from 17 different countries have registered to take part in the competition at the purpose-built beach

volleyball stadium in Victoria Park from tomorrow until the finals on Sunday (February 4).

favourites in the men's tournament having won at Shepparton in March 2017 ©FIVBThe latest stop on the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour - this is a one star event - will also see a trial for the new block touch rule

German city Hamburg has been awarded the 2019 edition of the Beach Volleyball World Championships.

will provisionally take place between June 28 and July 7 following the decision by the International Volleyball

the 2024 Olympic Games before withdrawing following a referendum defeat, is no stranger to major beach

Berlin played host in 2005.Laura Ludwig, left, and Kira Walkenhorst are at the forefront of German beach

volleyball ©Getty Images"I have no doubt that the city will be an excellent host for the 2019 Beach

It is going to be an amazing opportunity for Hamburg to show to the world how much beach volleyball means

The Oman Olympic Committee (OCC) has announced that it will compete in 10 sports at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

Oman.Sports in which the nation hopes to compete in Indonesia are athletics, swimming, shooting, football, beach

volleyball, tennis, sailing, hockey, weightlifting and paragliding.The Committee, headed by Sheikh Saif

The draw for the first-ever Commonwealth Games beach volleyball competition at Gold Coast 2018 has been

draw at the Coolangatta Beachfront, the venue for the competition, was overseen by the International Volleyball

volleyball, it is going to be something very special."

volleyball brought to the event."

volleyball competition at a Commonwealth Games which is really exciting."

volleyball is one of the real highlights of Gold Coast 2018."

Women's beach volleyball pair Kelsie Wills and Shaunna Polley have been named on New Zealand's team for

Beach volleyball is a great spectator sport and I have no doubt that they'll be supported by a strong

Polley and Wills are set to compete in the Waikato Open beach volleyball competition tomorrow before

international events in Australia and the United States as they prepare for Gold Coast 2018.A men's beach

they will import sand from Brisbane for the beach volleyball competition after sand on the Coolangatta

.Beach volleyball action is scheduled to run from April 6 to 12.

April Ross and Alexandra Klineman secured a 10th successive win to claim their maiden International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour tournament success together in The Hague.

Scottish duo Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts have been awarded a wildcard beach volleyball spot to compete

in the women's event after facing an anxious wait.They enjoyed two top 10 finishes at International Volleyball

we are not just satisfied with qualification," said Beattie, who captained the Great Britain indoor volleyball

Scottish men's spot at Gold Coast 2018 ©TwitterThe duo will now feature at the first Commonwealth Games beach

volleyball tournament, which is due to take place on the Coolangatta beach front from April 6 to 12.

Polish duo Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak have qualified for the semi-final stages of the International Volleyball

Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour in The Hague.

four at the Sportcampus Zuiderpark.Today’s victory means the pair, who won three silvers on the FIVB Beach

Volleyball World Tour in 2017, will now come up against local favourites Alexander Brouwer and Robert

“We are enjoying the energy from the crowd and showing the level we can play with our power beach volleyball

pic.twitter.com/rTKntw0pC0— USA Volleyball (@usavolleyball) January 6, 2018Today’s women’s events saw

final.Ross and Klineman won 21-12, 21-17 against Barbora Hermannová, a silver medallist at the 2016 FIVB Beach

Qatar's Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan continued their promising start to their first International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour by reaching the second knock-out round of the event in The Hague.

will make its Asian Games debut at Jakarta-Palembang 2018.It made its first appearance at the Asian Beach

Games, Jiu-Jitsu has also been included in the inaugural World Beach Games in 2017.

programme.Japan lead the all-time medal table with five gold, five silver and one bronze.VolleyballMen's volleyball

incorporated into the Asian Games in 1958.It has since been ever-present on the sport programme.Women's volleyball

the Asian Games in 1962.Likewise, it has been a regular part of the programme ever since.Nine-a-side volleyball

venues used for men's football ©Getty ImagesPalembangPalembang played host to 10 sports, including beach

volleyball, bowling, canoe sprint, women's football, roller sports, rowing, sepaktakraw, shooting, sport

staged canoe sprint and rowing, while triathlon took place both there and in the surrounding area.Beach volleyball

Bednarczuk and partner Duda enjoyed a straightforward victory as main draw action began at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in The Hague.

silver medal at Rio 2016, and Fernanda Alves also enjoyed a winning start to their campaign at the Dela Beach

Rosenthal and Trevor Crabb took a step towards booking a place in the main draw at the International Volleyball

Federation Beach World Tour event in The Hague as they earned victory in the first qualification round

World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner outlined the governing body's "successes" in 2017 and looked ahead to a "busy" 2018 in a New Year's message to the organisation's members.

during the calendar year from a governance and sporting standpoint.He singled out the establishment of a Beach

Volleyball Commission, which is looking at increasing the development of standing volleyball in the

President of the worldwide governing body since 2014, said they were hoping to hold a first Standing Beach

Volleyball World Championship in 2019 with a view towards an ambitious attempt at securing a place on