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KESSY FIRED UP FOR OLYMPIC YEAR   Torrance, USA, February 22, 2016 - It’s already been a blink of an eye career for Jennifer Kessy, but in 2016 she promises to keep her focus on everything around her. Read more... TALKIN' STATS: WORLD TOUR - FEBRUARY 22 Lausanne, Switzerland, February 22, 2016 - Beginning a string of three consecutive events in Brazil this week, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) pauses quickly to look at some of the significant stats from its 2016 US$9 million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. Read more... FIVB WORLD TOUR IN BRAZIL FOR $150,000 FIVB MACEIO OPEN   Lausanne, Switzerland, February 21, 2016 - After successfully re-launching the 2016 season last week in Iran, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) continues the qualifying process for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games through the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. This week will see the FIVB World Tour visiting Brazil for the first of three consecutive events. Read more... QATARI DUO COMPLETE GOLDEN RUN ON KISH ISLAND Kish Island, Iran, February 19, 2016 – Jefferson Santos and Cherif Younousse claimed their first ever FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medals when they beat Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Artem Yarzutkin in the final of the inaugural Kish Island Open on Friday. Read more... RE-WATCH: KISH ISLAND OPEN FINALS Lausanne, Switzerland, February 19, 2016 - Re-watch the finals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Kish Island Open on the FIVB's YouTube page. Read more... GROUP 3 MATCH SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD GRAND PRIX Lausanne, Switzerland, February 18, 2016 – The Group 3 match schedule for the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix has been officially announced on Thursday. Read more... CAMEROON UPSET EGYPT FOR RIO 2016 OLYMPIC BERTH Yaoundé, Cameroon, February 16, 2016 – Cameroon will make their first ever Olympic appearance in Rio 2016, following their 3-2 (25-14, 25-27, 21-25, 25-23, 15-7) upset of Egypt in the African Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament at Palais des Sports on Tuesday. Read more... ROWLANDSON DREAMING OF RUN TO RIO SANDS Kish Island, Iran, February 16, 2016 – Frenchman Edouard ‘Eddy’ Rowlandson has one dream at the start of the 2016 section of the 2015-16 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – to secure a place at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, alongside his partner of four years, Youssef Krou. Read more... Watch the latest volleyball and beach volleyball videos on the FIVB's YouTube page.

Beach volleyball February 23-28, 2016, Maceio, Brazil FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Maceio Open March 8-13, 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam March 15-20, 2016, Vitoria, Brazil FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Vitoria Open Volleyball May 14-22, 2016, Tokyo, Japan Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament May 28 - June 5, 2016, Tokyo, Japan Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament June 3-5, 2016, Mexico City, Mexico Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament