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WORLD TOUR -7 – BOCKERMANN/FLUGGEN'S SEVEN MATCH MARCH TO GOLD   Lausanne, Switzerland, February 8, 2016 – German duo Markus Bockermann and Lars Fluggen will start the first event of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015 as top seeds when they step out at the Kish Island Open in seven days’ time, and seven was the number of matches they had to win to claim last year’s opening event in Fuzhou in their maiden World Tour tournament as a pair. Read more... BUSY BARBOSA RELISHING KISH ISLAND OPEN FOR HOSTS Kish Island, Iran, February 8, 2016 – Iran have become one of the world’s top volleyball teams in recent years, but the country are now looking to replicate that success on the sand, starting at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2016 Kish Island Open. Read more... REFEREES APPOINTED FOR RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES Lausanne, Switzerland, February 8, 2016 - Twenty volleyball referees and 16 beach volleyball referees representing the five continental confederations have been selected for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games from August 5-21. Read more... VOTE: WHO IS THE SERVING MASTER?   Lausanne, Switzerland, February 5, 2016 – Was there ever any doubt about who the master of the serve was? Find out who won our final beach volleyball vote. Read more... BLANTON SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING READY Torrance, USA, February 5, 2016 - As Dain Blanton surveyed the new USA Volleyball training centre last Friday, he saw a foundation for beach volleyball players that he never had the luxury of enjoying. Read more... MEXICO CITY TO HOST WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFIER Lausanne, Switzerland, February 5, 2016 - Four teams will head to Mexico City with dreams of securing the final place on offer at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games after the Mexican capital was chosen to host the FIVB World Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament from June 4-6. Read more... RIO 2016 VOLLEYBALL TICKETS STILL IN HIGH DEMAND IN BRAZIL Lausanne, Switzerland, February 4, 2016 – Volleyball and beach volleyball are among the sports disciplines in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the highest demand in Brazil, after half of the final major batch of tickets was sold in a span of four days. Read more... OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN: CHINA CHERISH THEIR CALIFORNIA GIRLS Lausanne, Switzerland, February 4, 2016 - The Soviet Union’s remarkable run of finishing first or second in every Olympic women’s tournament since the start came to an abrupt halt at the 1984 Los Angeles Games owing to the political boycott; but in the absence of Europe’s eastern bloc, China’s women came to the party in a big way. Read more... Watch the latest volleyball and beach volleyball videos on the FIVB's YouTube page.

Beach volleyball February 15-19, 2016, Kish Island, Iran FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Kish Island Open February 23-28, 2016, Maceio, Brazil FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Maceio Open