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Volleyball Beach Pro Tour Finals 2023

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Volleyball World, Qatar Volleyball Association, and Aspire Zone Foundation have announced a three-year three-year agreement to host the tournament for three consecutive years. The first of the three Beach Pro Tour Finals is set to happen in Doha, Qatar between 26 and 29 January 2023. The venue will be the Aspire Park sports complex.

It will be the first of three Beach Pro Tour Finals held in the Qatari capital after Volleyball World put pen to paper on a three-year agreement with the Qatar Volleyball Federation and Aspire Zone Foundation who will host the event at the stunning Aspire Park sports complex in the shadow of the impressive 300-meter (980 ft) Torch Hotel.

it will be the final round of all beach volleyball tournaments, and the best 8 teams in the world rankings will take part. Not to mention that two teams will get to participate in the tournament held for men and women, with financial prizes. The winners of the Finals will each be crowned 2022 Beach Pro Tour champions and receive USD 150,000 of an overall USD 800,000 prize pool.

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Åhman and Hellvig take gold at the Finals in Doha

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The last event of the 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour calendar, The Finals, held in Doha, Qatar, reflected a scene that repeated throughout the entire season on Saturday, at the conclusion of the event, with Europe having more teams on the podium than any other continent.

Led by two-time European champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden, who took the title in the men’s event, two other duos from the continent also took medals home from Qatar – Norwegians Anders Mol and Christian Sørum, who fell to the Swedes in the men’s gold medal match, and Germans Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann, who took silver among the women.

Åhman and Hellvig ended their most prolific season to date, in which they not only won their second-straight European title but also took gold in three Elite16 events, with another big win, prevailing among the top ten men’s duos of the season in Doha.

The Swedes were dominant in the gold medal match, beating Mol and Sørum in two sets (21-16, 21-17) to secure the title.

“It’s unbelievable, we fought so hard for it. We had played Norway in pool play and they crushed us, so it feels good to beat them now and take the title. They’re an incredible team, we knew we had to play at our best to even have a chance.”

Five other European teams appeared in the event, with Czechia’s Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner and Italy’s Paolo Nicolai/Samuele Cottafava ranking fifth, Germany’s Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler and Poland’s Michal Bryl/Bartosz Łosiak finishing seventh and Italy’s Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri getting ninth.

In the women’s event, Müller and Tillmann had a brilliant campaign, advancing all the way to the gold medal match, but ended up falling to Americans Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss in two sets (21-17, 21-14) and settling for silver.

“I am very happy and proud of their performance in the last event of the season against the best teams in the world. It’s great reward for all the hard work they put it this year.”

Also representing Europe in Doha were Latvia’s Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova and the Netherlands’ Katja Stam/Raisa Schoon, who were seventh, besides Switzerland’s Nina Brunner/Tanja Hüberli, who couldn’t play due to an injury and ranked ninth.

The Finals concluded the 2023 season of the Beach Pro Tour. The calendar for the 2024 season should be announced over the next few weeks.

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Volleyball Beach Pro Tour 2023 Finals

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Experience a dazzling showcase of volleyball excellence at the Volleyball Beach Pro Tour 2023 Finals at Aspire Park in Doha, Qatar. This star-studded event boasts Olympic champions, world champions, and Elite16 gold medalists, promising an unforgettable extravaganza on the sandy courts. Don't miss the thrilling action and elite athleticism at this prestigious sporting event. You can also watch it live on the VBTV site.

Date: December 6-9, 2023

Timings: 1 pm – 9 pm

Location: Aspire Park

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO DOHA FOR THE BEACH PRO TOUR FINALS

Aspire Park in Qatari capital the destination for the end-of-season beach volleyball spectacular

The debut season of the Beach Pro Tour will reach its fascinating climax at the Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar between 26 and 29 January 2023.

It will be the first of three Beach Pro Tour Finals held in the Qatari capital after Volleyball World put pen to paper on a three-year agreement with the Qatar Volleyball Federation and Aspire Zone Foundation who will host the event at the stunning Aspire Park sports complex in the shadow of the impressive 300-metre (980 ft) Torch Hotel.

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Until 3 December 2022, every match will count as the world’s best beach volleyball teams will be fighting to secure one of the 10 coveted places up for grabs at the end-of-season spectacular. The top eight teams per gender based on the World Ranking after the Elite16 event in Australia will guarantee their spot at the Aspire Zone Foundation – an illustrious location famous for hosting some of the world’s biggest sports teams.

An additional two teams will receive a wildcard entry to join the best eight to compete for the seasonal championship title.

The winners of the Finals will each be crowned 2022 Beach Pro Tour champions and receive 150,000 US Dollars of the overall 800,000-US Dollar prize purse.

A three-year agreement with the Qatar Volleyball Federation and Aspire Zone Foundation was signed Thursday in Lausanne

Volleyball World CEO Finn Taylor said: “The Beach Pro Tour Finals are the culmination of an incredibly competitive year on the sand around the world. All the teams that make the Final deserve to be recognised as the best of the best.

“Not only do we expect a sensational welcome from our Qatari hosts at the magnificent Aspire Park facility in capital, but also breathtaking competition on the sand from the world’s best players playing for the first ever Beach Pro Tour Finals title.

“With our partners at the Qatari Volleyball Federation and Aspire Zone Foundation, we are grateful and excited by their commitment and now we look forward to an intense and nail-biting race to see which teams make it. That is why we are delighted that Doha will be the beach elite’s destination for the Beach Pro Tour Finals for the next three years.”

Volleyball World CEO Finn Taylor and President of the Qatar Volleyball Association Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari look forward to the successful Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha

Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari, President of the Qatar Volleyball Association, said: “Hosting the biggest, most prestigious Beach Pro Tour Finals for the first time ever demonstrates the extent of cooperation and the continuity of the fruitful partnership between the Qatar Volleyball Association and Aspire Zone Foundation, where this partnership has proven its success in hosting previous wonderful international and Asian championships.

“The signing of hosting the event for three consecutive years confirms the great trust and cooperation between the Qatar Volleyball Association, FIVB and Volleyball World.

“I would also like to thank the Qatar Olympic Committee for their continued support in our ambitions of growing beach volleyball.”

Mohammed Al-Kuwari, Chief Marketing Officer of Aspire Zone Foundation, said: “We are delighted to host this event in Aspire Zone Foundation for the first time. It will be a great achievement for the foundation, adding to the series of successes of hosting sports. We are proud to be one of the sponsors and we are excited about this event, which aims to provide an interactive and exciting atmosphere among fans and players.”

Calendar for the remainder of the 2022 season finalised

With the Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha confirmed, the race is on for the teams to secure their spot in Doha.

Volleyball World and the FIVB have finalised the calendar for the remaining of the 2022 season, which includes back-to-back Challenge events confirmed in Dubai in October.

The events for the Elite16 events remain unchanged, with the event in Brazil scheduled for 9-13 November taking place in Uberlandia and the competition in Australia between 29 November and 3 December now in Torquay.

Challenge events:

Maldives: 13-16 October

Dubai, UAE: 22-25 October

Dubai, UAE: 27-30 October

Cairo, Egypt: 17-20 November

Torquay, Australia: 23-27 November

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Paris, France: 28 September – 2 October

Cape Town, South Africa: 2-6 November

Uberlandia, Brazil: 9-13 November

Torquay, Australia: 29 November – 3 December

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The first ever Beach Pro Tour Finals begins on January 26 in Doha, Qatar

At the season finale of the Beach Pro Tour in Qatar, between January 26 and 29, 2023, the world’s top 20 beach volleyball teams will compete for the title of winner in the 2022 season.

10 teams per gender head into the end-of-season battle after an unforgettable first season of the Beach Pro Tour that kicked off in March 2022 and thrilled crowds at 47 events around the world.

Eight teams have booked their place and appearance at the Aspire Park Sports Complex in Doha thanks to excellent performances at the 2022 Beach Pro Tour, while two wildcards have been awarded, bringing the number of participants in the competition to 10 per gender.

Women’s teams:  Duda & Ana Patricia (Brazil), Barbara & Carol (Brazil), Stam & Schoon (Netherlands), Clancy & Mariafe (Australia), Anastasija & Tina (Latvia), Hüberli & Brunner (Switzerland), Tillmann & Müller (Germany), Nuss & Kloth (USA) – wildcards:  Hughes & Cheng (USA), Pavan& Bukovec (Canada)

Men’s teams:  Cherif & Ahmed (Qatar), A. Mol & C. Sørum (Norway), Brouwer & Meeuwsen (Netherlands), George & Andre (Brazil), Bryl& Losiak (Poland), Nicolai & Cottafava (Italy), Perusic & Schweiner (Czech Republic), Renato & Vitor Felipe (Brazil) – wildcards: E. Grimalt & M. Grimalt (Chile) Carambula & Ranghieri (Italy)

The total prize money of the 2022 Beach Pro Tour is $800,000, with winners receiving an equal amount of $150,000 each. All 52 matches will be live on VBTV.

Just few days after the 2022 season finale, the Beach Pro Tour 2023 campaign will begin with the Elite 16 event on February 1, again hosted by Qatar.

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Doha set to host Volleyball Beach Pro Tour Finals

Doha, 6 December 2023 -  Doha braces itself for the last and most prestigious event of the 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season. 10 men’s and 10 women’s teams are set to compete for champions-of-the-champions honours at The Finals in the Qatari capital from Wednesday, December 6, through Saturday, December 9.

This is the second edition of The Finals. The inaugural 2022 event was also held in Doha in late January of this year. Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions Anders Mol & Christian Sorum of Norway and United States’ Sara Hughes & Kelly Cheng, who later on triumphed as the 2023 world champions, claimed the honours of the first-ever Beach Pro Tour Finals winners in history. The men’s podium was completed by Poland’s Michal Bryl & Bartosz Losiak and Italy’s Paolo Nicolai & Samuele Cottafava, while the ladies’ silver and bronze went to Brazil’s Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda) & Ana Patricia Ramos and the Netherlands’ Katja Stam & Raisa Schoon, respectively. All of these teams are returning to Doha to play at The Finals 2023 again.

It will be the 13th time Doha is hosting a world-level beach volleyball event. The first nine were stops on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, starting with the men-only Doha Open in 2014 and ending with the double-gender Doha 4-star in 2021. The next three were Beach Pro Tour events: the Doha Challenge in May 2022, the Doha Finals in January 2023 and the Doha Elite16 in February 2023.

That last tournament some 10 months ago was also won by Mol & Sorum in the men’s competition, with Sweden’s David Ahman & Jonatan Hellvig collecting the silver and Italy’s Adrian Carambula & Alex Ranghieri picking up the bronze. On the women’s side, Stam & Schoon triumphed as winners, while Switzerland’s Nina Brunner & Tanja Huberli and Australia’s Taliqua Clancy & Mariafe Artacho Del Solar kept them company on the podium. All of these pairs will also hit the sand courts in Doha again this week.

The 10 teams per gender will be split into two round-robin pools of five, with the pool winners advancing directly to the semifinals, while the pool runners-up and the third-placed teams move on to the quarterfinals in the six-team single-elimination playoff brackets. A total prize purse of US$ 800,000 (US$ 400,000 per gender) will be at stake as the battles at Aspire Park unfold on two courts over the four competition days, climaxing with the semifinals and the medal matches on Saturday.

The first whistle will blow at 13:00 local time (10:00 UTC) on Wednesday, when Germany’s Cinja Tillmann & Svenja Muller take on defending Finals champions and reigning world champions Hughes & Cheng on one of the courts, and last week’s Nuvali Challenge winners Anastasija Samoilova & Tina Graudina of Latvia challenge the world’s number one team Ana Patricia & Duda on the other. These will be the first games in the women’s Pool A, which also features Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes & Brandie Wilkerson.

An hour later, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallists Mariafe & Clancy will take to the court for their match against European champions Huberli & Brunner, while USA’s Taryn Kloth & Kristen Nuss face Brazil’s Taina Bigi & Victoria Lopes in the other women’s Pool B opening game. Stam & Schoon are the fifth team in that pool.

The guys will get into action at 15:00 (12:00) with the Pool A fixtures between reigning world champions Ondrej Perusic & David Schweiner of Czechia and Cottafava & Nicolai, and between the Qatari pairing of Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallists Cherif Younousse & Ahmed Tijan and Losiak & Bryl. USA’s Miles Partain & Andrew Benesh will join in as of the second leg later on Wednesday.

The men’s Pool B will serve off at 16:00 (13:00) with a super clash between Mol & Sorum and Brazil’s Andre Stein & George Wanderley on centre court, while Germany’s Clemens Wickler & Nils Ehlers take on European champions Ahman & Hellvig. Carambula & Ranghieri will be the last team to join the action as they open their campaign in the last centre court match of the first competition day, against the Swedes, starting at 21:00 (18:00).

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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 2023: Excitement Unleashed in Doha Finals

The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 2023 started with its elite 16 event scheduled from February 1 to 5 in Doha. This top-tier tournament showcases the prowess of the best 16 male and female pairs on the circuit. The thrilling journey of the 2023 season will culminate at the Aspire Park in Doha for the Beach Pro Tour Finals, taking place from December 6 to 9, featuring the top 10 qualified teams.

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Doha Gears Up for Beach Volleyball Extravaganza

Next week, from December 6 through 9, Doha will play host to the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals. This marks the second consecutive year that the Qatari capital is welcoming this prestigious event, following the successful inaugural 2022 Finals held in January.

Year-End Showdown: Beach Pro Tour Finals Highlights

The Beach Pro Tour Finals serve as the grand finale of the year-long Beach Pro Tour, a global professional beach volleyball tour organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) for both men and women. This pinnacle event gathers the cream of beach volleyball talent, bringing together the best teams to battle for supremacy.

Navigating Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 2023

The 2023 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, in its second edition, has evolved into a global elite professional beach volleyball circuit. The FIVB has structured the Tour into three tiers: Future, Challenge, and Elite 16 since March 2022. The grand finale, known as The Finals, will feature the top 10 teams from around the world, showcasing the pinnacle of beach volleyball excellence.

نهائيات الجولة العالمية لمحترفي الكرة الطائرة الشاطئية في حديقة #أسباير خلال الفترة 6-9 ديسمبر2023 كونوا على موعد مع الإثارة والتشويق! Beach Pro Tour Finals Aspire Park 6 – 9 December 2023 Stay tuned With excitement and suspense! #قطر #حديقة #أسباير_زون #كرة #شاطئية #اسباير pic.twitter.com/8yUb68FC29 — الاتحاد القطري للكرة الطائرة (@QatarVolleyball) November 30, 2023

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A legacy of excellence: world tour history.

The World Tour, established for men in 1989 and women in 1992, has become a cornerstone in international beach volleyball. Winning the World Tour title is a prestigious achievement, with only the World Championships and the Olympic beach volleyball tournaments deemed more illustrious.

Tour Finals: A Culmination of Sporting Brilliance

The Tour Finals, introduced in 2015 and revamped in 2022, serve as the season-ending championships, exclusively featuring the crème de la crème of teams that have excelled throughout the regular season. In 2023, the Finals promise to deliver excitement and top-notch competition, with Doha, Qatar, set as the stage from December 6 to 9, 2023.

Venue Spotlight: Aspire Zone in Doha

All eyes will be on the iconic Aspire Zone in Doha, Qatar, as it hosts the 2023 Beach Pro Tour Finals. This state-of-the-art venue promises to provide the perfect backdrop for the world’s best beach volleyball teams to showcase their skills and compete for the ultimate glory.

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In conclusion, the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha are not just a sporting event; they are a celebration of athleticism, teamwork, and the global spirit of beach volleyball. As we eagerly await the action-packed showdown, Doha stands ready to witness history in the making.

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Tough start in Doha for USA at season-ending Beach Pro Tour Finals

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December 6, 2023

The final event of the season, which is, in some ways — see: financial, with $150,000 to the winning team — the biggest of the 2023 year, could hardly have started worse  for the USA.

The only victory in the five matches played by American teams on Wednesday in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar, came via forfeit, as Switzerland’s Tanja Huberli and Nina Brunner bowed out with a medical injury in their first match.

Other than that?

Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes fell to Germany’s Cinja Tillmann and Svenja Muller (17-21, 22-20, 15-13) in the morning match, allowing a 7-0 run in the third set to flip what once had been a commanding 8-4 lead.

Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth , beneficiaries of the Swiss forfeit in the evening rounds, were stunned by Brazilian late entrants Taina Silva and Victoria Lopes (21-16, 21-18), who are coming off a bronze medal at last weekend’s Nuvali Challenge in the Philippines.

While Nuss and Kloth were able to take the afternoon off, Cheng and Hughes returned to the court and fell once more, to Canada’s Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes (23-21, 21-16).

To cap a fruitless day, Andy Benesh and Miles Partain , playing their first tournament since the World Championships in early October, fell in three to the Czech Republic’s Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner (26-24, 17-21, 15-12).

To be clear: There is no shame in any loss at the Beach Pro Tour Finals. The field is an assemblage of the top 10 teams in the world, based on the best eight finishes for each team in this calendar year. Benesh and Partain’s loss came at the hands of the World Champions. There is no hanging of the head in the aftermath of that.

But the road gets no easier from here.

Awaiting Benesh and Partain are Poland’s Bartosz Losiak and Michal Bryl, bronze medalists at the World Championships; Qatar’s Cherif Samba and Ahmed Tijan, the 2021 Olympic bronze medalists; and Italy’s Paolo Nicolai and Sam Cottafava, who upset Perusic and Schweiner and are coming off a silver medal at the Joao Pessoa Elite16.

Any win is a tremendous win.

No loss is a bad loss.

For Cheng and Hughes, too, the path forward is a difficult one.

Their only match on Thursday will be a rematch of the World Championship finals , against Brazil’s Ana Patricia and Duda, the current world No. 1 who claimed both of their matches on Wednesday and now top Pool A. On Friday, Cheng and Hughes will meet Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova, the Latvian duo who won the first Beach Pro Tour gold medals of their careers last weekend at the Nuvali Challenge.

Potentially boding well for Cheng and Hughes is that they’ve been here before. In January for the 2022 Beach Pro Tour Finals they also dropped the opening two matches of pool play. It worked out well enough, with five straight victories, gold medals around their necks, and a $150,000 check to take home. Finishing No. 1 in pool is desirable, of course, for it comes with a bye into the semifinals. But advancing is the top priority when it comes to the pool stages, and Cheng and Hughes are still more than capable.

For Nuss and Kloth, Switzerland’s medical withdrawal is helpful. They have three matches remaining: Thursday morning against Australians Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy in a rematch of the World Championship bronze-medal match, and later that evening against the Netherlands’ Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon in the first meeting between the two teams.

There are no Olympic points on the line, only prestige, and a mighty big check.

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