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The inaugural Blue Ridge Volleyball Classic is set to take place in Asheville, North Carolina, from September 5–6 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in conjunction with Explore Asheville and the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission. The lineup includes women’s volleyball teams from Western Carolina, Bradley University, the College of Charleston and UNC Charlotte each playing three […]
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The FIVB and Volleyball World have announced the Netherlands as the host nation for the 2027 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships with three of the four host cities already announced as The Hague, Rotterdam and Apeldoorn. The event features men’s and women’s play and will be the second time the country has hosted the event, […]
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Volleyball World, FIVB, USA Volleyball and Eagle Four Partners have announced an Elite Beach Pro Tour tournament will be held October 7–11 in Newport Beach, California, the first time the series has been in the United States since 2018. “Hosting our first Elite Beach Pro Tour event on U.S. soil is a monumental milestone for […]
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Fort Wayne will host the 2025 World ParaVolley Sitting ParaVolley World Cup from October 12–18 at the Turnstone Center, the first time the event will be held in the United States. “Hosting the WPV Sitting ParaVolley World Cup is the result of strategic efforts rooted in our Tourism Master Plan, which prioritizes accessibility,” said Nicolle […]
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The inaugural USA Volleyball Girls Junior Club Championship, a new national event, has been scheduled for June 5–7, 2026, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The standalone, non-bid championship event will offer competition for girls teams in the 10u through 17u divisions. It will initially welcome 450 teams and is projected to […]
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The Amateur Athletic Union’s annual AAU Junior Volleyball National Championships — hosted from from June 13 to July 7 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando — set participation and attendance records as the 24-day event brought in an 325,500 estimated attendees with a total of 6,500 teams, including more than 390 Central Florida […]
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Volleyball World has named former Grand Slam Tennis CEO Ugo Valensi as its new chief executive officer starting August 4 as Volleyball World builds on the momentum provided by the sport’s exposure at last year’s Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Valensi managed the partnership between the Grand Slams, overseeing strategic collaboration across the Australian Open, […]
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Internationally renowned sports marketing expert Michael Payne has been named the new independent chair of Volleyball World, bringing over four decades of experience in the global sports industry. “Over the past four years, the Volleyball World team has made great progress in taking volleyball to the next level as a global entertainment product,” Payne said. […]
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The 2025 AVP League has a national slate of beach volleyball matches in nine cities across the United States, with the season culminating in a championship weekend at Chicago’s Oak Street Beach. Each venue will host a full weekend featuring the organization’s franchises including the Palm Beach Passion, Brooklyn Blaze, LA Launch, Dallas Dream, San […]
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League One Volleyball has added Johanna Faries, president of Blizzard Entertainment, to its board of directors. In her current role, Faries oversees Blizzard’s global portfolio including Warcraft, Overwatch and Diablo. Before joining Blizzard, Faries served as general manager of Call of Duty. Earlier in her career, she spent 12 years at the National Football League, […]
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