FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Upcoming season or competition:; 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Sport	Beach volleyball
Founded	1997; 27 years ago
No. of teams	48
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent; champion(s)	Czech Republic (men) ; United States (women)
Most titles	Brazil (men; 7 titles); Brazil (women; 6 titles)

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is the double-gender world championship for the sport of beach volleyball organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) the sport's global governing body. The first official edition of the event was held in Los Angeles, United States in 1997 and tournaments had been awarded every two years since then. Before 1997, ten unofficial championships not organized by the FIVB were all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 1987 and 1996. The most recent World Championships took place in Mexico in 2023.

Winning the World Championships is considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, surpassing the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and being surpassed only by the beach volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games.

Format

The tournament has a 48-team main draw per gender and consists of two stages: the group stage followed by the knockout stage. The prize pool for each gender is US$500,000.^[1]

Editions

First Beach Volleyball World Championships were held from 10 to 13 September 1997 in Los Angeles, California (United States). It was the first official edition of this event, after 10 unofficial championships between 1987 and 1996.

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
1987–1996: 10 Unofficial World Championships before recognized by FIVB
1	1997	Los Angeles	United States	2
2	1999	Marseille	France	2
3	2001	Klagenfurt - Maria Wörth - Velden	Austria	2
4	2003	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2
5	2005	Berlin	Germany	2
6	2007	Gstaad	Switzerland	2
7	2009	Stavanger	Norway	2
8	2011	Rome	Italy	2
9	2013	Stare Jabłonki	Poland	2
10	2015	The Hague - Amsterdam - Apeldoorn - Rotterdam	Netherlands	2
11	2017	Vienna	Austria	2
12	2019	Hamburg	Germany	2
13	2022	Rome	Italy	2
14	2023	Tlaxcala - Apizaco - Huamantla	Mexico	2
15	2025	Adelaide	Australia	2

Results summary

Men's tournament

Year	Host City	Gold medal match			Bronze medal match			Teams
Year	Host City	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place	Teams
1997 Details	Los Angeles	Rogério Ferreira and Guilherme Marques	2–1	Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh	Dain Blanton and Kent Steffes Paulão Moreira and Paulo Emilio Silva	was not played, both pairs who lost at semi-finals were awarded a bronze medal		48
1999 Details	Marseille	José Loiola and Emanuel Rego	1–0	Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga	Rogério Ferreira and Guilherme Marques	1–0	Javier Bosma and Fabio Díez	48
2001 Details	Austria	Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde	2–1	José Loiola and Ricardo Santos	Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud	2–0	Rob Heidger and Chip McCaw	48
2003 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos	2–0	Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger	Márcio Araújo and Benjamin Insfran	2–0 awarded (walkover)	João Brenha and Miguel Maia	48
2005 Details	Berlin	Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães	2–0	Sascha Heyer and Paul Laciga	Julius Brink and Kjell Schneider	2–1	Marvin Polte and Thorsten Schön	48
2007 Details	Gstaad	Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers	2–0	Dmitri Barsuk and Igor Kolodinsky	Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack	2–0	Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos	48
2009 Details	Stavanger	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann	2–0	Alison Cerutti and Harley Marques Silva	Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers	2–0	David Klemperer and Eric Koreng	48
2011 Details	Rome	Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego	2–0	Márcio Araújo and Ricardo Santos	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann	2–1	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Jānis Šmēdiņš	48
2013 Details	Stare Jabłonki	Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen	2–0	Álvaro Morais Filho and Ricardo Santos	Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik	2–0	Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego	48
2015 Details	Netherlands	Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt	2–1	Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst	Evandro Oliveira and Pedro Solberg Salgado	2–0	Theo Brunner and Nick Lucena	48
2017 Details	Vienna	Evandro Oliveira and André Stein	2–0	Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst	Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Nikita Liamin	2–0	Maarten van Garderen and Christiaan Varenhorst	48
2019 Details	Hamburg	Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov	2–1	Julius Thole and Clemens Wickler	Anders Mol and Christian Sørum	2–1	Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb	48
2022 Details	Rome	Anders Mol and Christian Sørum	2–0	Renato Carvalho and Vitor Felipe	André Stein and George Wanderley	2–1	Chaim Schalk and Theodore Brunner	48
2023 Details	Mexico	Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner	2–1	David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig	Bartosz Łosiak and Michał Bryl	2–0	Trevor Crabb and Theodore Brunner	48

Women's tournament

Year	Host City	Gold medal match			Bronze medal match			Teams
Year	Host City	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place	Teams
1997 Details	Los Angeles	Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva	2–1	Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno	was not played, both pairs who lost at semi-finals were awarded a bronze medal		48
1999 Details	Marseille	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	1–0	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs	1–0 awarded (walkover)	Sandra Pires and Adriana Samuel	48
2001 Details	Austria	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	2–0	Tatiana Minello and Sandra Pires	Eva Celbová and Soňa Nováková	2–0	Barbra Fontana and Elaine Youngs	48
2003 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Misty May and Kerri Walsh	2–0	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar	Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson	2–0	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan	48
2005 Details	Berlin	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh	2–0	Larissa França and Juliana Silva	Tian Jia and Wang Fei	2–0	Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea	48
2007 Details	Gstaad	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh	2–0	Tian Jia and Wang Jie	Larissa França and Juliana Silva	2–1	Xue Chen and Zhang Xi	48
2009 Details	Stavanger	Jennifer Kessy and April Ross	2–0	Larissa França and Juliana Silva	Maria Elisa Antonelli and Talita Antunes	2–0	Shelda Bede and Ana Paula Connelly	48
2011 Details	Rome	Larissa França and Juliana Silva	2–1	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh	Xue Chen and Zhang Xi	2–0	Lenka Háječková and Hana Klapalová	48
2013 Details	Stare Jabłonki	Xue Chen and Zhang Xi	2–1	Karla Borger and Britta Büthe	Liliane Maestrini and Bárbara Seixas	2–0	Whitney Pavlik and April Ross	48
2015 Details	Netherlands	Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas	2–0	Fernanda Alves and Taiana Lima	Maria Elisa Antonelli and Juliana Silva	2–1	Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler	48
2017 Details	Vienna	Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst	2–1	April Ross and Lauren Fendrick	Larissa França and Talita Antunes	2–1	Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes	48
2019 Details	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes	2–0	Alix Klineman and April Ross	Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar	2–0	Nina Betschart and Tanja Hüberli	48
2022 Details	Rome	Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos	2–0	Sophie Bukovec and Brandie Wilkerson	Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann	2–1	Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré	48
2023 Details	Mexico	Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng	2–0	Ana Patrícia Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa	Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth	2–1	Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy	48

Medals

As of 2023 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Men


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	7	5	5	17
2	United States	1	2	2	5
3	Germany	1	1	3	5
4	Russia	1	1	1	3
5	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
6	Norway	1	0	2	3
7	Argentina	1	0	0	1
7	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
9	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
10	Sweden	0	1	0	1
12	Australia	0	0	1	1
12	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		14	14	15	43

Women

Total


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	13	11	11	35
2	United States	6	7	5	18
3	Germany	2	2	4	8
4	China	1	1	2	4
5	Russia	1	1	1	3
6	Canada	1	1	0	2
6	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
8	Norway	1	0	2	3
9	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
10	Argentina	1	0	0	1
11	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
12	Austria	0	1	0	1
12	Sweden	0	1	0	1
14	Australia	0	0	3	3
15	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		28	28	30	86

References

^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2017—Hosting Requirements" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

External links

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships – official website

[1] "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2017—Hosting Requirements" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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v t e FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Unofficial	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Official	1997 Los Angeles 1999 Marseille 2001 Klagenfurt 2003 Rio de Janeiro 2005 Berlin 2007 Gstaad 2009 Stavanger 2011 Rome 2013 Stare Jabłonki 2015 Netherlands 2017 Vienna 2019 Hamburg 2022 Rome 2023 Mexico 2025 Adelaide

v t e International beach volleyball
FIVB World Ranking Achievements by nation Records and statistics Olympic Games World Championships U21 U19 World Beach Games Youth Olympics
Asia and Oceania	AVC – Asian Championship – Asian Games – Asian Beach Games
Africa	CAVB – African Championship – African Games – African Beach Games
Europe	CEV – European Championships U22 U20 U18
North America	NORCECA – NORCECA Circuit – Central American Games – Central American & Caribbean Games
South America	CSV – South American Circuit – South American Games – South American Beach Games
Others	Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games Beach Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Discontinued	FIVB World Tour Major Series FIVB World Championships U23 U19 U17 Summer Universiade

Upcoming season or competition: 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Sport	Beach volleyball
Founded	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
No. of teams	48
Continent	International (FIVB)
Most recent champion(s)	Czech Republic (men) United States (women)
Most titles	Brazil (men; 7 titles) Brazil (women; 6 titles)