NAPOLI, 13 July – After 49 years of waiting, Italy finally won the men’s volleyball gold medal, on home soil yet again. The last time Italy had won gold in the event was at Turin 1970. In front of a passionate home crowd, Italy beat Poland 3-2 (16-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10) in a nail […]
Nicole and Megan McNamara capped an undefeated run through the tournament with a three set win over the Spain’s Belén Carro and Paula Soria to earn the 2018 world university women’s title. Coming into the tournament ranked No. 14, Germany’s Dan John and Eric Stadie upset the seeding system and their compatriots, David […]
DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS — WEDNESDAY DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS — TUESDAY DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS — MONDAY MUNICH 2020 BEACH VOLLEYBALL – STADIUM STORIES OLYMPIAN NICOLE LAIRD: “TOKYO OLYMPICS IS DEFINITELY IN MY EYESIGHT” THE TWIN TOWER INTERVIEW WITH TEAM GERMANY’S DAVID & BENNET PONIEWAZ SRI LANKAN ON WORLD BEACH VOLLEYBALL SCENE: ‘THERE’S A […]
On Monday, the ninth edition of the FISU World University Beach Volleyball Championship got underway in Munich‘s Olympic Park. 64 men‘s and women‘s teams from 29 different nations opened the tournament at 9 am, including two men‘s and women‘s teams from Germany. Germany successfully hosted the World University Beach Volleyball Championship in the Munich Olympic […]
On Sunday evening the 2018 FISU World University Beach Volleyball Championship opened with Jonas Reckermann, Olympic gold medalist in 2012, bringing the FISU flag to the Center Court. MUNICH – The participating nations marched into the Center Court of the beach volleyball facility of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in front of around […]
The FISU World University Beach Volleyball Championship is underway at the iconic Munich Olympic Park. Friday brings the medal rounds. Friday Medal Rounds – 13 July Friday Schedule of Medal Round Games THURSDAY LIVE STREAMS – KNOCKOUT ROUNDS Thursday Morning Session – 12 July Thursday Afternoon Session – 12 July WEDNESDAY […]
2018 WUC Beach Volleyball was a great success FISU and the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the international governing body for volleyball, have announced a new four-year collaboration for Beach Volleyball within the University Sports Movement LAUSANNE — Following fruitful meetings between the FISU World University Championships Department and the FIVB Beach Volleyball Department, the […]
MUNICH — With less than 90 days to go to the 9th edition of the World University Beach Volleyball Championship preparations are underway. With the summer sports season soon approaching, Munich organisers are dialling in their event delivery plans. This past week the event committee had their fifth pre-event meeting. FISU Executive Committee […]
