Volleyball

CVC-backed FIVB unveils new global beach volleyball tour (SportsPro Insider)

Replacing the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour, the Beach Pro Tour will be held at three levels – Elite16, Challenge and Futures – and culminate with finals each year.

NAIA Beach Volleyball Heading to Florida in 2022 and 2023 (SportsTravel)

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has awarded Visit Panama City Beach in Panama City, Florida, hosting rights for the 2022 and 2023 NAIA Beach Volleyball National Invitational.

U.S. clinches most Olympic gold medals after women's volleyball win (AXIOS Sports) The U.S. women's indoor volleyball team beat Brazil in three straight sets to win their Olympic final game and clinch Team USA the Tokyo Games' top spot for gold medals on Sunday. 

How this U.S. Olympic beach volleyball duo "finally" realized gold medal dream (AXIOS Sports) When Alix Klineman switched from indoor to beach volleyball in 2017, April Ross had already won two Olympic medals on the sand. In 2018, the two players teamed up, and they've been on a success streak ever since.

Bally’s added the AVP to its portfolio (Cynopsis Sports) Big day beachside, as Bally’s Corporation acquired the Association of Volleyball Professionals, host of the longest-running domestic beach volleyball tour in the United States. According to the announcement, the acquisition “represents the latest step in Bally’s ongoing omni-channel growth and diversification strategy, providing a significant opportunity for the Company to gamify and incorporate interactive content into beach volleyball, which, in turn, will drive traffic to Bally’s platforms and promote customer acquisition.” Under the terms of the transaction, Bally’s acquired all of AVP’s assets, including trademarks, AVP America promoter agreements and associated recurring membership revenue, digital photo and video assets, and all proprietary tournament and league management software. Bally’s plans to leverage AVP’s distribution channels, as well as the Sinclair-owned “Bally Sports” Regional Sports Networks (RSNs), to increase consumer engagement with, and awareness of, the league.