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The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships (also known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1 due to sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh edition of the tournament and the world championship for the sport of beach volleyball for both men and women.
The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Calendar comprised three FIVB World Tour 5-star tournaments, two 4-star, four 3-star, four 2-star and six 1-star events, the World Championships and the World Tour Finals, all organised by the FIVB. The 2017 edition of the Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals will be held in Hamburg, Germany ...
2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup [40] China (2nd title) Brazil United States: 5–0 record September 10 – 17 Slovenia 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship [41] Turkey (1st title) Slovenia Bulgaria: 4–0 September 12 – 17 Japan (Nagoya & Osaka) 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup [42]
The group has also been responsible for the organizing beach volleyball tournaments, including the FIVB Grand Slams in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria. Swatch was the title sponsor of the Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series between 2015 and 2017. The Series will not continue because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
She is the beach volleyball leader in career victories as of 2016 having won 135 international and domestic tournaments. [2] Walsh Jennings and teammate Misty May-Treanor were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. They also won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
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 : Most recent champion(s) Czech Republic (men) United States (women) Most titles Brazil (men; 7 titles) Brazil (women; 6 titles)
The men's tournament was held from 28 July to 6 August 2017. [1] [2] Evandro Oliveira and André Stein won the title, defeating hosts Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst in the final, 23–21, 22–20. Stein became the youngest player to win a gold medal at the World Championships at the age of 22. [3]
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons [5]) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball , the sport's global governing body.