FIVB: 2014 Xiamen Open

The Grand Slams have come to an end, but The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour still has five Open tournaments left this season. This week brings the tour back to China for the third and final time this year. Photo: Wikipedia.

beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron KerrOctober 9, 2014hatch, redmann, pedlow, ogorman, fectauboutin, corsicaya, broder, valjas, altomare, gordon, xiamen, china

FIVB: 2014 Shanghai Grand Slam

The FIVB Shanghai Grand Slam is the first of ten double gender Grand Slam events on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball international calendar. We have five Canadian Teams in Shanghai ready to hit the sand.

beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron KerrApril 28, 2014hatch, redmann, pedlow, ogorman, schalk, saxton, whitaker, mactavish, broder, valjas, shanghai, china

The Volleyball Source Podcast: Episode 33

cis, fivb, podcastCameron KerrFebruary 20, 2013Toronto, china, nvl, winters, world league, worldtour

FIVB: Shanghai Grand Slam 2012 (Men and Women)

Photo: FIVB

It's time for the first Grand Slam event of the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. Shanghai is a dual gender grand slam taking place this week and one of the many that is on the schedule before this year's Olympics in London. There are six Canadian teams participating in Shanghai, three men's and three women's. All the teams except one will be in the Qualification round that starts today. Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley have enough entry points to get a direct entry into the main draw and will begin their competition later in the week. As always, results, live streams and matches will be posted below.

Canadian Men's Teams in Shanghai

All the Canadian men's teams will enter the tournament in the qualification round.

	Saxton-Redmann
	Hatch-Schachter
	Binstock-Reader

Canadian Women's Teams in Shanghai

	Bansley-Maloney	(Main Draw)
	MacTavish-Rodrigue	(Qualification)
	Lessard-Martin	(Qualification)

Live streams and results posted after the jump.

beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron KerrApril 30, 2012bansley, binstock, china, grandslam, hatch, lessard, mactavish, maloney, martin, reader, redmann, rodrigue

FIVB: Sanya China 2012 (Women)

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This week on the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, the women and men are in different countries. As we posted earlier, the men are in Myslowice, Poland. The women this week are in Sanya, China before meeting up with the men again the following week in Shanghai. The Canadian women playing this week on tour are the exact same as last week. This means that like in Brazil, no one will have to go through the country quota. Also like last week, the team of Lessard-Martin will have to play a fellow Canadian team in their first match. This is getting kind of ridiculous. These teams travel half way around the world, don't have to play each other in the country quota only to draw each other again in the qualifier. Last week Annie and Marie had to play Kacie and Julie while this week they play Jamie and Kristina. Also like last week Elizabeth Maloney and Heather Bansley get enough entry points to receive a direct entry into the main draw and won't play until later in the week.

Canadian Women's Teams in Sayna, China

	Bansley-Maloney	(Direct Entry to Main Draw)
	Lessard-Martin
	MacTavish-Rodrigue
	Broder-Valjas

Live streams, match ups and results available after the jump.

beach, fivb, womensCameron KerrApril 24, 2012bansley, broder, china, lessard, mactavish, maloney, martin, rodrigue, sanya, valjas

FIVB: World Cup (Women)

fivb, womensCameron KerrNovember 5, 2011algeria, argentina, brazil, china, dominicanrepublic, germany, italy, japan, kenya, korea, serbia, usa

FIVB: Beijing Grand Slam Finals (Live Video)

Today the men's and women's finals take place in the FIVB Beijing Grand Slam. Photo: fivb.org

Today is the final day for the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Beijing Grand Slam event with both the men's and women's tournaments concluding today. Action begins in a couple hours with an all American semi final on the women's side of the tournament. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor together in their first tournament back since May-Treanor's injury a few weeks ago. For live stream links, brackets and semi final match ups, check out the link below.

Women's Semi Finals

	Walsh-May-Treanor	us.		Ross-Kessy
	Menegatti-Cicolari	vs.		Holtwick-Semmler

Men's Semi Finals

	Brink-Reckermann	vs.		Prudel-Fijalek
	Alison-Emanuel	vs.		Bellaguarda-Heuscher

Brackets and Live Stream links after the jump

beach, fivb, mens, womensCameron KerrJune 10, 2011beijing, brazil, china, germany, italy, poland, usa

FIVB: Beijing Day Four (Live Video)

Misty May-Treanor passes the ball at the 2011 FIVB Beijing Grand Slam. Photo: fivb.orgWith yesterday's Canadian men's teams losing both of their remaining pool play games each, the women's team of Martin-Lessard is the only remaining Canadian team in the tournament. Annie and Marie have their first match against a team from Georgia tonight and if they win, will go on to face Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in the second round. Live stream links posted below, enjoy.