Canada fell to Germany 3-0 on Sunday, ending their tournament with a seventh-place finish - a best-ever result at the FIVB World Championships. Photo: FIVB

canada, fivb, indoor, mens, worldchampionshipsEverett DelormeSeptember 16, 2014Canada, germany, world championships

WCH: Canada Runs Into Brazil

Nick Hoag and Team Canada crashed into Brazil, ending their 6-game win streak with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-19) loss to No. 1 Brazil. The deciding match against Germany goes down Sunday at 2:25 p.m. ET. Photo: FIVB

canada, fivb, indoor, mens, worldchampionshipsEverett DelormeSeptember 13, 2014canada, brazil, schmitt, germany

Video: Laura Ludwig of Germany

We sit down with German beach volleyball athlete Laura Ludwig after her 9th place finish at the Long Beach Grand Slam on the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.

beach, fivb, womensCameron KerrJuly 26, 2014ludwig, germany, video, longbeach, walsh, ross

Video: Nick Lucena of USA Bronze Medallist

We sit down with Nick Lucena of the USA after he and partner Ryan Doherty won the bronze medal at the Gstaad Grand Slam on The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. Nick and Ryan defeated Germany's Erdmann-Matysik to claim bronze.

beach, fivb, mensCameron KerrJuly 13, 2014lucena, doherty, erdmann, matysik, germany, usa, gstaad

Canada’s Opponents Wrap Up Their National Leagues

Canadian players celebrate a point during the 2010 worlds (Photo: FIVB)

Team Canada is about to make their return to the FIVB World League after a five-year absence. The Canadians are in Pool B alongside Brazil, Poland, and Finland. This past weekend, both the Brazilian and Polish leagues have concluded, meaning our opponents will start their preparation for this year's World League Tournament. Brazil and Poland were the silver and bronze medallists (respectively) last year.

The Brazilian league (called Superliga) ended on Saturday. Brazil has been dominating indoor volleyball since 2001 remaining as number one on The FIVB World Rankings despite the Russian victory at 2011 World Cup, the latest major tournament. With the end of Superliga, coach Bernardo Rezende will call the players for World League and the Olympics (Brazil is the only country that hasn’t sent their roster to FIVB so far). In the final match, Cruzeiro won the title for the first time defeating Volei Futuro 3-1. Both teams are led by their setters. Cruzeiro’s is William Arjona, nicknamed “el mago” during the years he played in Argentina and chosen Superliga MVP. On Volei Futuro side, Ricardo Garcia, considered by many the best setter ever. Arjona won this time. You can check the match highlights. Some of these players may be seen on Rezende’s list.

The Polish league, called PlusLiga, is also over.

fivb, indoor, mensSidronio HenriqueApril 23, 2012Toronto, brazil, canada, germany, italy, poland, steve brinkman, world league

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.