how it started (pictures)
We received an email on july 29th with this lineup for the qualifiying phase.
I'm not going today, not with this line-up VS the one announced.
I'll go tomorrow up until sunday then.
The gold medal winners (men's and women's champions) of the 2026 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Senior Championships on Abu Haif Beach in Alexandria, Egypt, will directly secure quota places for their countries at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. So , total of 4 athletes ( one pair per gender ) will qualify for Olympics 2028 from this event .
Championship and Quota Details
The 2026 tournament in Alexandria runs from August 18 to August 22, 2026. It acts as the primary African continental qualification stage for the LA28 Olympic Games.
Event: 2026 CAVB Beach Volleyball African Championships
Location: Abu Heif Beach, Alexandria, Egypt
Dates: August 18–22, 2026
Participants: 28 countries with 46 total teams (24 men's teams, 22 women's teams)
Quota Reward: Gold medalists in both the men's and women's brackets earn direct Olympic quota spots for their respective National Federations.
Streaming/Brodcast : U can watch its selected matches that will happen on Court 1 on CAVB Live Streaming YouTube Channel .
Preview / Pairs to Watch Out For
On the Men’s Side of the Competition , Moaz Abdelkarim / Youssef Abdelrahman 🇪🇬 and Soufiane El Gharouti / Zouheir Elgraoui 🇲🇦 will be the favourites to win these championships and win an Olympic Quota for their country .
José Alberto Mondlane / Osvaldo Mungoi 🇲🇿 and Kotoka / Samani 🇹🇬 along with the other Morocco 🇲🇦 and Egypt 🇪🇬 pairs would be the dark horses who can potentially upset the 2 favourites and win a Olympic Quota Place for their country in the men’s competition .
The Women’s side is much more open and more difficult to predict but :
Abdelhady / Elghobashy 🇪🇬 , Mellal**/Yakki 🇲🇦
, Muianga / Sinaportar 🇲🇿** , Mbah/Bawa 🇳**🇬 are the pairs to watch out for in terms of favourites to w**in the competition and get a quota place for their country .
Tolofi / Chapole 🇱🇸 can also potentially qualify for Olympics from this event so they too can spring a surprise .
All in all , it would be an exciting event to watch where the first African beach volleyball Olympic quotas will be given.
I predict that the pedigree and home advantage will eventually help Egypt 🇪🇬 qualify in both men’s and women’s competitions but it is not too straightforward as discussed above so let’s see what happens .
Do tell us in the comments how excited are u for this event and who are ur favourites to make it to the Olympics and what u think about our preview
I think Partain may have reached 30Kills and 20digs in this back and forth match.
Been playing about a month and started hitting a few weeks ago. I watched all the videos on mechanics so probably just need more reps. Shoulder extension could be improved (rock climbers have tight shoulders :(
Also, I play in sand and wow, much easier to jump on grass ha
I'm going to the tournament tomorrow, but can't find the qualifier schedule anywhere. Does anyone have it? It's not on Volleyball World and FIVB.12ndr.at is down.
Paul Lotman overpass is headed over the net. Miles Partain is preparing to block and Thomas Hurst waits to block the overpass.
We know the call if the ball is in the plane, but assume Thomas Hurst touch occurs just before the ball reaches the plane of the net.
Curious if other communities have "house rules" for playing pick-up/without a ref.
For example, here in Chicago when we play B/B+/BB-ish pickup, we don't award points for side sets over even if intention was to set a partner - we just consider it a dead ball. We've pretty much just all accepted it's too hard to self ref "intention"
Hey all, competing in my first beach tournament this weekend, wanted to get people’s recommendations for things to bring or gear for the day. Planning on having chair & umbrella with a cooler for drinks & food. Anything else worth having with me? Appreciate it!
In a game I played, a player from the opposite team served a ball that landed near the boundary line on the outside of it. It made a scratchy sound. It was ambiguous whether the ball was in or out because it was really close. The player said the ball was in because he heard the sound. What would you call?
What did you all think of the Cupcake performance at MBO? Pretty impressive they made it to the finals. I’d love to see them in AVP league
Fast edit of The CW Sports coverage on YouTube
Sweden has beach volley weather like 1-2 months per year.
But the last couple of years Sweden has been the top team at both Olympics, World and European Championships. And it's not just one team, they had the top two teams at the World Championships
How did they suddenly become do good?
At the ongoing Euro BeachVolley Championships 2026 in Stare Jablonki , Poland 🇵🇱 which had significant importance now because 1 Quota Place was available for the winners in both Men’s and Women’s Events , the 1st Quota Places in Beach Vollyeball were confirmed today ( 16 August )
Men’s
As it turned out , the Men’s Final was between Hölting Nilsson/Andersson, E. 🇸🇪 and Mol, A./Sørum, C. 🇳🇴 in which the Swedish Pair came out in a 3-setter thereby helping Sweden 🇸🇪 win the 1st Quota Place up for grabs in Men’s Beach Volleyball and also the European Championships .
Here is how the final scores looked like :
Hölting Nilsson/Andersson, E.🇸🇪 vs Mol, A./Sørum, C.🇳🇴 : 2-1
Set 1 : 21-18
Set 2 : 18-21
Set 3 : 15-10
Women’s
In the Women’s Side , the finals were between Izuzquiza/Moreno Matveeva 🇪🇸 and Stam/Schoon 🇳🇱 in which the Dutch pair showed their class and came out winners comfortably thereby winning the European Champs and a Quota Place for Netherlands 🇳🇱 of 1 Pair for Women’s Beach Volleyball at Olympic Games 2028 .
Here is how the final scores looked like :
Stam/Schoon 🇳🇱 vs Izuzquiza/Moreno Matveeva 🇪🇸 : 2-0
Set 1 : 21-13
Set 2 : 21-11
So all in all in these exciting EuroBeachVolley Championships 2026 , it is Sweden 🇸🇪 who won a quota in men’s category and Netherlands 🇳🇱 who won a quota in women’s category
Do tell us in the comments how u feeling after seeing these results and quota winners and who u wanted to win the quota place instead
I’m sure some of y’all have dealt with this. Any suggestions?
Wanted to watch some matches from AVP Manhattan Beach Open from yesterday (Saturday). It appears quite a lot were streamed live on YouTube but not available for viewing after.
Anyone know what's going on? On the channel you can see "19 unavailable videos" on the playlist, I wonder if it's due to music copyrights or something else.
I’m looking for a consistent coach to work with my high school senior who is college-committed for beach, over the winter around Portland, OR. Specifically looking for someone to help with hone fine skills and strategy. I have courts available for training just lacking community in the area.
Bonus if you know any competitive kids who’d be interested in forming a group.