Schedule announced for highly anticipated Beach Pro Tour 2025!
December 18, 2024.- Volleyball World is excited to unveil the schedule
for the Beach Pro Tour 2025. The highly anticipated nine-month
competition promises to be bigger and better than ever as the world’s
elite beach volleyball talent go head-to-head in fierce competition
across five continents.
Getting underway in late March, the season will culminate with the
prestigious Beach Volleyball World Championships 2025 in Adelaide,
Australia, from 14 to 23 November.
The 2025 Beach Pro Tour will visit iconic destinations and exciting new
host cities. For the latest Beach Pro Tour 2025 calendar, please click here.
Gstaad, Switzerland, will celebrate its 25th edition as a host, further
cementing its status as a hub for beach volleyball. Brazil will host
four stops of the competition, including an Elite event in Brasilia and
a Challenge event in Saquarema, with two additional Elite stops to be
revealed in early 2025. Mexico also makes a strong return to the tour
after the success of the World Championships 2023, hosting three events:
an Elite tournament in Quintana Roo, making its first appearance since
1999, and two Challenge tournaments. The Beach Pro Tour is also making a
highly anticipated return to Cape Town, South Africa in 2025, marking a
truly global competition that spans five continents.
Additional exciting competition stops are set to be added to the tour.
Stay tuned for more details in early 2025!
The 2025 season will also feature broader global representation, with
new talent joining veteran athletes on the Beach Pro Tour. Following the
Olympic Games Paris 2024, the shifting team compositions promise fans
exciting matchups, offering rising stars the opportunity to compete and
develop alongside established champions, including Olympic Games gold
medallists.
Among the women’s teams to watch are Anouk/Zoe (Switzerland),
Carol/Rebecca (Brazil), Thamela/Victoria (Brazil), Hüberli/Kernen
(Switzerland) and Lippmann/Bock (Germany). Meanwhile, the men’s
competition features rising stars such as Gavira/A. Huerta (Spain),
Pristauz/Hörl (Austria), Dressler/Waller (Austria), Horst/Leitner
(Austria) and Tiisaar/Korotkov (Estonia).
Fan-favourite duos will also continue their successful partnerships in
2025. On the men’s side, Paris 2024 gold medallists Ahman/Hellvig of
Sweden, bronze medallists Mol/Sorum of Sweden and semi-finalists
Ahmed/Cherif of Qatar remain together, while women’s gold medallists at
Paris 2024 Ana Patricia/Duda of Brazil and the USA’s Kloth/Nuss headline
the women’s field as returning stars.
Following the Beach Pro Tour, the beach volleyball season will culminate
in Adelaide, Australia, for the Beach Volleyball World Championships
2025, where the best teams in the world will battle for the ultimate
title. The picturesque capital of South Australia will transform a
state-of-the-art open-air sports venue into a beach volleyball coliseum,
for a festival atmosphere set to thrill fans.
Stay tuned for more information on what is set to be a competition like
no other! |