Since 1997, the FIVB has been organizing the Beach Volleyball World Championships. which, After the Olympic Games, it is the most important competition in this discipline In the planet.
The sporting event is held every odd year (every two years) From October 5 to 15, Tlaxcala will host the 14th edition.
During that competition, which lasted 26 years, the teams of Brazil and the United States of America won the largest number of gold medals.
In the first edition of that tournament, which was held in Los Angeles, California, United States of AmericaErica, in 1997, the winners were the representatives of Brazil in both branches.
And in 1999, in Marseille, France, the winning pairs again – women and men – were from Brazil.. In 2001, in Klagenfurt, Austria, the men’s doubles from Argentina and the women’s doubles from Brazil won.
In the 2003 tournament, which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the men’s doubles team, Brazil and the United States women’s team, won.These countries achieved the same achievement in 2005, in Berlin, Germany.
In 2007, at the World Cup in Gstaad, Switzerland, it was the USA delegation that won both tournaments.in the female and male branches.
In 2009, in Stavanger, Norway, Germany won the men’s team and the United States won the women’s team. 2011, in Rome, Italy, wins in both went to Brazil. In 2013, in Stare Jabłonki, Poland, the men’s pair from the Netherlands and the women’s pair from China won.
At the 2015 World Cup in The Hague, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn and Rotterdam, Netherlands, the winners were the two Brazilian teams. In 2017 in Vienna, Austria, Brazil in the men’s team and Germany in the women’s team were crowned champions.
At the 2019 World Cup finals in Hamburg, Germany, the men’s and women’s teams from Russia and Canadarespectively, were the winners.
In 2021, the 13th edition of the Beach Volleyball World Championship was postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, but it resumed last year and was held in Rome, Italy. There were (current) champions Anders Mol and Christian Sorum from Norway. Eduarda Santos of Lisbon (Doda) and Ana Patricia Ramos of Brazil.