# Beach and Sitting Volleyball · Lentopallo, Taso 10: Ammattilainen Lentopallo · Taso 10: Ammattilainen · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/fi/volleyball/level-10/beach-and-sitting-volleyball/) Beach and Sitting Volleyball: 100 faktaa, 10 testiä. The Beach Pro Tour, the Beach World Championships, the men's and women's Olympic beach champions, May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings, the Nordic pairs, how the beach game is played, and the men's and women's Paralympic sitting volleyball champions and the sitting game. ## Testi 1: The Beach Pro Tour - The Beach Pro Tour began in 2022. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Elite16 events bring together the best sixteen teams. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Challenge events form the middle tier. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Futures events are the lowest tier. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The best teams meet at the season-ending Finals. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The world body and its commercial arm run the tour. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The name gives the number of teams in the main draw. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Elite16 at the top, Futures at the base. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 1989, 1992 and 2022. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Elite16 events are the top tier of the Beach Pro Tour. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 2: Beach World Championships - Hamburg, Germany, hosted in 2019. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Rome hosted in 2022. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Tlaxcala, Apizaco and Huamantla shared the event. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Adelaide hosted in 2025. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The Latvians won in Adelaide. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Hughes and Cheng won in Mexico. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Ondřej Perušič and David Schweiner won in Mexico. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2019, 2022, 2023 ja 2025. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Canada, Brazil, the USA and Latvia. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The 2025 championships were in Adelaide. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 3: Olympic beach champions: men - Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt won at home. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Anders Mol and Christian Sørum won. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Mol and Sørum took Norway's first beach gold. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig won. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann won for Germany. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won for the USA. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos won in 2004. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Brazil, the USA, Germany, Brazil, Norway and Sweden. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Rio, Tokio ja Pariisi. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Åhman and Hellvig won at Paris 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 4: Olympic beach champions: women - Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won in Rio. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - April Ross and Alix Klineman won. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Ross and Klineman won for the USA. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Ana Patrícia Ramos and Duda Lisboa won. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst won in Sydney. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes won in Hamburg. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The German pair won in Rio. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Germany, the USA and Brazil. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2000, 2004-12, 2016, 2020 and 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Duda and Ana Patrícia won the 2022 worlds and 2024 gold. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 5: May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings - They won in 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Three Olympiads in a row. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - They played for the United States. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - No other pair has three straight Olympic beach golds. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana won in 2000. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - With two players, understanding between partners is everything. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The USA swept both beach golds in Beijing. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2020. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - They won in 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 6: The Nordic pairs - Anders Mol and Christian Sørum won both. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig won in Adelaide. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Nordic players train much of the year indoors on sand. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Indoor sand halls allow year-round training. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The Russian pair won in Hamburg. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Evandro Oliveira and André Stein won in Vienna. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Both pairs won Olympic gold and a world title. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Norway won in 2021 and Sweden in 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 7: The beach game - The beach court is smaller than the indoor 18 by 9. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Sets go to 21, a deciding third set to 15. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Fingers behind the back show which shot to block. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Teams switch every seven points, and every five in the third set. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - On the beach the block touch uses one of the team's touches. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Placed shots go around a lone blocker. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Players usually play barefoot on sand. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 10 x 6, 16 x 8 and 18 x 9 metres. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Two sets to 21, then 15. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Hand signals tell the partner which shot to defend. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 8: Sitting volleyball: the men - Iran won eight golds between 1988 and 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Iran in both finals. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Iran beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Egypt finished third three times. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Their rivalry shaped the event. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The RPC team took silver; Bosnia and Herzegovina bronze. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Iran won in 2016, 2020 and 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Gold, silver and bronze in 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Iran has the most men's Paralympic golds. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 9: Sitting volleyball: the women - China won in 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The United States won three in a row. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - China lost three finals to the USA. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Brazil took bronze twice. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Canada finished third in Paris. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The Dutch took silver behind China. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - They met in all five finals of that span. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Three Chinese golds, then three American. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Gold, silver and bronze in 2024. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The US women won three straight golds. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) ## Testi 10: The sitting game - The sitting court is much smaller than the indoor one. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The men's net is 1.15 m high; the women's 1.05 m. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The women's net is 1.05 m high. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The attack line is 2 m from the centre line. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - World ParaVolley took over from WOVD in 2014. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Players may not rise off the floor to play the ball. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - Moving on the floor covers less ground. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 1.05, 1.15, 2.24 and 2.43 m. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - 1956, 1981, 1994 and 2014. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) - The sitting court measures 10 by 6 m. (Lähde: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics) Lähteet: FIVB, Volleyball World and Olympic results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category. Tee testit: https://insporta.app/try?utm_source=book&utm_medium=referral