# Beach and Sitting Volleyball · Volley-ball, Niveau 10 : Professionnel

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Beach and Sitting Volleyball: 100 faits, 10 tests.

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.

## Test 1: The Beach Pro Tour

- The Beach Pro Tour began in 2022. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- 1989, 1992 and 2022. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 2: Beach World Championships

- Hamburg, Germany, hosted in 2019. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- Rome hosted in 2022. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- Adelaide hosted in 2025. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- 2019, 2022, 2023 et 2025. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 3: Olympic beach champions: men

- Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt won at home. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- Rio, Tokyo et Paris. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 4: Olympic beach champions: women

- Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won in Rio. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 5: May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings

- They won in 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 6: The Nordic pairs

- Anders Mol and Christian Sørum won both. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 7: The beach game

- The beach court is smaller than the indoor 18 by 9. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 8: Sitting volleyball: the men

- Iran won eight golds between 1988 and 2024. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 9: Sitting volleyball: the women

- China won in 2004, 2008 and 2012. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)
- Brazil took bronze twice. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

## Test 10: The sitting game

- The sitting court is much smaller than the indoor one. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: 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. (Source: Wikipedia: Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, beach and sitting volleyball at the Olympics and Paralympics)

Sources: FIVB, Volleyball World and Olympic results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.

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