The new world champions are Tina Graudiņa and Anastasija Samoilova. This is the first World Championship title for a team from Latvia. In the final, they defeated Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth (USA) in an exciting three-set match.
Carol Solberg and Rebecca Cavalcanti (BRA) finished in third place.

In the all-Swedish men’s final, the match was thrilling and consistently close. In the end, Olympic champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig also claimed the World Championship title. Their opponents, Jacob Holting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson, delivered a strong and entertaining performance. Teo Rotar and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France took the bronze medal. Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler from Germany finished fourth after strong performances leading up to the semifinals. Pic: volleyballworld.com.

Die neuen Weltmeisterinnen heißen Tina Graudiņa und Anastasija Samoilova. Dies ist der erste WM-Titel für ein Team aus Lettland. Im Finale setzten sie sich in einem spannenden Drei-Satz-Match gegen Kristen Nuss und Taryn Kloth (USA) durch.
Dritte wurden Carol Solberg und Rebecca Cavalcanti (BRA).

Im rein schwedischen Herrenfinale gab es ein packendes und stets knappes Spiel. Am Ende gewannen die Olympiasieger David Åhman und Jonatan Hellvig auch den WM-Titel. Ihre Gegner Jacob Holting Nilsson und Elmer Andersson lieferten jedoch ein spannendes Match. Bronze gewannen die Franzosen Teo Rotar und Arnaud Gauthier-Rat. Nils Ehlers und Clemens Wickler aus Deutschland wurden nach starken Spielen bis zum Halbfinale am Ende Vierte.

Ehlers / Wickler (GER) won against the defending World Champions Perusic / Schweiner (CZE) and now face Olympic gold medal winners Ahman / Hellvig (SWE) in the semifinals. Ahman / Hellvig (SWE) won against Evandro / Arthur (BRA). The other semifinal is the matchup of Nilsson / Andersson (SWE), who won against Schalk / Shaw (USA), against Rotar / Gauthier-Rat (FRA), who won against Pfretzschner / Winter (GER).

After the match, Ondrej Perusic announced the end of his career. We wish him all the best.

Here is what Ehlers / Wickler said after the win:

Wickler:
War wieder ein eindrucksvolles Spiel. David Schweiner, den wir unter Druck setzen wollten, hat das aber sehr gut gemacht – genau wie auf unserer Seite Nils. Es war echt ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen, aber wir konnten die notwendigen Breaks machen. Dann wurde auf mich aufgeschlagen, wo ich Fehler gemacht habe, wir aber den Punkt im Break dann trotzdem geholt haben. Ich bin glücklich, dass ich in der Situation ruhig geblieben bin und mein Spiel weiter durchgezogen habe. Am Ende haben wir aus einem 16:16 ein 20:17 gemacht. Wir konnten uns für eine wirklich solide Teamleistung belohnen. Unsere Kommunikation war sehr, sehr stark. Wir haben echt viele Absprachen gemacht, weil CZE ihr Spiel auch immer wieder angepasst hat – alles auch mit unserer Trainerin abgesprochen. Happy, dass wir im Halbfinale stehen.

It was another impressive match. David Schweiner, whom we wanted to put under pressure, handled it very well – just like Nils did on our side. It was really a head-to-head battle, but we managed to get the crucial breaks. Then they served at me, where I made some mistakes, but we still won the point in that break. I’m happy that I stayed calm in that situation and kept playing my game. In the end, we turned a 16:16 into a 20:17. We were able to reward ourselves for a really solid team performance. Our communication was very, very strong. We made a lot of adjustments because CZE kept adapting their game too – all coordinated with our coach. I’m happy that we’re in the semifinals.

Ehlers:
Wir haben alles reingehauen und freuen uns mega. Es war wieder ein sehr, sehr knappes Spiel. Es war auf sehr hohem Niveau, eine Seite-auf-Seite-Schlacht, jedes Mal hin und her. Ich bin umso stolzer, dass wir ruhig geblieben sind und als Team zusammengehalten haben, gerade auch im zweiten Satz, wo CZE nochmal alles versucht hat. Die haben dann auf Clemens aufgeschlagen, wir aber dann auf Perusic – insofern war alles mit dabei, taktisch auf sehr hohem Niveau von beiden Teams. Wir sind aber immer drangeblieben und immer auf dem Gaspedal geblieben. Jetzt haben wir weitere zwei Spiele und ich bin happy, dass wir bis zum Ende spielen dürfen. Morgen gegen die Olympiasieger – da haben wir zwar eine schlechte Statistik, aber wir sind gerade sehr gut drauf und hauen alles rein, was geht. Danke an unser ganzes Team. Vor allem am Ende dieser Saison nochmal so zu spielen, gerade wo wir am Anfang der Saison eher am Boden waren. Danke an unseren Trainer, der wegen einer Verletzung zuhause geblieben ist, aber uns von dort aus tatkräftig unterstützt.

We gave everything and are super happy. It was another very, very close match. It was at a very high level, a side-to-side battle, back and forth the whole time. I’m even prouder that we stayed calm and stuck together as a team, especially in the second set where CZE tried everything again. They started serving at Clemens, and we then served at Perusic – so everything was in the mix, tactically very high-level from both teams. But we kept pushing and stayed on the gas the whole time. Now we have two more matches, and I’m happy that we get to play until the end. Tomorrow we face the Olympic champions – our statistics against them aren’t great, but we’re in really good shape right now and will give everything we have. Thanks to our whole team. Especially at the end of this season, playing like this again, after we were more or less down at the beginning of the season. And thanks to our coach, who stayed home due to an injury but has still been supporting us strongly from there.

On the women’s side, defending champion Kelly Claes lost with her new partner Molly Shaw against Graudina / Samoilova (LAT) and will now play the semifinals vs. Thâmela Coradello and Victoria Lopes. Carol / Rebecca (BRA) won against Humana-Paredes / Wilkerson (CAN) and will face Brasher / Nuss (USA), who won against Donlin / Denaburg (USA), in the semis.

Quotes from Mel and Brandie and from Tina can be heard in our Update Show #5. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2624326818

More Quotes:

Ehlers / Wickler won against Mol / Sorum and will now play the defending World Champions Perusic / Schweiner (CZE) at 10:30 a.m. German time. Here’s what the German team said after the game:

Ehlers: Great win in a hard fight like we had with this team in the semifinals at the Olympics. Proud of us that we made it through the hard parts of the game, e.g. in the 1st set or in the 3rd, where they came back after a 5:0 lead, or when we already had 14:11 and they came back again. This made it even greater that we won. Tomorrow we already play the next game against CZE, so just celebrate for a second and then recharge and focus on the new game.

Wickler: Hard fight, at least in the 1st set, where they almost ran over us and made us play their game. In the 2nd set we improved and were tested more under pressure, improved our service and our block, and fought for every ball. In the 3rd we started 5:0 but then they came close again. We lost a few breaks but stayed calm. Then it was a great game. At 14:12 I thought a bit too much and worried about myself, missed another sideout, but then stayed calm, that was important and then we made the win. So I am super happy to win it and win against this number-one-seeded team and look forward to tomorrow’s game.

Beside this the other GER Team Pfretzschner / Winter (GER) won also against NOR, they now play Rotar / Gauthier-Rat (FRA). Olympic Champs now face Evenadro /Arthur (BRA) and Schalk / Shaw (USA) won ag. CUB and are the last USA-Team in the men´s Tournament. They now play Nilsson / Andersson (SWE)

At the womens Tournament, 3hree USA teams are in the quarterfinals, and two of them will play against each other in the matchup: Brasher / Nuss (USA) vs. Donlin / Denaburg (USA). Humana-Paredes / Wilkerson (CAN) won against Spain and will now play Carol / Rebecca (BRA). Thamela / Victoria (BRA) will play Gottardi / Orsi Toth (ITA), and Graudiņa / Samoilova (LAT) will face Shaw / Cheng (USA).

Duda and Ana Patrícia forfeited their game against the USA, but there is no official reason for what happened. The statements from the federation leave room for speculation. The coaching staff said that they would not play due to medical reasons and that they want to run more tests back in Brazil, but this does not say what happened or to whom.

Mens:

Chaim Schalk after their 2nd pool play match: “In the first match we were a little sloppy finding our rhythm. I’m happy we were able to dial things in for our second match vs NED. We made some crucial blocks and digs to take the match. We are finding our groove and excited for our next match vs USA”

Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler Germany won 2 games, made it as 2nd in their pool Play to the Playoff Phase after losing ag. Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso Argentina.

Andre & Renato shut out Olympic champs Ahman & Hellvig in Adelaide.

Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley Brazil also have beaten SWE and won thier pool.

Olympic champs Ahman & Hellvig lose again and barely survive on point ratio. The Swedes will move on to the elimination rounds, but will have to wait till the end of the entire pool phase to find out if they will go straight to the sixteenthfinals, or will have to pass through the round of 36, dubbed “the lucky loser round”.

Benesh and Partain avoid elimination and move forward in Adelaide: With one victory and two losses, the Americans progressed as the third-best team in Pool H and now need to wait until the end of pool play to figure out if they will make it directly to the Round of 32 or if they will need to play in the 'lucky losers' round.

Mol and Sørum are the first pool winners in Australia, ater 3 wins.

Defending champions Perušič and Schweiner also won all games and made it out of the pool as pool winners.

Adrian Mol / Markus Mol Norway made it out of the troup, too.

Chaim Schalk playing with James Shaw: "I can’t wait to compete in beautiful Adelaide at the world championships. This will be my 6th worlds and I am really looking forward to see what my partner James and I can accomplish here.”

Women:

FIVB World Ranking leaders Thâmela Coradello and Victoria Lopes confirmed the expectations and topped their pool at the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship on Monday.

Latvian Olympians Tina and Anastasija make it through with their second victory in Adelaide.

Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss United States won all 3 games and made it out of the pool play phase.

Surprising Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul Germanya won all 3 games and made it out of the pool play phase.

Surprising win from Linda Bock / Louisa Lippmann Germany vs. Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann Germany to win their pool. Score: 21-18, 14-21, 16-14 (0:50) 

Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger Germany made it out of the pool play phase.

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson Canada won all 3 games and made it out of the pool play phase.

Lucky Loser games (source: http://www.bvbinfo.com):

13:30     W    Lucky Loser  (35) Elizabeth Alchin/Georgia Johnson, Australia vs. (42) Stefanie Fejes/Jasmine Fleming, Australia         
13:30     M    Lucky Loser  (15) Tim Berger/Timo Hammarberg, Austria vs. (25) Adrian Heidrich/Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland         
14:30     M    Lucky Loser  (29) Christoph Dressler/Philipp Waller, Austria vs. (26) Adrian Mol/Markus Mol, Norway         
14:30     M    Lucky Loser  (35) Jonathan Pickett/Sam Schachter, Canada vs. (33) Matthew Immers/Ruben Penninga, Netherlands         
14:30     W    Lucky Loser  (28) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France vs. (43) Kayla Mears/Tara Phillips, Australia         
15:30     W    Lucky Loser  (15) Aline Chamereau/Clemence Vieira, France vs. (20) Giada Bianchi/Claudia Scampoli, Italy         
15:30     W    Lucky Loser  (46) Martina Maixnerova/Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czech Republic vs. (25) Giuliana Corrales/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay

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