The main draw line-up at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Ostrava Elite16 event is now complete, as four quality teams per gender earned the right to play in the Czech sand on Thursday after emerging victorious from Wednesday’s qualifiers.

It will have been 338 days since the end of last year’s Volleyball Nations League when the first serve of this year's opening match takes place on May 31, in the duel between the women’s teams of Thailand and Bulgaria in Ankara, Turkey.

The world’s best beach volleyball teams are gathering this week to play a world-level tournament in Ostrava for the fourth time. The unique venue in Czechia’s third largest city will host the second Elite16 event on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour from May 25 through 29, after welcoming 4-star

Preparations for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Rome 2022 are now in full swing with 96 participating teams confirmed and the draw for the pool phase set to take place on May 31.

Sweden’s David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig moved up nine positions in the men’s World Ranking after winning gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Kuşadası Challenge on Sunday. Cinja Tillmann and Svenja Muller of Germany joined the top 10 in the women’s ranking.

One of the most successful players in German volleyball history, Louisa Lippmann will keep pursuing her dreams in the sport, but now on the sand after the 27-year-old star announced she will switch to beach volleyball.