The 2008 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour was a domestic professional

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circuit organized in the United States by the

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(AVP) for the 2008 beach volleyball season. The 2008 AVP calendar comprises the Hot Winter Nights Tour, an indoor beach volleyball circuit, and the main AVP Crocs Tour.

Schedule

Hot Winter Nights Tour

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 Hot Winter Nights calendar, with the players' final standings. Each event consisted of four invited men and women players competing in a one-night

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in an indoor beach volleyball arena.

Men

Women

Crocs Tour

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2008 AVP Crocs Tour calendar, with team progression documented from the semifinals stage. All tournaments, with the exception of the Glendale Best of the Beach Invitational, consisted of

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qualifying rounds followed by a

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main draw. The Glendale Best of the Beach Invitational was a

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Men

Women

Milestones and events

;Cincinnati Open * Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings lost 19-21, 21-10, 23-25 to Nicole Branagh and

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in the finals, ending their record win streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 straight tournaments that began in August 2007. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes and was the second-longest women's match in AVP history at the time.

Awards

References

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