The following were the events of

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

for the year

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

throughout the world.

Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

World and continental beach volleyball events

* July 9–13: 2018 World University Beach Volleyball Championship in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

** Winners: (Dan John & Eric Stadie) (m) / (Nicole McNamara & Megan McNamara) (f) * July 10–15: 2018

FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships The FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships (previously known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Youth World Championships) is a double-gender international beach volleyball tournament for athletes under the age of 19. The competition first t ...

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

** Winners: (Denis Shekunov & Dmitrii Veretiuk) (m) / (Mariia Bocharova & Maria Voronina) (f) * July 15–22:

2018 European Beach Volleyball Championships The 2018 European Beach Volleyball Championship was held from the 15th until the 22nd of July, 2018 in Apeldoorn, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht in The Netherlands. The draw consisted of 32 men's & 32 women's teams, with 20,000 EUR prize mon ...

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, &

Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including the villages of Beekbergen, Loenen (Apeldoorn), Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo ...

** Winners: (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / (

Sanne Keizer Sanne Keizer (born 6 February 1985) is a Dutch beach volleyball player who plays as a Beach volleyball#Player specializations, right-side defender with her partner Madelein Meppelink. Her career highlights include two gold, two silver and four ...

Madelein Meppelink Madelein Meppelink (born 29 November 1989 in Rhenen) is a Dutch beach volleyball player. Professional career From 2007 to 2009 she played with Margo Wiltens. From 2009 to 2011 she played with Marloes Wesselink. From 2011 to 2013 she played wit ...

) (f) * August 14–19: 2018 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

** Winners: (Anders Mol & Christian Sørum) (m) / (

Ágatha Bednarczuk Ágatha Bednarczuk Rippel (born 22 June 1983), frequently referred to as just ''Ágatha'', is a Brazilian international beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. She won the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships, as well as a silver m ...

Eduarda Santos Lisboa Eduarda "Duda" dos Santos Lisboa (; born 1 August 1998) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. She is the gold medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is also a two-time U21 World champion (2016, 2017) and three-time U19 World champion (2 ...

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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

* January 3 – TBD:

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was the global elite professional beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) for the 2018 beach volleyball season. Starts in September 2017 after the end of t ...

2018 Swatch Major Series (Five Star BV events)

* February 27 – March 4: Major #1 in

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale ( ) is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County, Florida, Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the ...

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Phil Dalhausser Philip Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is an American former professional beach volleyball player, who played as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions. Dalhausser ...

& Nick Lucena) (m) / (

Bárbara Seixas Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year. Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several F ...

Fernanda Alves Fernanda Alves (born 29 June 1985) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She was a member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team. Career She participated in the 2005 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup, and the 2017 FIVB Beach Voll ...

) (f) * July 10–15: Major #2 in

Gstaad Gstaad ( , ) is a town in the German language, German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society ...

** Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (

Sarah Pavan Sarah Lindsey Pavan (born August 16, 1986) is a Canadian former beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player. She was part of the Canada women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan. With Mel ...

Melissa Humana-Paredes Melissa Humaña-Paredes (born October 10, 1992) is a Canadian beach volleyball player currently partnered with Brandie Wilkerson. The pair represented Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. Humaña-Paredes previously compet ...

) (f) * July 31 – August 5: Major #3 (final) in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

** Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (

Barbora Hermannová Barbora Hermannová (born 7 November 1990) is a Czech beach volleyball player. As of 2022, she plays with Marie-Sára Štochlová, with whom she competed for the Czech Republic at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Career Hermannová made he ...

Markéta Sluková Markéta Sluková (; born 28 June 1988) is a Czech beach volleyball player. She took part in the Summer Olympics twice, finishing fifth in London in 2012, as well as reaching the last 16 of the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016. Outside of Olympic com ...

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2018 Four Star BV events

* January 3–7: Four Star #1 in

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Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (born 8 May 1985 in Riga) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. He teamed up with Aleksandrs Samoilovs in 2004. Pļaviņš and team mate Samoilovs represented Latvia at the Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 ...

& Edgars Tocs) (m) / (

April Ross April Elizabeth Ross (born June 20, 1982) is a former American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic medalist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jennifer Kessy, a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Kerr ...

Alix Klineman Alexandra Rose "Alix" Klineman (born December 30, 1989) is an American beach volleyball player, 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist, and former indoor volleyball player. In high school she was the 2006 Gatorade National Player of the Year. She w ...

) (f) * March 6–10: Four Star #2 in

Doha Doha ( ) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It ...

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Alexander Brouwer Alexander Brouwer (born 3 November 1989 in Leiden) is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volleybal ...

Robert Meeuwsen Robert Meeuwsen (born 21 March 1988 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch male beach volleyball player. He is the 2013 World Champion alongside his teammate Alexander Brouwer. He is also a beach volleyball bronze medalist from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Ri ...

) * April 18–22: Four Star #3 in

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

** Winners: (Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Igor Velichko) (m) / (

) (f) * May 1–6: Four Star #4 in

Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California, United States. The city was originally called Pacific City, but it was changed in 1903 to be named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 198,711 as of ...

** Winners: (Alexander Brouwer & Robert Meeuwsen) (m) / (

) (f) * May 15–20: Four Star #5 in

Itapema Itapema is a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil. History Colonization The Azoreans already in the communities of São Miguel and Santo Antônio were responsible for the settlement of the bay of Porto Belo, where they helped found the parish of ...

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André Stein André Loyola Stein (born 19 August 1994) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. He plays as a blocker. Stein won a gold medal at the 2017 Beach Volleyball World Championships along with his partner Evandro Oliveira Evandro Gonçalves d ...

Evandro Oliveira Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior (born 17 July 1990) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. Oliveira competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's beach volleyball tournament along with his partner Pedro Solberg, ...

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& Eduarda Santos Lisboa) (f) * June 19–24: Four Star #6 in

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

** Winners: ( Pablo Herrera &

Adrián Gavira Adrián Gavira Collado (born 17 September 1987 in San Roque) is a Spanish beach volleyball player. He currently plays with Pablo Herrera. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost in the round of 16 to Brazilians R ...

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) (f) * June 27 – July 1: Four Star #7 in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

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Piotr Kantor Piotr Kantor (born 3 May 1992) is a Polish Olympic beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is ...

Bartosz Łosiak Bartosz Łosiak (born 14 May 1992) is a Polish Olympic beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game ...

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Heather Bansley Heather Bansley (born September 13, 1987) is a Canadian beach volleyball player, playing as a left-side defender. She has been named FIVB Best Defensive Player of the World Tour in 2015, 2016 and 2018. University career Bansley played CIS volle ...

& Brandie Wilkerson) (f) * July 4–8: Four Star #8 in Espinho ** Winners: (

Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a Latvian beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game i ...

Aleksandrs Samoilovs Aleksandrs Samoilovs (born April 6, 1985) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. Samoilovs and teammate Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, with whom he partnered since 2004, represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The duo defeated t ...

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Taliqua Clancy Taliqua Clancy (born 25 June 1992) is an Australian volleyball and beach volleyball player who represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in beach volleyball, partnered with Louise Bawden. She is the first Indigenous Australian volleybal ...

Mariafe Artacho del Solar Mariafe Artacho del Solar (born 24 October 1993) is an Australian beach volleyball player. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Artacho del Solar plays as a righ ...

) (f) * August 7–12: Four Star #9 in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

** Winners: (Jānis Šmēdiņš & Aleksandrs Samoilovs) (m) / (

Summer Ross Summer Ross (born December 20, 1992) is an American beach volleyball player. She was the FIVB 2010 Youth Under-19 and Junior Under-21 world champion, the only player to win both titles in the same year and was named 2010 USA Volleyball Beach ...

Sara Hughes Sara Elizabeth Hughes (born February 14, 1995) is an American beach volleyball player. With teammate Kelly Cheng she achieved a career-high FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, world ranking of No. 2 in August 2023. Hughes has won six tourna ...

) (f) * October 9–14: Four Star #10 in

Yangzhou Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, East China. Sitting on the north bank of the Yangtze, it borders the provincial capital Nanjing to the southwest, Huai'an to the north, Yancheng to the northeast, Taizhou, Jiangsu, ...

** Winners: (Ilya Leshukov &

Konstantin Semenov Konstantin Sergeyevich Semenov (; born 9 June 1989, Tokmok) is a Russian beach volleyball player. He competed for Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics with his teammate Sergey Prokopyev finishing at the shared 9th place. As of August 2013 he ha ...

) (m) / (April Ross & Alix Klineman) (f) * October 16–21: Four Star #11 (final) in

Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

** Winners: (Anders Berntsen Mol & Christian Sandlie Sørum) (m) / (Heather Bansley & Brandie Wilkerson) (f)

2018 Three Star BV events

* February 20–24: Three Star #1 in

Kish Island Kish ( ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Gulf. The island constitutes the city of Kish, Iran, Kish. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is marketed as a consumers ...

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Mariusz Prudel Mariusz Prudel (born 21 January 1986) is a male beach volleyball player from Poland. He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics with his partner Grzegorz Fijałek. The other teams in their pool, group D, were Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Soroki ...

& Jakub Szalankiewicz) * May 2–6: Three Star #2 in

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

** Winners: (Ilya Leshukov &

) (m) / (Katharina Schützenhöfer & Lena Plesiutschnig) (f) * May 9–13: Three Star #3 in

Lucerne Lucerne ( ) or Luzern ()Other languages: ; ; ; . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the Lucerne (district), di ...

** Winners: (John Mayer & Trevor Crabb) (m) / (

) (f) * July 18–22: Three Star #4 in

Haiyang Haiyang (), is a coastal city in the Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea (southern) coast of the Shandong Peninsula. Its name translates directly to "ocean" (海) and "sun" (阳) in Mandarin. It is a county-level city ...

** Winners: ( Robin Seidl & Philipp Waller) (m) / (Betsi Flint &

Emily Day Emily Capers ( Day born August 9, 1987, in Torrance, California) is a retired female beach volleyball player from the United States who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 in Jamaica playing with Claire Robertson. She studied at Lo ...

) (f) * July 24–29: Three Star #5 in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

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Marco Grimalt Marco Alfonso Grimalt Krogh (born 11 July 1989) is a beach volleyball player representing the Chilean national volleyball team. He has participated in the Pan American Games in 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, as well as the South American Games in ...

Esteban Grimalt Esteban Mauricio Grimalt Fuster (born 9 January 1991) is a Chilean Olympic beach volleyball player. His greatest achievements are Gold in the South American Circut of Viña del Mar 2009, Gold in the Continental Tour Paraguay 2013, Gold in Cont ...

) (m) / (Teresa Mersmann & Cinja Tillmann) (f) * September 30 – October 4: Three Star #6 in

Qinzhou Qinzhou ( postal: Yamchow or Yen Chow, , Jyutping: ''Jam1 zau1'' ( Canton) /''Ham1 zau1'' (Local) ) is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi, southern China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as ...

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Tri Bourne Tri Bourne (born June 20, 1989 in Oahu, Hawaii) is a professional American beach volleyball player. He was formerly a professional indoor player and NCAA Division 1 Men's Volleyball player for the USC Trojans. He has been a part of the United Sta ...

& Trevor Crabb) (m) / (Ana Patricia Silva Ramos & Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva) (f) * October 23–28: Three Star #7 (final) in

Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, Municipality of Othón ...

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& Brandie Wilkerson)

2018 Two Star BV events

* May 4–6: Two Star #1 in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...

(women only) ** Winners: (Anna Behlen & Sarah Schneider) * May 31 – June 3: Two Star #2 in Jinjiang ** Winners: (Trevor Crabb, Jr. & John Mayer) (m) / (Sayaka Mizoe & Suzuka Hashimoto) (f) * June 7–10: Two Star #3 in

Nantong Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wux ...

(women only) ** Winners: (Josemari Alves &

Liliane Maestrini Liliane "Lili" Simões Maestrini (born 26 October 1987) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. She won bronze medals at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Bárbara Seixas and the 2015 Pan American Games alongside Carolina Ho ...

) * June 14–17: Two Star #4 in

Tangshan Tangshan ( zh, c=唐山 , p=Tángshān) is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in t ...

(women only) ** Winners: (Josemari Alves & Liliane Maestrini) * June 21–24: Two Star #5 in ** Winners: (GAO Peng & LI Yang) (m) / (Chiyo Suzuki & Reika Murakami) (f) * July 25–29: Two Star #6 in

Agadir Agadir (, ; ) is a major List of cities in Morocco, city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River, Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casabla ...

** Winners: (Maksim Hudyakov & Ruslan Bykanov) (m) / (

Marta Menegatti Marta Menegatti (born 16 August 1990) is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with her partner Viktoria Orsi Toth. With former teammate Greta Cicolari, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 4 in Augus ...

Viktoria Orsi Toth Viktoria Orsi Toth (born 14 August 1990) is an Italian beach volleyball player who plays as a right-side blocker. With partner Marta Menegatti, she achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 7 in June 2016. Her career highlights include two ...

) (f) * September 14–16: Two Star #7 (final) in

Zhongwei Zhongwei (, Xiao'erjing: جْووِ شِ) is a prefecture-level city of Ningxia, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 1,174,600 in 2019. The city is known for its wolfberry and Gobi watermelon cultivation. One of the ...

(women only) ** Winners: (WEN Shuhui & WANG Jingzhe)

2018 One Star BV events

* February 1–4: One Star #1 in

Shepparton Shepparton () (Yorta Yorta language, Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River (Victoria), Goulburn River in northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Mel ...

** Winners: (Chase Frishman & James Avery Drost) (m) / (Amanda Dowdy & Irene Pollock) (f) * March 14–17: One Star #2 in

Muscat Muscat (, ) is the capital and most populous city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the population of the Muscat Governorate in 2022 was 1.72 million. ...

(men only) ** Winners: (Philipp Arne Bergmann & Yannick Harms) * March 15–18: One Star #3 in

Aalsmeer Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (''aal'') and lake (''meer''). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water o ...

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) * April 8–11: One Star #4 in

Satun Satun (, , ) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in southern Thailand, capital of the Satun province. It covers the whole ''tambon'' Phiman of Mueang Satun. Satun lies 985 km south of Bangkok. As of 2005 it has a population of 21,498. Climat ...

** Winners: (Nuttanon Inkiew & Sedtawat Padsawud) (m) / (Caitlin Ledoux & Emily Stockman) (f) * April 26–29: One Star #5 in

Langkawi Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (), is a duty-free island and an archipelago of 99 islands (plus five small islands visible only at low tide in the Strait of Malacca) located some 30 km off the coast of northwe ...

** Winners: (Simon Frühbauer & Jörg Wutzl) (m) / (Daria Mastikova & Ksenia Dabizha) (f) * May 3–6: One Star #6 in

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

** Winners: (Max-Jonas Karpa & Milan Sievers) (m) / (Takemi Nishibori & Ayumi Kusano) (f) * May 9–12: One Star #7 in

Tuần Châu Tuần Châu is a schist island on the southwest side of Hạ Long City in Vietnam. Overview Covered by palm forests, Tuần Châu island has an area of 2.2 km2 and to the east and south are two man-made beaches endowed with very white, f ...

(women only) ** Winners: (Sayaka Mizoe & Suzuka Hashimoto) * May 10–13: One Star #8 in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

** Winners: (Takumi Takahashi & Yusuke Ishijima) (m) / (Bree Scarbrough & Aurora Davis) (f) * May 17–20: One Star #9 in

Aydın Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar; Greek: Τράλλεις)'' is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River (ancient ...

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Stefan Basta Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

& Lazar Kolaric) (m) / (Mailen Deliz Tamayo & Leila Consuelo Martinez Ortega) (f) * May 24–27: One Star #10 in Miguel Pereira ** Winners: (Vinicius Rezende Costa Freitas & Luciano Ferreira de Paula) (m) / (Adriana-Maria Matei & Beata Vaida) (f) * May 31 – June 3: One Star #11 in

Alanya Alanya (; ), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort town, resort city, a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Antalya Province, Turkey. It is on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean R ...

** Winners: (Maksim Hudyakov & Ruslan Bykanov) (m) / (Sarah Schneider & Viktoria Seeber) (f) * June 14–17: One Star #12 in

Baden bei Wien Baden (Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from Baden (disambiguation), other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden (district of Austria), Baden District in t ...

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Clemens Doppler Clemens Doppler (born 6 September 1980) is a beach volleyball player from Austria. He and teammate Peter Gartmayer represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Although he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, an injury ...

Alexander Horst Alexander Horst (born 20 December 1982) is a beach volleyball player from Austria. He currently plays on the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour with new partner Clemens Doppler. Horst found most success with partner Florian Gosch on the FIVB Wor ...

) (m) / (Teresa Mersmann & Cinja Tillmann) (f) * June 20–23: One Star #13 in

Manavgat Manavgat is a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,351 km2, and its population is 252,941 (2022). It is from the city of Antalya. The Manavgat River has a waterfall near the city. Geography Between the Ta ...

** Winners: (Oscar Brandão & Luciano Ferreira de Paula) (m) / (Satono Ishitsubo & Asami Shiba) (f) * July 5–8: One Star #14 in

Poreč Poreč (; known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UN ...

** Winners: (Sergiy Popov & Vladyslav Iemelianchyk) (m) / (Torrey Van Winden & Emily Sonny) (f) * July 5–8: One Star #15 in

Anapa Anapa (, , ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the northern coast of the Black Sea near the Sea of Azov. As of the 2021 Russian census, it had a population of 81,863. It is one of the largest ...

** Winners: (HA Likejiang & WU Jiaxin) (m) / (Nadezda Makroguzova & Svetlana Kholomina) (f) * July 12–15: One Star #16 in

Daegu Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...

(women only) ** Winners: ( Phoebe Bell & Jessyka Ngauamo) * July 19–22: One Star #17 in

Ulsan Ulsan (; ), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighbo ...

(women only) ** Winners: (

Kou Nai-han Kou Nai-han (, born 12 March 1982) is a Taiwanese volleyball player who has played in 14 matches for the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team. She was part of the Chinese Taipei women's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Voll ...

& LIU Pi Hsin) * July 26–29: One Star #18 in

Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...

** Winners: (Jindrich Weiss &

Donovan Džavoronok Donovan Džavoronok (born 23 July 1997) is a Czech professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Sir Safety Perugia and the Czech Republic national team. Honours Club * FIVB Club World Championship ** Betim 2022 – wit ...

) (m) / (Carolina Ferraris & Francesca Michieletto) (f) * August 3–5: One Star #19 in

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#1 ** Winners: (Valeriy Samoday & Taras Myskiv) (m) / (Esmée Böbner & Zoé Vergé-Dépré) (f) * August 8–12: One Star #20 in

Vaduz Vaduz (; or ; High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' ...

** Winners: (Valeriy Samoday & Taras Myskiv) (m) / (Alexandra Wheeler & Lara Dykstra) (f) * August 23–26: One Star #21 in

Siófok Siófok (; ; ) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the Somogy County#Municipalities, second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about between Lak ...

** Winners: (Romain di Giantommaso & Jérémy Silvestre) (m) / (Tjasa Kotnik & Tjasa Jancar) (f) * August 28 – September 1: One Star #22 in

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

** Winners: (Edouard Rowlandson & Olivier Barthelemy) (m) / ( Alexandra Jupiter & Lézana Placette) (f) * October 3–5: One Star #23 in

Bandar Torkaman Bandar Torkaman () is a city in the Central District of Torkaman County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's populati ...

(men only) ** Winners: (Bahman Salemiinjehboroun & Arash Vakili) * October 9–12: One Star #24 in

Babolsar Babolsar () is a city in the Central District of Babolsar County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is along the Caspian Sea. History Ancient Era Before Islam, Mazandaran Province w ...

(men only) ** Winners: (Rahman Raoufi & Abolhamed Mirzaali) * October 16–19: One Star #25 in

Bandar-e Anzali Bandar-e Anzali () is a city on the Caspian Sea in the Central District of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district. History Anzali is an old city in ancient Iran, first s ...

(men only) ** Winners: ( Alexey Sidorenko & Alexandr Dyachenko) * November 29 – December 2: One Star #26 (final) in Ljubljana #2 (winter edition) ** Winners: (Aliaksandr Dziadkou & Pavel Piatrushka) (m) / (

Peny Karagkouni Panagiota "Peny" Karagkouni (Greek: Παναγιώτα Καραγκούνη; born July 1, 1993)

& Vassiliki Arvaniti) (f)

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

World & Challenger volleyball championships

* June 20 – 24:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup, a new annual men's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIVB Men ...

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

(debut event) ** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Men's Challenger Cup title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Portugal has qualified to compete at the 2019

FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League is an annual international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between ...

.'' * June 20 – 24:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, a new annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by six national teams that acts as a qualifier for the FIV ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

(debut event) ** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Women's Challenger Cup title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Bulgaria has qualified to compete at the 2019

FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The first tournament took place between May a ...

.'' * September 9 – 30:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship was the 19th staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tour ...

in both and ** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and third overall FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship title. ** took third place. * September 29 – October 20:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Se ...

in ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their first FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship title. ** took third place.

FIVB Nations League

* Note: ''The Nations League replaced both the World League for Men and the World Grand Prix for Women.'' * May 15 – July 1:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former FIVB Volleyba ...

(final top six teams to

) ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League title. ** took third place. * May 25 – July 8:

2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World League in t ...

(final top six teams to

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

) ** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win the inaugural FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League title. ** took third place.

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;National teams events * May 20 – 27: 2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship in

Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom (, ) is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') in central Thailand, the former capital of Nakhon Pathom province. One of the most important landmarks is the giant Phra Pathommachedi. The city is also home to Thailand's only Bhikkhuni temple W ...

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their seventh consecutive and eighth overall Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All the teams mentioned above, plus , have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.'' * June 10 – 17: 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship in

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** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their sixth Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. * June 29 – July 6:

2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship The 2018 Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship was the 12th edition of the Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC), that year with the Islamic ...

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** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above, plus , have qualified to compete at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governin ...

.'' * July 21 – 28: 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship in

Manama Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their sixth Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Iran and South Korea both qualified to compete at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governi ...

.'' * August 8 – 15:

2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipe ...

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** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place. * September 15 – 22: 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup in

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(debut event) ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win the inaugural Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Iraq was promoted to compete at the 2020 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup.'' * September 16 – 23:

2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Asian Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) wit ...

Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima (, ) is the capital of Nakhon Ratchasima province, the largest city in Isan, Northeastern Thailand and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, third-largest city in Thailand. It is 250 km (1 ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and fifth overall Asian Women's Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place. * December 3 – 9: 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup in (debut event) ;Clubs teams events * July 11 – 18:

2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship The 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Volleyball Fed ...

Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( ) or Ust-Kamenogorsk ( rus, Усть-Каменогорск, p=ˌʊsʲtʲ kəmʲɪnɐˈgorsk) is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan and the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Name The city has two ...

** Supreme Chonburi defeated

NEC Red Rockets is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC. The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challen ...

, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship title. ** Jiangsu Zenith Steel took third place. ** Note: ''Supreme Chonburi has qualified to compete at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship The 2019 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the 13th edition of the tournament. For the second straight time it was held in Shaoxing, China from 3 to 8 December. Eight teams competed in the tournament, including four wild cards. Qualificat ...

.'' * July 30 – August 6:

2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship The 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleybal ...

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's ...

** Khatam Ardakan defeated Atyrau, 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship title. ** Wapda took third place.

NORCECA The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) is the international governing body for the sports of volleyball in Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NORCECA is the continental confederation that r ...

* March 31 – April 7: 2018 CAZOVA Men's U21 Volleyball Championship in

Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * May 15 – 21: 2018 NORCECA Women's Challenge Cup (Continental Qualification Tournament) in

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, in the final. took third place. * June 3 – 10: 2018 NORCECA Men's Challenge Cup (Continental Qualification Tournament) in

Pinar del Río Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 191,081 (2022), it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''. History Pinar del Río was ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ** Note: ''Cuba booked their place in the World Final.'' * June 4 – 11: 2018 Boys' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship in San José ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * June 16 – 24: 2018

Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship U-21 is a volleyball competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the NORCECA, the North America, Central America and Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is ...

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** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their seventh Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. * June 21 – 25: 2018 CAZOVA Women's U23 Volleyball Championship in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * June 28 – July 5: 2018 Women's CAZOVA Volleyball Championship in Paramaribo ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * July 6 – 9: 2018 ECVA Women's U20 Volleyball Championship in

Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius Oranjestad (; ) is a small town of 1,038 inhabitants; it is the capital and largest town of the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is not to be confused with the far larger Oranjestad in Aruba. Geography Oranjestad is a hi ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third:

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; Fourth: * August 2 – 11: 2018 AFECAVOL Central American Women Senior Championship in

Belize City Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital city, capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999 people. It is at the mouth of the Haulover Creek, which is a ...

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * August 4 – 11: 2018 Men's CAZOVA Volleyball Championship in Paramaribo ** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * August 15 – 20: 2018 Women's ECVA Volleyball Championships in St. John's ** defeated

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, 3–1 in matches played, in the final. ** took third place. * August 25 – September 2: 2018

Men's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The NORCECA Men's Junior Continental Championship U-21 is a volleyball competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the NORCECA, the North America, Central America and Caribbean volleyball federation. The competition ...

Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governi ...

.'' * August 25 – September 2:

2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2018 Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the eleventh edition of the bi-annual volleyball tournament. It was held in Tegucigalpa National Gymnasium, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 25 August to 2 September among eight countries. The Un ...

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** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their eighth Girls' Youth NORCECA Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Both the United States and Canada have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.'' * September 4 – 10: 2018 Women's Junior NORCECA Final Four Volleyball Championship in

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, in the final. ** won the bronze medal, but took third place. * September 14 – 23: 2018 Men's U23 AFECAVOL Central American Volleyball Championship in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: * November 1 – 4: 2018 Men's ECVA Volleyball Championship in La Borie ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, in the final. ** took third place. * November 8 – 17: 2018 Men's Central American Volleyball Championship in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third:

CSV

;Clubs teams events * February 18 – 25: 2018

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** Camponesa/Minas defeated fellow Brazilian team, Sesc RJ Vôlei, 3–2 in a tie break, to win their third Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship title. ** Club de Regatas Lima took third place. * February 25 – March 4:

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** Sada Cruzeiro defeated Lomas Vóley, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fifth overall Men's South American Volleyball Club Championship title. **

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took third place. ;National teams events * May 16 – 21: 2018 Men's South American Volleyball Challenger Cup in

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** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * May 23 – 28: 2018 Women's South American Volleyball Challenger Cup in

** Champions: ; Second: ; Third: ; Fourth: * June 6 – 13: 2018 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship in

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. The ...

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their second Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.'' * September 22 – 29: 2018 Boys' Youth South American Volleyball Championship in

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** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their 17th Boys' Youth South American Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All three teams mentioned here have qualified to compete at the

.'' * October 15 – 22:

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in Lima ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their 15th consecutive and 20th overall Women's Junior South American Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place. * October 22 – 27: 2018 Men's Junior South American Volleyball Championship in

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** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their 19th Men's Junior South American Volleyball Championship title. ** took third place.

2018 Pan American Volleyball Cups

* July 8 – 14:

2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2018 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 17th edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament. It was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 8 to 14 July. Twelve teams competed and the top five ranked teams at the end of th ...

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** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and sixth overall Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above, with , , & , all qualified to compete at the

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.'' * August 12 – 20: 2018 Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup in ** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their fourth consecutive Women's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place. * August 26 – September 2:

2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2018 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the 13th edition of the annual men's volleyball tournament. It was held in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico from 28 August to 2 September. Twelve teams competed and the top five ranked teams at the end of t ...

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** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their second consecutive Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All three teams above, with and , have qualified to compete at the

.'' * September 4 – 10: 2018 Women's U20 Final Four Volleyball Cup in

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, in the final. ** took third place, but won that position, due to that Cuba was not at the tournament for positions. * October 13 – 21: 2018

Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup The Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a bi-annual Continental Cup organized by NORCECA for under-23 teams from South, North and Central America, and the Caribbean. Results The 2021 tournament is not considered as an official edition. Me ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played to win their second Men's U23 Pan-American Volleyball Cup title. ** took third place.

CEV

;Clubs teams events * November 21, 2017 – April 10, 2018: 2017–18 Men's CEV Cup ** Belogorie Belgorod defeated Ziraat Bankası Ankara, 3–2 in matches played, to win their second Men's CEV Cup title. * December 5, 2017 – April 11, 2018:

2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup The 2017–18 CEV Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition started in the 1980–81 season u ...

** Bunge Ravenna defeated

Olympiacos CFP Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in Association ...

, 6–2 in matches played in a 2-legged format, to win their second CEV Challenge Cup title. * December 5, 2017 – May 13, 2018:

2017–18 CEV Champions League The 2017–18 CEV Champions League was the 59th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Qualification Pools composition Drawing of Lots was held on 17 November 20 ...

VC Zenit-Kazan VC Zenit-Kazan (), until 2008 known as Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan (), is a professional men's volleyball team based in Kazan, Russia. It plays in the Russian Volleyball Super League, Super League (11-time champion). Achievements International c ...

defeated Lube Cucine Civitanova, 3–2 in matches played, to win their fourth consecutive and sixth overall CEV Champions League title. ** Sir Colussi Sicoma Perugia took third place. * December 12, 2017 – April 10, 2018:

2017–18 Women's CEV Cup The 2017–18 Women's CEV Cup was the 46th edition of the European CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "Top Teams Cup". Format The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. Initially 22 teams were allocat ...

** Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul defeated Minchanka Minsk, 6–1 in matches played in a 2-legged format, to win their second Women's CEV Cup title. * December 12, 2017 – April 11, 2018:

2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup The 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the European CEV Women's Challenge Cup, Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup". Format The tournament is played on a Knockout tournament, knockout format, wit ...

** Olympiacos Piraeus defeated Bursa BBSK, 5–4 in matches played in a 2-legged format, to win their first CEV Women's Challenge Cup title. * December 12, 2017 – May 6, 2018:

2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League The CEV Champions League was the highest level of European club volleyball in the 2017–18 season and the 58th edition. The Turkish club VakıfBank Istanbul won its fourth overall and second consecutive title. The Romanian club CSM Volei Alba Bl ...

** VakıfBank Istanbul defeated

CSM Volei Alba Blaj Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's volleyball club based in Blaj, Transylvania, Romania, that competed in the CEV Cup. History In 2018, Alba reached the CEV Champions L ...

, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall CEV Women's Champions League title. **

Imoco Volley Conegliano Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning th ...

took third place. ;National teams events * April 7 – 15:

2018 Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship The 2018 Boys' Youth European Volleyball Championship was played in Czech Republic and Slovakia from 7 to 15 April 2018. The top six teams qualified for the 2019 U19 World Championship. Participating teams * Hosts ** ** * Qualified through 20 ...

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

Púchov Púchov (; ) is an industrial town in the centre of Púchov District in Slovakia, with a population close to 18,000. Geography It is located on the main train line between Bratislava and Košice. It is halfway between Trenčín and Žilina, two ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Boys' U18 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above, along with , , and , have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.'' * April 13 – 21:

2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship The 2018 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth edition of the Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) the gir ...

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

** defeated , 3–1 in matches played, to win their third consecutive and fourth overall Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''All teams mentioned above, along with , , and , have qualified to compete at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.'' * May 19 – June 16:

2018 Men's European Volleyball League The 2018 Men's European Volleyball League was the 15th edition of the annual Men's European Volleyball League, which featured men's national volleyball teams from twenty European countries. Unlike previous seasons, the tournament had two groups: t ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their second Men's European Volleyball League title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Both Estonia and the Czech Republic have qualified to compete at the

.'' * May 19 – June 17:

2018 Women's European Volleyball League The 2018 Women's European Volleyball League was the 10th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries. Unlike previous seasons, the tournament had two divisi ...

** defeated , 3–0 in matches played, to win their first Women's European Volleyball League title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Both Bulgaria and Hungary have qualified to compete at the

.'' * July 14 – 22:

2018 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship The 2018 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship took place in Netherlands and Belgium from 14 to 22 July 2018. Participating teams * Hosts ** ** * Qualified through 2018 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship Qualification ** ** ** ...

in & the ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their 19th Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. * September 1 – 9:

2018 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship The 2018 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 12 teams) held in Albania from 1 to 9 September 2018. Participating teams * Hosts ** * Qualified through 20 ...

in ** defeated , 3–2 in matches played, to win their seventh Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship title. ** took third place. ** Note: ''Italy and Russia have qualified to compete at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship will be the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 20 of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's ...

.''

CAVB The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. Profile The CAVB wa ...

* March 4 – 16: 2018 Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship in **

Al Ahly Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest ...

defeated CF de Carthage, 3–0 in matches played, to win their ninth Women's African Volleyball Clubs Championship title. ** Kenya Pipelines took third place. * March 25 – April 6: 2018 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship in **

defeated fellow Egyptian team, Tala'ea El-Gaish SC, 3–0 in matches played, to win their second consecutive and 13th overall African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship title. **

Smouha SC Smouha Sporting Club (), simply known as Smouha, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria and the biggest club in the world in space and number of athletes, with 168 feddans in the Smouha city branch, and 208 feddans in the Borg El Arab ci ...

took third place.

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External links

FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (International Volleyball Federation)
Volleyball by year 2018 sport-related lists