Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball features on the World University Championships sports programme since 2002. No better place as Guadeloupe, a French DOM in the Caribbean, to host the inaugural edition of this FISU sport. Since then, the WUC has travelled to Europe, Asia and the Americas and has also been an optional sport at the Summer Universiade.

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EVENTS World University Championship

All Events Beach Volleyball

2022
Beach Volleyball

Lake Placid (USA)

24-28 August 2022

2013
27th Summer Universiade

 Kazan (RUS), 6-17 July

2011
26th Summer Universiade

Shenzhen (CHN) 12-23 August

2018
2018 WUC Beach Volleyball

Munich (GER)

9-13 July 2018

2016
8th WUC Beach Volley 2016

 Parnu (EST)

2012
6th WUC Beach Volleyball 2012

 Maceio (BRA)

Beach Volleyball

FISU Technical Committee Chairs

Mario FERRO (BRA)

Manuel LOHMANN (GER)

International Federation

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

FISU Regulations

You can download the latest version here.

The History of Beach Volleyball in FISU 

Since 2002, beach volleyball is part of the programme of the World University Championships. After a first edition organised by France on the beaches of Guadeloupe and a second edition held in Thailand, the beach volleyball players came back to continental Europe for the next three editions respectively held in Cyprus, Germany and Turkey. With a total of 23 countries and 118 athletes, the record participation was established in Hamburg (GER) in 2008. 

Statistics WUC Beach Volleyball

Edition

 Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

1

2002

FRA

Guadeloupe

20

46

34

80

41

121

2

2004

THA

Chunburi

16

34

26

60

26

86

3

2006

CYP

Protaras

22

56

54

110

39

149

4

2008

GER

Hamburg

23

62

56

118

54

172

5

2010

TUR

Alanya

18

52

50

102

37

139

6

2012

BRA

Maceio

20

48

52

100

56

156

7

2014

POR

Porto

22

64

52

116

44

160

8

2016

EST

Parnu

23

 64

64

128

45

173

9

2018

GER

Munich

 29 64 64 128 63 191 

 

Statistics Beach Volleyball as an optional spot at the Summer Universiade

Edition

 Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

26

2011

CHN

Shenzhen

            

27

2013

RUS

Kazan

  27  64  50  114