2016 in volleyball
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The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2016 throughout the world.
2016 Summer Olympics (FIVB–BVB)
- August 6 – 18: 2016 Summer Olympics for Men and Women in
Rio de Janeiro at Copacabana Beach
International beach volleyball championships
- May 11 – 16: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in
Lucerne[1]
- July 6 – 10: 2016 FIVB World Continental Cup Olympic Qualification in
Sochi[4]
- July 26 – 31: 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in
Larnaca[7]
- September 13 – 18: 2016 FIVB World Tour Finals in
Toronto[10]
- Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt[11]
- Women:
Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst[12]
- Men:
BV Grand Slam
- March 8 – 13: Grand Slam #1 in Rio de Janeiro[13]
- Men:
Bartosz Losiak / Piotr Kantor[14] - Women:
Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross[15]
- Men:
- May 24 – 29: Grand Slam #2 in Moscow[16]
- Men:
Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst[17] - Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross[18]
- Men:
- June 14 – 19: Grand Slam #3 in Olsztyn[19]
- Men:
Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš[20] - Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst[21]
- Men:
- August 23 – 28: Grand Slam #4 (final) in Long Beach, California[22]
- Men: Pedro Solberg Salgado / Evandro Oliveira[23]
- Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross[24]
- Men:
BV Major
- June 7 – 12: Major #1 in Hamburg[25]
- Men: Nicholas Lucena / Phil Dalhausser[26]
- Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst[27]
- Men:
- June 28 – July 3: Major #2 in
Poreč[28]
- Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt[29]
- Women: Julia Sude / Chantal Laboureur[30]
- Men:
- July 5 – 10: Major #3 in Gstaad[31]
- Men: Pedro Solberg Salgado / Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior[32]
- Women: Larissa França / Talita Antunes[33]
- Men:
- July 26 – 31: Major #4 (final) in
Klagenfurt[34]
- Men: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš[35]
- Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst[36]
- Men:
BV Open
- February 15 – 19: Open #1 in
Kish Island (men only)[37]
- Winners:
Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse[38]
- Winners:
- February 23 – 28: Open #2 in Maceió[39]
- Men: Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena[40]
- Women: Eduarda Santos Lisboa / Elize Secomandi Maia[41]
- Men:
- March 15 – 20: Open #3 in Vitória, Espírito Santo[42]
- Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt[43]
- Women: Larissa França / Talita Antunes[44]
- Men:
- April 5 – 8: Open #4 in Doha (men only)[45]
- Winners:
Alex Ranghieri / Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich[46]
- Winners:
- April 12 – 17: Open #5 in
Xiamen[47]
- Men:
Pablo Herrera / Adrián Gavira[48] - Women: Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Vergé-Dépré[49]
- Men:
- April 19 – 24: Open #6 in Fuzhou[50]
- Men: Phil Dalhausser / Nicholas Lucena[51]
- Women: Kerri Walsh Jennings / April Ross[52]
- Men:
- April 26 – May 1: Open #7 in Fortaleza[53]
- May 3 – 8: Open #8 in Sochi[56]
- Men: Paolo Nicolai / Daniele Lupo[57]
- Women: Joana Heidrich / Nadine Zumkehr[58]
- Men:
- May 10 – 15: Open #9 in
Antalya[59]
- Men: Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš[60]
- Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst[61]
- Men:
- May 17 – 21: Open #10 (final) in Cincinnati[62]
