Volleyball

2/18/2025 |  USA Volleyball to Host Championship Event in Denver (SportsTravel) USA Volleyball has announced that Denver will host the 2025 ParaVolley Pan America Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships on May 24–28, an event which will run alongside the 2025 USA Volleyball Open National Championship.
The zonal championships will feature both men’s and women’s divisions, with teams from across Pan America vying for berths in the 2026 World ParaVolley World Championship. The U.S. Women’s Sitting National Team is coming off its third straight gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games in Paris. The U.S. women have also won the gold medal at every zonal championship since its creation. The U.S. Men’s Sitting National Team won silver at the last zonal championship and at the 2024 Dutch Tournament.

2/18/2025 |  China and Poland to Host 2025 Volleyball Nations League Finals (SportsTravel) Volleyball World has announced the host cities for the 2025 Volleyball Nations League Finals. The Women’s Finals will take place in Lodz, Poland, at the Atlas Arena from July 23–27, while the Men’s Finals are scheduled for July 30 to August 3 in Ningbo, China, at the Ningbo Beilun Sports and Arts Center.
Poland has emerged as a volleyball destination with a strong fanbase and ecosystem. Volleyball World is also familiar with Poland as a host, as the country was the site for the men’s VNL final last year and a Women’s VNL match between Poland and Germany was the second highest sports program on the Polsat network for 2024.

1/31/2025 |  SportsPittsburgh to Host Two Major Youth Volleyball Tournaments (SportsTravel) SportsPittsburgh will again host the Steel City Freeze volleyball tournaments, starting tomorrow and bringing two consecutive weekends of youth competition to the region.
February 1–2 will feature the Steel City Freeze Girls Volleyball Tournament at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, a 10-year staple in the Pittsburgh  sports community. The following weekend, February 8–9, the Steel City Freeze Boys Volleyball Tournament will make its return after its inaugural year in 2024. The boys’ tournament has already sold out and is exploring expansion into a three-day tournament in 2026.

1/30/2025 |  2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship Moving to Alabama (SportsTravel) The 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on May 2–4 will be relocated to the Gulf Shores in Alabama from Huntington Beach, California, given the Southern California region’s relief efforts after massive fires throughout the area.
The NCAA and the Orange County Sports Commission collaborated with host school Long Beach State on the decision to move the championship.

12/19/2024 |  Schedule Announced for FIVB 2025 Beach Pro Tour (SportsTravel) The 2025 Beach Pro Tour will visit five continents, starting with a March event in Mexico and including four stops in Brazil before finishing in November in Qatar.
The calendar starts March 20–23 in Yucatan, Mexico, before staying in the country for events in Quintana Roo and Veracruz. Mexico’s three tour events are second-most for any country on the calendar behind Brazil, which has two events in April in Saquarema and Brasilia before returning in September for two events at locations to be announced at a later date.