Busy week ahead with events in Prague, Sveti Vlas and Krakow
Futures in Europe
The 2025 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour season is set to have a busy weekend in Europe as three Futures events will take place simultaneously on the continent from Thursday to Sunday, involving as many as 140 teams.
The Czech capital Prague and the Bulgarian coastal town of Sveti Vlas will both have double-gender events over the weekend, while in Krakow, Poland, only the men will get on the court – the women’s tournament will be held next week. As many as 28 teams per gender will be in action in each location.
Olympians lead the way in Prague
In Prague, where the Beachklub Ládvi will be the venue, the biggest attractions of the women’s tournament will be two Olympians, who are ranked first and second in the main draw with their teammates. A Czech representative at the Paris 2024 Games, Marie-Sára Štochlová will defend the home country alongside new teammate Marketa Svozilova. Seeded second is German two-time Olympian Karla Borger, who won the Cervia Futures last month with Hanna-Marie Schieder.
Beach Pro Tour Prague Futures – Women
The 28 women’s teams set to compete in the Czech capital represent 20 nations. Host Czechia (5), Germany (3) and Poland (3) will have multiple representatives, while Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United States will send one team each.
On the men’s side, Czechia are also strong candidates to win gold, relying on Jakub Sepka and Jiri Sedlak, who are fresh from a solid campaign at the Ostrava Elite event last week, and Tadeas Trousil/Matyas Dzavoronok to overcome the international teams.
Beach Pro Tour Prague Futures – Men
As with the women, Czechia have the most teams entered (6), followed by Germany (3), the Netherlands (3), Finland (2), Latvia (2), Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia and the United States. The event will feature duos from 17 different countries.
Battipaglia semifinalists in action in Sveti Vlas
In Sveti Vlas, where the matches are going to take place at the Marina Dinevi Yacht Port, two teams that made it to the semifinals of last week’s Futures event held in Battipaglia, in Italy, will try to be in the mix in the race for medals again – Austrian Olympians Robin Seidl and Alexander Huber, who finished third, and Italians Tiziano Andreatta and Davide Benzi, who ranked fourth.
Beach Pro Tour Sveti Vlas Futures – Men
Featuring teams from four continents, the tournament will have 20 nations represented, with five duos from hosts Bulgaria, three from Austria, two from Germany and Iran and one from each of Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, England, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine and the United States.
On the women’s side, 20 nations are entered: Bulgaria (5), Germany (3), Spain (2), Ukraine (2), Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States.
Beach Pro Tour Sveti Vlas Futures – Women
Top-seeded Ukrainians Anhelina Khmil and Valentyna Davidova get to Sveti Vlas fresh from a strong campaign at last week’s Ostrava Elite and are the main candidates to take the title. Challenging them will be Spanish Marta Carro and Sofía González.
Home teams seeded first and second in Krakow
In Krakow, fans who go to Jeziorański Square will have many teams to cheer on as the home country will have four duos starting directly in the main draw, including top-seeded Piotr Kantor/Filip Lejawa and second-seeded Jedrzej Brozyniak/Piotr Janiak.
Beach Pro Tour Krakow Futures – Men
The event will have representatives from 19 countries, with hosts Poland fielding five teams, Germany and Latvia three, Ukraine sending two and Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden one each.
The Beach Pro Tour Futures events in Europe are run by the CEV in close cooperation with Volleyball World and provide teams from the continent with several opportunities to compete and gain valuable international ranking points.