EuroBeachVolley 2025 Previews – Women’s Pools A-D
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The annual celebration of European beach volleyball is coming up shortly, as next week, between Wednesday and Sunday, the best teams on the continent will be reunited in Düsseldorf, Germany, to compete in the 33rd edition of the CEV EuroBeachVolley.
Returning to Germany for the fourth time in history and getting to a fourth different city in the most successful country in the tournament to date, the event will be held at the popular Rochus Club and should be the most competitive in recent years, with every top team on the continent having confirmed participation.
The 32 women’s teams were split into eight pools of four and will each play twice in the modified pool play system. The eight pool winners will advance directly to the Round of 16, with the 16 teams ranked second and third having to go through the Round of 24 first.
Pool play for the women will take place between Wednesday and Thursday, when the Round of 24 matches will also be held. The Round of 16 and the quarterfinals will follow on Friday and the semifinals on Saturday, with the medal matches happening on Sunday.
It should be an exciting week of elite-level beach volleyball in Düsseldorf and, as the first serve nears, let’s continue to take a look at the eight pools in each gender, this time switching over to the women’s event and going through Pools A, B, C and D:
Pool A
Teams: Valentina Gottardi/Reka Orsi Toth (Italy), Marketa Svozilova/Marie-Sára Štochlová (Czechia), Valentyna Davidova/Anhelina Khmil (Ukraine) and Ieva Dumbauskaite/Gerda Grudzinskaite (Lithuania)
A new team for the 2025 season, Gottardi and Orsi Toth have been amassing good results on the Beach Pro Tour and are the strongest candidates to rank first in the pool. Despite still young, the two have solid international experience, having each multiple appearances on the EuroBeachVolley.
Czechs and Ukrainians should fight for second place, with Svozilova and Štochlová having displayed some inconsistency in international events in 2025, while Davidova and Khmil are among the fastest-rising teams on the continent since joining forces in 2024. Dumbauskaite and Grudzinskaite are the lowest-seeded team in the pool, but have been around for a few years and have been dominant at the Futures level, having the potential to cause an upset.
The Italians seem well-positioned to advance in first place and go directly to the Round of 16, but they need to keep their eyes open with the Ukrainians, who are ready to produce a good result at a higher level. The Czechs should be the third team in the elimination rounds, but the Lithuanians are not entirely out.
Pool B
Teams: Dorina Klinger/Ronja Klinger (Austria), Emi van Driel/Wies Bekhuis (the Netherlands), Yeva Serdiuk/Daria Romaniuk (Ukraine) and Chenoa Christ/Anna-Chiara Reformat (Germany)
The Klingers have established themselves as one of the top teams in the continent in the last few years and should have no trouble standing out in a pool where their opponents have great potential, but probably not enough experience to challenge them.
Van Driel and Bekhuis are a very promising young team from the Netherlands and are the most likely candidates to finish second, but to do that, they will need to beat Serdiuk and Romaniuk, one of many Ukrainian teams that have been getting good results lately. Christ and the 16-year-old Reformat have never played together before and will have a hard time facing stronger and more experienced opponents.
The Austrians are the clear candidates to confirm their status and advance in first place, with the Dutch appearing as the favorites to finish second. Ukrainians and Germans should, then, fight for the last spot in the elimination rounds.
Pool C
Teams: Anouk Vergé-Dépré/Zoé Vergé-Dépré (Switzerland), Sandra Ittlinger/Anna-Lena Grüne (Germany), Mila Konink/Raisa Schoon (the Netherlands) and Julia Radelczuk/Natalia Okla (Poland)
The Vergé-Dépré sisters are arguably the hottest team in international beach volleyball right now and get to Düsseldorf having won medals in their last four Beach Pro Tour events. They are the clear candidates to take the top spot in the pool, but they should face strong competition from the Germans and the Dutch.
Ittlinger and Grüne are fresh from having helped Germany triumph at the Beach Nations Cup Finals and get better every time they play together in their first year as partners. Schoon, a two-time Olympian, and Konink, a 19-year-old with tremendous potential, have what it takes to form a very good team, but are yet to get a great result. Having played in less than ten international events together since 2024, Radelczuk and Okla will have a big mountain to climb if they want to make it to the elimination rounds.
Anouk and Zoé are hands down the top team in the pool, but facing a German team that’s on the rise and a Dutch duo with tremendous potential, they will need to play at their best to confirm their top seed. The Polish have, in theory, very small chances of advancing, but could benefit from the underdog position to get a win and move forward.
Pool D
Teams: Tanja Hüberli/Leona Kernen (Switzerland), Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova (Latvia), Melanie Paul/Lea Sophie Kunst (Germany) and Heleene Hollas/Liisa Remmelg (Estonia)
Pool D should have the most exciting and unpredictable duel for first place, as there’s not much difference between Hüberli/Kernen and Tina/Anastasija right now. The Latvians, who already won the EuroBeachVolley twice, are more experienced, but the Swiss have been playing very well since they became partners at the start of the season.
The battle for third place should also be interesting, as while Paul and Kunst will be playing at home and have shown potential, despite being a little bit inconsistent, Hollas and Remmelg have been the top Estonian team in recent years and have been in great form at the Futures level.
There’s clear separation between the top two teams in the pool and the other two, which should make for an exciting second round of matches as duos fight to either advance to the Round of 16 or make it to the elimination rounds.