Lithuanians dominate the podium in Warsaw

Lithuania dominated the women-only Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures event held in Warsaw this weekend, collecting gold and silver in the tournament that took place in the Polish capital from Thursday to Sunday.

Teams from 17 different countries contended for the medals this week at the Plaża Wilanów, but the two spots in the final ended up being taken by duos from Lithuania, which had three representatives entered in the event.

After three intense sets, qualifiers Ariana Rudkovskaja and Skalve Krizanauskaite completed an incredible campaign in Warsaw by taking down compatriots Ieva Vasiliauskaite and Erika Kliokmanaite 2-1 (15-21, 26-24, 15-10) to secure the title.

Beach Pro Tour Warsaw Futures – Women

The bronze medal match in Warsaw also went long and had Romanians Francesca Alupei and Beata Vaida overcoming Hungarians Stefánia Kun and Lilla Villám in the tie-breaker (15-21, 21-16, 15-11) to claim the last spot on the podium.

There are two women’s tournaments left in the 2025 Beach Pro Tour season of Futures events in Europe. The first will take place from September 18-21 in Lille, France, while the second, a double-gender event, will be held in Balikesir, Türkiye, from September 25-28.

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.