2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Men's tournament

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2025 Men's Beach Volleyball World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Australia
City	Adelaide
Dates	14–23 November
Teams	48 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1
Official website
FIVB World Championship
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The men's tournament of the 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships is held from 14 to 23 November 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

The 48 teams are split into twelve pools, where the first two and the four best-third placed teams advance to the knockout stage. The remaining eight third-ranked teams play in a lucky loser round to determine the last four teams. After that, a knockout system will be used. ^[3]

P

Preliminary round

LL

Lucky losers playoffs

1⁄16

Round of 32

⅛

Round of 16

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Fri 14	Sat 15	Sun 16	Mon 17	Tue 18	Wed 19	Thu 20	Fri 21	Sat 22	Sun 23
P	P	P	P	LL	1⁄16	1⁄8	1⁄4	1⁄2	B	F

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 9 October 2025. ^[4] If two teams are tied in points, the overall set and points ratio will be used. If three teams are tied on points, the matches against those teams determine the ranking. ^[5]

All times are local (UTC+10:30).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Krattiger – Dillier (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	85	61	1.393	Round of 32
2	A. Mol – Sørum (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	67	1.254
3	Heidrich – Jordan	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	72	85	0.847	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Hannibal – Llambías	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	56	84	0.667

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

14 November 2025 09:00	A. Mol – Sørum	2–0	Hannibal – Llambías	Court 2 Referees: Milan Vachutka (CZE), Giseli Amantin (BRA)
	(21–17, 21–16)

14 November 2025 09:00	Krattiger – Dillier	2–0	Heidrich – Jordan	Court 3 Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(21–18, 22–20)

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15 November 2025 09:00	A. Mol – Sørum	2–0	Heidrich – Jordan	Central court Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(21–18, 21–16)

15 November 2025 11:00	Krattiger – Dillier	2–0	Hannibal – Llambías	Court 3 Referees: Giuseppe Curto (ITA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–10, 21–13)

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16 November 2025 09:00	Heidrich – Jordan	v	Hannibal – Llambías	Court 3

16 November 2025 11:00	A. Mol – Sørum	v	Krattiger – Dillier	Central court

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Boermans – De Groot	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	21	2.000	Round of 32
2	H. Mol – Berntsen	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	45	37	1.216
3	M. Mol – A. Mol	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	45	0.822	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Ryan – Schubert	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	21	42	0.500

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. Source: FIVB

14 November 2025 10:00	H. Mol – Berntsen	2–0	M. Mol – A. Mol	Court 3 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(24–22, 21–15)

14 November 2025 12:00	Boermans – De Groot	2–0	Ryan – Schubert	Central court Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Suzanne Lowry (USA)
	(21–11, 21–10)

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16 November 2025 18:00	H. Mol – Berntsen	v	M. Mol – A. Mol	Court 2

16 November 2025 22:00	Boermans – De Groot	v	Ryan – Schubert	Central court

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17 November 2025 20:30	Boermans – De Groot	v	H. Mol – Berntsen	Court 3

17 November 2025 22:00	M. Mol – A. Mol	v	Ryan – Schubert	Central court

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	George – Saymon	2	1	1	3	3	2	1.500	93	86	1.081	Round of 32
2	Åhman – Hellvig	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	78	65	1.200
3	André – Renato	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	78	78	1.000	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Burnett – Hodges	2	1	1	3	2	3	0.667	73	93	0.785

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

14 November 2025 21:00	Åhman – Hellvig	2–0	Burnett – Hodges	Central court Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Suzanne Lowry (USA)
	(21–8, 21–15)

14 November 2025 21:30	George – Saymon	2–0	André – Renato	Court 3 Referees: Wang Lijun (CHN), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(21–17, 21–19)

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15 November 2025 14:00	George – Saymon	1–2	Burnett – Hodges	Court 2 Referees: Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE)
	(17–21, 21–14, 13–15)

15 November 2025 16:00	Åhman – Hellvig	0–2	André – Renato	Central court Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Wang Lijun (CHN)
	(17–21, 19–21)

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16 November 2025 17:00	André – Renato	v	Burnett – Hodges	Central court

16 November 2025 21:30	Åhman – Hellvig	v	George – Saymon	Court 2

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Oliveira – Lanci (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	50	1.680	Round of 32
2	Henning – Wüst (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	1	4.000	107	92	1.163
3	Amieva – Bueno	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	95	107	0.888	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Mora – López	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	47	84	0.560

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

14 November 2025 13:00	Oliveira – Lanci	2–0	Mora – López	Court 2 Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–12, 21–10)

14 November 2025 14:00	Henning – Wüst	2–1	Amieva – Bueno	Court 2 Referees: Milan Vachutka (CZE), Giseli Amantino (BRA)
	(15–21, 31–29, 19–17)

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15 November 2025 17:00	Oliveira – Lanci	2–0	Amieva – Bueno	Court 2 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), José María Padron (ESP)
	(21–14, 21–14)

15 November 2025 21:00	Henning – Wüst	2–0	Mora – López	Central court Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(21–11, 21–14)

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17 November 2025 10:00	Oliveira – Lanci	v	Henning – Wüst	Central court

17 November 2025 14:00	Amieva – Bueno	v	Mora – López	Court 2

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bryl – Łosiak	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	30	1.400	Round of 32
2	Pfretzschner – Winter	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	38	1.105
3	Dressler – Waller	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	38	42	0.905	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Wang – Du	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	30	42	0.714

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. Source: FIVB

14 November 2025 15:00	Bryl – Łosiak	2–0	Wang – Du	Central court Referees: Brian Hiebert (CAN), Rui Carvalho (POR)
	(21–11, 21–19)

14 November 2025 15:00	Pfretzschner – Winter	2–0	Dressler – Waller	Court 3 Referees: Giuseppe Curto (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–19, 21–19)

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16 November 2025 09:00	Pfretzschner – Winter	v	Wang – Du	Central court

16 November 2025 16:00	Bryl – Łosiak	v	Dressler – Waller	Court 3

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17 November 2025 16:00	Dressler – Waller	v	Wang – Du	Court 2

17 November 2025 17:00	Bryl – Łosiak	v	Pfretzschner – Winter	Court 2

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Díaz – Alayo	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	17	2.471	Round of 32
2	Pedrosa – Campos	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	45	40	1.125
3	Fuller – O'Dea	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	40	45	0.889	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Yacoubou – Tohouegnon	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	17	42	0.405

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. Source: FIVB

14 November 2025 10:00	Díaz – Alayo	2–0	Yacoubou – Tohouegnon	Court 2 Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–11, 21–6)

14 November 2025 11:00	Pedrosa – Campos	2–0	Fuller – O'Dea	Court 2 Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Milan Vachutka (CZE)
	(24–22, 21–18)

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16 November 2025 14:00	Díaz – Alayo	v	Fuller – O'Dea	Central court

16 November 2025 14:00	Pedrosa – Campos	v	Yacoubou – Tohouegnon	Court 3

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17 November 2025 09:00	Fuller – O'Dea	v	Yacoubou – Tohouegnon	Central court

17 November 2025 13:00	Díaz – Alayo	v	Pedrosa – Campos	Court 2

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nilsson – Andersson (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	50	1.680	Round of 32
2	Rotar – Gauthier-Rat (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	2	2.000	110	98	1.122
3	Hood – Merritt	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	76	99	0.768	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Ja. Bello – Jo. Bello	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	72	95	0.758

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

14 November 2025 14:00	Rotar – Gauthier-Rat	2–1	Ja. Bello – Jo. Bello	Court 3 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), Tim Cleaver (NZL)
	(17–21, 21–15, 15–9)

14 November 2025 16:00	Nilsson – Andersson	2–0	Hood – Merritt	Central court Referees: José María Padron (ESP), Vincent Roche (FRA)
	(21–15, 21–8)

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15 November 2025 10:00	Rotar – Gauthier-Rat	2–1	Hood – Merritt	Central court Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Giseli Amantino (BRA)
	(21–18, 21–23, 15–12)

15 November 2025 11:00	Nilsson – Andersson	2–0	Ja. Bello – Jo. Bello	Court 2 Referees: Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE), José María Padron (ESP)
	(21–14, 21–13)

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17 November 2025 18:00	Ja. Bello – Jo. Bello	v	Hood – Merritt	Court 2

17 November 2025 20:30	Nilsson – Andersson	v	Rotar – Gauthier-Rat	Court 2

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Perušič – Schweiner	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	16	2.625	Round of 32
2	Pļaviņš – Fokerots	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	43	37	1.162
3	Partain – Benesh	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	43	0.860	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Kotoka – Samani	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	16	42	0.381

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

15 November 2025 12:00	Perušič – Schweiner	2–0	Kotoka – Samani	Court 3 Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Carlos Rivera (PUR)
	(21–5, 21–11)

15 November 2025 12:00	Pļaviņš – Fokerots	2–0	Partain – Benesh	Court 2 Referees: Vincent Roche (FRA), Tim Cleaver (NZL)
	(22–20, 21–17)

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16 November 2025 10:00	Perušič – Schweiner	v	Partain – Benesh	Central court

16 November 2025 10:00	Pļaviņš – Fokerots	v	Kotoka – Samani	Court 3

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17 November 2025 12:00	Perušič – Schweiner	v	Pļaviņš – Fokerots	Court 2

17 November 2025 12:00	Partain – Benesh	v	Kotoka – Samani	Court 3

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Evans – Budinger (Q)	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	68	1.235	Round of 32
2	Schalk – Shaw	2	1	1	3	3	2	1.500	103	97	1.062
3	Potts – Pearse	2	1	1	3	2	3	0.667	90	100	0.900	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Penninga – Immers	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	75	87	0.862

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

14 November 2025 17:00	Schalk – Shaw	1–2	Potts – Pearse	Court 3 Referees: Tim Cleaver (NZL), Brian Hiebert (CAN)
	(21–16, 22–24, 15–17)

14 November 2025 18:00	Evans – Budinger	2–0	Penninga – Immers	Court 2 Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–16, 21–19)

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15 November 2025 15:00	Evans – Budinger	2–0	Potts – Pearse	Central court Referees: Giseli Amantino (BRA), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL)
	(21–16, 21–17)

15 November 2025 16:00	Schalk – Shaw	2–0	Penninga – Immers	Court 3 Referees: Giuseppe Curto (ITA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–18, 24–22)

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17 November 2025 12:00	Penninga – Immers	v	Potts – Pearse	Central court

17 November 2025 16:00	Schalk – Shaw	v	Evans – Budinger	Court 3

Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cherif – Ahmed	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	32	1.313	Round of 32
2	Haussener – Friedli	1	1	0	2	2	1	2.000	51	52	0.981
3	Hammarberg – Berger	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.500	52	51	1.020	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Gómez – Veranes	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	32	42	0.762

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

15 November 2025 17:00	Hammarberg – Berger	1–2	Haussener – Friedli	Court 3 Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Carlos Rivera (PUR)
	(21–15, 18–21, 13–15)

15 November 2025 18:00	Cherif – Ahmed	2–0	Gómez – Veranes	Court 2 Referees: Vincent Roche (FRA), Tim Cleaver (NZL)
	(21–18, 21–14)

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16 November 2025 12:00	Cherif – Ahmed	v	Gómez – Veranes	Court 2

16 November 2025 13:00	Hammarberg – Berger	v	Haussener – Friedli	Court 2

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17 November 2025 11:00	Cherif – Ahmed	v	Hammarberg – Berger	Court 2

17 November 2025 11:00	Haussener – Friedli	v	Gómez – Veranes	Court 3

Pool K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	T. Capogrosso – N. Capogrosso	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	23	1.826	Round of 32
2	Ehlers – Wickler	1	1	0	2	2	0	MAX	42	34	1.235
3	Schachter – Pickett	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	34	42	0.810	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Mondlane – Mungoi	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	23	42	0.548

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

15 November 2025 20:30	Ehlers – Wickler	2–0	Schachter – Pickett	Court 2 Referees: José María Padron (ESP), Vincent Roche (FRA)
	(21–16, 21–18)

15 November 2025 21:30	T. Capogrosso – N. Capogrosso	2–0	Mondlane – Mungoi	Court 3 Referees: Giuseppe Curto (ITA), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL)
	(21–6, 21–17)

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16 November 2025 15:00	T. Capogrosso – N. Capogrosso	v	Schachter – Pickett	Court 2

16 November 2025 15:00	Ehlers – Wickler	v	Mondlane – Mungoi	Court 3

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17 November 2025 17:00	Schachter – Pickett	v	Mondlane – Mungoi	Court 3

17 November 2025 18:00	T. Capogrosso – N. Capogrosso	v	Ehlers – Wickler	Court 3

Pool L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Bassereau – Aye	2	2	0	4	4	1	4.000	96	73	1.315	Round of 32
2	Nicolaidis – Carracher	2	1	1	3	3	2	1.500	95	78	1.218
3	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	103	107	0.963	Round of 32 or lucky loser based on ranking
4	Ilyas – El Gharouti	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	48	84	0.571

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

14 November 2025 21:30	Bassereau – Aye	2–1	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Court 2 Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Milan Vachutka (CZE)
	(21–15, 18–21, 15–12)

14 November 2025 22:00	Nicolaidis – Carracher	2–0	Ilyas – El Gharouti	Central court Referees: Vincent Roche (FRA), Carlos Rivera (PUR)
	(21–11, 21–12)

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15 November 2025 20:00	Nicolaidis – Carracher	1–2	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	Central court Referees: Milan Vachutka (CZE), Brian Hiebert (CAN)
	(19–21, 21–19, 13–15)

15 November 2025 21:30	Bassereau – Aye	2–0	Ilyas – El Gharouti	Court 2 Referees: Tim Cleaver (NZL), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG)
	(21–14, 21–11)

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16 November 2025 21:00	Nicolaidis – Carracher	v	Bassereau – Aye	Central court

16 November 2025 21:30	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	v	Ilyas – El Gharouti	Court 3

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	L	M. Grimalt – E. Grimalt	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	103	107	0.963	Round of 32
2	C	André – Renato	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	78	78	1.000
3	I	Potts – Pearse	2	1	1	3	2	3	0.667	90	100	0.900
4	D	Amieva – Bueno	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	95	107	0.888
5	G	Hood – Merritt	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	76	99	0.768	Lucky losers playoffs
6	A	Heidrich – Jordan	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	72	85	0.847
7	J	Hammarberg – Berger	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.500	52	51	1.020
8	E	Dressler – Waller	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	38	42	0.905
9	F	Fuller – O'Dea	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	40	45	0.889
10	H	Partain – Benesh	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	43	0.860
11	B	M. Mol – A. Mol	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	37	45	0.822
12	K	Schachter – Pickett	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.000	34	42	0.810

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: FIVB

Lucky losers playoffs

18 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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18 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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18 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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18 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

19 November

A1

20 November

19 November

21 November

19 November

I1

20 November

19 November

22 November

H1

19 November

E1

20 November

19 November

21 November

L1

19 November

20 November

19 November

23 November

D1

19 November

C1

20 November

19 November

21 November

19 November

K1

20 November

19 November

22 November

F1

19 November

Third place

G1

20 November

23 November

19 November

21 November

J1

19 November

20 November

19 November

B1

Round of 32

19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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19 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

Round of 16

20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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20 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

Quarterfinals

21 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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21 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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21 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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21 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

Semifinals

22 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

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22 November 2025	TBD	v	TBD

Third place game

23 November 2025	LSF1	v	LSF2

Final

23 November 2025	WSF1	v	WSF2

Final ranking

Rank	Team [6]
4
5
9
17
33
37

See also

• 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Women's tournament

References

1. "Dates released for Adelaide 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships". 14 June 2024.
2. "Adelaide to stage Australia's first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in 2025". inside the games. 21 October 2023.
3. "Adelaide 2025 draw coming up on Thursday". volleyballworld.com. 7 October 2025.
4. "Pools set for 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Adelaide". volleyballworld.com. 9 October 2025.
5. "COMPETITION FORMAT: 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships". volleyballworld.com. 5 November 2025.
6. "Final standings". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 5 November 2025.

External links

• Official website