European Beach Volleyball Championship

The European Beach Volleyball Championship (or the Nestea European Championship Final) is a unisex sport competition for national teams in the sport of beach volleyball. The championship is held annually by the CEV (the European volleyball federation).

Editions

Initially, in 1993, just men competed, but the following year a separate championship was held for women. The events have been combined since 1995.

Edition Year Host city Host country Events 1 1993 Almería  Spain 1 2 1994 Almería - Espinho  Spain -  Portugal 2 3 1995 Saint-Quay-Portrieux  France 2 4 1996 Pescara  Italy 2 5 1997 Riccione  Italy 2 6 1998 Rhodes  Greece 2 7 1999 Palma de Mallorca  Spain 2 8 2000 Getxo  Spain 2 9 2001 Jesolo  Italy 2 10 2002 Basel  Switzerland 2 11 2003 Alanya  Turkey 2 12 2004 Timmendorfer Strand  Germany 2 13 2005 Moscow  Russia 2 14 2006 The Hague  Netherlands 2 15 2007 Valencia  Spain 2 16 2008 Hamburg  Germany 2 17 2009 Sochi  Russia 2

Edition Year Host city Host country Events 18 2010 Berlin  Germany 2 19 2011 Kristiansand  Norway 2 20 2012 Scheveningen  Netherlands 2 21 2013 Klagenfurt  Austria 2 22 2014 Cagliari  Italy 2 23 2015 Klagenfurt  Austria 2 24 2016 Biel/Bienne  Switzerland 2 25 2017 Jūrmala  Latvia 2 26 2018 The Hague - Apeldoorn - Rotterdam - Utrecht  Netherlands 2 27 2019 Moscow  Russia 2 28 2020 Jūrmala  Latvia 2 29 2021 Vienna  Austria 2 30 20221 Munich  Germany 2 31 2023 Vienna  Austria 2 32 2024 The Hague - Apeldoorn - Arnhem  Netherlands 2

¹ As part of the 2022 European Championships
² Various Cities TBC at a later stage^[1][2]

Results summary

Men's Year Gold Silver Bronze 1993 Details  France Jean-Philippe Jodard Christian Penigaud  Norway Jan Kvalheim Bjørn Maaseide  Italy Andrea Ghiurghi Dionisio Lequaglie 1994 Details  Norway Jan Kvalheim Bjørn Maaseide  Spain Santiago Aguilera Javier Bosma  Germany Jörg Ahmann Axel Hager 1995 Details  Netherlands Marko Klok Michiel van der Kuip  Czech Republic Milan Džavoronok Václav Fikar  Italy Piero Antonini Dionisio Lequaglie 1996 Details  Czech Republic Marek Pakosta Michal Palinek  Germany Jörg Ahmann Axel Hager  Italy Andrea Ghiurghi Nicola Grigolo 1997 Details  Norway Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud  Norway Jan Kvalheim Bjørn Maaseide   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga 1998 Details   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga  Norway Jan Kvalheim Bjørn Maaseide  Norway Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud 1999 Details   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga  Spain Javier Bosma Fabio Díez  Norway Jan Kvalheim Bjørn Maaseide 2000 Details   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga   Switzerland Markus Egger Sascha Heyer  Norway Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud 2001 Details   Switzerland Markus Egger Sascha Heyer   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga  Norway Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud 2002 Details  Germany Markus Dieckmann Jonas Reckermann   Switzerland Martin Laciga Paul Laciga  Norway Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud 2003 Details  Austria Nik Berger Clemens Doppler  Germany Markus Dieckmann Jonas Reckermann   Switzerland Markus Egger Sascha Heyer 2004 Details  Germany Markus Dieckmann Jonas Reckermann   Switzerland Markus Egger Sascha Heyer   Switzerland Patrick Heuscher Stefan Kobel 2005 Details  Spain Pablo Herrera Raúl Mesa   Switzerland Patrick Heuscher Stefan Kobel  Germany Markus Dieckmann Jonas Reckermann 2006 Details  Germany Julius Brink Christoph Dieckmann  Netherlands Jochem de Gruijter Gijs Ronnes   Switzerland Patrick Heuscher Stefan Kobel 2007 Details  Austria Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil  Germany David Klemperer Eric Koreng 2008 Details  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil  Germany Kay Matysik Stefan Uhmann  Russia Dmitri Barsuk Igor Kolodinsky 2009 Details  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil  Austria Florian Gosch Alexander Horst  Spain Adrián Gavira Pablo Herrera 2010 Details  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil  Austria Clemens Doppler Matthias Mellitzer  Latvia Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Jānis Šmēdiņš 2011 Details  Germany Julius Brink Jonas Reckermann  Germany Jonathan Erdmann Kay Matysik  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Richard Schuil 2012 Details  Germany Julius Brink Jonas Reckermann  Netherlands Emiel Boersma Daan Spijkers  Norway Tarjei Skarlund Martin Spinnangr 2013 Details  Spain Adrian Gavira Pablo Herrera  Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš  Poland Grzegorz Fijalek Mariusz Prudel 2014 Details  Italy Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai  Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš  Austria Clemens Doppler Alexander Horst 2015 Details  Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš  Italy Adrian Carambula Alex Ranghieri  Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor Christiaan Varenhorst 2016 Details  Italy Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai  Russia Viacheslav Krasilnikov Konstantin Semenov  Poland Grzegorz Fijałek Mariusz Prudel 2017 Details  Italy Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai  Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš  Netherlands Alexander Brouwer Robert Meeuwsen 2018 Details  Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum  Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs Jānis Šmēdiņš  Spain Adrián Gavira Pablo Herrera 2019 Details  Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum  Russia Ilya Leshukov Konstantin Semenov  Austria Martin Ermacora Moritz Pristauz 2020 Details  Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum  Russia Viacheslav Krasilnikov Oleg Stoyanovskiy  Italy Daniele Lupo Paolo Nicolai 2021 Details  Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum  Netherlands Stefan Boermans Yorick de Groot  Poland Piotr Kantor Bartosz Łosiak 2022 Details  Sweden David Åhman Jonatan Hellvig  Czech Republic Ondřej Perušič David Schweiner  Norway Anders Mol Christian Sørum 2023 Details  Sweden David Åhman Jonatan Hellvig  Netherlands Leon Luini Yorick de Groot  Ukraine Sergiy Popov Eduard Reznik

Women's Year Gold Silver Bronze 1993 Details No women's competition 1994 Details  Germany Beate Bühler Danja Müsch  Czech Republic Martina Hudcová Dolores Storková  Italy Cristiana Parenzan Lucilla Perrotta 1995 Details  Germany Cordula Borger Beate Paetow  Norway Merita Berntsen Ragni Hestad  Germany Beate Bühler Danja Müsch 1996 Details  Czech Republic Eva Celbová Soňa Nováková  Germany Beate Bühler Danja Müsch  Italy Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi 1997 Details  Italy Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi  Italy Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta  Czech Republic Eva Celbová Soňa Nováková 1998 Details  Czech Republic Eva Celbová Soňa Nováková  Netherlands Rebekka Kadijk Debora Schoon-Kadijk  Italy Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi 1999 Details  Italy Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi  France Anabelle Prawerman Cécile Rigaux  Czech Republic Eva Celbová Soňa Nováková 2000 Details  Italy Laura Bruschini Annamaria Solazzi  Germany Danja Müsch Jana Vollmer  Netherlands Rebekka Kadijk Debora Schoon-Kadijk 2001 Details  Greece Vasso Karantasiou Effrosyni Sfyri   Switzerland Simone Kuhn Nicole Schnyder-Benoit  Germany Andrea Ahmann Ulrike Schmidt 2002 Details  Italy Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta  Netherlands Rebekka Kadijk Marrit Leenstra  Czech Republic Eva Celbová Soňa Nováková 2003 Details  Germany Stephanie Pohl Okka Rau  Germany Andrea Ahmann Jana Vollmer  Italy Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta 2004 Details   Switzerland Simone Kuhn Nicole Schnyder-Benoit  Norway Susanne Glesnes Kathrine Maaseide  Italy Daniela Gattelli Lucilla Perrotta 2005 Details  Greece Vassiliki Arvaniti Vasso Karantasiou  Netherlands Rebekka Kadijk Merel Mooren  Germany Stephanie Pohl Okka Rau 2006 Details  Russia Alexandra Shiryayeva Natalya Uryadova  Netherlands Rebekka Kadijk Merel Mooren  Norway Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen 2007 Details  Greece Vassiliki Arvaniti Vasso Karantasiou  Germany Sara Goller Laura Ludwig  Norway Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen 2008 Details  Germany Sara Goller Laura Ludwig  Norway Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen  Norway Susanne Glesnes Kathrine Maaseide 2009 Details  Latvia Inese Jursone Inguna Minusa  Germany Sara Goller Laura Ludwig   Switzerland Simone Kuhn Nadine Zumkehr 2010 Details  Germany Sara Goller Laura Ludwig  Germany Katrin Holtwick Ilka Semmler  Finland Emilia Nyström Erika Nyström 2011 Details  Italy Greta Cicolari Marta Menegatti  Austria Barbara Hansel Sara Montagnolli  Germany Sara Goller Laura Ludwig 2012 Details  Netherlands Sanne Keizer Marleen van Iersel  Greece Vassiliki Arvaniti Maria Tsiartsiani  Spain Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández 2013 Details  Austria Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger  Spain Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández  Germany Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst 2014 Details  Netherlands Madelein Meppelink Marleen van Iersel   Switzerland Tanja Goricanec Tanja Hüberli  Germany Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst 2015 Details  Germany Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst  Russia Ekaterina Birlova Evgenia Ukolova  Poland Monika Brzostek Kinga Kołosińska 2016 Details  Germany Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst  Czech Republic Barbora Hermannová Markéta Sluková  Germany Karla Borger Britta Büthe 2017 Details  Germany Nadja Glenzke Julia Großner  Czech Republic Kristýna Kolocová Michala Kvapilová  Germany Chantal Laboureur Julia Sude 2018 Details  Netherlands Sanne Keizer Madelein Meppelink   Switzerland Nina Betschart Tanja Hüberli  Czech Republic Barbora Hermannová Markéta Sluková 2019 Details  Latvia Tīna Graudiņa Anastasija Kravčenoka  Poland Katarzyna Kociołek Kinga Wojtasik  Spain Elsa Baquerizo Liliana Fernández 2020 Details   Switzerland Joana Heidrich Anouk Vergé-Dépré  Germany Kim Behrens Cinja Tillmann  Russia Nadezda Makroguzova Svetlana Kholomina 2021 Details   Switzerland Nina Betschart Tanja Hüberli  Netherlands Raïsa Schoon Katja Stam  Germany Karla Borger Julia Sude 2022 Details  Latvia Tīna Graudiņa Anastasija Kravčenoka   Switzerland Nina Brunner Tanja Hüberli  Netherlands Raïsa Schoon Katja Stam 2023 Details   Switzerland Nina Brunner Tanja Hüberli  Spain Daniela Álvarez Tania Moreno  Germany Laura Ludwig Louisa Lippmann

Medals

As of 2023 European Beach Volleyball Championships.

Men's Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Norway 6 3 7 16 2  Germany 5 4 3 12 3  Switzerland 4 5 4 13 4  Netherlands 4 5 3 12 5  Italy 3 1 4 8 6  Austria 2 2 2 6  Spain 2 2 2 6 8  Sweden 2 0 0 2 9  Latvia 1 4 1 6 10  Czech Republic 1 2 0 3 11  France 1 0 0 1 12  Russia 0 3 1 4 13  Poland 0 0 3 3 14  Ukraine 0 0 1 1 Totals (14 entries) 31 31 31 93

Women's Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Germany 8 7 10 25 2  Italy 5 1 5 11 3  Switzerland 4 4 1 9 4  Netherlands 3 5 2 10 5  Greece 3 1 0 4 6  Latvia 3 0 0 3 7  Czech Republic 2 3 4 9 8  Russia 1 1 1 3 9  Austria 1 1 0 2 10  Norway 0 3 3 6 11  Spain 0 2 2 4 12  Poland 0 1 1 2 13  France 0 1 0 1 14  Finland 0 0 1 1 Totals (14 entries) 30 30 30 90

Total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	13	11	13	37
2	Switzerland	8	9	5	22
3	Italy	8	2	9	19
4	Netherlands	7	10	5	22
5	Norway	6	6	10	22
6	Latvia	4	4	1	9
7	Czech Republic	3	5	4	12
8	Austria	3	3	2	8
9	Greece	3	1	0	4
10	Spain	2	4	4	10
11	Sweden	2	0	0	2
12	Russia	1	4	2	7
13	France	1	1	0	2
14	Poland	0	1	4	5
15	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		61	61	61	183

See also

• World Beach Volleyball Championships
• Asian Beach Volleyball Championships

References

• BVB Info
• Sports123