King of the Court Finals 2022 (QAT) - Highlights of the Final Day

King of the Court kicked off its 2023 Crown Series in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Some of the biggest stars of Beach Volleyball were present from March 10th-12th, 2023. Originally a popular training format, King of the Court has developed into an exhilarating new beach volleyball format. Canadian Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are the Queens of Miami Beach, although they didn’t realize it in the moment. But when it sunk in, they celebrated the emphatic win. Estonians Kusti Nõlvak...

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the quarter-final matches played and more teams earn places in the semi-finals. On the men's side, the Dutch Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen and the two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) already secured a place in the semi-finals. The two Latvian beach volleyball aces Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins also manage to reach the semi-finals at...

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the last games of the quarter-final matches and semi-finals played. Now it´s time for the finals. In the men's event, three Dutch teams made it to the final. After Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen had already made it to the final two days earlier, Leon Luini/Yorick de Groot and Dirk Boehlé/Mees Sengers followed suit. In the women's final there are four nations ready to take the crown: Anouk V...

Irish ace James Dean beat local 16-year old sensation Nikolass Bertans to clinch his maiden FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup in Sunday’s final held at the Bikernieki track in Riga (Latvia). Ukraine’s Max Miller secured himself third place. Following a downpour on Saturday, the second day of the 2021 FIA IDC greeted the Top 16 competitors with a dry track, allowing several close fights. Irishman Deane, despite making his FIA IDC debut, once again proved that Riga is his happy hunting ground,...

On the second day of the BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands quarter-finals were played and first teams have reached the semifinals. In the men's event the Dutch home favourites Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen directly secured a place for the semi-finals. Two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) also prevailed in their quarter-final matches to secure a semi-final spot. In the women's quarter-final m...

In the Women’s competition there was a commanding victory for Americans Emily Stockman and World U19 Champion Megan Kraft. They managed to defeat the impressive Sunniva Helland Hansen and Emilie Olimstad from Norway and the Brazilan’s Larrisa and Lilli, who took second and third respectively.

In the Men tournament the most decorated Beach Volleyball team in recent years, the Beach Volleyball Vikings, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum claimed the title. In a thrilling final they beat the Chilean Grimalt cousins and the Durch duo Yorrick de Groot and Leon Luini.

Great performances could be marveled at the long jump and pole vault meeting at the Linda Square in Schaan. Already the starting field promised great distances and heights and last but not least excitement and jumping aces to touch. In all four competitions - men's and women's long jump and pole vault - there were internationally strong results with 8.12m and 5.71m, as well as 6.67m and 4.61m.