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New Zealand Beats Japan To Win Title At Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali
New Zealand won the 2025 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali beating Japan 21-18, 21-14 in the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna.
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New Zealand women won the 2025 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali beating Japan 21-18, 21-14 in the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Kiwis Shaunna Polley and Olivia Macdonald overpowered the Japanese duo of Sakura Ito and Mayu Sawame. This was their two titles in two weeks. They emerged as champions of the Asian Volleyball Confederation Beach Tour Phu Yen Open in Vietnam last week. They also grabbed two silver medals, including the AVC Beach Tour Nuvali last month.
“Happy to come back here and get the gold,” Polley said. “We’re really glad, we’ve been playing consistently and to finish with two gold medals in the last two weeks is awesome.”
Slovakia’s Lubos Nemec and Adrian Petruf won a thrilling men’s final against Israel’s Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov, 21-15, 18-21, 19-17 at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.
The Israelis had beaten the Philippines James Buytrago and Rancel Varga in the quarterfinals of the tournament organized by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation headed by Ramon “Tats” Suzara, who is also the president of the Asian Volleyball Confederation and Executive Vice President of the world volleyball governing body FIVB.
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Polley and MacDonald noted that playing in FIVB Volleyball World tournaments such as the BPT Futures Nuvali, which featured teams from 19 countries, presents a different challenge and they are glad to come out on top.
“The level is really high, you don’t know what to expect. We knew it was going to be tough and we met some very tough teams,” Polley said.
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Ieva Dumbauskaite and Gerda Grudzinskaite of Lithuania clinched the bronze in women’s event with a 21-19, 19-21, 19-17 win over Romania’s Beata Vaida and Francesca Alupei at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures Nuvali.
Vaida and Alupei ousted the Filipinos Kat Epa and Honey Grace Cordero in the Round of 12 before stopping Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons in the quarterfinals.
The men’s bronze was earned by Oskars Bulgacs and Matiss Graudins of Latvia, who beat Stavros Ntallas and Dimitris Chatzinikolaou of Greece, 21-15, 19-21, 15-5.
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