The Beach Pro Tour 2022 season is only 4 events away from completion. The upcoming Elite 16 tier event of the tour is ready to begin this November 9th in Brazil.
Preview
The 2022 Beach Pro Tour is the founding iteration of a global tour for professional beach volleyball. This pro tour is organized under the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Events of the newly founded tour are divided into three distinct categories. They are – Future, Challenge, and Elite 16. Moreover, this tour replaces the former FIVB official Beach Tour.
The 2022 Beach Pro Tour Elite 16, officially called “Uberlandia Elite 16,” will feature both men’s and women’s competitions. Each discipline will have 16 teams competing. It features prize money of $300,000, with $150,000 for each discipline.
The event will be split into two halves. The first stage will follow a group stage round-robin format, while the second stage will use an elimination approach for the playoff session.
When will be Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 2022 held?
- Start Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
- End Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
- Time: 08:00 a.m. ET
On November 9, 2022, the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event will begin in Brazil. The first match from the preliminary pool will be hosted at 08:00 a.m. ET.
Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 2022 Schedule:
| Round | Date | Start Time (ET) |
| Group Stage | November 10, 2022 – November 12, 2022 | 06:00 a.m. |
| Quarterfinal | November 12, 2022 | TBD |
| Semifinals | November 12, 2022 | TBD |
| 3rd Placement | November 13, 2022 | TBD |
| Finals | November 13, 2022 | TBD |
How to watch Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 2022?
The upcoming Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Uberlandia doesn’t have any TV coverage partnership with any broadcast media. As such, there won’t be any live telecast of the event on any TV channel.
How to Live Stream the event?
- VolleyballWorld.tv
Volleyballworld.tv is the official partner of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour 2022 season. As such, all the matches of the upcoming Uberlandia Elite 16 will be live-streamed on their online platform. Fans will need to acquire a minimal $5.99 subscription to the website in order to view the event along with many other beach volleyball championship matches.
Where will the event be held?
- Venue: Arena Unimed
- Location: Praia Clube, Uberlandia, Brazil
The sand sports complex named “Arena Unimed” will be the host venue for the upcoming Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event. It is located in the southeastern city of Brazil named Uberlandia.
Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 2022 Main Draw:
The Elite 16 event features 16 teams each in men’s and women’s competitions. The main draw of the event are listed below –
Men’s Main Draw
| Team Country | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| Brazil | Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho | Vitor Gonçalves Felipe |
| Norway | Anders Berntsen Mol | Christian Sandlie Sørum |
| Brazil | George Souto Maior Wanderley | Andre Loyola Stein |
| Brazil | Bruno Oscar Schmidt | Saymon Barbosa Santos |
| Mexico | Juan Virgen | Miguel Sarabia Delgado |
| Austria | Julian Hörl | Alexander Horst |
| Austria | Robin Seidl | Philipp Waller |
| Norway | Mathias Berntsen | Hendrik Nikolai Mol |
| Austria | Moritz Pristauz | Martin Ermacora |
| Chile | Noe Aravena | Vicente Orlando Dorguett Torrealba |
| Argentina | Tomas Capogrosso | Nicolás Capogrosso N. |
| Brazil | Vinicius Rezende Costa Freitas | Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior |
| Brazil | Pedro Solberg | Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci |
| Turkey | Safa Urlu | Hasan Huseyin Mermer |
| Uruguay | Hans Hannibal | Marco Cairus Lucarelli |
| Brazil | Arthur Da Silva Mariano | Adrielson Dos Santos Silva |
Women’s Main Draw
| Team Country | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| Brazil | Eduarda Santos Lisboa | Ana Patricia Silva Ramos |
| Brazil | Carolina Solberg Salgado | Barbara Seixas de Freitas |
| Brazil | Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho | Vitoria De Souza Rodrigues |
| USA | Terese Cannon | Sarah Sponcil |
| Brazil | Taiana Lima | Hegeile Almeida dos Santos |
| Japan | Miki Ishii | Sayaka Mizoe |
| Finland | Taru Lahti-Liukkonen | Niina Ahtiainen |
| Brazil | Talita Da Rocha Antunes | Thamela Coradello Galil |
| Brazil | Maria Antonelli | Fernanda Alves |
| USA | Emily Stockman | Megan Kraft |
| Chile | Maria Francisca Rivas Zapata | Chris Vorpahl Villablanca |
| Brazil | Tainá Silva Bigi | Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta |
| Japan | Asami Shiba | Takemi Nishibori |
| Japan | Suzuka Hashimoto | Reika Murakami |
| Brazil | Josemari Alves | Caroline Curtinaz Goerl |
| Brazil | Ana Luiza Mohr Case da Silva | Carolina Horta Maximo |
