--- title: "Britt Ruysschaert and Jade Van Deun win Belgian Beach Tour women's national championship Nieuwpoort, Belgium; 2-0 final over Vervloet and Thant" sdDatePublished: "2026-08-22T12:11:00Z" source: "https://www.fivb.com/belgium-bulgaria-crown-beach-champions-germany-netherlands-russia-slovakia-turkiye-hold-tour-stops/" topics: - name: "sport" identifier: "medtop:15000000" - name: "beach volleyball" identifier: "medtop:20001090" - name: "sport event" identifier: "medtop:20001108" locations: - "Sint-Niklaas" - "Lelystad" - "Hamburg" - "Burgas" - "Slovakia" - "Russia" - "Poland" - "Romania" - "Belgium" - "Bulgaria" - "Netherlands" - "Germany" - "Morocco" - "Lebanon" - "Sweden" - "Senegal" - "Qatar" --- Britt Ruysschaert and Jade Van Deun win Belgian Beach Tour women's national championship Nieuwpoort, Belgium; 2-0 final over Vervloet and Thant Belgium, Bulgaria crown beach champions; Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Turkiye hold tour stops – FIVB The Nieuwpoort Masters Finals of the Belgian Beach Tour determined the national champions of Belgium last weekend. The women’s crown went to second-seeded Britt Ruysschaert & Jade Van Deun. In the final, they achieved a 2-0 (23-21, 21-14) victory over bracket leaders Simone Vervloet & Lente Thant. In the bronze medal game, third-seeded Lisa Van Den Vonder & Louka Maertens put together a 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) win over the mixed Belgian-Dutch pairing of Youna Coens & Anique Tavenier. In the men’s competition (pictured in the main photo; source: Belgian Beach Tour) , the gold also went to the second-seeded team. Joppe Van Langendonck & Kyan Vercauteren mastered a 2-0 (21-16, 21-12) sweep of the final against the top seeds, Louis Vandecaveye & Gilles Vandecaveye. Casper Willems & Arne Darras completed the podium after defeating Dries Koekelkoren & Tom van Walle in the hard-fought 2-1 (22-20, 16-12, 18-16) bronze medal game. Burgas welcomed the Finals of the Grifid Masters Beach Volley tour in Bulgaria. The top-seeded mixed Bulgarian-Romanian duo of Darina Kindova & Ioana Andreea Miu triumphed on top of the podium after a 2-0 (21-9, 21-17) shutout of second-seeded Ivet Gavrailova & Antoniya Nikolova in the women’s final. Slavina Koleva & Eva Petrova finished in third place following a 2-1 (16-21, 22-20, 15-8) turnaround in the bronze medal playoff against Elitsa Hristova & Svilena Stoyanova. The national championship crown went to season winners Ivet Gavrailova & Antoniya Nikolova. Zahari Zgurov & Georgi Antov won the men’s tournament in Burgas. They produced a 2-1 (22-20, 19-21, 15-11) victory over second-seeded Boris Georgiev & Alexander Tsanev in the gold medal showdown. In the bronze medal playoff, Romania’s Andrei Grigore & Eduard Popa were awarded a forfeit victory over the team of Konstantin Mitev & Valentin Bratoev. Boris Georgiev was named Bulgaria’s national champion as he single-handedly topped the season’s final ranking. The last stop on the 2026 German Beach Tour took place in Hamburg. Anna Behlen & Sarah Schulz won the women’s final. They beat third-seeded Tabea Schwarz & Mareet Maidhof by 2-1 (21-14, 11-21, 15-11). The third-place was shared by the two teams that lost the semifinals – second-seeded Nele Barber & Melanie Gernert and bracket leaders Chenoa Christ & Sophia Neuss. Tamo Wust & Tristan Frobel triumphed in the men’s tournament. They delivered a 2-0 (21-14, 21-11) sweep of the final showdown against second-seeded Benedikt Sagstetter & Ole Sackermann. Top-seeded Momme Lorenz & Tilo Rietschel shared the third place with Cedrik Moede & Luis Henrichs. Second-seeded Jill de Groot & Leanne van Vegten conquered the women’s trophy at the last stop on the Robijn Quickwash Eredivisie Beach national tour of the Netherlands that took place in Lelystad. They celebrated a 2-0 (21-19, 21-18) upset of top-seeded Nigella Negenman & Brecht Piersma in the gold medal match. The bronze went to Lisa Luini & Rianne Stok, who managed a 2-0 (26-24, 21-16) victory over third-seeded Tess Spaansen & Trijntje Veerbeek in the third-place game. Mica Bezemer & Bram van der Wel came back from a set down in the men’s final against third-seeded Austrians Laurenc Grossig & Julian Horl to claim gold with a 2-1 (16-21, 22-20, 15-8) win. Bracket leaders Ruben Penninga & Yannick Verberne settled for bronze. In the third-place playoff, they took a 2-0 (21-15, 21-17) victory over Nikita Artamonov & Max Nieuwstad. Novy Urengoy welcomed a stop on the Russia Championship Tour last week. Top-seeded Mariia Bocharova & Maria Voronina lived up to their status and claimed the women’s trophy. They claimed an emphatic 2-0 (21-9, 21-13) victory over Olga Motrich & Yuliya Petrova in the final showdown. Arina Riazhnova & Elizaveta Ludkova brought home bronze after beating Elizaveta Makarova & Daria Mastikova by 2-0 (21-12, 26-24) in the third-place match. The men’s gold also went to the bracket leaders. In the final, Oleg Stoyanovskiy & Ilya Leshukov produced a 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) shutout of Viacheslav Krasilnikov & Vladislav Reinson. Aleksei Komissarenko & Kirill Elnikov defeated Miroslav Turovskiy & Aleksandr Kramarenko by 2-0 (21-15, 21-18) for the bronze. The last event on Slovakia’s Nike Summer Beach Tour 2026 was organized in Zilina. Eva Nemec Elekova & Andrea Bundzelova, seeded third in the women’s main draw, snatched the gold medals after a 2-1 (16-21, 21-15, 15-13) turnaround against Czechia’s Stela Hummelova & Marketa Prihodova in the final showdown. Ema Palkovicova & Viktoria Nemlaha claimed the bronze. They won the third-place game against second-seeded Martina Terenova & Jasmina Viecha by 2-0 (21-18, 21-15). Patrik Marcok & Kamil Pavlinsky lived up to their top-seed ranking and triumphed on top of the men’s podium. In the gold medal game, they achieved a 2-1 (21-19, 14-21, 15-11) victory over Tomas Patuc & Marek Ludha. Second-seeded Dominik Jancok & Lukas Hunady settled for third place. They came back from a set down to mount a 2-1 (17-21, 21-16, 15-12) win over Lukas Nesticky & Martin Petras in the bronze medal playoff. Agnieszka Adamek & Aleksandra Gromadowska of Poland picked up the women’s trophy at the Catalca stage of the Bioderma Pro Beach Tour in Turkiye. They hammered out a 2-0 (21-10, 21-14) upset of Turkish-Russian bracket leaders Anna Degirmenci & Adelya Akhmetova in the final. The match for the third place produced a 2-1 (11-21, 22-20, 15-13) turnaround in favor of second-seeded Nursel Yaren Sencel & Merve Celebi over third-seeded Ukrainians Kseniia Mazur & Anna Kalchenko. A 2-1 (22-24, 21-17, 15-10) three-set battle decided the outcome of the men’s final showdown. Top-seeded Ahmet Can Tur & Sacit Kurt turned the course of the match against second-seeded Hasan Huseyin Mermer & Yasin Baysal to grab the gold. 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