1. beachvolleyball fun on the beach

2. History 1927: the sport crossed the Atlantic ocean declared to be an offical game in France 1930 the first game (two against two) was played in Santa Monica, the game became pretty famous in the USA 1947 first two-team championship was held in California, organized by active player Bernie Holtzman, one year later the second 1965 The CBVA (California Beach Volleyball Association) was founded, this association organized tournaments and wrote down the rules 1987 first world beach volleyball championships were held 1988 prize money grew up to a few million dollars, same year: first tournament in German 1996 first time part of the Olympic ames in Atlanta, 24 men‘s teams, 18 women‘s teams

3. Rules 2 teams with 2 players sand field with net in the middle aim: to put the ball down on the other side of the net, don‘t let the ball touch the ground of your own field ball can be played with every part of the body serve into the oposite half ball can be played three times before it has to leave your part of the field for each won game you get 1 point you need two won game parts to be winner of the whole game first two parts: 21 points, third one: 15 points, for winning the part, you have to be two points ahead, otherwise the game is extended until one team is two points ahead every team has a break (30 sec.) not allowed: to touch the ball two times in a row the rally continues until the ball touches the ground, goes "out" or a team is not able to return it properly

4. Popularity quite popular often played by young people on the beach in summer part of the Olympic Summer Games world championchips

5. Olympic Games winners men: US (Charles Kiraly/ Kent Steffes), US (Michael Dodd / Mike Whitmarsh),Canada (John Child / Mark Heese) women: Brazil (Sandra Pires / Jackie Silva), Brazil (Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel), Australia (Natalie Cook / Kerri Pottharst) 2012 men: Germany (Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann), Brazil (Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego), Latvia (Mārtiņš Pļaviņš / Jānis Šmēdiņš) women: USA (Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh), USA (Jennifer Kessy / April Ross), Brazil (Juliana Felisberta da Silva / Larissa França)