Beach Volleyball Database set long-term goals based on their long-term results in comparison to other professional beach volleyball players. "Volleyball Magazine" calls the website "a reliable source for entries and results." The site also collaborates with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) to provide tournament notes to the FIVB website. The Beach Volleyball Database was launched online by Dennis Wagner on June 2, 1999. Wagner (nicknamed "Dr. Ono") operates the website on his own, for free. He has spent thousands of hours on the database, from a computer terminal in his home. Beach Volleyball Database The Beach Volleyball Database is an online website
Beach volleyball Tour were held the following year. By 1998, the sport had been added to other multi-sport events including the Pan American Games, Central American Games, Southeast Asian Games, Goodwill Games and Universiade. In 2001, the FIVB began organizing the annual FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships, with the annual FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships beginning the following year. Despite its increased popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, American beach volleyball suffered setbacks. In 1998, the American women's professional tour – the WPVA – and the American professional men's tour – the AVP – filed for bankruptcy, plagued by problems