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 as a player-run organization. In 2001, the AVP reemerged as a for-profit, publicly traded company that combined the men's and women's professional tours, with equal prize money for both sexes. After filing for bankruptcy again in 2010, the AVP re-emerged under new leadership in 2013 as the main professional beach volleyball tour in the United States. Beach volleyball has become a global sport, with international competition organized by the FIVB. Brazil and the USA are dominant, with 20 of the 30 Olympic medals awarded to date between them, and 16 of the 20 gold and silver medals. But the sport's