News : Beach volleyball World Cup 2019 in live stream and TV: Current Results + Schedule of the Beach Volleyball World Championship at a glance

From Friday, June 28, 2019, there are in Hamburg See the finest beach volleyball art when the Beach Volleyball World Cup 2019 begins. By the finals on July 7, 2019, 48 women's and men's teams from 38 nations will compete for the titles and a total of one million dollars prize money at the 12th World Championships in the tennis stadium on Rothenbaum. In addition, there are important points in the Olympic qualification. The new World Champion duos book directly a seat for Tokyo 2020. Ten teams represented Germany, Olympic champion and world title holder Laura Ludwig (Hamburg) starts with her new partner Margareta Kozuch.

Watch beach volleyball World Cup 2019 in TV and live stream - Here's how it works

Sports enthusiasts who want to experience the beach volleyball World Cup 2019 from Hamburg live and in color, without spending extra time in the Hanseatic city, can make themselves comfortable in front of the TV. All 216 games of the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg will be shown on TV and in the livestream. Sport1 transfers from Friday to July 2 from Hamburg over 25 hours numerous games also with German participation. ARD / ZDF enter the final weekend with a live coverage. The German Olympic champions Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann will comment on the World Cup events as experts.

DAZN streaming service shows all games on the center court and the two side courts. Thus there is a TV presence at the second beach world championship in Germany after Berlin 2005 like never before at a tournament in their own country. On the official homepage of the World Championships (hamburg2019.com) also a Livestream is offered.

Beach volleyball World Cup 2019 in Hamburg: So are the German beach volleyball players set up before the World Cup

Time is running out for the German teams before the start of the Beach Volleyball World Championship on Friday in Hamburg. After the injury failure of Alexander Walkenhorst, the Berliner Jonathan Erdmann has to prepare with Sven Winter in a fast-paced race for his fifth World Cup. World Champion Laura Ludwig has improved her physical condition, but her partner Margareta Kozuch continues to be more stable.

For the 31-year-old Erdmann it is already the fifth World Cup participation. The biggest success so far was the third place together with Kay Matysik 2013 in Stare Jablonki, Poland. At the 2012 Olympics in London, the duo took ninth place. "For me, it is an honor to be able to represent the German colors at the home World Cup," said the native of Potsdam to his unexpected chance.

Erdmann's interim partner Winter (Dusseldorf) is one of the talents on which the German Volleyball Federation is already focusing with its 2024 Olympic Games. "For us it is important that Sven can gain experience at the home World Cup," said men's coach Martin Olejnak.

The 21-year-old winter and the two-time German champion Erdmann are in Hamburg already in the group stage before heavy tasks. They meet the Brazilian top team Pedro Solberg and Vitor Felipe, on the world rankings first Anders Mol and Christian Sorum Norway and to the Cubans Gonzalez / Reyes.

Ten German beach volleyball duo fight in Hamburg at the World Cup

A total of ten German duos are fighting for $ 1 million in prize money at the Hamburger Stadion am Rothenbaum starting Friday. Block player Walkenhorst had to adjust due to a tendon injury in the wrist, which he had suffered in a collision with partner Winter at a tournament on Norderney. The World Federation FIVB then forgave the wildcard to Erdmann / Winter.

World title holder Ludwig and her new partner Kozuch are in the final stages of preparation. "She has taken another step forward in the past few weeks, she is in good shape," said coach Jürgen Wagner. The 33-year-old Olympic champion Ludwig had to fight back to top level after a 20-month baby break. Only since the beginning of the year she plays with the former indoor international Kozuch (32) together.

Beach volleyball World Cup 2019: All results of the 1. Gameday of the men and women at a glance

As the beach volleyball athletes beat on the first match day of the 2019 World Cup, here you will find an overview of all matches at the end of the matches.

+++ 26.06.2019: Despite deep problems: Beach Director hopes for World Cup surprises +++

After a so far mostly weak season sets DVV sports director Niclas Hildebrand at the home World Cup of beach volleyball players in Hamburg on a surprise effect. "Of course we had hoped for better results and overall it was surprising that we could really observe this in almost all teams," said Hildebrand on the performance of the German team. The "depth of the problems" was not to be expected despite the many new appointments with the women. Even Olympic champion and world title holder Laura Ludwig could not repeat the top level of earlier years after a 20-month baby break with her new partner Margareta Kozuch.

"I am nevertheless optimistic that we will achieve good to very good results at the World Cup now," explained the director responsible for the beach area in the German Volleyball Association before the World Cup start on Friday. "I just remember the surprising success of Karla Borger and Britta Büthe 2013 in Poland, which nobody had on top of the list, but in the end they even had a World Cup match point and were sensationally runner-up."

Borger, who now plays with Julia Sude (Stuttgart), took third place this season for the only podium finish of the German women in a higher endowed World Tour tournament. "I think since Karla is the Vice World Champion and I've been at the top of the league in recent years, we're both on a good level," said Sude. Ten German duos face the World Cup homework. In the eleven World Cup tournaments to date, Germany has won a total of six medals. Julias Brink and Jonas Reckermann (2009) as well as Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (2017) won the title.