Usedom Beach Cup

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UBC center court panorama
UBC center court panorama
The beach of Karlshagen, scene of the Usedom Beach Cup
Usedom Beach Cup beach mile
Usedom Beach Cup beach mile

The Usedom Beach Cup (UBC) is one of the largest beach volleyball tournament events in the world and, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was the world's largest tournament of its kind in 2007 and 2008. This beach volleyball event takes place annually with national and international participation on the beach of the Baltic Sea resort of Karlshagen on the island Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district. In 2020 the Usedom Beach Cup will take place from July 31st to August 2nd.

The first Usedom Beach Cup was organized by ESV Turbine Greifswald in May 2000 as a preparatory tournament for the beach volleyball championships of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Volleyball Association (VMV) . In 2001 the UBC was held for the first time as a ranking tournament of the VMV and with 292 participants it was the largest tournament of the association until then. The number of participants rose continuously in the following years and in 2008 exceeded the number of 1,000 participating athletes for the first time. In addition to ESV Turbine Greifswald, the event has been supported by an association since 2005. In 2009, the number of participants had to be limited to 120 men's and 96 women's teams for organizational reasons.

The main sponsor of the event has been the mobile communications group Telefónica Germany since 2008 . The heat supply and contracting group of companies Danpower has been the main sponsor of the Usedom Beach Cup since 2016 .

Usedom Beach Cup Center Court
Usedom Beach Cup Center Court

Highlights 2019 at a glance

  • The entire organization was once again carried out by two voluntary, non-profit associations with almost 200 volunteers (Usedom-Beachcup Förderverein eV & ESV Turbine Greifswald)
  • 90 actively played beach volleyball courts were set up
  • 1,248 active beach volleyball players in over 460 teams played for the trophies
  • a double center court for men and women was set up at the same time
  • This year the USEDOM Active Kids Cup sponsored by toom-Baumarkt Anklam was held for the young generation for the first time
  • viral reach of up to 44,000
  • the individual post reach on Facebook and Instagram was up to 62,000
  • over 35,000 visitors over the entire weekend
  • there were athletes from all over Germany and Europe at the start, including players from the national team, Bundesliga, German beach series, but also recreational athletes
  • the Usedom Beach Cup is one of the first open-air events in the region that was able to realize "GREEN"
  • Events were broadcast online

In 2020, the Usedom Beach Cup Förderverein eV will be promoting a kids cup series in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

year Teams athlete Playing fields
Men Women Quattro mix Others
2000 48 24
2001 78 34 17th 5 292
2002 95 32 27 18th 425 27
2003 95 32 26th 18th 420 32
2004 118 46 45 15th 583 44
2005 120 72 48 24 672 52
2006 126 84 80 24 880 74
2007 118 83 74 59 890 70
2008 130 94 98 90 1020 80
since 2009 120 96 96 168 1248 90

With 890 participants in 2007 and 1020 in 2008, the event was named in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest beach volleyball tournament.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Re-live: USEDOM-BEACHCUP 2019: Women / Men / Mixed Finals. Retrieved April 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Records of the week: 21st - 25th January 2008
  3. ↑ Largest BeachVolleyball Tournament of the World - GUINNESS-WORLD-RECORD 2008 ( Memento of August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )