Trinidad & Tobago celebrate historic first ever qualification to an FIVB World Championship after beating Costa Rica in Port of Spain.

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2017 - All four tickets up for grabs the weekend at the Nortch & Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) qualifiers for the 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship were punched with a day to spare as the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico made Japan 2018.

JAPAN HERE WE COME: Trinidad and Tobago’s women volleyballers celebrate victory against Costa Rica to book their spot at the World Championships next year.

Trinidad & Tobago’s women’s volleyball team booked their tickets for Japan next year as they wrote their names in the history books by spanking Costa Rica 3-0 on Saturday night to become the first English- speaking Caribbean country to qualify for a FIVB World Championship tournament. The national women were flawless as they won for the second straight night in the 2018 World Championship Qualifiers NORCECA Continental Women`s Pool C at the National Cycling Centre, Couva.

T&T women’s beach volleyball duo Rheeza Grant and Abby Blackman stayed in contention for a quarterfinal spot at the 2017 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour fifth of seven legs in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, yesterday.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, September 14, 2017 – The Punta Cana Beach Volleyball Tournament, the fifth stop of the 2017 NORCECA Circuit, gets underway on Friday at 10:00 with three female matches it was announced on Thursday evening during the technical meeting of the competition.

AFTER being unable to send teams to the previous two legs, Trinidad and Tobago will be represented by two pairs when the NORCECA (North, Central America and the Caribbean) Beach Volleyball Tour resumes after a two-month break on Friday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Former senior national indoor women’s team volleyballers Rheeza Grant and Abby Blackman made it two wins on the trot when the T&T Volleyball Federated Beach Volleyball Programme hosted its qualification tournaments for the upcoming NORCECA Tour events at Saith Park, Chaguanas.

Westside's Malika Davidson,left, executes a kill during her team's match against Glamorgan in the women's finals of the Flow National Volleyball League at the Jean Pierre Complex, Port-of-Spain on Sunday.

West Side Stars women and Zenith men were crowned new champions of the Flow T&T Volleyball Federation Super League when the curtain came down on the 2017 season at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, on Sunday night.

Reigning champions Glamorgan and West Side Stars will contest the Women’s Super League final in the 2017 Flow T&T Volleyball Federation Indoor League season at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo from 7pm tonight.

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ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah chaired the meeting today in Rio ©Getty Images

San Diego's hosting of the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committes (ANOC) World Beach Games has been pushed back two years from 2017 to 2019, it was announced here today following an ANOC Executive Council meeting.

An official delegation from the CGF recently conducted a visit to The Bahamas to inspect preparations ©CGF

Beach volleyball is set to be included on the programme for the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in The Bahamas, insidethegames understands.

Men’s top seeds Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt have been pitted against teams from Austria, Canada and Italy ©Getty Images

The draw for the Rio 2016 beach volleyball competition has taken place in the Swiss village of Gstaad with men’s top seeds Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil being pitted against teams from Austria, Canada and Italy.