Brazil’s Thâmela Coradello/Victoria Lopes and Latvia’s Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova secured the first spots in the semifinals of the 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship and will compete in the tournament’s medal rounds over the weekend in Australia.

South Americans and Europeans overcame the quarterfinal round of the event in Adelaide on Friday and are now set to battle for a spot in the final on Saturday, at 16:00 local time (5:30 UTC).

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The other two semifinalists will be known later on Friday, after the two remaining quarterfinal matches are held in Adelaide. Canadian Olympic medalists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson and Brazilian Olympians Carol Salgado and Rebecca Cavalcanti play first, at 21:30 local time (11:00 UTC), while Americans Kristen Nuss/Taryn Brasher and Julia Donlin/Lexy Denaburg meet one hour later.

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FIVB World Ranking leaders Thâmela and Victoria are both ready to make their first semifinal appearance at the World Championship after they defeated Italians Valentina Gottardi and Reka Orsi Toth 2-0 (21-16, 21-19) in the first quarterfinal of the day in Australia to continue undefeated in the tournament.

“I’m so, so happy,” Thâmela reacted. “It didn’t sink in yet, I don’t even know what to say. There were a lot of Brazilians here pushing us, and I want to thank them. And also, our team, our family, and our friends. We’re very happy and will fight to win that title for Brazil.”

Competing together at the World Championship for the fourth time in their careers, Tina and Anastasija were already guaranteed their best campaign ever in the event in Adelaide, having made it past the Round of 16 for the first time, but they took not one, but two steps further, defeating Americans Kelly Cheng and Molly Shaw 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) to get into the Final Four.

“We knew that they were a very strong team, and that we had to play our best to win,” Anastasija reacted. “And today we did it.”

Opponents in the semifinals, Brazilians and Latvians have met in international tournaments four times, all in 2025, with each of them triumphing twice. Tina and Anastasija won the most recent of them, in July, at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Gstaad Elite.

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