Beach Volleyball Database

{{Short description|Website providing statistics for beach volleyball}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Beach Volleyball Database

| logo = Beach Volleyball Database.jpg

| logo_size = 250px

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| url = [http://www.bvbinfo.com/ www.bvbinfo.com]

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| type = online resource

| language = English

| registration =

| owner = Dennis Wagner ("Dr. Ono")

| author = Dennis Wagner ("Dr. Ono")

| launch_date = {{launch date and age|1999|6|2|p=y}}

| current_status = active

| revenue =

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The Beach Volleyball Database, also known as BVB Info, is a website that tracks international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history, including results of North American and international tournaments.Alan Keck, [http://www.bvbinfo.com/news.asp?ID=399 Beach Volleyball: Fan is a one-man, on-line encyclopedia on the sport], The Virginian Pilot, 2002 (Beach Volleyball Database) It is the only website of its kind in the sport of beach volleyball.{{Cn|date=October 2021}}

Volleyball Magazine calls the website "a reliable source for entries and results."{{cite web|url=https://volleyballmag.com/avp-contract-042917/|title=Most AVP players acquiesce and sign contract, exclusivity agreement|date=April 29, 2017|first=Ed|last=Chan|work=Volleyball Magazine|access-date=August 19, 2018}} The site also collaborates with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) to provide tournament notes to the FIVB website.{{cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Document/2018_FIVB_BVB_Handbook_V1.pdf|title=FIVB 2018 Handbook Beach Volleyball|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|date=February 20, 2018|access-date=August 19, 2018|pages=123–125}}

History

The Beach Volleyball Database was launched online by Dennis Wagner on June 2, 1999.Spotlight Beach Volleyball Database, About.com, June 6, 1999{{cite web |url=http://volleyball.about.com/library/weekly/aa990606.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011006045814/http://volleyball.about.com/library/weekly/aa990606.htm |archive-date=2001-10-06 }} Wagner (nicknamed "Dr. Ono") operates the website on his own, for free.Spotlight Beach Volleyball Database - Why start the database?, June 6, 1999{{cite web|url=http://volleyball.about.com/sports/volleyball/library/weekly/aa990606-3.htm |title=Spotlight Beach Volleyball Database (Why the DB?) - Volleyball - 06/06/99 |access-date=2008-07-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421201128/http://volleyball.about.com/sports/volleyball/library/weekly/aa990606-3.htm |archive-date=2001-04-21 }}

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