brazil is home to a very successfull volleyball team - both the men and women consistently rank high in international tournaments. beach volleyballis particularly popular in the city, with hundreds of nets dotted around the beaches of ipanema and copacabana, but also botafogo and flamengo beaches. the brilliant white sand and year-roundsunshine provide the perfect conditions for beach volleyball, which is played by people of all ages and abilities - whether the matches are a casual game, or a serious tournament match, visitors are always entertained by what they see.

also extremely popular and entertaining to watchis futevolei- this ingenius sport developed to dodge the soccer ban before 5pm on the city's beaches and is passionately played by cariocas on a day to day basis. it requires a huge amount of skill and agilitysince sand slows quick movements.