the earliest reports of beach volleyball being played in brazil, were actually in rio de janeiro, during the 1950's - the activity fit in perfectly with the emerging beach culture of the city and gained popularity extremely quickly, and so it eventually became part of the carioca lifestyle.

rio de janeiro is an ideal place to practice beach volleyball due to its smooth beaches and irresistible climate - it was chosen to host the first ever, international tournament on copacabana beach in 1986 - since then, rio has been the scene of many international tournaments, often played on the iconic beaches of copacabana and ipanema(link).

beach volleyball has become a great tradition in both rio de janeiro, and the entire nation - brasilians are some of the most successful beach volleyball athletes in history - the national team has won many competitions at both the international and olympic level - in fact over the span of five olympics brasil has won a total of eleven medals for beach volleyball - this far surpasses any other nation.