Briefly in Sports

FINA tournament underway at CdM

The 2015 FINA Men’s Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament, which opened Monday, runs through Saturday at Corona del Mar High.

The USA Men’s National Team is hosting national teams from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan and Kazakhstan. The tournament is a qualifier for the 2015 FINA World League Super Final.

For ticket information, visit https://www.usawaterpolo.org.

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AVP announces tourney schedule

The Assn. of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) 2015 beach volleyball tournament schedule includes seven stops in seven cities culminating in the AVP Championships in September at the Huntington Beach Pier.

Last year, Whitney Pavlik of Laguna Beach and playing partner Heather Hughes (Redondo Beach) played for the women’s title at the pier. The pair finished runner-up to champions April Ross (Costa Mesa) and Kerri Walsh Jennings (Manhattan Beach).

In addition to Huntington, the tournament returns to Cincinnati and Manhattan Beach with New Orleans, Seattle, Chicago, and a yet-to-be-announced city new stops on this year’s tour schedule. The AVP Manhattan Beach Open, in its 56th year this summer, is the longest-running tournament in the sport.

Tickets for 2015 AVP tournaments will go on sale in the coming weeks, and information will be available at https://www.AVP.com.

Tour Schedule

May 21-24: New Orleans Open

Aug. 6-9: Seattle Open

Aug. 13-16: Manhattan Beach Open

Aug. 27-30: Chicago Open

Sept. 3-6: Cincinnati Open

Sept. 10-13: AVP Championships, Huntington Beach

— From staff reports