Watch the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships from Rome
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Click on the video players below to watch live action from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome, Italy.
Coverage from all three courts continues on Saturday at 3 a.m. ET. A full live stream schedule and list of Canadian teams can be found below.
Three women's teams and one men's team are representing Canada in the main draw, including defending world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes.
A total of 48 men's and 48 women's pairs representing all five continental confederations will play a total of 216 matches, with the gold-medal final scheduled for June 19.
Three Canadian teams will be in action on Day 2 as the pool stage continues. Olympian Brandie Wilkerson and new partner Sophie Bukovec go up against Italy's Valentina Cali and Margherita Tega on centre court at 10 a.m. ET. Megan and Nicole McNamara will take on Paraguay's Erika Bobadilla and Giuliana Poletti on Court 3 at 11 a.m. ET.
Sam Schachter and Dan Dearing will face Poland's Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak on Court 3 at 1 p.m. ET.
Live stream schedule
Canadian women's teams
Canadian men's teams
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