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FACT SHEET – Corrientes Grand Slam Playa Arazaty, Corrientes, May 22-26, 2013 ·
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Updated on May 19, 2013, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar will feature FIVB-record ten Grand Slam events along with the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The FIVB has also launched a new initiative in 2013 which includes eight Open events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule starts in April in China and concludes in December in South Africa. 2013 marks the 26th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The US$440,000 Corrientes Grand Slam is the second of ten double gender Grand Slam events on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season calendar. The FIVB returns to Argentina after a 13-year absence. Mar del Plata hosted men’s events for three straight seasons from 1998-2000 but has never held a women’s event. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball season, please visit www.fivb.org. May 22-26, Corrientes Grand Slam, Men and Women, $440,000 – Corrientes is hosting an FIVB Beach Volleyball event for the first time. The event will be held at the Playa Arazaty. Argentina has hosted three previous FIVB World Tour/Open men’s events and no women’s tournaments. Host country Argentina has won two previous medals on its country’s soil, including gold in 2000 and silver in 1999. The Corrientes Grand Slam starts May 22 and concludes May 26. The winning teams in each gender will share the $33,000 first-place prizes. Here is the tentative schedule: Wednesday, May 22 .................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches Thursday, May 23 .......................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches Friday, May 24 ............................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches Saturday, May 25............... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw and Women’s Semi-Finals and Medal Matches Sunday, May 26 ................................................................................ Men’s Semi-Finals and Medal Matches A total of 99 teams from 28 countries (55 men’s teams from 23 countries and 44 women’s teams from 22 countries) have entered the Corrientes Grand Slam (as of May 19,2013), including Argentina (4 men’s teams, 3 women’s teams), Australia (0,2), Austria (4,3), Brazil (4,4), Canada (4,3), Chile (2,0), Colombia (0,1), Czech Republic (2,2), Estonia (1,0), France (1,0), Germany (4,4), Great Britain (0,1), Italy (2,2), Kazakhstan (1,1), Latvia (3,0), Mexico (1,1), Netherlands (2,2), Norway (2,0), Paraguay (0,1), Poland (2,1), Puerto Rico (1,0), Russia (1,2), Slovak Republic (0,1), Spain (2,1), Sweden (1,1), Switzerland (4,2), United States (4,4), and Venezuela (3,2). The Corrientes Grand Slam will be the 248th women’s event and 286th men’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................................................Page · Past FIVB World Tour Results in Argentina (1998-2000 for men) ................................................................................................. 2 · FIVB Officials ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · Corrientes Grand Slam Men’s Updated Entries through May 19, 2013 ........................................................................................ 4 · Corrientes Grand Slam Women’s Updated Entries through May 19, 2013 ................................................................................... 5 · 2013 FIVB World Tour and Open Highlights and Schedule ........................................................................................................... 6 · 2013 FIVB World Tour/Open Leaders .............................................................................................................................................. 7 · 2012 FIVB World Tour Leaders ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 · 2012 FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results ............................................................................................................................... 9 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ............................................................................................................. 10 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ....................................................................................................... 11
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Past Argentine Men’s Medals - Brazil 5, Argentina 2, Australia 1, Switzerland 1 1. 2. 3.
Site Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata
Year 1998 1999 2000
Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA Loila/Emanuel, BRA Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG Rogerio Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, BRA Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, ARG Ze Mardo Melo/Ricardo Santos, BRA Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season – Corrientes Grand Slam The Corrientes Grand Slam will be the second double-gender grand slam event of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. After a two week break, the World Tour will move to Europe for The Hague Grand Slam from June 11-16 and the Rome Grand Slam from June 19-23. In the interim, the World Cup Final will be played in Campinas, Brazil from May 29-June 2 and the U23 World Championships will be held in Myslowice, Poland from June 6-9. Corrientes Grand Slam FIVB Officials · · · ·
Ed Drakich, Canada...................... Technical Supervisor Mauricio Levy, Brazil............ Technical Supervisor Asst. José Casanova, Portugal ................... Referee Delegate Ollie Scott, England .................... Television Coordinator
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Katrina McCormick-Meyer, United States Elzir Oliveira, Brazil José Maria Padron, Spain
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Robert Hatch, England ................. Eng. TV Commentary Dominic Clark, United States ..... Media Oper. Delegate Silvio Avila, Brazil ......................................Photographer
Corrientes Grand Slam International Referees · ·
Cesário Rama, Portugal Miguel Ramirez, Mexico
FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men .......................................................................... Olympic Champions ........................................................................... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States ....................... Atlanta 1996 .......................................... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ............. Sydney 2000 ................................. Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil .................................... Athens 2004 .....................Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States .................Beijing 2008........................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany .................... London 2012 .......................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Copacabana ......................................................................Rio 2016 ...................................................................www.rio2016.org.br Men ........................................................ FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions ......................................................... Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil .................. Los Angeles 1997 ...................................... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ................................ Marseille 1999 ..................................... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina .................Klagenfurt 2001........................................................ Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil .............................. Rio de Janeiro 2003 ...............Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil .......................... Berlin 2005 ........................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ................ Gstaad 2007 .......................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany .................. Stavanger 2009 .................................. Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil .........................................Rome 2011....................... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil July 1-6 .................................................................... Stare Jablonki 2013 .................................................... Stare Jablonki, Poland Men ............................................ FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior (U- 23) World Champions ............................................. Women June 6-9 ..................................................................Poland 2013 ........................................................................ Myslowice, Poland Men ............................................ FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior (U- 21) World Champions ............................................. Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil ....................... France 2001 .................................... Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain .............................. Italy 2002 .................................... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil ................................. France 2003 .............................. Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain ............ Portugal 2004 .................................................. Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia......... Brazil 2005............................................. Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil ....................Poland 2006 ..................... Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy ................... Italy 2007 ...................................... Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai, Italy ........................................ Great Britain 2008............... Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland .. Great Britain 2009............................... Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada ..................... Alanya 2010 ................................ Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ....................Canada 2011 ............................. Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ....................... Canada 2012 ........................ Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland June 20-23 .............................................................. Croatia 2013 ..............................................................................Umag, Croatia Men ...........................................FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth (U-18/19) World Champions............................................ Women Ian Borges/Pedro Salgado, Brazil .............................. Greece 2002* .......................... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany ..... Thailand 2003* ..................................... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania ................. Italy 2004*..................................... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia .......................... France 2005# ................. Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany ............ Bermuda 2006# ....................... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland .......... Poland 2007# ............... Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia ......................... Netherlands 2008#..................... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ................... Alanya 2009# .................... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ........................... Porto 2010# ......................................................Jane Croson/Summer Ross Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ........... Croatia 2011# ................................ Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ........................ Cyprus 2012# ................... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania July 11-14 ................................................................. Portugal 2013# ........................................................................ Porto, Portugal *For players under the age of 18 .............................................. ...................................................... #for players under the age of 19
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 Corrientes Grand Slam Men’s Entries (as of May 19, 2013) Main Draw Entries, Country
Qualification Tournament Entries, Country
Pablo Bianchi/Pablo Suarez, Argentina Ian Mehamed/Julian Azaad, Argentina Juan Zorrilla/Facundo Del Coto, Argentina Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Robert Kufa/Jan Hadrava, Czech Republic Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy Alexey Kuleshov/Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan Martins Plavins/Janis Peda, Latvia Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia Ruslans Sorokins/Toms Smedins, Latvia Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Daan Spijkers/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Sebastian Chevallier/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States Nick Lucena/Brad Keenan, United States Todd Rogers/Ryan Doherty, United States
Santiago Etchegaray/Angel Verzzali, Argentina Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria Daniel Hupfer/Michael Murauer, Austria Thomas Kunert/Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria Hevaldo Moreira/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil Ryan DeBruyn/Simon Fecteau-Botin , Canada Maverick Hatch/Sam Schachter, Canada Christian Redmann/Josh Binstock, Canada Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile Cristobal Martinez/Rodrigo Salinas, Chile Jakub Vesely/Jan Dumek, Czech Republic Rivo Vesik/Kristo Kollo, Estonia Andy Ces/Edouard Rowlandson, France Eric Koreng/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros, Mexico Daniel Bergerud/Henning Olsen, Norway Victor Rivera/Hector Soto, Puerto Rico Konstantin Semenov/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira, Spain Inocencio Lario/Miguel de Amo, Spain Stefan Gunnarsson/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland Mirco Gerson/Alexei Prawdzic, Switzerland Gabriel Kissling/Jonas Kissling, Switzerland Stafford Slick/Casey Jennings, United States Jackson Henriquez/Leon Colina, Venezuela Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela Fernando Ramos/Farid Mussa, Venezuela
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 Corrientes Grand Slam Women’s Entries (as of May 19, 2013) Main Draw Entries, Country
Qualification Tournament Entries, Country
Natali Flaviani/Georgina Klug, Argentina Ana Gallay/Virginia Zonta, Argentina Alejandra Graino /Florencia Di Cesare , Argentina Mariafe Artacho/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany Jana Kohler/Anni Schumacher, Germany Greta Cicolari/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands Maria Prokopeva/Irina Chaika, Russia Evgeniya Ukolova/Ekaterina Khomyakova, Russia Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar, United States Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States
Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Elisabeth Klopf/Valerie Teufl, Austria Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada Sarah Pavan/Heather Bansley, Canada Caleigh Whitaker/Kacie MacTavish, Canada Andrea Galindo/Claudia "Gorda" Galindo, Colombia Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner, Germany Zara Dampney/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain Daniela Gioria/Laura Giombini, Italy Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan Bibiana Candelas/Martha Revuelta, Mexico Patricia Caballero/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek, Poland Nina Grawender/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Emily Day/Summer Ross, United States Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States Karelys Mosquera/Norisbeth Agudo, Venezuela Orquidea Vera/Frankelina Rodriguez, Venezuela
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar will feature FIVB-record 10 Grand Slam events along with the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The FIVB has also launched a new initiative in 2013 which includes eight Open events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule starts in April and concludes in December. 2013 marks the 26th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s world tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90. · The international Beach Volleyball circuit will visit 19 sites in 16 countries over a nine month period. · With the 2013 calendar featuring 18 women’s and 15 men’s events within the African, Asian, European and South American confederations, the FIVB international calendar will offer US$6.87 million in prize money, including $5.4 million on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. · All 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events will be combined events for women and men. Five of the FIVB Open events will be double-gender and three will be women-only. · Women’s-only Open tournaments will be in Great Britain (London), China (Xiamen) and Thailand (Phuket). · The new Grand Slam events this year will be in Argentina (Corrientes), Netherlands (The Hague), USA (Long Beach, Calif.), and Brazil (Sao Paulo). · The $4.4 million FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will also return to 2012 venues in China (Shanghai), Italy (Rome), Switzerland (Gstaad), Germany (Berlin), Russia (Moscow) and China (Beijing). · Gstaad has staged 12 FIVB-sanctioned Beach Volleyball events. Gstaad hosted the FIVB World Championships in 2007. · Poland (Stare Jablonki) is hosting the $1 million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships for the first time. Stare Jablonki has hosted nine men’s and five women’s FIVB World Tour events including several Grand Slam events. · The opening event on the 2013 FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in tour history will be the double-gender Shanghai Grand Slam April 30-May 5. The first FIVB Open event will be the Fuzhou Open on April 23-28 as China host four FIVB international tournaments in 2013, including a second FIVB World Tour Grand Slam in Beijing on Oct. 6-9. · The 2013 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will conclude in Brazil (Sao Paulo) on Oct. 9-13. The FIVB Open schedule will end with in South Africa (Durban Open) with a double gender event on Dec. 11-15. · For the first time in beach volleyball history, the international Beach Volleyball calendar will also feature FIVB world championships for players under the age of 23, under the age of 21 and under the age of 19. FIVB age-group worlds for U-21 and U-19 have been held for over a decade, but 2013 will be the first for U-23. Myslowice, Poland will host the 2013 FIVB U-23 World Championships June 6-9, while Umag, Croatia will host the FIVB U-21 World Championships June 20-23 and Porto, Portugal will host the 2013 FIVB U-19 World Championships July 11-14 for players under the age of 19. · Brazil (Campinas) will host the inaugural FIVB World Cup Final that involved all FIVB confederations, May 29-June 2. · IMG Sports Media will continue to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the fourth straight year, the tour will exclusively use the Mikasa VLS 300 ball. It was introduced in 2009.
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam Schedule (as of May 19, 2013) Dates April 30-May 4 May 1-5 May 22-26 June 11-16 June 18-23 July 1-7 July 9-14 July 22-28 August 7-11 August 21-25 October 2-6 October 9-13
Site Shanghai, China Shanghai, China Corrientes, Argentina The Hague, Netherlands Rome, Italy Stare Jablonki, Poland Gstaad, Switzerland Long Beach, California, USA Berlin, Germany Moscow, Russia Beijing, China Sao Paulo
Gender ............................................Winner or Purse (US$) Men .................................. Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA Women .............................. Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, Brazil Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 World Championships, Women & Men ................ $1,000,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Open Schedule (as of May 19, 2013) Dates April 23-27 April 24-28 July 23-28 August 14-18 September 4-8 September 25-29 October 23-27 October 29-November 3 December 11-15
Site Fuzhou, China Fuzhou, China Anapa, Russia London, United Kingdom Vizag, India Kampala, Uganda Xiamen, China Phuket, Thailand Durban, South Africa
Gender ................. Gold Medal Team / Prize Money (US$) Men ...........................Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, USA Women ....................................... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Women & Men ........................................................ $150,000 Women ..................................................................... $75,000 Women & Men ........................................................ $150,000 Women & Men ........................................................ $150,000 Women ..................................................................... $75,000 Women ..................................................................... $75,000 Women & Men ........................................................ $150,000
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Men’s Leaders
2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Women’s Leaders
Men’s Team Rank, points 1, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 1,050 2, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,020 3, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 990 4, Sean Rosenthal/Phil Dalhausser, United States, 900 5, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 850 6, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 810 7, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 780 8, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 730 9, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 700 9, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 700 11, Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany, 680 12, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 650 12, Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, 650 14, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, 640 15, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 600 16, Linyin Xu/Peng Gao, China, 570 17, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 480 18, Penggen Wu/Jiaxin Wu, China, 470 18, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 470 18, Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway, 470 21, Sebastian Chevallier/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland, 450 22, Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia, 440 22, Daan Spijkers/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 440 22, Christian Garcia/Adrian Gavira, Spain, 440
Women’s Team Rank, points 1, Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1,050 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 980 3, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 970 4, Sophie van Gestel/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 910 5, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 850 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 800 7, Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil, 780 7, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 780 9, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 740 10, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 700 11, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 650 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 630 13, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 620 14, Yuan Yue/Yuanyuan Ma, China, 600 14, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 600 16, Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada, 570 16, Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, 570 18, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Maria Prokopeva, Russia, 550 19, Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek, Poland, 520 19, Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States, 520 21, Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 500
Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 2, 1, $35,000 2, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2, 0, $25,375 3, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 2, 0, $21,000 4, Sean Rosenthal/Phil Dalhausser, United States, 2, 1, $16,500 5, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 2, 0, $14,900 6, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 2, 0, $13,500 7, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 2, 0, $13,375 8, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 2, 0, $12,000 9, Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany, 2, 0, $11,200
Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 2, 1, $35,000 2, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2, 0, $24,000 3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2, 1, $21,000
10, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 1, 0, $10,000
11, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 2, 0, $8,875 11, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 2, 0, $8,875
13, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, 2, 0, $8,750 14, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 2, 0, $7,500 14, Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, 2, 0, $7,500
16, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 2, 0, $6,700 17, Linyin Xu/Peng Gao, China, 2, 0, $5,700 18, Sebastian Chevallier/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland, 2, 0, $5,500 19, Penggen Wu/Jiaxin Wu, China, 2, 0, $4,500 19, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 2, 0, $4,500 19, Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway, 2, 0, $4,500 22, Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia, 2, 0, $3,950 22, Daan Spijkers/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 2, 0, $3,950 22, Christian Garcia/Adrian Gavira, Spain, 2, 0, $3,950
22, Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic, 49 0
22, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 490 24, Lauren Fendrick/Nicole Branagh, United States, 470
4, Sophie van Gestel/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 2, 0, $17,400
5, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $16,500 6, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 2, 0, $13,500 7, Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil, 2, 0, $13,375 7, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2, 0, $13,375 9, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 2, 0, $11,500 10, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 2, 0, $10,800 11, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 2, 0, $8,875 12, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 0, $7,500 13, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 2, 0, $7,075 14, Yuan Yue/Yuanyuan Ma, China, 2, 0, $6,700 14, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 2, 0, $6,700 16, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Maria Prokopeva, Russia, 2, 0, $6,300 17, Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada, 2, 0, $5,700 17, Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, 2, 0, $5,700 19, Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, NED, 2, 0, $5,500 20, Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek, Poland, 2, 0, $4,900 20, Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States, 2, 0, $4,900 22, Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, CZE, 2, 0, $4,750 22, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $4,750
24, Lauren Fendrick/Nicole Branagh, United States, 2, 0, $4,500
2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights & Results The 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar is highlighted by an FIVB-record eight Grand Slam events along with the 2012 London Olympics as the international Beach Volleyball schedule starts in April and concludes in October. 2012 marks the 25th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s world tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90. · In 2012, international beach volleyball events will visit 17 sites in 14 countries over a seventh-month period. · With the 2012 world tour calendar featuring 12 women’s and 11 men’s events within the African, Asian, European and South American confederations, the FIVB World Tour will offer US$6.12 million in prize money. · Nine of the tournaments were combined men’s and women’s events, including all eight Grand Slam stops. · Women’s-only stops will be in China (Sanya), Finland (Aland) and Thailand (Bang Saen). · Men’s only stops were in Poland (Myslowice) and Czech Republic (Prague). · The new Grand Slam event this year was in China (Shanghai). · The $4.8 million FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series also returned to 2011 venues in China (Beijing), Russia (Moscow), Italy (Rome), Switzerland (Gstaad), Austria (Klagenfurt) and Poland (Stare Jablonki). The tour also returned for the first time since 2008 to Germany (Berlin). · Klagenfurt and Gstaad have each staged 10 or more FIVB-sanctioned Beach Volleyball events. Both sites have hosted the FIVB World Championships with Klagenfurt in 2001 and Gstaad in 2007. · The opening event on the 2012 FIVB World Tour calendar was a double gender event in Brasília April 15-22 as the Brazilian capital celebrated its 52nd anniversary on the seventh day of competition. During the April 21 Brasília celebrations, crowds of more than 1-million attended various holiday activities around the event. · The iconic Horse Guards Parade in central London was the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games which ran from July 28 through August 9. USA’s Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal with USA’s Jennifer Kessy/April Ross earning the silver medal. A special Olympic test event for 24 women’s teams was held on the site in August of 2011with Brazil’s Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira defeating USA’s Kessy/Ross in the gold medal match. · A total of 16 teams from each gender out of the 24 teams participating in the 2012 London Olympics, qualified through qualification rankings from the FIVB World Tour. · China once again staged three and Poland presented two FIVB World Tour stops in 2012. · The men’s international schedule concluded in August in Poland (Stare Jablonki) while the women’s competition will end in late October in Thailand (Bang Saen). · The international beach volleyball calendar also features world championships for players under the age of 21 and under the age of 19. Larnaca, Cyprus hosted the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships July 11-14 for players under the age of 19. For the second consecutive year, Canada will host in Halifax, Nova Scotia Aug. 29-Sept. 2 the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21. This was the first time for Cyprus to host one of these age group FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The U-19 world championships in 2011 were held in Umag, Croatia before Canada hosted the U-21s in Halifax. · IMG Sports Media continues to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the third straight year, the tour has exclusively used the Mikasa VLS 300 ball. It was introduced in 2009 in October and November at events in Sanya and Phuket.
2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results Dates
Site
Gender ........ Gold Medal Team / Prize Money (US dollars)
April 15-20 April 17-22 April 24-29 April 24-29 April 30-May 5 May 1-6 May 7-12 May 8-13 May 22-27 June 6-11 June 7-12 June 12-17 June 12-17 July 2-7 July 3-8 July 10-14 July 11-15 July 16-22 July 17-22 July 28-August 8 July 28-August 9 August 13-18 August 14-19 August 28-September 2 October 23-28
Brasília, Brazil Brasília, Brazil Sanya, China Myslowice, Poland Shanghai, China Shanghai, China Beijing, China Beijing, China Prague, Czech Republic Moscow, Russia Moscow, Russia Rome, Italy Rome, Italy Gstaad, Switzerland Gstaad, Switzerland Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Klagenfurt, Austria Klagenfurt, Austria London, Great Britain London, Great Britain Stare Jablonki, Poland Stare Jablonki, Poland Aland, Finland Bang Saen, Thailand
Women ............................................. Chen Xue/Zi Zhang, China Men ...................... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Women ............................. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil Men ................................... Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Women .......................................................... Xue/Zhang, China Men ...................................... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States Women ............... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Men .............. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Men ......................................................... Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil Women .......................................................... Xue/Zhang, China Men ........................................................ Alison/Emanuel, Brazil Women .................. Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland Men .......................... Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Women .............. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Men ............................................ Gibb/Rosenthal, United States Men ........................................................ Alison/Emanuel, Brazil Women .................................................... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Women .......... Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia Men ......................................... Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands Women ................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Men ......................... Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany Women .................................................... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Men ................................ Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia Women ......................... Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany Women ....................... Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States
Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s Leaders
Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Women’s Leaders
Men’s Team Rank, points 1, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 5,280 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 5,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4,120 4, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,920 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 3,920 6, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 3,760 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 3,640 8, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 3,240 9, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,920 10, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2,780 11, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 2,660 12, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,480 13, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 2,280 13, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 2,280 15, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 2,080 16, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1,980 17, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1,860 18, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1,820 19, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 1,780 20, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1,724 21, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 1,660 21, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 1,660 23, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 1,640 24, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 1,580
Women’s Team Rank, points 1, Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 5,320 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5,240 3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 4,500 4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 4,360 5, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 3,920 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 3,760 7, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 3,460 8, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 3,340 9, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 3,240 10, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,160 11, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 3,000 11, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3,000 13, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 2,580 13, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 2,580 15, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 2,500 16, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 2,200 17, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 2,180 18, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,160 18, Anastasia Vasina/Anna Vozakova, Russia, 2,160 20, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,040 21, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 1,900 22, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 1,840 23, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 1,700 24, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1,680
Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 12*, 2, $240,100 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 10*, 2, $224,000 3, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 10*, 2, $168,400 4, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 9*, 2, $161,400 5, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 10*, 2, $148,400 6, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 11, 0, $131,400 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 11, 0, $120,000 8, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 10*, 1, $95,950 9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9*, 0, $91,100 10, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 10*, 0, $91,000 11, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 12*, 0, $88,800 12, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 8, 0, $68,800 13, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 9, 0, $66,500 14, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 11, 0, $63,500 15, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 7*, 0, $62,400 16, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 8*, 0, $57,500 16, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 9*, 0, $57,500 18, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 9*, 0, $50,900 19, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 9*, 0, $49,500 20, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8*, 0, $49,200 21, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 10*, 0, $48,250 22, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 8, 0, $47,950 23, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 9, 0, $45,700 24, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 8, 0, $45,500
Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 12*, 3, $241,800 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 10*, 3, $214,300 3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 10*, 1, $159,100 4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 10*, 1, $138,200 5, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 9*, 0, $136,500 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 11*, 1, $127,400 7, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 11*, 1, $123,900 8, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 12*, 1, $120,550 9, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 7*, 2*, $111,300 10, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8*, 0, $110,000 11, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 9*, 0, $91,800 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9*, 0, $85,900 13, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 11, 0, $79,300 13, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 9*, 0, $79,300 15, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 10*, 0, $77,000 16, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 10*, 0, $62,300 17, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 9*, 0, $58,700 18, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 11*, 0, $57,450 19, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 8*, 0, $57,400 20, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 10*, 0, $56,200 21, Anastasia Vasina/Anna Vozakova, Russia, 12*, 0, $53,350 22, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 10, 0, $52,000 23, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 9, 0, $48,650 24, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 8, 0, $47,500
*includes Olympic participation
*includes Olympic participation
NOTE - The 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour champions were determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 9 men’s and women’s finishes based on 75 percent of the 12 men’s and 13 women’s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down.
Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through May 19, 2013 Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths.............................. Final 4s Brazil 166 124 124 ........................ 414 90 ...................................... 504 United States 56 47 41 ......................... 144 35 ...................................... 179 Germany 14 29 24 .......................... 67 24 ........................................ 91 Switzerland 9 23 18 .......................... 50 15 ........................................ 65 Argentina 8 15 14 .......................... 37 15 ........................................ 52 Norway 8 6 12 .......................... 26 14 ........................................ 40 Netherlands 9 5 3 ........................... 17 8 ......................................... 25 Spain 2 6 9 ........................... 17 7 ......................................... 24 Canada 1 6 9 ........................... 16 10 ........................................ 26 Australia 1 1 10 .......................... 12 9 ......................................... 21 China 2 6 4 ........................... 12 4 ......................................... 16 Russia 2 3 5 ........................... 10 7 ......................................... 17 Italy 0 4 2 ............................ 6 7 ......................................... 13 France 1 2 2 ............................ 5 9 ......................................... 14 Poland 0 2 2 ............................ 4 6 ......................................... 10 Austria 0 1 3 ............................ 4 5 ........................................... 9 Cuba 1 2 1 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 Latvia 1 2 1 ............................ 4 1 ........................................... 5 Portugal 2 0 0 ............................ 2 6 ........................................... 8 Vacated 1 1 0 ............................ 2 0 ........................................... 2 Estonia 1 0 0 ............................ 1 3 ........................................... 4 Japan 0 0 1 ............................ 1 2 ........................................... 3 New Zealand 0 0 1 ............................ 1 1 ........................................... 2 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ............................ 0 3 ........................................... 3 Georgia 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Totals 285 285 286 ........................ 856 284 .................................. 1,140 · There have been 284 men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · There have been 70 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 267 FIVB events. · Brazil’s streak of 114-straight “final fours” ended at the France 2005 event (Event No. 171). Prior to France, Brazil’s last non-semi-final appearance was Portugal 1996 (Event No. 56). · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 56 events. · Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 23 different events · Brazil has had a team(s) in 227 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 63 events. · United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 14 events, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. · Germany has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · Switzerland has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · There have been 206 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Brazil vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Tied 28-28 Brazil vs. Germany..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 19-8 Argentina vs. Brazil .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 14-8 Brazil vs. Switzerland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 17-4 Brazil vs. Norway ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 5-5 Brazil vs. Netherlands .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 4-2 Brazil vs. Canada ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 4-1 Germany vs. United States .............................................................................................................................................................................................. United States leads 4-1 Brazil vs. Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 3-2 Germany vs. Switzerland ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 2-2 Brazil vs. China ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 3-0 Germany vs. Netherlands .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Netherlands leads 3-0 Italy vs. United States ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Cuba ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Portugal .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Portugal leads 2-0 China vs. Netherlands........................................................................................................................................................................................................ Netherlands leads 2-0 Spain vs. United States.................................................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 China vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 Russia vs. United States .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 Switzerland vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Tied 1-1 Argentina vs. Norway ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Norway leads 1-0 Australia vs. Brazil ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 1-0 Australia vs. Switzerland ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Australia leads 1-0 Austria vs. Latvia .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Latvia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Poland .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Russia .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... Switzerland leads 1-0 Canada vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 1-0 China vs. Latvia ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... China leads 1-0 Cuba vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Cuba leads 1-0 Estonia vs. Switzerland ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Estonia leads 1-0 France vs. Norway .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Norway leads 1-0 Germany vs. Norway ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................Germany leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................Germany leads 1-0 Italy vs. Netherlands .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0 Latvia vs. Russia ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Russia leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. Spain ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ Netherlands leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. United States ......................................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 Norway vs. United States ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Norway leads 1-0 Poland vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................................................. United States leads 1-0
Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through May 19, 2013 Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths.............................. Final 4s Brazil 125 102 105 ........................ 332 74 ...................................... 406 United States 91 68 64 ......................... 223 59 ...................................... 282 China 18 28 25 .......................... 71 17 ........................................ 88 Australia 4 12 17 .......................... 33 20 ........................................ 53 Germany 2 14 12 .......................... 28 18 ........................................ 46 Italy 0 4 5 ............................ 9 7 ......................................... 16 Netherlands 3 2 3 ............................ 8 13 ........................................ 21 Greece 1 4 2 ............................ 7 7 ......................................... 14 Austria 0 3 3 ............................ 6 5 ......................................... 11 Czech Republic 0 0 4 ............................ 4 7 ......................................... 11 Switzerland 2 0 2 ............................ 4 4 ........................................... 8 Japan 0 2 2 ............................ 4 4 ........................................... 8 Russia 1 1 2 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 Norway 0 2 2 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 Cuba 0 2 0 ............................ 2 2 ........................................... 4 Spain 0 2 0 ............................ 2 1 ........................................... 3 Ukraine 0 1 0 ............................ 1 0 ........................................... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Canada 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Totals 247 247 248 ........................ 742 246 ..................................... 988 · There have been 247 women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. · There have been 34 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals including six in 2012: Rome, Gstaad, Berlin, Klagenfurt, Stare Jablonki, and Aland. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 222 times. · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 41 events. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 19 different events. · Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths three times. · Brazil has had a team(s) in 181 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 46 times. · The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 175 times. · The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 17 events. · The United States captured all three podium places twice (Norway 2004, France 2008). · The United States has had a team(s) in 138 Gold Medal matches. · The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 21 events including the London 2012 Olympic Games. · China has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 72 times. · China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. · China has advanced two teams to a semi-final 15 times. · China has had a team(s) in 43 Gold Medal matches. · China has advanced two teams to a gold medal match three times. · Australia has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 51 times. · Australia has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. · Germany has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. · There have been 177 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. United States ..................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 46-39 · Brazil vs. China .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 15-6 · China vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 9-5 · Brazil vs. Germany ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 8-1 · Australia vs. Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 7-2 · Australia vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 5-1 · Austria vs. Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 3-0 · Germany vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-0 · Greece vs. United States ...................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-0 · Brazil vs. Italy ................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. Greece ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Netherlands vs. United States...................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Australia vs. China....................................................................................................................................................................................... Australia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Japan ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Norway .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Ukraine.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · China vs. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................. China leads 1-0 · China vs. Germany ........................................................................................................................................................................................... China leads 1-0 · China vs. Norway ............................................................................................................................................................................................. China leads 1-0 · China vs. Spain ................................................................................................................................................................................................ China leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Netherlands ....................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Spain ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Germany leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Switzerland ......................................................................................................................................................................... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Italy vs. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Japan vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 1-0 · Netherlands vs. Russia ................................................................................................................................................................................... Russia leads 1-0 · Russia vs. United States ....................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Switzerland vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................. Switzerland leads 1-0
