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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535
FACT SHEET – $10,000 FIVB Montpellier One Star Montpellier, France, September 7-9, 2017
Updated on September 4, 2017, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour schedule features a new starred classification of its events, with three Five-Star events, all of which are the Swatch Major Series, two Four-Star events, five Three-Star events, five Two-Star events, and eight One-Star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, and one FIVB Age Group World Championships. The 2017 schedule began in February in the United States and concludes in November in Australia. 2017 marks the 31st anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017, Montpellier, France, Qinzhou, China, Aalsmeer, Netherlands, and Sydney, Australia will be part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour.
· The men’s-only $10,000 Montpellier One Star is the 16th men’s event on the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar and the seventh of the eight one-star rated events. The FIVB returns to France for the 25th time after a six-year absence. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.org.
· September 7-9, Montpellier, Men Only, $10,000 – France has hosted 24 previous FIVB World Tour events, starting with seven men’s-only events from 1990 through 1996, including two grand slams in 1995 and 1996. Beginning in 1997, France held double-gender events every season through 2010, including the World Championships in 1999 and nine grand slams. Two double-gender events were held in 2006-2008. All totaled, France has hosted seven men’s-only and 17 double-gender events with Marseille hosting 16 and Paris four. This is the first time that Montpellier has hosted an event, and other French cities with one previous event are Cap d’Agde, La Baule, Pornichet, and Sete. Host country France has won just one medal on its home soil, a silver by Jean-Philippe Jodard/Christian Penegaud in 1994.
· The FIVB Montpellier One Star starts September 7 and concludes September 9. The winning team will share the $2,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule:
· Thursday, September 7 .................................................................................................................. Qualifying Tournament · Friday, September 8 ............................................................................................. Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Matches · Saturday, September 9 ................................................................................................... Semi-Finals and Medal Matches
· A total of 46 teams from 25 countries are entered into the FIVB Montpellier One Star (as of September 4, 2017), including Australia (2 teams), Austria (2), Canada (1), Czech Republic (3), Denmark (1), England (2), Estonia (1), Finland (1), France (6), Germany (2), Greece (2), Italy (2), Japan (2), Netherlands (3), Norway (3), Russia (1), Scotland (1), Serbia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), United States (2), Uruguay (1), and Venezuela (1).
· The FIVB Montpellier One Star is the 368th men’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). There have been 332 women’s events. 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 France (1990 to present for men and 1997 to present for women) ....................................... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · FIVB Montpellier One Star Entries (through September 4) ............................................................................................................ 4 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 6 · 2016 FIVB World Tour Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings ................................................................................................................................. 8 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rankings ......................................................................................................................... 9 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 10 · 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 11 · 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 12 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ............................................................................................................. 13 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ....................................................................................................... 14
Past France Men’s Medals – Brazil 31, United States 12, Germany 5, Argentina 4, Norway 4, Switzerland 4, China 2, Australia 1, Canada 1, Cuba 1, France 1, Italy 1, Latvia 1, Netherlands 1, Poland 1, Russia 1, Spain 1
Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Sete 1990 Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, BRA John Eddo/Sean Fallowfield, USA Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA
2. Cap d’Agde 1991 Eddo/Leif Hanson, USA Andrea Ghiurghi/Dio Lequaglie, ITA Lima/Marques, BRA
3. Marseille 1994 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Jean-Philippe Jodard/Christian Penegaud, FRA Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA
4. Marseille 1995 Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, BRA Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA
5. La Baule 1995 Lopes/Neto, BRA Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN
6. Marseille 1996 Lopes/Neto, BRA Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, USA Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG
7. Pornichet 1996 Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA Rogerio Para Ferreira/Marques, BRA Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR
8. Marseille 1997 Para/Marques, BRA Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS
9. Marseille 1998 Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, GER Bill Boulliane/Ian Clark, USA
10. Marseille 1999* Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Para/Marques, BRA
11. Marseille 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR Loiola/Emanuel, BRA
12. Marseille 2001 Mariano Baracetti/Conde, ARG Tande Ramos/Emanuel, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA
13. Marseille 2002 Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, CUB Tande/Emanuel, BRA
14. Marseille 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Laciga/Laciga, SUI Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, USA
15. Marseille 2004 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI Baracetti/Conde, ARG
16. Paris 2005 Heuscher/Kobel, SUI Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, GER
17. Marseille 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio/Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, BRA Pedro Cunha/Neto, BRA
18. Paris 2006 Marcio/Fabio Luiz, BRA Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA
19. Paris 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Cunha/Neto, BRA Mike Lambert/Metzger, USA
20. Marseille 2007 Cunha/Neto, BRA Baracetti/Conde, ARG Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUS
21. Paris 2008 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GER
22. Marseille 2008 Marcio/Fabio Luiz, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, GER
23. Marseille 2009 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER
24. Marseille 2010 Wu/Xu, CHN Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, LAT Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, POL
Past France Women’s Medals – Brazil 22, United States 19, China 4, Austria 2, Germany 2, Australia 1, Greece 1
Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Marseille 1997 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA
2. Marseille 1998 Sandra Pires/Samuel, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Rodrigues/Jackie Silva, BRA
3. Marseille 1999* Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA
4. Marseille 2000 Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Henkel/Rodrigues, BRA
5. Marseille 2001 Barbra Fontana/Youngs, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Arce/McPeak, USA
6. Marseille 2002 McPeak/Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS
7. Marseille 2003 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Ana Paula/Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA
8. Marseille 2004 Rachel Scott/Walsh Jennings, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, BRA
9. Paris 2005 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN
10. Marseille 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA
11. Paris 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Leila/Ana Paula, BRA
12. Paris 2007 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Tian/Wang, CHN Scott/Tyra Turner, USA
13. Marseille 2007 Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Tian/Wang, CHN
14. Paris 2008 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Scott/Turner, USA Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA
15. Marseille 2008 Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, GER Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leao, BRA Carolina Salgado/Maria Salgado, BRA
16. Marseille 2009 Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, USA Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, GRE Laura Ludwig/Sara Niedrig, GER
17. Marseille 2010 Antonelli/Talita, BRA Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, AUT Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, AUT
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
Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ..................... Rio 2016 .................................... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
Boys ................................................................ Youth Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Girls
Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ............... Nanjing 2014 .................................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil
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
Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ................................................ Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China
Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ................. Netherlands 2015 ........................ Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil
Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ........................ Austria 2017 ............................. Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ......................................................... Women
Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................. Poland 2013 ............................ Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany
Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ............................ Poland 2014 ...................................... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia
Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball 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 Solberg, 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
Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ................. Croatia 2013 ................... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland
Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ........................... Cyprus 2014 ..................................... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada
Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ................ Switzerland 2016 .............................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil
Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil .................... China 2017 ................................... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil
Boys ............................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ............................................................... Girls
Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, 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 ...................... Turkey 2009 ....................... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany
Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................ Portugal 2010 ............................... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States
Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ................... Croatia 2011 ............................... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland
Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ........................... Cyprus 2012 ...................... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania
Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ................ Portugal 2013 ........................................... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil
Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ................... Portugal 2014 ............................ Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil
Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ......................... Cyprus 2016 ........................................Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
*For players under the age of 18 through 2004
Boys .......................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions ......................................................... Girls
Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland ................. Mexico 2014 ........................ Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States
2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
FIVB Montpellier One Star Entries (as of September 4, 2017)
Main Draw Entries
Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria
Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic
Chris Gregory/Jake Sheaf, England
Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France
Olivier Barthelemy/Tanguy Lomba, France
Romain Di Giantommaso/Maxime Thiercy, France
Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Arnaud Loiseau, France
Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy
Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Yu Koshikawa, Japan
Mathias Berntsen/Svein Solhaug, Norway
Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway
Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia
Qualifier Entries
Mark Garcia-Kidd/Matthew Hunter, England
Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia
Martel Bosqui/Florian Gosselin, France
Adrian Caravano/Yann Faure, France
Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany
Matteo Galli/Fabio Matteoni, Italy
Pim Heurman/Thijs Nijeboer, Netherlands
Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands
Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia
Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia
Christian Garcia/Raul Mesa, Spain
Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman, Sweden
Adrian Heidrich/Michiel Zandbergen, Switzerland
Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States
Jon Mesko/Adam Roberts, United States
Tigrito Gomez/Peter Hernandez, Venezuela
Reserve Entries
Gareth Mann/Bryce Poland, Australia
Mark Nicolaidis/James Takken, Australia
Maximilian Trummer/Philipp Waller, Austria
Simon Fecteau-Botin /Hugo Rosso-Bonneau, Canada
Vaclav Bercik/David Lenc, Czech Republic
David Kufa/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic
Martin Hansen/Mads Rosager, Denmark
Santeri Sirens/Saku Viljamaa, Finland
Max Betzien/Nils Ehlers, Germany
Vasileios Kostopoulos/Georgios Kotsilianos, Greece
Dimitrios Niopas/Thodoris Papadimitriou, Greece
Ryota Sato/Keisuke Shimizu, Japan
Jannes van der Ham/Sven Vismans, Netherlands
Daniel Bergerud/Lars Retterholt, Norway
Seain Cook/Robin Miedzybrodzki, Scotland
Inocencio Lario/Francisco Tomas, Spain
Simon Hagenbuch/Quentin Metral, Switzerland
Renzo Cairus/Nicolas Zanotta, Uruguay
2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights
The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features US$5.32 million in prize money, a new star-
rating system with three Major Series Five-Star events, two Four-Star events, five Three-Star events, five Two-
Star events, and eight One-Star events, along with the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. There
was only one age-group FIVB World Championships held in 2017, for players under the age of 21. The
showcase event in 2017 was the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna, Austria in late July and
early August. The 2017 schedule began in February and concludes in November. This year marks the 31st
anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 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 visits 24 sites in 18 countries over a ten-month period spanning from February to November. The last four events, in September, October, and November are part of the 2018 World Tour.
· The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball schedule features 19 men’s and 22 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$5.32 million in prize money.
· The total purse for the World Championships was $US 1 Million, while the three Five-Star events paid out $600,000 each, the Four-Star events awarded $300,000 each and the purse was $800,000 for the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final.
· The World Championships, all three Five-Star events, all three Four-Star events, and the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final were combined events for women and men. Four of the five Three-Star events, one of the five Two-Star events, and four of the eight One-Star events also include both genders.
· The two showcase events on the 2017 FIVB World Tour Calendar were the FIVB World Championships, played in Vienna, Austria from July 28-August 6 and the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final, played in Hamburg, Germany from August 23-27.
· The three Five-Star events were all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2016 sites in Croatia (Porec) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 was in the United States (Fort Lauderdale).
· The Four-Star events in 2017 were held in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), and Poland (Olsztyn). · The Three-Star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and 75,000 per gender for
the combined events. The 2017 event for both genders is in China (Qinzhou) and were played in Russia (Moscow) and The Netherlands (The Hague), while the event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. The event in Qinzhou is part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour.
· The Two-Star events will have a purse of $50,000 each with four of the five held for one gender only. The men’s event was held in Spain (Espinho), while the three women’s events were in Australia (Sydney), and China (Nanjing and Nantong). Sydney will also host a double-gender event as part of the 2018 World Tour.
· The One-Star events offered a purse of $10,000 per gender, with the events in Australia (Shepparton), Malaysia (Selangor), and Morocco (Agadir) competed for both genders, while the events in Monaco (Monaco) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan) were for women only. The event in France (Montpellier, men only) and Netherlands (Aalsmeer, both genders) are part of the 2018 World Tour.
· The United States opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the second time in the 31 year history of the tour with the FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major in Florida from February 7-12. The state of Florida also opened the 1994 FIVB World Tour season in Miami. The first 2017 Four-Star event was held in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) from May 18-21, the first Three-Star event was played in Iran (Kish Island) from February 15-18, the first Two-Star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from March 17-19, and the first One-Star event was also held in Australia (Shepparton) on March 4th and 5th.
· The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also included the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 21 in China (Nanjing) from July 11-16. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23.
· Red Bull Media House has the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2017 FIVB World Tour. · For the eighth straight year, the tour is exclusively using the Mikasa VLS300 ball.
2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Calendar and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US)
February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil
February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil
February 15-18 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia
March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia
March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada
March 17-19 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada
April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba
April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States
April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED
April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil
May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA
May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil
June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia
June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil
June 16-18 Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States
June 17-18 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil
June 23-25 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China
June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada
June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil
July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany
July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil
July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil
July 14-16 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan
July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil
July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany
July 20-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States
July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland
July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France
July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil
July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
July 28-30 Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil
August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000
2018 FIVB World Tour
September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men $10,000
October 11-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000
October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men & Women $20,000
November 22-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men & Women $100,000
2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results
Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team
Oct 6-11, 2015 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Open Women Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
Oct 7-11, 2015 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Open Men Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
Oct 20-24, 2015 Antalya, Turkey Open Women Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE
Oct 21-25, 2015 Antalya, Turkey Open Men Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy
Nov 8-13, 2015 Doha, Qatar Open Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany
February 14-19 Kish Island, Iran Open Men Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar
February 23-28 Maceió, Brazil Open Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
February 23-28 Maceió, Brazil Open Women Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil
March 8-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Grand Slam Men Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland
March 8-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States
March 15-20 Vitória, Brazil Open Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
March 15-20 Vitória, Brazil Open Women Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil
April 4-8 Doha, Qatar Open Men Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy
April 12-16 Xiamen, China Open Men Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain
April 13-17 Xiamen, China Open Women Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland
April 19-23 Fuzhou, China Open Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
April 20-24 Fuzhou, China Open Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States
April 26-May 1 Fortaleza, Brazil Open Women Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil
April 26-May 1 Fortaleza, Brazil Open Men Oscar Brandao/Andre Loyola, Brazil
May 3-8 Sochi, Russia Open Women Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland
May 3-8 Sochi, Russia Open Men Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy
May 10-14 Antalya, Turkey Open Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
May 10-15 Antalya, Turkey Open Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia
May 11-16 Lucerne, Switzerland U21 WC Men Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil
May 11-16 Lucerne, Switzerland U21 WC Women Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil
May 17-21 Cincinnati, USA Open Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States
May 17-21 Cincinnati, USA Open Men Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil
May 24-29 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States
May 24-29 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam Men Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands
June 7-12 Hamburg, Germany Major Series Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
June 7-12 Hamburg, Germany Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States
June 14-19 Olsztyn, Poland Grand Slam Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
June 14-19 Olsztyn, Poland Grand Slam Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia
June 28-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany
June 28-July 3 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
July 5-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil
July 5-10 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil
July 6-10 Sochi, Russia Cont Cup Final Men Canada and Russia
July 6-10 Sochi, Russia Cont Cup Final Women Czech Republic and Russia
July 26-31 Klagenfurt, Austria Major Series Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
July 26-31 Klagenfurt, Austria Major Series Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia
July 27-31 Lanarka, Cyprus U19 WC Men Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil
July 27-31 Lanarka, Cyprus U19 WC Women Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
August 5-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympics Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
August 5-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympics Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
August 23-28 Long Beach, USA Grand Slam Men Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil
August 23-28 Long Beach, USA Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States
September 13-18 Toronto, Canada World Tour Final Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil
September 13-18 Toronto, Canada World Tour Final Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany
2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings (through August 28, 2017)
Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 14*, 4,180
2, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10*, 3,920
3, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 13*, 3,900
4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 8, 3,840
5, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 20*, 3,760
6, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 12*, 3,740
7, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 17*, 3,340
8, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 3,156
9, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 13*, 3,100
10, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 8, 2,900
11, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11*, 2,800
12, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 13*, 2,600
13, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 13*, 2,572
14, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 13*, 2,496
15, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480
16, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 10*, 2,400
17, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 9*, 2,280
18, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 9*, 2,210
19, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 13*, 2,200
20, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 10*, 2,160
21, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 13*, 2,148
22, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9*, 2,130
23, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9*, 2,100
24, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050
25, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 11*, 1,940
Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 19*, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 15*, 4,240 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 14*, 4,000 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 11*, 3,460 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 17*, 3,180 7, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 12*, 3,032 8, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 11*, 2,940 9, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 10, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 10*, 2,616 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 10*, 2,600 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 10*, 2,560 13, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 12*, 2,412 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 12*, 2,060 15, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 11*, 1,990 16, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 8, 1,962 17, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 11*, 1,948 18, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 19, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 20, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9*, 1,776 21, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 11*, 1,712 22, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 11*, 1,680 23, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 11*, 1,680 24, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 9*, 1,630 25, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 4, 1,560 * Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days
Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points
Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180
1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180
3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840
4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650
5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440
6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320
7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280
8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100
9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900
10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800
11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720
12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480
13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400
14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160
14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160
16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130
17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050
18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020
19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970
20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960
21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940
22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910
23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900
24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680
25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640
Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390 25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330
Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders
Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500 24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500
Final 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rankings
Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15, 5,910 2, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 13, 5,790 3, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 16, 5,240 4, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 16, 5,060 5, Tri Bourne/John Hyden, United States, 17, 4,950 6, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 16, 4,910 7, Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 11, 4,690 8, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 13, 4,540 9, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 15, 4,440 10, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 15, 4,400 11, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 12, 4,320 12, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 11, 4,190 13, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9, 4,140 14, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 17, 4,060 15, Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil, 11, 4,040 16, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 13, 3,930 17, Grant O'Gorman/Sam Pedlow, Canada, 17, 3,680 18, Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11, 3,590 19, Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 10, 3,380 20, Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada, 16, 3,370 21, Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France, 13, 3,290 22, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 10, 3,180 23, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 13, 3,150 24, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10, 3,120 25, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 12, 2,820 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 13, 5,980 2, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 11, 5,530 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 16, 5,440 4, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 14, 5,180 4, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 17, 5,180 6, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 11, 4,820 7, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 15, 4,670 8, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 16, 4,350 9, Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina, 16, 4,330 10, Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy, 12, 4,260 11, Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil, 11, 4,010 12, Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 14, 3,940 13, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 14, 3,650 14, Juliana Felisberta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 10, 3,330 15, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12, 3,320 16, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, United States, 13, 3,260 17, Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 9, 3,230 18, Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11, 3,180 18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 11, 3,180 20, Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 3,160 21, Maria Antonelli/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 2,940 22, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 12, 2,840 23, Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 2,800 23, Lane Carico/Summer Ross, United States, 13, 2,800 25, Linline Matauatu/Miller Pata, Vanuatu, 12, 2,790
Final 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders
Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and Opens) 1, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9, 4, $306,000
2, Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 11, 2, $273,000
3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15, 3, $258,875
4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 13, 4, $240,000
5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 16, 1, $165,750
6, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 11, 0, $155,875
7, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 15, 0, $146,375
8, Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil, 11, 1, $132,375
9, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 13, 0, $131,125
10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 12, 1, $123,375
11, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 15, 0, $122,750
12, Tri Bourne/John Hyden, United States, 17, 0, $122,525
13, Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 10, 1, $120,125
14, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 16, 2, $120,000
15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 16, 0, $115,625
16, Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11, 0, $101,300
17, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10, 0, $95,200
18, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 10, 0, $82,700
19, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 13, 1, $81,750
20, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 17, 0, $71,400
21, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10, 1, $70,575
22, Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada, 16, 0, $66,250
23, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 13, 0, $65,700
24, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 10, 0, $57,000
25, Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France, 13, 0, $54,475
Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Grand Slams & Opens) 1, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 13, 7, $382,375
2, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 11, 5, $283,000
3, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 11, 2, $241,000
4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 16, 1, $180,250
5, Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 14, 1, $161,150
6, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 14, 0, $155,875
7, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 15, 0, $152,500
8, Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 0, $127,000
9, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 16, 1, $124,700
10, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 17, 0, $116,525
11, Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil, 11, 2, $110,000
12, Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11, 0, $102,000
13, Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina, 16, 0, $100,825
14, Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 9, 0, $98,375
15, Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 0, $97,000
16, Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy, 12, 0, $96,875
17, Juliana Felisberta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 10, 0, $93,000
18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 11, 0, $87,600
19, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, United States, 13, 0, $84,775
20, Maria Antonelli/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 0, $80,375
21, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12, 1, $78,775
22, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9, 0, $71,500
23, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 14, 0, $69,550
24, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 12, 0, $60,375
25, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Penny Karagkouni, Greece, 11, 0, $58,950
Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops
Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s Brazil 193 140 136 ........................ 469 101 ..................................... 570 United States 71 60 52 ......................... 183 45 ...................................... 228 Germany 18 34 28 .......................... 80 35 ...................................... 115 Switzerland 9 23 20 .......................... 52 18 ........................................ 70 Argentina 8 15 14 .......................... 37 15 ........................................ 52 Netherlands 15 12 8 ........................... 35 14 ........................................ 49 Norway 8 6 13 .......................... 27 15 ........................................ 42 Italy 6 11 10 .......................... 27 14 ........................................ 41 Russia 6 8 11 .......................... 25 13 ........................................ 38 Canada 2 10 13 .......................... 25 12 ........................................ 37 Spain 4 9 12 .......................... 25 9 ......................................... 34 Latvia 11 8 6 ........................... 25 8 ......................................... 33 Poland 2 8 10 .......................... 20 10 ........................................ 30 Australia 2 2 11 .......................... 15 9 ......................................... 24 China 2 6 4 ........................... 12 4 ......................................... 16 France 3 2 5 ........................... 10 10 ........................................ 20 Austria 0 5 4 ............................ 9 9 ......................................... 18 Cuba 2 2 1 ............................ 5 2 ........................................... 7 Mexico 0 1 4 ............................ 5 0 ........................................... 5 Qatar 1 2 0 ............................ 3 0 ........................................... 3 Portugal 2 0 0 ............................ 2 6 ........................................... 8 Estonia 1 0 1 ............................ 2 3 ........................................... 5 Chile 0 2 0 ............................ 2 2 ........................................... 4 New Zealand 0 0 2 ............................ 2 1 ........................................... 3 Vacated 1 1 0 ............................ 2 0 ........................................... 2 Japan 0 0 1 ............................ 1 2 ........................................... 3 Iran 0 0 1 ............................ 1 0 ........................................... 1 Turkey 0 0 1 ............................ 1 0 ........................................... 1 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ............................ 0 4 ........................................... 4 Georgia 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Greece 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Morocco 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Serbia 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Totals 367 367 368 ....................... 1,102 366 .................................. 1,468 · There have been 367 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 282 events: · Brazil vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 34-32 · Brazil vs. Germany ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 20-8 · Argentina vs. Brazil ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 14-8 · Brazil vs. Switzerland...................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 17-4 · Brazil vs. Netherlands ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 6-5 · Brazil vs. Norway ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 5-5 · Germany vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 5-3 · Brazil vs. Canada ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 6-1 · Brazil vs. Latvia ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 3-3 · Brazil vs. Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ Tied 3-3 · Brazil vs. Italy ................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 4-1 · Italy vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 4-0 · Netherlands vs. United States ............................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 4-0 · Brazil vs. Poland ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 3-1 · Germany vs. Netherlands ....................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 3-1 · Poland vs. United States....................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-1 · Spain vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 3-1 · Germany vs. Switzerland ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Tied 2-2 · Brazil vs. China ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 3-0 · Italy vs. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 2-1 · Latvia vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................................... Latvia leads 2-1 · Russia vs. United States ....................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 2-1 · Austria vs. Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal......................................................................................................................................................................................... Portugal leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. Russia ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 2-0 · China vs. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................ Netherlands leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Latvia ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Latvia leads 2-0 · Poland vs. Russia ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Russia leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. France .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · China vs. United States ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Russia .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Italy vs. Latvia.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Tied 1-1 · Latvia vs. Russia ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Cuba leads 1-0 · Austria vs. Italy .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Italy leads 1-0 · Austria vs. Latvia .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Latvia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Qatar ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Canada vs. Chile ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Canada leads 1-0 · Canada vs. Germany ................................................................................................................................................................................... Germany leads 1-0 · Canada vs. Netherlands ......................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Canada vs. Switzerland ........................................................................................................................................................................... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Canada vs. United States ..................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Chile vs. Netherlands.............................................................................................................................................................................. Netherlands 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 · France vs. Qatar ............................................................................................................................................................................................. France leads 1-0 · France vs. Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................................ France leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Norway ................................................................................................................................................................................... Germany leads 1-0 · Italy vs. Mexico .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Italy leads 1-0 · Italy vs. Russia .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Italy leads 1-0 · Netherlands vs. Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................. Netherlands leads 1-0 · Norway vs. United States............................................................................................................................................................................... Norway leads 1-0 · Qatar vs. Russia ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Qatar leads 1-0 · Russia vs. Spain ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Russia leads 1-0
Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops
Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s Brazil 159 129 127 ........................ 415 89 ...................................... 504 United States 105 75 71 ......................... 251 70 ...................................... 321 China 23 34 27 .......................... 84 20 ...................................... 104 Germany 18 29 28 .......................... 75 34 ...................................... 109 Australia 4 13 20 .......................... 37 22 ........................................ 59 Switzerland 6 4 8 ........................... 18 7 ......................................... 25 Netherlands 4 6 7 ........................... 17 19 ........................................ 36 Italy 1 6 7 ........................... 14 11 ........................................ 25 Canada 4 5 5 ........................... 14 6 ......................................... 20 Czech Republic 4 2 7 ........................... 13 10 ........................................ 23 Russia 2 2 5 ............................ 9 3 ......................................... 12 Greece 1 4 3 ............................ 8 8 ......................................... 16 Austria 0 4 4 ............................ 8 8 ......................................... 16 Japan 1 4 2 ............................ 7 4 ......................................... 11 Spain 0 5 2 ............................ 7 4 ......................................... 11 Norway 0 2 2 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 Slovak Republic 0 0 3 ............................ 3 0 ........................................... 3 Cuba 0 2 0 ............................ 2 2 ........................................... 4 Thailand 0 2 0 ............................ 2 1 ........................................... 3 Poland 0 1 1 ............................ 2 0 ........................................... 2 Lithuania 0 0 2 ............................ 2 0 ........................................... 2 Argentina 0 1 0 ............................ 1 4 ........................................... 5 Finland 0 1 0 ............................ 1 1 ........................................... 2 New Zealand 0 0 1 ............................ 1 1 ........................................... 2 Ukraine 0 1 0 ............................ 1 0 ........................................... 1 France 0 0 1 ............................ 1 0 ........................................... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Paraguay 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Vanuatu 0 0 0 ............................ 0 1 ........................................... 1 Totals 332 332 333 ........................ 997 331 .................................. 1,328 · There have been 330 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 248 events: · Brazil vs. United States ..................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 51-44 · Brazil vs. China .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 17-7 · Brazil vs. Germany ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 14-8 · China vs. United States ...................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 11-6 · Australia vs. Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 7-2 · Australia vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 5-1 · Germany vs. United States ................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 5-1 · Brazil vs. Canada ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 4-0 · Brazil vs. Netherlands ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 3-1 · China vs. Germany ........................................................................................................................................................................................... China leads 3-1 · Austria vs. Brazil ............................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 3-0 · Brazil vs. Italy ................................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 3-0 · Greece vs. United States ...................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-0 · Canada vs. Germany ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Canada leads 2-1 · Germany vs. Switzerland ............................................................................................................................................................................. Germany leads 2-1 · Spain vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 2-0 · Brazil vs. Greece ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Russia .................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Netherlands vs. United States ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Argentina vs. Switzerland ........................................................................................................................................................................ Switzerland leads 1-0 · Australia vs. Canada ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Canada leads 1-0 · Australia vs. China ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Australia leads 1-0 · Austria vs. Switzerland ............................................................................................................................................................................ Switzerland leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Czech Republic .................................................................................................................................................................. Czech Republic leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Japan ................................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Norway .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland........................................................................................................................................................................................ Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Ukraine.............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 1-0 · Canada vs. Czech Republic ........................................................................................................................................................................... Canada leads 1-0 · China vs. Cuba ................................................................................................................................................................................................. China leads 1-0 · China vs. Norway ............................................................................................................................................................................................. China leads 1-0 · China vs. Spain ................................................................................................................................................................................................ China leads 1-0 · Czech Republic vs. Germany ............................................................................................................................................................. Czech Republic leads 1-0 · Czech Republic vs. Italy .................................................................................................................................................................... Czech Republic leads 1-0 · Czech Republic vs. Japan ................................................................................................................................................................. Czech Republic leads 1-0 · Czech Republic vs. United States ......................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Finland vs. Germany ................................................................................................................................................................................... Germany leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Spain ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Germany leads 1-0 · Italy vs. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Italy vs. Switzerland ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Italy leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Japan vs. Switzerland .............................................................................................................................................................................. Switzerland leads 1-0 · Japan vs. Thailand .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Japan leads 1-0 · Japan vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 1-0 · Netherlands vs. Russia ................................................................................................................................................................................... Russia leads 1-0 · Poland vs. United States....................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Russia vs. United States ....................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0 · Spain vs. Switzerland .............................................................................................................................................................................. Switzerland leads 1-0 · Switzerland vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................. Switzerland leads 1-0 · Thailand vs. United States .................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 1-0