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FACT SHEET – $440,000 FIVB Sao Paulo Grand Slam Round 9 of 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 8-13, 2013 · Updated on October 5, 2013, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball

(FIVB), based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features 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 five Open events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule started in April in China and concludes in December in South Africa. This will mark the 27th season of the FIVB World Tour which held its first event on February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

· The US$440,000 FIVB Sao Paulo Grand Slam is the ninth of 10 double gender Grand Slam events, each with a purse of $440,000, on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season calendar. For more info regarding FIVB Beach Volleyball, please visit http://www.fivb.org

· October 8-13, Sao Paulo Grand Slam, Men and Women, $440,000 – Brazil has hosted 63 previous FIVB World Tour events, 34 men’s and 29 women’s, including the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro in 2003. Rio de Janeiro will also serve as host to the 2016 Olympics. The FIVB World Tour has played at least one event in Brazil every season since its inception 27 years ago with Rio de Janeiro hosting the most events with 21 (14 men’s and 7 women’s), followed by Fortaleza with ten (six men’s and four women’s). This is the first time, however, that the FIVB has played in Sao Paulo. Brazilian teams have been very successful on their home soil, winning 60 men’s medals (21 gold, 18 silver, 21 bronze) and 52 women’s medals (18 gold, 16 silver, 18 bronze).

· The Sao Paulo Grand Slam starts October 8 and concludes October 13. The winning teams in each gender will share the $33,000 first-place prizes. The FIVB Sao Paulo Grand Slam schedule (subject to change):

· Tuesday, October 8 ................................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Wednesday, October 9 ............................................................ Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Thursday, October 10............................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Friday, October 11 ......................................................... Men’s and Women’s Elimination and Quarterfinal Matches · Saturday, October 12 ............................................... Men’s and Women’s Semi-Finals and Bronze Medal Matches · Sunday, October 13 ................................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Gold Medal Matches · A total of 104 teams from 31 countries (55 men’s teams from 26 countries and 49 women’s teams from 22

countries) have entered The Sao Paulo Grand Slam (as of October 5, 2013), including Argentina (1 men’s team,2 women’s team), Australia (0,1), Austria (3,2), Brazil (5,5), Canada (3,1), Chile (2,3), Colombia (0,1), Czech Republic (1,3), France (2,1), Germany (4,6), Guatemala (1,0), Israel (1,0), Italy (3,3), Japan (0,1), Kazakhstan (2,1), Latvia (1,0), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Nicaragua (1,0), Norway (3,1), Paraguay (1,0), Puerto Rico (1,0), Poland (3,0), Russia (1,2), Slovak Republic (0,1), Spain (2,1), Switzerland (1,2), Thailand (0,2), Ukraine (1,0), United States (6,5), and Venezuela (3,2).

· The Sao Paulo Grand Slam will be the 257th women’s event and 295th 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 Brazil (1987-2012 for men and 1993-2012 for women) ............................................................ 2 · FIVB Officials ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 · Olympic, World Cup, and World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule .................................................................... 3 · Sao Paulo Grand Slam Men’s Updated Entries through October 5, 2013 .................................................................................... 4 · Sao Paulo Grand Slam Women’s Updated Entries through October 5, 2013 .............................................................................. 5 · 2013 FIVB World Tour and Open Highlights and Schedule ........................................................................................................... 6 · 2013 FIVB World Tour/Open Men’s Leaders ................................................................................................................................... 7 · 2013 FIVB World Tour/Open Women’s Leaders ............................................................................................................................. 8 · 2012 FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results ............................................................................................................................... 9 · 2012 FIVB World Tour Leaders ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 · Men’s FIVB World Tour and Opens - Country Medals & Final Fours .......................................................................................... 11 · Women’s FIVB World Tour and Opens - Country Medals & Final Fours .................................................................................... 12

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season

Past Brazilian Men’s Medals - Brazil 60, USA 23, Switzerland 6, Argentina 4, Germany 4, Canada 2, China 1, Cuba 1, Norway 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Rio de Janeiro 1987 Randy Stoklos/Sinjin Smith, USA Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA Renan Dal Zotto/Jose Montanaro, BRA 2. Rio de Janeiro 1988 Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA Bernard/Luis Amerigo, BRA Renan/Montanaro, BRA 3. Rio de Janeiro 1989 Stoklos/Smith, USA Eduardo Tinoco/Edinho de Mattos, BRA Mike Dodd/Tim Hovland, USA 4. Rio de Janeiro 1990 Stoklos/Smith, USA Dodd/Hovland, USA Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA 5. Rio de Janeiro 1991 Stoklos/Smith, USA Kent Steffes/Tim Hovland, USA Guilherme Marques/Andre Lima, BRA 6. Rio de Janeiro 1992 Stoklos/Smith, USA Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA Eduardo Garrido/Roberto Moreira, BRA 7. Rio de Janeiro 1993 Adam Johnson/Steffes, USA Eduardo Bacil/Jose Loiola, BRA Stoklos/Smith, USA 8. Rio de Janeiro 1994 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA Ze Marco de Melo/Paulo Emilio, BRA 9. Fortaleza 1994 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Guilherme/Para Ferreria, BRA 10. Rio de Janeiro 1995 Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 11. Fortaleza 1995 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Juan Rosell/Francisco Alvarez, CUB Guilherme/Para, BRA 12. Rio de Janeiro 1996 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 13. Joao Pessoa 1996 Paulao/Paulo Emilio, BRA Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA 14. Fortaleza 1996 Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh, USA Guilherme/Para, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA 15. Rio de Janeiro 1997 Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Bacil/Loiola, BRA Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, CAN 16. Fortaleza 1997 Emanuel Ze Marco, BRA Eduardo Garrido/Guilherme, BRA Martinez/Conde, ARG 17. Rio de Janeiro 1998 Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA Loiola/Emanuel, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 18. Vitoria 1998 Guilherme/Para, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Jose Salema/Mariano Baracetti, ARG 19. Vitoria 1999 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 20. Guaruja 2000 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 21. Vitoria 2000 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI 22. Vitoria 2001 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI 23. Fortaleza 2002 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 24. Rio de Janeiro 2003* Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Holdren/Metzger, USA Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA 25. Salvador 2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI Baracetti/Conde, ARG 26. Rio de Janeiro 2004 M. Dieckmann/J. Reckerman, GER Heuscher/Kobel, SUI Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, SUI 27. Salvador 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA 28. Vitoria 2006 Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA 29. Fortaleza 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA 30. Guarajà 2008 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Brink/C. Dieckmann, GER Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, GER 31. Brasília 2009 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Alison Cerutti/Harley, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA 32. Brasília 2010 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Alison/Emanuel, BRA Benjamin/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA 33. Brasília 2011 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Alison/Emanuel, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN 34. Brasília 2012 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, USA Cunha/Ricardo, BRA *FIVB World Championships

Past Brazilian Women’s Medals - Brazil 52, USA 27, Australia 3, Germany 2, China 1, Italy 1, Japan 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Rio de Janeiro 1993 Nancy Reno/Karolyn Kirby, USA Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA Jackie Silva/Karina Silva, BRA 2. Santos 1993 Liz Masakayan/Kirby, USA Isabel Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA Adriana Behar/Magda Lima, BRA 3. Santos 1994 Samuel/Monica, BRA Masakayan/Kirby, USA Salgado/Timm, BRA 4. Rio de Janeiro 1995 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA Kirby/Deb Richardson, USA 5. Santos 1995 Linda Hanley/Barbra Fontana, USA Holly McPeak/Angela Rock, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 6. Maceio 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA Shelda Bede/Adriana, BRA 7. Recife 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Rio de Janeiro 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Kerri Pottharst/Natalie Cook, AUS Shelda/Adriana, BRA 9. Salvador 1996 Samuel/Monica, BRA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 10. Rio de Janeir 1997 Samuel/Monica, BRA McPeak/Lisa Arce, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 11. Salvador 1997 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Holly McPeak/Arce, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 12. Rio de Janeiro 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Pottharst/Pauline Manser, AUS Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 13. Salvador 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Hanley/Fontana, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA 14. Salvador 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA 15. Fortaleza 2000 McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA Leanne McSorley/Nancy Mason, USA 16. Vitoria 2000 Masakayan/Youngs, USA Pires/ Samuel, BRA Mika Teru Saiki/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN 17. Fortaleza 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA McPeak/Kerri Walsh, USA Masakayan/Dianne DeNecochea, USA 18. Vitoria 2002 Youngs/McPeak, USA May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Ana Paula Connelly/Tatiana Minello, BRA 19. Rio de Janeiro 2003* May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS 20. Fortaleza 2004 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Juliana Felisberta Silva/ Larissa Franca, BRA 21. Rio de Janeiro 2004 Ana Paula/Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA 22. Salvador 2005 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Rachel Wacholder/Youngs, USA 23. Vitoria 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 24. Fortaleza 2007 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA 25. Guarajà 2008 Vivian Cunha/Larissa, BRA Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, BRA Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA 26. Brasília 2009 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Jen Kessy/April Ross, USA Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, GER 27. Brasília 2010 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Goller/Ludwig, GER Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA 28. Brasília 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Kessy/Ross, USA 29. Brasília 2012 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, ITA *FIVB World Championships

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season –

Sao Paulo Grand Slam

The Sao Paulo Grand Slam is the ninth double-gender grand slam event of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. After Sao Paulo, the World Tour will take a one-week break before concluding its season with the final double-gender Grand Slam in Xiamen, China from October 22-27. Even though the World Tour season will be over, there is a women’s only Open in Phuket, Thailand the following week from October 29 through November 3 and two more double-gender Opens, one in Vizag, India from November 12-17 and the last event of the year in Durban, South Africa, to be held from December 11-15.

Sao Paulo Grand Slam FIVB Officials

· Roberto Reggiani, Italy ................. Technical Supervisor · André Trottier, Canada ....................... Referee Delegate · Ollie Scott, England .................... Television Coordinator

· Clayton Lucas, England ............... Eng. TV Commentary · Dominic Clark, USA .................... Media Oper. Delegate

· Mauricio Kaye, Brazil ................................. Photographer

FIVB Sao Paulo Grand Slam Referees Referee Manager: Maria-Amelia Villas-Boas, Brazil FIVB Neutral Referees: · Brig Beatie, United States · Julien Bruxelles, France · Bruno Frapiccini, Italy · Lucie Guillemette, Canada · Osvaldo Sumavil, Argentina Local Referees: · Elzir Oliveira, Brazil · Vitor Hugo Oliveira, Brazil · Marcos Braga, Brazil · Eider Carvalho, Brazil · Regis Fonseca, Brazil · Mauro Camara, Brazil · Juan Carlos Saavedra, Colombia · 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 World Cup Final .................................................................... Women

Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil ................................ Brazil 2013 ........................................ Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, 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, NED .......... Stare Jablonki 2013 ............................................. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China

Men ............................................ FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior (U- 23) World Champions ............................................. Women

Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...............................Poland 2013....................... Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany

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

Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil .................. Croatia 2013 ............. Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland

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

Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany................. Portugal 2013# ..................................... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil

*For players under the age of 18 .............................................. ...................................................... #for players under the age of 19

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 Sao Paulo Grand Slam Men’s Entries (as of October 5, 2013)

Main Draw Entries, Country Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria Lorenz Petutschnig/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany Sebastian Dollinger/Lars Fluggen, Germany Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros, Mexico Daan Spijkers/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland Bartosz Losiak/Piotr Kantor, Poland Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Roberto Rodriguez-Bertran/Hector Soto, Puerto Rico Konstantin Semenov/Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira, Spain Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States Nick Lucena/Ryan Doherty, United States

Qualification Tournament Entries, Country Facundo Del Coto/Pablo Bianchi, Argentina Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria Thiago Santos Barbosa/Oscar Brandao, Brazil Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada Maverick Hatch/Christian Redmann, Canada Grant O'Gorman/Sam Pedlow, Canada Cristobal Bussenis/Rodrigo Salinas, Chile Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile Premysl Kubala/Jan Dumek, Czech Republic Andy Ces/Edouard Rowlandson, France Finn Dittelbach/Eric Koreng, Germany Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy Andrea Tomatis/Alex Ranghieri, Italy Alexey Kuleshov/Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan Morten Kvamsdal/Oivind Hordvik, Norway Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway Mauricio Brizuela/Luis Riveros, Paraguay Pawel Pelka/Dawid Popek, Poland Inocencio Lario/Javier Monfort, Spain Sebastian Chevallier/Alexei Prawdzic, Switzerland Oleksandr Ioisher/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine Brad Keenan/John Mayer, United States Jackson Henriquez/Leon Colina, Venezuela Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela Reserve Teams, Country Jean-Baptiste Daguerre/Yannick Salvetti, France Luis Garcia/Julio Recinos, Guatemala Ariel Hilman/Sean Faiga, Israel Miguel Lopez/Ruben Mora, Nicaragua Casey Jennings/Theodore Brunner, United States Will Montgomery/Avery Drost, United States Ronald Fayola/Carlos Rangel, Venezuela

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 Sao Paulo Grand Slam

Women’s Entries (as of October 5, 2013)

Main Draw Entries, Country

Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia

Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria

Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil

Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil

Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil

Andrea Galindo/Claudia "Gorda" Galindo, Colombia

Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic

Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany

Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany

Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

Daniela Gioria/Laura Giombini, Italy

Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy

Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan

Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands

Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands

Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands

Evgeniya Ukolova/Maria Prokopeva, Russia

Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic

Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain

Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland

Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar, United States

Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States

Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross, United States

Qualification Tournament Entries, Country

Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina

Virginia Zonta/Alejandra Graino, Argentina

Barbara Hansel/Bianca Zass, Austria

Fernanda Alves/Elize Maia, Brazil

Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada

Daniela Bravo/Maria Mardones, Chile

Natalia Montecinos/Josefina Galilea, Chile

Maria Rivas/Camila Pazdirek, Chile

Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic

Diana Zolnercikova/Barbora Cidlikova, Czech Republic

Melinda Adelin/Laura Longuet, France

Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner, Germany

Greta Cicolari/Giulia Momoli, Italy

Takemi Nishibori/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan

Janne Kongshavn/Victoria Kjolberg, Norway

Alexandra Shiryaeva/Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia

Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Rumpaipruet Numwong/Khanittha Hongpak, Thailand

Julaluk Radarong/Manerat Udomchavee, Thailand

Emily Day/Summer Ross, United States

Karelys Mosquera/Norisbeth Agudo, Venezuela

Orquidea Vera/Frankelina Rodriguez, Venezuela

Reserve Teams, Country

Jana Kohler/Anni Schumacher, Germany

Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany

Lane Carico/Heather Hughes, United States

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour schedule is comprised of FIVB-record ten Grand Slam events along with the 2013 FIVB

Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The FIVB launched a new initiative in 2013 which includes five Open

events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule started in April and concludes in

December. The year of 2013 also 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 is visiting 16 sites in 13 countries over a nine month period. · With the 2013 calendar featuring 16 women’s and 15 men’s events within the African, Asian, European and South American

confederations, the FIVB international calendar will offer US$6.42 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. Four of the FIVB Open events will be double-gender and one will be women-only.

· The women’s-only Open tournament will be in Thailand (Phuket). · The new Grand Slam events this year are in Argentina (Corrientes), Netherlands (The Hague), USA (Long Beach, Calif.), Brazil

(Sao Paulo), and China (Xiamen). · The $4.4 million FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series is returning to 2012 venues in China (Shanghai), Italy (Rome), Switzerland

(Gstaad), Germany (Berlin), and Russia (Moscow). · Poland (Stare Jablonki) hosted the $1 million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships for the first time (July 1-7). Stare

Jablonki has hosted nine men’s & 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 was the double-gender Shanghai Grand

Slam April 30-May 5. The first FIVB Open event was the Fuzhou Open on April 23-28 as China hosts three FIVB international tournaments in 2013, including a second FIVB World Tour Grand Slam in Xiamen on Oct. 22-27.

· The 2013 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will conclude in China (Xiamen) on Oct. 22-27. The FIVB Open schedule will end 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 also features 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 hosted the 2013 FIVB U-23 World Championships June 6-9, while Umag, Croatia hosted 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) hosted the inaugural FIVB World Cup Final that involved all FIVB confederations, May 29-June 2. · IMG Sports Media continues to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the

fourth straight year, the tour is exclusively using the Mikasa VLS 300 ball. It was introduced in 2009.

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam Schedule (as of October 5, 2013) Dates Site Gender ............................................Winner or Purse (US$) April 30-May 4 Shanghai, China Men .................... Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States May 1-5 Shanghai, China Women .............................. Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, Brazil May 22-25 Corrientes, Argentina Women .......... Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, NED May 22-26 Corrientes, Argentina Men ................ Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia June 11-16 The Hague, Netherlands Men .................. Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil June 11-16 The Hague, Netherlands Women ..................................................... Lima/Talita, Brazil June 18-23 Rome, Italy Men ............ Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States June 18-23 Rome, Italy Women ..................................................... Lima/Talita, Brazil July 1-6 Stare Jablonki, Poland Women ....................................... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China July 2-7 Stare Jablonki, Poland Men ................. Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED July 9-14 Gstaad, Switzerland Women ..................................................... Xue/Zhang, China July 10-14 Gstaad, Switzerland Men ................................... Alvaro Filho/Ricardo Santos, Brazil July 22-26 Long Beach, California, USA Women ..................................................... Lima/Talita, Brazil July 22-27 Long Beach, California, USA Men ............................. Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States August 6-10 Berlin, Germany Men .......................... Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil August 7-11 Berlin, Germany Women ..................................................... Lima/Talita, Brazil August 21-25 Moscow, Russia Men ......................................... Samoilovs/J. Smedins, Latvia August 21-25 Moscow, Russia Women ......... Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil October 9-13 Sao Paulo Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000 October 23-27 Xiamen, China Grand Slam, Women & Men ................................... $440,000

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Open Schedule (as of October 5, 2013) Dates Site Gender ................. Gold Medal Team / Prize Money (US$) April 23-27 Fuzhou, China Men ...........................Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, USA April 24-28 Fuzhou, China Women ....................................... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China July 23-27 Anapa, Russia Women ..... Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova, RUS July 24-28 Anapa, Russia Men ........ Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia September 4-8 Vizag, India Women & Men ........................................................ $226,800 October 29-November 3 Phuket, Thailand Women ................................................................... $113,400 December 11-15 Durban, South Africa Women & Men ........................................................ $226,800

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Men’s Points and Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, points)*

1, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 5,540

2, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 5,500

3, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 5,010

4, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 4,650

5, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 4,550

6, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 4,260

7, Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 4,200

8, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 3,730

9, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, 3,680

10, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 3,580

11, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 3,530

12, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 3,420

12, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 3,420

14, Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira, Spain, 3,400

15, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 3,100

16, Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, 2,890

17, Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia, 2,860

18, Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, 2,710

19, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,680

20, Ryan Doherty/Todd Rogers, United States, 2,600

21, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 2,590

22, Ruslans Sorokins/Toms Smedins, Latvia, 2,350

23, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 2,180

24, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 2,050

25, Robert Kufa/Jan Hadrava, Czech Republic, 2,000

* Points are from the FIVB World Tour and Open events only. For official men’s FIVB Season Rankings, go to:

http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/WorldRanking_m.asp

Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes World Tour Grand Slams and Opens)

1, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 10, 2, $153,200

2, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $144,700

3, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 1, $144,275

4, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 1, $114,400

5, Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 8, 3, $112,700

6, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 9, 1, $111,975

7, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 9, 1, $84,950

8, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 10, 0, $83,200

9, Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira, Spain, 7, 0, $78,450

10, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 7, 0, $77,400

11, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 8, 0, $77,200

12, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 8, 0, $70,575

13, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, 10, 0, $54,450

14, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 9, 0, $53,325

15, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 6, 0, $49,600

16, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 0, $45,700

17, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 10, 0, $44,650

18, Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia, 8, 0, $44,200

19, Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, 8, 0, $38,400

20, Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, 10, 0, $36,100

21, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 6, 0, $35,700

22, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 6, 1, $33,200

23, Konstantin Semenov/Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia, 2, 0, $32,000

24, Ryan Doherty/Todd Rogers, United States, 9, 0, $30,300

25, Andrea Tomatis/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 3, 0, $26,600

2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Women’s Points and Money Leaders

Women (Team Rank, points)*

1, Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 6,090

2, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 5,220

3, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 4,940

4, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 4,880

5, Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil, 4,620

6, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 4,310

7, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3,890

8, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 3,790

9, Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, 3,530

10, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3,350

11, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 3,310

12, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 3,260

13, Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3,240

14, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 3,180

15, Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic, 2,980

16, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2,970

17, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 2,790

18, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2,780

19, Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 2,760

20, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2,750

21, Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 2,700

22, Evgeniya Ukolova/Ekaterina Khomyakova, Russia, 2,680

23, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 2,580

24, Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan, 2,560

25, Sarah Pavan/Heather Bansley, Canada, 2,320

* Points are from the FIVB World Tour and Open events only. For official women’s FIVB Season Rankings, go to:

http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/WorldRanking_w.asp

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes World Tour Grand Slams and Opens)

1, Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 10, 5, $201,500

2, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 10, 1, $133,500

3, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 10, 0, $114,375

4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 4, 3, $114,000

5, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 10, 0, $102,700

6, Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil, 10, 0, $93,375

7, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 8, 0, $84,700

8, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 7, 0, $83,800

9, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 10, 0, $78,450

10, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 9, 0, $76,750

11, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 7, 1, $76,600

12, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 7, 0, $60,275

13, Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States, 9, 0, $52,150

14, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 6, 0, $50,575

15, Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, 10, 0, $49,350

16, Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic, 8, 0, $48,550

17, Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 7, 0, $48,300

18, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 10, 0, $47,200

19, Evgeniya Ukolova/Ekaterina Khomyakova, Russia, 7, 1, $46,700

20, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $44,850

21, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 0, $43,200

22, Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 9, 0, $35,150

23, Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner, Germany, 6, 0, $33,600

23, Emily Day/Summer Ross, United States, 4, 0, $33,600

25, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 10, 0, $32,650

2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights & Results The 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar was highlighted by a then FIVB-record eight Grand Slam events along with the

2012 London Olympics as the international Beach Volleyball schedule started in April and concluded in October. 2012 marked 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.

· In 2012, international beach volleyball events visited 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 offered 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 were 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 continued to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the third straight year, the tour 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 Brasília, Brazil Women ............................................. Chen Xue/Zi Zhang, China April 17-22 Brasília, Brazil Men ...................... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States April 24-29 Sanya, China Women ............................. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil April 24-29 Myslowice, Poland Men ................................... Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil April 30-May 5 Shanghai, China Women .......................................................... Xue/Zhang, China May 1-6 Shanghai, China Men ...................................... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May 7-12 Beijing, China Women ............... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May 8-13 Beijing, China Men .............. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 22-27 Prague, Czech Republic Men ......................................................... Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil June 6-11 Moscow, Russia Women .......................................................... Xue/Zhang, China June 7-12 Moscow, Russia Men ........................................................ Alison/Emanuel, Brazil June 12-17 Rome, Italy Women .................. Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland June 12-17 Rome, Italy Men .......................... Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States July 2-7 Gstaad, Switzerland Women .............. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Men ............................................ Gibb/Rosenthal, United States July 10-14 Berlin, Germany Men ........................................................ Alison/Emanuel, Brazil July 11-15 Berlin, Germany Women .................................................... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July 16-22 Klagenfurt, Austria Women .......... Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia July 17-22 Klagenfurt, Austria Men ......................................... Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands July 28-August 8 London, Great Britain Women ................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 28-August 9 London, Great Britain Men ......................... Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany August 13-18 Stare Jablonki, Poland Women .................................................... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil August 14-19 Stare Jablonki, Poland Men ................................ Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia August 28-September 2 Aland, Finland Women ......................... Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany October 23-28 Bang Saen, Thailand Women ....................... Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States

Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’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

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

*includes Olympic participation

Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Women’s Leaders

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

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

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 and Opens – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through October 5, 2013

Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s Brazil 169 127 126 ........................ 422 93 ...................................... 515 United States 58 48 42 ......................... 148 36 ...................................... 184 Germany 14 30 25 .......................... 69 25 ........................................ 94 Switzerland 9 23 18 .......................... 50 15 ........................................ 65 Argentina 8 15 14 .......................... 37 15 ........................................ 52 Norway 8 6 12 .......................... 26 14 ........................................ 40 Spain 2 7 10 .......................... 19 7 ......................................... 26 Netherlands 10 5 3 ........................... 18 9 ......................................... 27 Canada 1 6 9 ........................... 16 10 ........................................ 26 Russia 3 4 6 ........................... 13 7 ......................................... 20 Australia 1 1 10 .......................... 12 9 ......................................... 21 China 2 6 4 ........................... 12 4 ......................................... 16 Italy 0 4 4 ............................ 8 8 ......................................... 16 Latvia 3 4 1 ............................ 8 1 ........................................... 9 France 1 2 2 ............................ 5 9 ......................................... 14 Poland 0 2 3 ............................ 5 6 ......................................... 11 Austria 0 1 3 ............................ 4 7 ......................................... 11 Cuba 1 2 1 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 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 294 294 295 ........................ 883 293 .................................. 1,176 · There have been 294 men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). · There have been 73 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 274 FIVB events.

· 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 232 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 64 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 214 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 4-3 · 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 · Spain vs. United States.................................................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 3-0 · 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 · Brazil vs. France ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Brazil vs. Latvia ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Tied 1-1 · China vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Russia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Tied 1-1 · Latvia 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 · 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 · 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 and Opens – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through October 5, 2013

Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s Brazil 130 106 109 ........................ 345 74 ...................................... 419 United States 91 69 65 ......................... 225 63 ...................................... 288 China 20 28 25 .......................... 73 17 ........................................ 90 Germany 2 18 14 .......................... 34 20 ........................................ 54 Australia 4 12 17 .......................... 33 20 ........................................ 53 Netherlands 4 2 3 ............................ 9 14 ........................................ 23 Italy 0 4 5 ............................ 9 8 ......................................... 17 Greece 1 4 2 ............................ 7 7 ......................................... 14 Austria 0 3 3 ............................ 6 5 ......................................... 11 Russia 2 1 3 ............................ 6 2 ........................................... 8 Czech Republic 0 0 4 ............................ 4 8 ......................................... 12 Switzerland 2 0 2 ............................ 4 4 ........................................... 8 Japan 0 2 2 ............................ 4 4 ........................................... 8 Norway 0 2 2 ............................ 4 2 ........................................... 6 Cuba 0 2 0 ............................ 2 2 ........................................... 4 Spain 0 2 0 ............................ 2 2 ........................................... 4 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 256 256 257 ........................ 769 255 .................................. 1,024 · There have been 256 women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). · There have been 37 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 230 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 188 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 48 times.

· The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 181 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 139 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 74 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 45 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.

· There have been 184 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. United States ..................................................................................................................................................................... United States leads 46-40

· Brazil vs. China .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Brazil leads 15-7

· Brazil vs. Germany ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Brazil leads 10-1

· China vs. United States ........................................................................................................................................................................ United States leads 9-5

· 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

· China vs. Germany ........................................................................................................................................................................................... China 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. Netherlands ............................................................................................................................................................................. Netherlands 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. Norway ............................................................................................................................................................................................. China leads 1-0

· China vs. Spain ................................................................................................................................................................................................ China leads 1-0

· Germany vs. Netherlands ....................................................................................................................................................................... Netherlands leads 1-0

· Germany vs. Russia ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Russia 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