Men s Round 7 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone

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1 , Vaagen Harbour, Stavanger, Norway, June 29-July 4 Updated on June 22, 2010, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The US$6.83-million SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled over an eight-month period starting in April in Brazil and ending in November in Thailand. The US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam is the seventh men s on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar. The 12th annual event will also feature women s competition for the ninth year as competition will be held on the Vaagen Harbour dockside courts. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit Stavanger hosts a men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour competition for the 12th-time. The was won by Brazilian men s teams the first nine years as the pair of Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos topped the podium together four-straight years ( ). Emanuel also won Stavanger gold medals with Jose Loiola (1999) and Tande Ramos (2002). Norway wil also host a men s and women sevent for the fourth-straight year in Kristiansand in August. Past Norwegian Men s Medals - Brazil 24, Germany 5, Switzerland 3, USA 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, China 1, Latvia 1, Netherlands 1, New Zealand 1, Russia 1, Spain 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Stavanger 1999 Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA Guilherme Marques/Para Ferreira, BRA Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, BRA 2. Stavanger 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 3. Stavanger 2001 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Para/Ze Marco de, BRA 4. Stavanger 2002 Emanuel/Tande, BRA Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, SUI 5. Stavanger 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, ARG Julien Prosser/Mark Williams, AUS 6. Stavanger 2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Dave Klemperer/Niklas Rademacher, GER Franco/Tande, BRA 7. Stavanger 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Benjamin/Harley Marques, BRA Heuscher /Kobel, SUI 8. Stavanger 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Benjamin/Harley, BRA 9. Stavanger 2007 Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN 10. Stavanger 2008 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Reckermann/Urbatzka, GER Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 11. Stavanger 2009* Brink/Reckermann, GER Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, BRA Dalhausser/Rogers, USA 1. Kristiansand 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, GER Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA 2. Kristiansand 2008 Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, ESP Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, NZL 3. Kristiansand 2009 Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUSAleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, LAT Alison/Harley, BRA *FIVB World Championships The men s starts June 29 and concludes July 4. The winning team will share the $43,500 first-place prizes. Here is the schedule: Tuesday, June Country Quota Playoffs Wednesday, June Qualification Tournament Thursday, July 1...Main Draw Pool Play Friday, July 2...Main Draw Pool Play & Single-elimination Saturday, July 3...Main Draw Pool Play & Single-elimination Sunday, July 4...Semi-final & medal matches A total of 92 men s teams from 33 countries have initially entered the (as of June 21, 2010), including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States and Venezuela. TABLE OF CONTENTS...Page ConocoPhillips Notes, FIVB Facts, FIVB Television, Emanuel Rego s 200th... 2 Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams, SWATCH leaders... 3 Men s Entries through June 21, Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour, Results, Schedule, Leaders, Medals by Country, MOPs Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour, Final 4s, Wild Card Results, Qualifying Results... 6 SWATCH Serving, Norwegian Teams, Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders... 8 Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours... 9 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 9

2 The wil be the 250th men s event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwil). The first men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After the, the SWATCH FIVB World Tour continues with another Grand Slam stop July 5-11 in Gstaad, Switzerland, before taking another week of. Open play returns to France July in Marseille before the final two Grand Slam stops in Austria (Klagenfurt, July 26-August 1) and Poland (Stare Jablonki, August 2-8). FIVB Officials Sara Seravalli, Italy... Technical Supervisor Jeffrey Brehaut, England...Referee Delegate Olly Harding, England...TV Delegate Tim Simmons, United States... Press Delegate Mauricio Kaye, Brazil... Photographer International Referees Julien Bruxelles, France Mario Ferro, Brazil Darryl Friesen, Canada Pedro Garcia, Puerto Rico Damien Searle, England Osvaldo Sumavil, Argentina Catriona Tweedie, Australia About the FIVB - The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball on a global level. Working closely with the National Federations and private enterprises, the FIVB promotes Volleyball and Beach Volleyball competitions and development activities as entertainment and promotional factors for the enjoyment of spectators and participants while satisfying sponsors' needs. It aims to develop Volleyball and Beach Volleyball as a major world media and entertainment sport through world-class planning and organization of competitions, marketing and promotional activities. The FIVB is part of the Olympic Movement, contributing to the success of the Olympic Games. The television coverage for the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour will feature 55 broadcast companies across the world. The coverage covers six macro-regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and the, Middle East) with IMG the FIVB s partner for TV distribution and production. A total of 134 live matches and 21 highlight programs have been and will be produced and distributed throughout the season offering increased access to each SWATCH FIVB World Tour event. The 2009 international Beach Volleyball season saw an increase in international broadcasters from 24 in 2008 to 39 in 2009 when more than 1,600 total hours of primary footage of events were broadcast around the world. EMANUEL REGO - The will mark the 200th FIVB event and 199th SWATCH stop for Brazilian Emanuel Rego. Here are notes on the legendary Brazil as he is in the midst of his 17th-season of SWATCH FIVB World Tour competition. Emanuel ranks first in career men s FIVB earnings ($2,046,785). Emanuel has now competed in a record 1,213 FIVB matches with 980 wins (80.8 winning percentage). Emanuel (70) ranks first in FIVB gold medals, including a record 69 SWATCH titles. Emanuel (199) ranks first in FIVB tournaments played with his first event being in February 1994 at Rio de Janeiro with Aloizio Claudino. Emanuel has played in 1998 SWATCH FIVB World Tour events. Emanuel teamed with Ricardo Santos to claim two Olympic medals, including 2004 gold in Athens and 2008 bronze in Beijing. Emanuel and Ricardo won the gold medal at the 2003 SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Emanuel and Ricardo won the gold medal at the 2007 PanAmerican Games in Rio de Janeiro. Emanuel and Ricardo won 33 SWATCH stops and one Challenger/Satellite FIVB gold medal, an international team record for men. Emanuel and Ricardo were five-time SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions (2003 through 2007). Emanuel also won SWATCH FIVB World Tour point s title with Ze Marco (1996 and 1997), Jose Loiola (1999) and Tande Ramos (2001). Emanuel is one of three players to compete in all four Olympic Beach Volleyball competitions and is the only player to compete in all seven FIVB world championships. Counting domestic and international events, Emanuel has won 125 pro Beach Volleyball titles. He has competed in 19 Emanuel was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour most outsanding player in Emanuel was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour best hitter in Emanuel was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour top sportsperson in Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 9

3 Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men... Olympic Champions... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States...Atlanta Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States...Sydney Natalie Cook/Kerri Potthatrst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil...Athens Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States... Beijing May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 27-August 12, Horse Guards Parade... London Copacabana... Rio Men... SWATCH FIVB World Championships... Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil... Los Angeles Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil... Marseille Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina... Klagenfurt Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil...Rio de Janeiro Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil...Berlin May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States...Gstaad May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany... Stavanger Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States June Rome Men...SWATCH FIVB Junior (U- 21) World Champions... Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil...France Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain... Italy Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil...France Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain... Portugal Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia...Brazil Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil...Poland Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy... Italy Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai, Italy...Great Britain 2008Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland..Great Britain Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland September Alanya Alanya, Turkey Men... SWATCH FIVB 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 July 27-August 1... Porto 2010#... Porto, Portugal *For players under the age of #for players under the age of 19 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Points Champions Season... Points Champions Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil ZeMarco/Emanuel, Brazil Para Ferreira /Guilherme Marquez, Brazil Emanuel/Jose Loiola, Brazil ZeMarco/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde, Argentina Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, BrazIl Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 9

4 2010 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Entries Main Draw Teams, Country Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain Karl Jaani/Rivo Vesik, Estonia Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway Oivind Hordvik/Iver Horrem, Norway Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev (II), Russia Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Qualification Teams, Country Clemens Doppler/Matthias Mellitzer, Austria Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Bruno de Paula/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil Jan Ferreira/Franco Neto, Brazil Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada Peng Gao/Jian Li, China Michal Biza/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany Thomas Kaczmarek/Stefan Schneider, Germany Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy Alex Ranghieri/Andrea Tomatis, Italy Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia Martins Plavins/Toms Smedins, Latvia Emiel Boersma/Joppe Paulides, Netherlands Kim Hellum/Trygve Leite, Norway Qualification Teams, Country Ronny Berntsen/Geir Eithun, Norway Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Miguel Maia/Pedro Rosas, Portugal Hugo Gaspar/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal Jerome Fredericks/Leo Williams, South Africa Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa Alexey Pastukhov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia Andrey Belov/Ruslan Dayanov, Russia Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, Switzerland Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States Jackson Henriquez/Farid Mussa, Venezuela Reserve Teams, Country Christopher McHugh/Joshua Slack, Australia Sam Boehm/Isaac Kapa, Australia Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger, Austria Konstantin Mitev/Neven Neshev, Bulgaria Martin Reader/Chaim Schalk, Canada Cheng Chen/Yong Liu, China Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic Robin Miedzybrodzki/Gregg Weaver, Great Britain Georgios Kotsilianos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece Eugenio Amore/Fosco Cicola, Italy Domenico Apicella/Fabio Galli, Italy Oleksiy Kulinich/Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan Janis Freidenfelds/Martins Freidenfelds, Latvia Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico Alexander Brouwer/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Daan Spijkers/Jon Stiekema, Netherlands Petter Bjorbak/Magnus Borge Johansen, Norway Yngve Are Antonsen/Jorn Olav Gamlemoen, Norway Eskil Holtan/Oyvind Wergeland, Norway Cedric Aubry/Håkon Kronstad, Norway Svein Oddmund Solhaug/Jonas Tomter, Norway Anders Stromsvag/Dag Stromsvag, Norway Khalfan Hamd Khadayam Al Jabri/Badar Said Abdullah Al Subhi, Oman Ahmed Khadoum Al hosni/haitham Khalfan Abdulla AL Shereiqi, Oman Andrey Maryshev/Alexey Yutvalin, Russia Sebastian Chevalier/Andreas Sutter, Switzerland Mykola Babich/Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine Leon Colina/Fernando Ramos, Venezuela Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela Nestor Adrian Serron/Nicolas Zanotta, Uruguay Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 9

5 2010Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site...Gold Medal Teams or Prize Money (US dollars) April Brasília, Brazil... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States May 3-8 Shanghai, China...Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May Rome, Italy Grand Slam...Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May Myslowice, Poland...Dalhausser/Rogers, United States June 8-14 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam... Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China June Prague, Czech Republic...Dalhausser/Rogers, United States June 29-July 4 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam... $300,000 July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam... $300,000 July Marseille, France... $190,000 July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam... $300,000 August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam... $300,000 August Kristiansand, Norway... $190,000 August Aland, Finland... $190,000 August The Hague, Netherlands... $190, SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Leaders (through June 20) Men s Team Rank, points 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,740 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 3,020 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 3,000 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,560 5, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,080 6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1,960 7, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 1,880 8, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 1,620 9, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, 1,560 10, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,520 11, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,440 12, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1,420 13, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1,280 14, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1,020 15, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, , Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev (II), Russia, , Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, , Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, , Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, , Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, , Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, , Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, , Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, , Karl Jaani/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 560 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 6, 4, $174,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 6, 0, $105,700 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6, 0, $100,000 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 6, 0, $79,900 5, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 5, 1, $72,950 6, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 6, 0, $55,200 7, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 4, 1, $54,000 8, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 6, 0, $48,200 9, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, 6, 0, $44,000 10, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 6, 0, $42,250 11, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $37,000 12, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 5, 0, $35,350 13, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 5, 0, $34,700 14, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 5, 0, $26,300 15, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 6, 0, $26,200 16, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 4, 0, $25,450 17, Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev (II), Russia, 6, 0, $23,050 18, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 4, 0, $22,250 19, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 0, $21,050 20, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 6, 0, $20,650 21, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 5, 0, $20,200 22, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 5, 0, $19,100 23, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 6, 0, $15,500 24, Karl Jaani/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 4, 0, $15, MEN S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through June 20, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Spain China Totals Most Outstanding Player Awards - Men Phil Dalhausser, United States... Brasília, Rome, Myslowice, Prague Harley Marques, Brazil... Shanghai Linyin Xu, China... Moscow Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 9

6 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men s Final Four Results Brazil - Brasília, April 20-25, $190, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $21, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $15, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, $11,200 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-15, (38 minutes) Bronze - Benjamin/Bruno def. Cunha/Thiago, 21-18, (43) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Iver Horrem, Norway, 86.5 km/h China - Shanghai, May 3-8, $190, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $30, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $21, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $15, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $11,200 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-15, 13-21, (62) Bronze - Alison/Emanuel def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-16, 12-21, (50) MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 99.1 km/h Italy - Rome, May 17-23, $300, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $29, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $23, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 23-21, (47) Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-17, (47) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Eric Koreng, Germany, km/h Poland - Myslowice, May 25-30, $190, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $30, Gavira/Herrera, Spain, $21, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $15, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $11,200 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gavira/Herrera, 21-15, (36) Bronze - Brink/Reckermann def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-18, (44) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Serguei Prokopiev, Russia, km/h Russia - Moscow, June 8-14, $300, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $43, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $29, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $23, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, $18,400 Gold Wu/Xu def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-17, 17-21, (57) Bronze Brink/Reckermann def. Jennings/Keenan, 21-17, (44) MOP Xu SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h Czech Republic - Prague, June 15-20, $190, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $30, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $21, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $15, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $11,200 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-15, 14-21, (55) Bronze - Brink/Reckermann def. Wu/XU, 25-27, 21-9, (66) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men s Wild Card Teams, by finishes Site Team Seed Rank Brasília Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil 11 4th Brasília Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 14 9th Shanghai Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 23 9th Shanghai Young Liu/Cheng Chen, China 32 25th Rome Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 5 5th Rome Gianluca Casadei/Alberto Cisolla, Italy 32 25th Myslowice Petr Benes/Premysl, Czech Republic 28 7th Site Team Seed Rank Myslowice Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland 32 32nd Moscow Fabio Magalhães/Bruno De Paula, Brazil 29 25th Moscow Alexey Pastukhov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia 30 25th Prague Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland 29 25th Prague Michal Biza/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic 10 25th Stavanger Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway TBD TBD Stavanger Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden TBD TBD 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men s Qualification Tournament Notes A total of 22 countries have advanced from a men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for six events in No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Andrey Belov/Ruslan Dayanov of Russia are the lowest seeded team (35th, Myslowice) to advance from the qualifier to the Main Draw. No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 9

7 2010 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Serving Leaders(km/h, 6 events, through June 20) Rank Player Country Speed...Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Moscow 2 Serguei Prokopiev RUS Myslowice 3 Eric Koreng GER Rome 4 Emanuel Rego BRA Rome 5 Andrey Belov RUS Myslowice 6 Konstantin Semenov RUS Moscow 7 Pablo Herrera ESP Myslowice 7 Julius Brink GER Prague Rank Player Country Speed... Site 9 Ruslans Sorokins LAT Prague 10 Benjamin Insfran BRA Prague 11 Paolo Nicolai ITA Rome 12 Vegard Hoidalen NOR Prague 12 Jonas Reckermann GER Prague 14 Christopher McHugh AUS Prague 15 David Klemperer GER Prague 16 Jefferson Bellaguarda SUI Shanghai Top SWATCH World Tour Servers Since 2005 (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed, km/h Site... Season 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Italy Eric Koreng GER Austria Serguei Prokopiev RUS Poland Clemens Doppler AUT Austria Conrad Leinemann CAN Austria Linyin Xu CHN Italy Julius Brink GER Czech Republic Jonas Reckermann GER Austria Dominik Witczak POL Poland Ruslans Sorokins LAT Russia Emanuel Rego BRA Italy Pablo Herrera ESP Australia Vegard Hoidalen NOR Poland Serguei Prokopiev RUS Russia Harley Marques BRA Norway Dmitri Barsouk RUS Croatia Kristjan Kais EST Poland Andrey Belov RUS Poland Konstantin Semenov RUS Russia Richard Schuil NED Norway The FIVB & NORWEGIAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Entering the 2010 season, Norway had 134 players, including 74 men and 60 women, competing in at least one FIVB-sanctioned event since the start of the international circuit in 1987 for men and 1992 for women. The performances by Jan Kvalheim and Bjorn Maaseide highlight Norway s play on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour as the pair competed together for 10 seasons with seven gold medals, 18 podium placements and 27 final four finishes in 93 international starts. Kvalheim and Maaseide, who captured the SWATCH FIVB World Tour championship and placed seventh in the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games, are still ranked ninth on the all-times earnings list with $778,750. Maaseide was also one of 15 players to compete in the first three Beach Volleyball Olympics, including twice with Kvalheim and once with Iver Horrem. Two-time Olympians Vegard Hoidalen and Jorre Kjemperud also won a SWATCH gold medal (Berlin 1998) and rank second on the FIVB list for events together (129) behind Portugal s Joao Brenha and Miguel Maia (134). Kjemperud also won a 2005 Challenger event in Porto Santo with Tarjei Skarlund as the pair had Norway s last men s final four finish in 2007 at Aland, Finland. Olympians Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen were Norway's top women's team on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour with 41 top nine finishes in 93 starts to rank 10th in all-time team FIVB earnings with $509,270. Season No. 5 for Hakedal and Torlen was the most productive campaign for a Norwegians women s team as they finished eighth on the 2006 SWATCH FIVB World Tour standings. With $111,400 in earnings together, Hakedal and Torlen ended the season strong with a fourth and third in Acapulco and Thailand, respectively, for Norway s first women s final four appearances and medal. In the 2007 and 2008, Hakedal and Torlen claimed silver medals in Shanghai and Kristiansand (Norway), respectively. Olympians Susanne Glesnes and Kathrine Maaseide rank 27th on the SWATCH women's career earnings list ($354,780) for 103 events (four-best total in women s tour history). Cecilie Josefsen and Wiig captured a FIVB Satellite silver medal in 2004 at Lausanne, Switzerland. Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 9

8 2009 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule & Gold Medal Winners Dates Site...Gold Medal Team April Brasília, Brazil...Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China... Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil May Rome, Italy...Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany May Myslowice, Poland...Alison/Harley, Brazil June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway World Championships... Brink/Reckermann, Germany July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam... Brink/Reckermann, Germany July Moscow, Russia Grand Slam... Brink/Reckermann, Germany July Marseille, France Grand Slam... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...Dalhausser Rogers, United States August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland... Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil August Kristiansand, Norway...Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia August Aland, Finland...Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands August The Hague, Netherlands...Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands October Sanya, China...Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands Final 2009 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Leaders* Men s Team Rank, points 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6,140* 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,760 3, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4,920 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,420 5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780 6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 7, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3,480 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 3,360 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,960 11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,564 12, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,520 13, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2,500 13, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2,500 15, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,280 17, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2,240 18, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,220 19, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,140 20, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,880 21, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860 22, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,820 23, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,780 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,464 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 10, 4, $274,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 13, 2, $253,400 3, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 10, 3, $171,600 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11, 0, $163,900 5, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 2, $145,900 6, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 8, 1, $135,900 7, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $109,750 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 10, 1, $107,300 9, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 11, 0, $94,300 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 10, 0, $75,450 11, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $73,500 12, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 8, 0, $71,100 13, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 11, 0, $69,300 14, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 6, 0, $67,600 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11, 0, $67,150 16, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 10, 0, $66,900 17, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 11, 0, $65,350 18, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $64,100 19, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, 13, 0, $62,550 20, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 0, $54,550 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 12, 0, $52,150 22, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $49,950 23, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 13, 0, $46,150 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 7, 0, $38,900 NOTE - The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions wil be determined by calculating the points for a team s best 10 men and 12 women finishes based on 75 percent of the 14 men s and 16 women s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down MEN S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through October 31, 2009 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil Germany United States Spain Netherlands Russia Latvia Switzerland China Estonia France Totals Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 9

9 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through June 20, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Argentina Norway Canada Spain Australia Netherlands Russia China France Cuba Italy Portugal Austria Vacated Estonia Japan New Zealand Latvia Czech Republic Poland Georgia Totals There have been 249 men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There have been 55 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. The last time was the 2009 season finale in China. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 235 FIVB events. Brazil s streak of 114-straight final fours ended at the France 2005 event (Event No. 171). Prior to France, Brazil s last non-semi-final appearance was Portugal 1996 (Event No. 56). Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 49 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 205 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 60 events. United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in nine 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 178 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States...Brazil leads Brazil vs. Germany...Brazil leads 17-7 Argentina vs. Brazil...Brazil leads 14-8 Brazil vs. Switzerland...Brazil leads 16-4 Brazil vs. Norway...Tied 5-5 Brazil vs. Canada...Brazil leads 4-1 Brazil vs. Spain...Brazil leads 3-2 Germany vs. Switzerland...Tied 2-2 Brazil vs. China...Brazil leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands...Brazil leads 2-1 Germany vs. United States...United States leads 2-1 Brazil vs. Cuba...Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Portugal...Portugal leads 2-0 Italy vs. United States...United States leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France...Tied 1-1 Russia vs. United States...Tied 1-1 Switzerland vs. United States...Tied 1-1 China vs. Netherlands...Netherlands leads 2-0 Germany vs. Netherlands... Netherlands lead 2-0 Spain vs. United States...United States leads 2-0 China vs. United States...tied leads 1-1 Argentina vs. Norway...Norway leads 1-0 Australia vs. Switzerland... Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Australia...Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Russia...Brazil leads 1-0 Canada vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland... Switzerland 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. Russia... Germany 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 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 9 of 9