FACT SHEET $600,000 FIVB Gstaad Major Gstaad, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2018

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1 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone FACT SHEET $600,000 FIVB Gstaad Major Gstaad, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2018 Updated on July 8, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, nine four-star events, six three-star events, seven two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. Four events held in August- October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. The double-gender $600,000 FIVB Gstaad Major is the 33rd men s and the 32nd women s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to Switzerland for the 19th-straight season and 19th in Gstaad. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. July 9-15, Gstaad, Switzerland, Men and Women, $600,000 Switzerland has hosted 39 previous FIVB World Tour events, including a women s only open in Gstaad in 2000, and double-gender events every year in Gstaad ever since. Starting in 2006, the events became Grand Slams, and the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 events are part of the Major Series. In 2007, the FIVB World Championships were held in Gstaad. Lucerne also hosted a double-gender Open in 2015 and a three-star event this May. Host country Switzerland has won just five medals on its home soil, a men s gold, silver, and two bronze, and a women s bronze. The FIVB Gstaad Major starts July 9 and concludes July 15. The winning teams for each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: Monday, July 9... Men s and Women s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) Tuesday, July Men s and Women s Qualification Matches Wednesday, July Men s and Women s Main Draw Matches Thursday, July Men s and Women s Main Draw Matches Friday, July Men s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches and Women s Main Draw Matches Saturday, July Men s Semi-Final and Medal Matches and Women s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches Sunday, July Women s Semi-Final and Medal Matches A total of 119 teams from 33 countries (64 men s teams from 28 countries and 55 women s teams from 25 countries) are entered into the FIVB Gstaad Major (as of July 8, 2018), including Argentina (1 men s team and 1 women s team), Australia (0,1), Austria (5,1), Belgium (1,0), Brazil (6,5), Canada (3,3), Chile (1,0), China (3,1), Czech Republic (2,2), England (1,0), Finland (1,1), France (2,1), Germany (2,4), Italy (3,1), Japan (0,3), Latvia (2,2), Lithuania (2,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Norway (2,1), Oman (2,0), Poland (4,2), Qatar (1,0), Russia (3,2), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (1,1), Spain (2,2), Switzerland (4,5), Thailand (0,2), Turkey (1,0), Ukraine (0,2), United States (5,7), and Venezuela (1,0). The FIVB Gstaad Major is the 400th men s and the 364th women 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 Switzerland (2001 to present for men and 2000 to present for women)... 2 Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule... 3 FIVB Gstaad Major Men s Entries (through July 8)... 4 FIVB Gstaad Major Women s Entries (through July 8) FIVB World Tour Highlights FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results FIVB World Tour Results FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours Women s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours... 17

2 Past Swiss Men s Medals - Brazil 21, USA 12, Germany 6, Switzerland 4, Netherlands 3, Italy 2, Latvia 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, Poland 1, Russia 1, Serbia 1, Spain 1, Turkey 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Gstaad 2001 Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA 2. Gstaad 2002 Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, ARG Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA 3. Gstaad 2003 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, SUI 4. Gstaad 2004 Heuscher/Kobel, SUI M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, BRA 5. Gstaad 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Benjamin/Harley Marques, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magelhaes, BRA 6. Gstaad 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 7. Gstaad 2007* Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUS Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUS 8. Gstaad 2008 Harley/Pedro Solberg, BRA Reindeer Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, BRA 9. Gstaad 2009 Brink/Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, ESP 10. Gstaad 2010 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GER Marcio Araujo/Ricardo, BRA 11. Gstaad 2011 Alison/Emanuel, BRA Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Brink/Reckermann, GER 12. Gstaad 2012 Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Alison/Emanuel, BRA Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, ITA 13. Gstaad 2013 Alvaro Filho/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA 14. Gstaad 2014 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, USA Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA Ryan Doherty/Nick Lucena, USA 15. Lucerne 2015 Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieiri, ITA Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, TUR 16. Gstaad 2015 Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED 17. Gstaad 2016 Evandro Goncalves/Pedro, BRA Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT 18. Gstaad 2017 Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, POL Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, BRA 19. Lucerne 2018 Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, USA Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, SRB Merco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, SUI *FIVB World Championships Past Swiss Women s Medals - Brazil 22, USA 14, China 9, Germany 6, Canada 2, Netherlands 2, Australia 2, Czech Republic 1, Italy 1, Switzerland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Gstaad 2000 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Holly McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA Ana Paula Connelly/Monica Rodrigues, BRA 2. Gstaad 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, USA May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA 3. Gstaad 2002 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 4. Gstaad 2003 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Ana Paula/Sandra Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 5. Gstaad 2004 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA McPeak/Youngs, USA 6. Gstaad 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN Shelda/Adriana, BRA 7. Gstaad 2006 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN 8. Gstaad 2007* May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 9. Gstaad 2008 Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN 10. Gstaad 2009 Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA 11. Gstaad 2010 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, GER Xue/Zhang, CHN 12. Gstaad 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, ITA 13. Gstaad 2012 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, NED Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI 14. Gstaad 2013 Xue/Zhang, CHN Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, BRA Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, BRA 15. Gstaad 2014 Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, GER Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, CZE 16. Lucerne 2015 Borger/Buthe, GER Madeleine Meppelink/Van Iersel, NED Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, CAN 17. Gstaad 2015 Talita/Larissa, BRA Fernanda Alves/Taiana, BRA April Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA 18. Gstaad 2016 Talita/Larissa, BRA A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER 19. Gstaad 2017 Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Talita/Larissa, BRA Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, CAN 20. Lucerne 2018 Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, AUS Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, CHN Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, USA *FIVB World Championships

3 FIVB 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 Pottharst, 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 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany... London May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil... Rio Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys... Youth Olympic Champions... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia... Nanjing Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October Buenos Aires olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions... 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 Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil... Rome Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil... Netherlands Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil... Austria Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Poland Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland... Poland Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball 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 Solberg, 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 Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland... Great Britain Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada... Alanya Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine... Canada Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Canada Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil... Croatia Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland... Cyprus Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil... Switzerland Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil... China Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Boys... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, Brazil... Greece 2002*... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany... Thailand 2003*... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania... Italy 2004*... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia... France Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany... Bermuda Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland... Poland Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia... Netherlands Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine... Turkey Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Portugal Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland... Croatia Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland... Cyprus Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany... Portugal Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil... Portugal Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil... Cyprus Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil Nanjing... China July *For players under the age of 18 through 2004 Boys... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions... Girls Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland... Mexico Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

4 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Gstaad Major Men s Entries (as of July 8, 2018) Main Draw Entries Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Cerutti/Andre Loyola, Brazil Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Pedro Solberg, Brazil Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland Gabriel Kissling/Michiel Zandbergen, Switzerland Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States Chase Budinger/Sean Rosenthal, United States Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States Qualifier Entries Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium Aaron Nusbaum/Michael Plantinga, Canada Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile Peng Gao/Yang Li, China Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China Zhuoxin Li/Chaowei Zhou, China Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren, Finland Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany Armin Dollinger/Simon Kulzer, Germany Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta, Italy Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar Maxim Sivolap/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia Christian Garcia/Raul Mesa, Spain Simon Hagenbuch/Raphael Licka, Switzerland Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, Turkey Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States Tigrito Gomez/Carlos Rangel, Venezuela Country Quota Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria Julian Horl/Tobias Winter, Austria Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Luciano Ferreira/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Thiago Santos Barbosa/George Wanderley, Brazil Reserve Entries Robert Kufa/Jakub Vala, Czech Republic Issa Batrane/Chris Gregory, England Marius Malinauskas/Artur Vasiljev, Lithuania Nouh Al-Jalbubi/Mazin Alhashmi, Oman Ahmed Alhousni/Haitham Alshereiqi, Oman

5 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Gstaad Major Women s Entries (as of July 8, 2018) Main Draw Entries Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland Laura Caluori/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States Emily Day/Lauren Fendrick, United States Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States Qualifier Entries Ana Gallay/Fernanda Pereyra, Argentina Sophie Bukovec/Julie Gordon, Canada Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany Gaia Traballi/Agata Zuccarelli, Italy Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan Agnese Caica/Marta Ozolina, Latvia Tina Graudina/Anastasija Kravcenoka, Latvia Urte Andriukaityte/Ieva Dumbauskaite, Lithuania Laura Bloem/Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands Emilie Olimstad/Oda Ulveseth, Norway Jagoda Gruszczynska/Alexandra Wachowicz, Poland Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland Yulia Abalakina/Ksenia Dabizha, Russia Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, Slovakia Tjasa Jancar/Tjasa Kotnik, Slovenia Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain Angela Lobato/Amaranta Navarro, Spain Nicole Eiholzer/Elena Steinemann, Switzerland Tatjana Greber/Kim Huber, Switzerland Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine Inna Makhno/Iryna Makhno, Ukraine Country Quota Rebecca Cavalcanti/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States

6 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men s & Women s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.54 million in prize money, with three Major Series five-star events, nine four-star events, six three-star events, seven two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One age-group FIVB World Championships, for players under the age of 19 will also be played. The 2018 FIVB World Tour began in September of 2017 and concludes in August, Four events being played in August-October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men s World Tour began in 1989, the women s in Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in The international beach volleyball circuit visits 47 sites in 29 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 42 men s and 43 women s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.54 million in prize money. All three five-star events and the FIVB World Tour Season Final will be for both genders. The combined purse for each of the five-star events is $600,000 and the total purse will be $800,000 for the FIVB World Tour Season Final. The three five-star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2017 sites in United States (Fort Lauderdale) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 is Vienna, Austria. The showcase event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour is the FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August Eight of the nine four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar was for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), and China (Xiamen), and will be played in the United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), and Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. One event in Yangzhou, China in October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The first event for both genders was in China (Qinzhou), and the other three for both genders will be held in Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Japan (Tokyo). The event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. One event in Qinzhou, China in September-October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. The two-star events have a purse of $25,000 or $50,000 each, either split between two genders or paid to a single gender. The first double-gender event was held in Australia (Sydney) while the next three will be in China (Jinjiang), Singapore, and Morocco (Agadir). Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women s-only events. The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender, with the first single-gender event played in France (Montpellier) in September, 2017 for men only. The other single-gender events for women will be held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan), while the events for men-only were played in Oman and the Netherlands (Aalsmeer). Aalsmeer also hosted a double-gender one-star event in October, The other double-gender events will be held in Australia (Shepparton), Thailand (Satun and Bangkok), Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Manila), Turkey (Aydin, Alanya, Manavgat, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), Austria (Baden), Russia (Anapa), Croatia (Porec), Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). Two events in Hungary (Siofok) and France (Montpellier) will be part of the 2019 Tour. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 in China (Nanjing) from July FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

7 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men October Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands November Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands March Oman One-Star Men Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany March Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Women Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, United States April Xiamen, China Four-Star Men Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia April Xiamen, China Four-Star Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Mastikova, Russia May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Women Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Women Ayumi Kusano/Takemi Nishibori, Japan May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider, Germany May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men Yusuke Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan May Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Women Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough, United States May Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil May Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil May Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia May Aydin, Turkey One-Star Women Mailen Deliz/Leila Martinez, Cuba May Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men Luciano Ferreira/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil May Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Women Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Women Sarah Schneider/Viktoria Seeber, Germany June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June Baden, Austria One-Star Women Teresa Mersmann/Cinja Tillmann, Germany June Baden, Austria One-Star Men Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria June Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men Oscar Brandao/Luciano Ferreira, Brazil June Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Women Satono/Ishitsubo/Asami Shiba, Japan June Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain June Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Women Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE

8 June Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Men Pen Gao/Yang Li, China June Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Women Reika Murakami/Chiyo Suzuki, Japan June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Women Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada July 3-7 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia July 3-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Women Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, RUS July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Men Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Women Emily Sonny/Torrey Van Winden, United States July 9-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls July Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July Haiyang, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July Agadir, Morocco Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 July Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000 August 3-5 Ljubljana, Slovenia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Vaduz, Liechtenstein One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800, FIVB World Tour August Siofok, Hungary One-Star Men & Women $10,000 Aug 28-Sept 1 Montpellier, France One-Star Men & Women $10,000 Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 October Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

9 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil February Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada March Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States April Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED April Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil May Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda Duda Lisboa, BRA May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil June The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia June The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil June Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States June Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil June Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States July Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil July Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda Duda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil July Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan July Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil July Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany July Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States July Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland July Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany July Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil August Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States August Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

10 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of July 2, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 15*, 5,760 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 15*, 4,880 3, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 13*, 4,400 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 13*, 4,400 5, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 7, 4,320 6, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 4,260 7, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11*, 4,020 8, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 12*, 3,820 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 3,780 10, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 13*, 3,640 10, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,640 12, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 17*, 3,380 12, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9*, 3,380 14, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 10*, 3,320 15, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 7, 3,240 16, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 3,180 17, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 9*, 3,120 18, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 3,040 18, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 11*, 3,040 20, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11*, 2,980 20, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 15*, 2,980 22, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 11*, 2,940 23, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9*, 2,920 24, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 12*, 2,800 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 17*, 2,580 25, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 6, 2,580 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 10*, 5,040 1, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 12*, 5,040 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 11*, 4,560 4, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 10*, 4,480 5, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 9*, 4,400 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 11*, 4,300 7, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 4,280 8, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 13*, 3,640 8, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 10*, 3,640 10, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 14*, 3,600 11, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 14*, 3,560 12, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 16*, 3,460 13, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 16*, 3,340 14, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10*, 3,240 15, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 12*, 3,060 15, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8, 3,060 17, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9*, 3,020 18, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11*, 2,940 19, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 8, 2,840 20, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 7, 2,780 21, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 4, 2,720 22, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9*, 2,700 22, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12*, 2,700 24, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 10*, 2,640 25, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 14*, 2,500 * Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

11 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through July 8, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 9, 5,080 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 8, 4,980 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 9, 4,960 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 9, 4,220 5, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 10, 4,060 6, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 10, 3,780 7, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 3,760 8, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 10, 3,500 9, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 9, 3,420 10, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 3,180 11, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9, 3,060 12, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 10, 2,860 12, Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany, 10, 2,860 14, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 8, 2,840 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 6, 2,840 16, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 8, 2,800 17, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 8, 2,780 18, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 2,580 18, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 6, 2,580 20, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,540 20, Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania, 10, 2,540 22, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 2,500 23, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 2,440 24, Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 7, 2,420 25, Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland, 9, 2,330 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 8, 4,480 2, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 8, 4,120 3, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10, 4,020 4, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 7, 3,960 5, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 7, 3,940 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 3,760 7, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 10, 3,580 8, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 9, 3,500 9, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12, 3,460 10, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 6, 3,340 11, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 6, 3,280 12, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 6, 3,200 13, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 7, 3,140 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 6, 3,120 15, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 3,020 16, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 2,880 17, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 7, 2,860 18, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 7, 2,660 19, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 6, 2,640 20, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 6, 2,620 21, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 7, 2,580 22, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 2,540 23, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 11, 2,500 24, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 7, 2,460 24, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 6, 2,460

12 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through July 8, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 8, 1, $92,000 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 9, 3, $87,000 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 9, 1, $79,000 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 9, 1, $63,000 5, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 1, $59,000 6, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 1, $56,000 7, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 1, $54,000 8, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 10, 0, $53,500 9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 4, 0, $43,000 10, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 3, 1, $42,000 10, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $42,000 12, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 10, 1, $41,500 13, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 10, 0, $35,500 14, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 6, 0, $35,000 15, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 6, 0, $34,000 16, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 8, 1, $33,000 17, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9, 0, $31,500 18, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 0, $31,000 19, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 8, 0, $30,200 20, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 3, 0, $30,000 20, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 5, 0, $30,000 22, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 8, 0, $28,500 23, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 1, $27,740 23, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $27,500 25, Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 7, 1, $27,100 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 2, $80,000 2, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 8, 0, $76,000 3, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 7, 1, $69,000 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 7, 1, $64,000 5, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 8, 4, $63,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 6, 1, $55,000 7, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 6, 1, $52,000 8, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 6, 0, $48,000 9, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10, 0, $46,100 10, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 6, 0, $46,000 11, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 6, 0, $43,000 12, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 7, 0, $40,000 13, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 9, 0, $38,000 14, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 10, 0, $37,790 15, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12, 1, $34,318 16, Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 5, 0, $34,000 16, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 4, 1, $34,000 18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 7, 0, $33,000 18, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 6, 0, $33,000 18, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 6, 0, $33,000 21, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 8, 1, $32,320 22, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 0, $31,000 23, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 7, 0, $29,000 24, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 7, 0, $28,500 25, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 0, $28,000

13 Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180 1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650 5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440 6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320 7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280 8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720 12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480 13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400 14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160 16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050 18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020 19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960 21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940 22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910 23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900 24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390 25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330

14 Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500 24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500

15 Men s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Netherlands Argentina Russia Latvia Italy Norway Spain Canada Poland Australia China Austria France Cuba Mexico Qatar Iran Estonia Turkey Portugal Czech Republic Serbia Japan Chile New Zealand Ukraine Indonesia Vacated Thailand Slovenia Denmark Belgium Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Morocco Oman Totals , ,596