PRESS INFO. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone: SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR TAKES FOUR-WEEK BREAK

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1 SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR TAKES FOUR-WEEK BREAK Lausanne, Switzerland, September 19 - The 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour will be idle for the next four weeks before resuming play with the final two double gender events starting with the US$400,000 Brazilian Open in Salvador October Following the Salvador stop, the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour returns to Acapulco October as the world s best men s and women s Beach Voleybal players compete on the Playa Tamarindos for the first-time since 1999 when Mexico hosted the inaugural qualifying event for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. While the men s competition was at the start of a six-week break between events, the women held their 13th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stop this past week in Indonesia where Brazil s Renata Ribeiro and Talita Antunes validated their gold medal success in Athens at the start of September with a Bali title Sunday. With their and Bali championship win over the legendary Brazilian tandem of Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede, Renata and Talita are now 2-2 in gold medal matches this season. Their first three title matches were against Brazilian rivals Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca, the top-ranked team on the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. Juliana and Larissa, who have won five SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medals this season enroute to clinching the women s season points title, skipped the Indonesia event after playing in 12 events over a 16-week period. The young Brazilians, who have amassed 5,284 points for a 1,540-point lead over Tian Jia and Fei Wang of China, have shared $333,750 this year for the best-ever single-season earnings mark for women or men internationally. While Brazil was guaranteed the top two podium spots at the US$200,000 Indonesia Women's Open 2005, Greece s Thalia Koutroumanidou and Maria Tsiartsiani scored a 21-17, and win over Leila Barros and Ana Paula Connelly to deny the South American country their sixth 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour women s medal sweep Sunday. Koutroumanidou and Tsiartsiani had placed 25th at the Athens event two weeks ago. After claiming their record 16th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal together in Athens, Brazil s Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos have regained the men s points lead as the reigning Olympic champions seek to win their third-straight season points title. Emanuel had previously set the team title record with Ze Marco de Melo ( ) and tied it with Jose Loiola ( ). Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes, who captured the SWATCH-FIVB World Championships earlier this season in Berlin, entered the Athens event with a 128-point lead over Emanuel and Ricardo, but their fifth-place finish allowed their Brazilian rivals to add 200 more points to their total to seize control (4,168-4,096). The men s 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour is scheduled to end the season with events in Dubai (November 14-18) and Cape Town, South Africa (November 23-27). Cape Town will also be the site of the women s 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour season finale. It will be the first-ever international women s event on the African continent. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 6

2 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Leaders (Through September 18, 12 men sand 13women s events) Men s Rank, Team, Titles, Earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 4, $257,100 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, 2, $226,700 3, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 1, $173,850 4, Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany, 1, $130,350 5, Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany, 2, $128,000 6, Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland, 1, $123,600 7, Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $118,150 8, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 1, $115,750 9, Paul Laciga/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $99,450 10, Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria, $71,200 11, Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway, $66,750 12, Martin Conde/Jose Salema, Argentina, $64,850 Men s Rank, Team, Points 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 4,168 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio de Jesus Magalhaes, Brazil, 4,096 3, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 3,504 4, Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany, 2,704 5, Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland, 2,456 6, Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 2,408 7, Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany, 2,380 8, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 2,320 9, Paul Laciga/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,236 10, Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria, 1,780 11, Martin Conde/Jose Salema, Argentina, 1,732 12, Francisco Alvarez/Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba, 1,724 Women s Rank, Team, Titles, Earnings 1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 5, $333,750 2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 4, $177,000 3, Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China, $173,500 4, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, $156,900 5, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 1, $143,000 6, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2, $140,750 7, Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, $102,700 8, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands, $99,600 9, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, $90,100 10, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil, $88,900 11, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $77,800 12, Elaine Youngs/Rachel Wacholder, United States, $72,400 Women srank, Team, Points 1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 5,284 2, Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China, 3,744 3, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 3,272 4, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 2,952 5, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands, 2,596 6, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 2,520 7, Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,360 8, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2,352 9, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, 2,300 10, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil, 2,192 11, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 1,904 12, Elaine Youngs/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 1, SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule & Results Dates Tournament Gender... Gold Medal Team/Purse May Cup China Jinshan Open, Shanghai W...Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May Cup China Jinshan Open, Shanghai M...Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany May Japan Open, Osaka W...Shaylyn Bedê/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil June 8-12 VIP Open, Zagreb, Croatia M... Marcio Araujo/Fábio Magalhães, Brazil June 8-12 Italy Open, Milan W... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil June to1 Energy Open, Gstaad, Switzerland W... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil June to1 Energy Open, Gstaad, Switzerland M...Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June SWATCH-FIVB Worlds, Berlin, Germany W... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June SWATCH-FIVB Worlds, Berlin, Germany M...Marcio Araujo/Fábio, Brazil June 28-July 2 ConocoPhillips Open, Stavanger, Norway W...Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece June 29-July 3 ConocoPhillips Open, Stavanger, Norway M...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July 5-9 St. Petersburg Open, Russia W... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July 6-10 St. Petersburg Open, Russia M...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July Portugal Open, Espinho W... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July Portugal Open, Espinho M... Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany July Mazury Open, Stare Jablonki M...Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland July Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam, Paris W... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam, Paris M...Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland August 3-6 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt W... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States August 3-7 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt M...C. Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany August Canada Open, Montreal W... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil August Canada Open, Montreal M...Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil August 30-September 3 INFOTE Athens Open, Greece W... Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil August 31-September 4 INFOTE Athens Open, Greece M...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil September Indonesia Women's Open 2005, Bali W...Renata/Talita, Brazil October Brazil Open, Salvador M&W...$400,000 October Corona Acapulco Open, Acapulco M&W...$400,000 November The Dubai Beach Volleyball Open, UAE M...$200,000 November South African Women's Open, Cape Town W...$200,000 November South Africa Open, Cape Town M...$200,000 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 6

3 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Salvador For the first-time outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will host a double gender SWATCH- FIVB World Tour event in Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia and former capital of Brazil until Salvador hosted a men s event for the first-time in 2004 while women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour events were held four years ( ). Teams from Brazil won all five gold medals. Year - Salvador Gold Medal / Salvador Silver Medal / Salvador Bronze Medal Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil / Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil / Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil Shelda/Adriana, Brazil / Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA / Pires/Silva, Brazil Shelda/Adriana, Brazil / Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley, USA / Pires/Samuel, Brazil Shelda/Adriana, Brazil / Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA / Pires/Samuel, Brazil Year - Salvador Gold Medal / Salvador Silver Medal / Salvador Bronze Medal Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil / Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland / Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 2005 SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR TOP SERVES Rank Men Nation Speed...Event 1 Conrad Leinemann CAN Austria 2 Julius Brink GER Austria 3 Harley Marques BRA Norway 4 Harley BRA Canada 5 Kristjan Kais EST Poland 6 Julius Brink GER Portugal 7 Brink GER Portugal 7 Harley BRA Canada 9 Clemens Doppler AUT Austria 10 Brink GER Portugal 14 Clemens Doppler AUT Switzerland 20 Harley BRA Russia 25 Pablo Herrera ESP France 31 Kristjan Kais EST Greece 46 Harley BRA China 49 Jonas Reckermann GER Croatia 56 Reckermann GER Germany Rank Women Nation Speed... Event 1 Katerina Nikolaidou GRE 83.8 Greece 2 Sara Goller GER 82.0 Norway 2 Ana Paula Connolly BRA 82.0 Indonesia 4 Goller GER 81.2 Germany 5 Ana Paula BRA 81.1 Austria 6 Wang Fei CHN 80.8 Japan 6 Ana Paula BRA 80.8 Indonesia 8 Wang Fei CHN 80.7 Japan 9 Goller GER 80.6 Germany 10 Ana Paula BRA 80.3 Greece 12 Wang Fei CHN 80.2 China 14 Ana Paula BRA 80.0 Switzerland 14 Ana Paula BRA 80.0 Canada 16 Wang Fei CHN 79.9 Italy 18 Ana Paula BRA 79.7 Portugal 21 Ana Paula BRA 79.5 Russia 66 Larissa Franca BRA 77.6 France SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Medals MEN - Brazil 21 (7 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze), Germany 8 (3, 3, 2), Switzerland 6 (2, 2, 2), United States 1 (0, 1, 0) WOMEN - Brazil 24 (8 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze), China 5 (0, 1, 4), United States 5 (4, 1, 0), Greece 4 (1, 2, 1), Germany 1 (0, 0, 1) SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Final Fours MEN - Brazil 27, Germany 10, Switzerland 7, United States 3, Australia 1 WOMEN - Brazil 30, United States 7, China 6, Greece 5, Cuba 1, Germany 1, the Netherlands 1, Switzerland 1 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Most Outstanding Player Awards MEN - Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3 (Switzerland, Norway, Greece), Christoph Dieckmann, Germany 2 (China, Austria), Marcio Araujo, Brazil (Portugal), Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (France), Martin Laciga, Switzerland (Poland), Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil (Croatia), Harley Marques, Brazil (Canada), Emanuel Rego, Brazil (Russia), Thorston Schoen, Germany (World Championships, Germany). WOMEN - Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 3 (Italy, Switzerland, Russia), Misty May-Treanor, United States, 2 (France, Austria), Larissa Franca, Brazil, 2 (China, Canada), Talita Antunes, Brazil (Indonesia), Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece (Norway), Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (Japan), Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (Greece) Thailia Koutroumanidou, Greece (Portugal), Kerri Walsh, United States (World Championships, Germany). Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 6

4 2005 SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR CHALLENGER/SATELLITE LEADERS (Through August 21, 14 men s, eight women s events) Rank, Men s Team, Events, Golds, Earnings, Points 1, Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy, 6, 3, $13,850, 186 2, Andrea Raffaelli/Fabio Galli, Italy, 6, 0, $6,900, 150 3, Paulo Emilio Silva/Moises Santos, Brazil, 4, 0, $6,200, 134 4, Simone Bendandi/Fosco Cicola, Italy, 5, 0, $5,800, 132 5, David Wenger/Philip Gabathuler, Switzerland, 7, 0, $6,400, 126 6, Luizao Correa/Alex Acco, Brazil, 2, 1, $8,700, 114 7, Rodrigo Monteiro/Bruno De Paula, Brazil, 5, 2, $8,000, 110 8, Kay Matysik/Markus Popp, Germany, 2, 1, $5,750, 84 9, Andrea Ghiurghi/Gianni Mascagna, Italy, 5, 0, $4,650, 82 10, Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia, 2, 0, $3,600, 78 10, Igor Stejskal/Michal Biza, Czech Republic, 3, 0, $3,100, 78 12, Pedro Solberg Salgado/Ian Borges, Brazil, 3, 0, $4,700, 76 12, Jarle Huseby/Kim Hellum, Norway, 7, 0, $2,800, 76 14, Ricardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 2, 0, $5,400, 72 14, Andris Krumins/Ruslas Sorokins, Latvia, 2, 0, $5,100, 72 14, Mischa Urbatzka/Daniel Krug, Germany, 2, 0, $3,500, 72 17, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine, 2, 1, $4,950, 70 18, Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 3, 0, $4,600, 66 18, Brian Hiebert/Martin Reader, Canada, 4, 0, $2,600, 66 20, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 1, 1, $5,000, 60 20, Para Ferreira/Jan Ferreira, Brazil, 1, 1, $4,800, 60 Rank, Women s Team, Events, Golds, Earnings, Points 1, Galyna Osheyko/Svitlana Baburina, Ukraine, 4, 1, $5,300, 72 2, Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria, 3, 2, $5,300, 62 3, Mireya Kaup/Geeske Banck, Germany, 2, 0, $3,900, 48 3, Margherita Chiavaro/Manuela Malerba, Italy, 3, 1, $3,850, 48 5, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 3, 0, $2,750, 42 6, Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France, 2, 1, $3,500, 38 7, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, 1, 1, $3,400, 34 7, Gaia Cicola/Margherita Reniero, Italy, 3, 0, $1,800, 34 7, Cristiana Parenzan/Mara Palmeri, Italy, 3, 0, $1,800, 34 10, Sara Uddstahl/Karin Lundquist, Sweden, 2, 0, $1,850, 28 10, Sarah Schmocker/Tanya Schmocker, Switzerland, 2, 0, $1,350, 28 12, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 1, 0, $1,700, 26 12, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 2, 0, $1,650, 26 12, Isabelle Forrer/Romana Kayser, Switzerland, 2, 0, $1,250, 26 15, Paola Paggi/Darina Mifkova, Italy, 2, 0, $1,300, 24 16, Celine Gemise Fareau/Marion Castelli, France, 2, 0, $1,150, 22 17, Tereza Petrova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 1, 1, $2,000, 20 17, Whenhui You/Linjun Ji, China, 1, 1, $2,000, SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR CHALLENGER/SATELLITE SCHEDULE & RESULTS Dates Tournament Gender... Gold Medal Team/Purse February Thailand Satellite, Bangkok W...Whenhui You/Linjun Ji, China June Finland Satellite, Turku M...Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilous, Latvia July 1-3 Italy Challenger, Cagliari M...Kay Matysik/Markus Popp, Germany July 7-10 Italy Challenger, Roseto degli Abruzzi M...Jan Ferreira/Para, Ferreira, Brazil July Italy Challenger, Rimini M...Alex Acco/Luizão Correa, Brazil July Morocco Satellite, Casablanca M...Giorgio Domenghini/Diego Nota, Italy July France Satellite, St. Jean de Monts M... Bruno De Paula/Rodrigo Monteiro, Brazil July France Satellite, St. Jean de Monts W...Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria July Italy Satellite, Alba Adriatica M... Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy July Italy Satellite, Alba Adriatica W... Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic July Ukraine Challenger, Kiev M... Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine July Italy Satellite, Palinuro W...Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine July Italy Satellite, Palinuro M... Amore/Fenili, Italy August 5-7 Italy Satellite, Vasto W... Margherita Chiavaro/Manuela Malerba, Italy August 5-7 Italy Satellite, Vasto M... Amore/Fenili, Italy August Switzerland Satellite, Lausanne W... Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland August Switzerland Satellite, Lausanne M...Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland August Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz W... L. Yanchulova/P. Yanchulova, Bulgaria August Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz M...Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland August France Satellite, Le Lavandou W...Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France August France Satellite, Le Lavandou M...Bruno/Rodrigo, Brazil September 9-10 Madeira Challenge, Porto Santo M... Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway October Argentina Satellite, Buenos Aires M&W...$20,000 November Cuba Satellite, Varadero W...$10,000 November Cuba Satellite, Varadero M...$10, SWATCH-FIVB U-21 & U-19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 7-11, 2005 Men U Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia 2. Jackson Henriquez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela 3. Serguei Prokopiev/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia 4. Pedro Solberg Salgado/Tiago Santos, Brazil Women U Carolina Solberg Salgado/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil 2. Ruth Flemig/Ilka Semmler, Germany 3. Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria 4. Nadine Zumkehr/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland Saint Quay Portrieux, France, August 3-7, 2005 Men U Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia 2. Joseph Dykstra/Mark Van Zwieten, United States 3. Grzegorz Fijalek/Michal Matyja, Poland 4. Jonathan Erdmann/Stefan Windscheif, Germany Women U Barbra Figueiredo/Carolina Aragao, Brazil 2. Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland 3. Florentina Büttner/Julia Sude, Germany 4. Veronika Opravilova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 6

5 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Final Four China - Shanghai (5/17-21, $200,000) 1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRAZIL, $32, Shelda Bedê/Adriana Behar, BRAZIL, $22, Shaylyn Bedê/Ana Paula Connelly, BRAZIL, $16, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Shelda/Adriana, 21-15, (46 minutes) Bronze - Shaylyn/Ana Paula def. Tian Jia/Wang Fei, 21-17, (46) SWATCH Most Outstanding Player - Larissa SWATCH FASTEST SERVE - Wang Fei, 80.2 km/h Japan - Osaka (5/25-29, $200,000) 1. Shaylyn/Ana Paula, BRAZIL, $32, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $22, Shelda/Adriana, BRAZIL, $16, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, SWITZERLAND, $12,000 Gold - Shaylyn/Ana Paula def. Juliana/Larissa, 19-21, 21-17, (54) Bronze - Shelda/Adriana def. Kuhn/Schwer, 21-11, (37) SWATCH MOP - Ana Paula SWATCH SERVE - Wang Fei, 80.8 km/h Italy - Milan (6/8-12, $200,000) 1. Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $32, Vassiliki Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, GREECE, $16, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, GERMANY, $16, Shelda/Adriana, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Karadassiou/Arvanit, 25-23, (49) Bronze - Pohl/Rau def. Shelda/Adriana, 24-22, (46) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH SERVE - Wang Fei, 79.9, km/h Switzerland - Gstaad (6/14-18, $200,000) 1. Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $22, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $22, Shelda/Adriana, BRAZIL, $12, Ana Paula/Leila Barros, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Tian Jia/Wang Fei, 17-21, 21-15, 15-8 (57) Bronze - Shelda/Adriana def. Ana Paula/Leila, 21-12, (40) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 80.0 km/h World Championships, Germany - Berlin (6/21-25, $500,000) 1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $60, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $45, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $36, Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, CUBA, $26,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, (40) Bronze - Tian Jia/Wang Fei def. Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, 21-13, (40) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH SERVE - Sara Goller, Germany, 81.2 km/h Norway - Stavanger (6/28-7/2, $280,000) 1. Karadassiou/Arvaniti, GREECE, $41, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $27, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $21, Shelda/Adriana, BRAZIL, $16,900 Gold - Karadassiou/Arvanit def. Juliana/Larissa, 12-21, 21-16, (51) Bronze - Tian Jia/Wang Fei def. Shelda/Adriana, 21-16, (41) SWATCH MOP - Arvaniti SWATCH SERVE - Goller, Germany, 82.0 km/h Russia - St. Petersburg (7/5-9, $200,000) 1. Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $32, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes Rocha, BRAZIL, $22, Leila/Ana Paula, BRAZIL, $16, Agatha Bednarczuk/Sandra Pires, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Renata/Talita, 26-24, (47) Bronze - Leila/Ana Paula def. Agatha/Sandra, 21-14, (40) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 79.5 km/h Portugal - Espinho (7/12-16, $200,000) 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, UNITED STATES, $32, Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, GREECE, 22, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $16, Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs, USA, $12,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, 21-12, (34) Bronze -- Juliana/Larissa def. Wacholder/Youngs, 17-21, 22-20, 15-7 (60) SWATCH MOP - Koutroumanidou SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 79.7 km/h France - Paris (7/26-30, $280,000) 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, UNITED STATES, $27, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $27, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $21, Wacholder/Youngs, UNITED STATES, $16,900 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, (46) Bronze - Tian Jia/Wang Fei def. Wacholder/Youngs, 23-21, (51) SWATCH MOP May-Treanor SWATCH SERVE - Larissa, 77.6 km/h Austria - Klagenfurt (8/3-6, $280,000) 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, UNITED STATES, $27, Wacholder/Youngs, UNITED STATES, $16, Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHINA, $16, Adriana/Shaylyn, BRAZIL, $16,900 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wacholder/Youngs, 21-17, (35) Bronze - Tian Jia/Wang Fei def. Adriana/Shaylyn, 21-23, 21-18, (68) SWATCH MOP May-Treanor SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 81.1 km/h Canada - Montreal (8/24-28, $200,000) 1. Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $32, Renata/Talita, BRAZIL, $22, Adriana/Shelda, BRAZIL, $16, Sanne Keizer/Marrit Leenstra, NETHERLANDS, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Renata/Talita, 21-9, (44) Bronze - Adriana/Shelda def. Keizer/Leenstra, 21-15, (46) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 80.0 km/h Greece - Athens (8/30-9/3, $200,000) 1. Renata/Talita, BRAZIL, $32, Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, $22, Adriana/Shelda, BRAZIL, $16, Karadassiou/Arvaniti, GREECE, $12,000 Gold Renata/Talita def. Juliana/Larissa, 18-21, 21-16, (56) Bronze Adriana/Shelda def. Karadassiou/Arvaniti, 21-18, 24-26, (68) SWATCH MOP - Vasso Karadassiou, Greece SWATCH SERVE - Katerina Nikolaidou, Greece, 83.8 km/h Indonesia - Bali (9/14-18, $200,000) 1. Renata/Talita, BRAZIL, $32, Adriana/Shelda, BRAZIL, $22, Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, GREECE, $16, Leila/Ana Paula, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold Renata/Talita def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-19, (56) Bronze - Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani def. Leila/Ana Paula, 21-17, 17-21, (54) SWATCH MOP - Talita SWATCH SERVE - Ana Paula, 82.0 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 6

6 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Final Four China - Shanghai (5/18-22, $200,000) 1. Andreas Scheuerpflug/Christoph Dieckmann, GERMANY, $32, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRAZIL, $22, Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SWITZERLAND, $16, Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - C. Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-18, 15-21, (56 minutes) Bronze - Egger/Laciga def. Benjamin/Harley, 16-21, 24-22, (63) SWATCH Most Outstanding Player - C. Dieckmann SWATCH FASTEST SERVE - Harley, Brazil, 95.6 km/h Croatia - Zagreb (6/8-12, $200,000) 1. Marcio Araujo/Fábio Magalhães, BRAZIL, $32, Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GERMANY, $22, Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $22, Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fábio def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, 21-17, (48) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Benjamin/Harley, 15-21, 21-18, (48) SWATCH MOP - Fábio SWATCH SERVE - Reckermann, 95.2 km/h Switzerland - Gastaad (6/15-19, $200,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $32, Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $22, Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $16, Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Benjamin/Harley, 21-19, (44) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fábio won by forfeit over Franco/Tande SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH SERVE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 98.3 km/h World Championships, Germany - Berlin (6/22-26, $500,000) 1. Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $62, Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, SWITZERLAND, $45, Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, GERMANY, $36, Marvin Polte/Thorsten Schoen, GERMANY, $26,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fábio def. Heyer/P. Laciga, 22-20, (42) Bronze - Brink/Schneider def. Polte/Schoen, 16-21, 21-17, (65) SWATCH MOP - Schoen SWATCH SERVE - Reckermann, Germany, 94.9 km/h Norway - Stavanger (6/29-7/3, $280,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $41, Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $27, Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SWITZERLAND, $21, M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, $16,900 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Benjamin/Harley, 21-16, (48) Bronze - Heuscher/Kobel won by forfeit over M. Dieckmann/Reckermann SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH SERVE - Harley, km/h Russia - St. Petersburg (7/6-10, $200,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $32, Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $22, Franco/Tande, BRAZIL, $16, Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fábio, 21-19, 22-24, (72) Bronze - Franco/Tande def. Benjamin/Harley, 21-10, (48) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH SERVE - Harley, 97.4 km/h Portugal - Espinho (7/13-17, $200,000) 1. Brink/Schneider, GERMANY, $32, M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, $22, Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $16, Todd Rogers/Sean Scott, UNITED STATES, $12,000 Gold - Brink/Schneider def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, 25-27, 21-19, (70) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fábio def. Rogers/Scott, 21-12, (49) SWATCH MOP - Marcio Araujo SWATCH SERVE - Brink, Km/h Poland - Stare Jablonki (7/20-24, $200,000) 1. Egger/M. Laciga, SWITZERLAND, $32, M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, $22, Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $16, Franco/Tande, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Egger/M. Laciga def. Dieckmann/Reckermann, 21-19, (46) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Franco/Tande, 21-17, (45) SWATCH MOP - Laciga SWATCH SERVE - Kristjan Kais, Estonia, Km/h France - Paris (7/27-31, $280,000) 1. Heuscher/Kobel, SWITZERLAND, $41, Jake Gibb/Stein Metzger, UNITED STATES, $27, Brink/Schneider, GERMANY, $21, Heyer/P. Laciga, SWITZERLAND, $16,900 Gold - Heuscher/Kobel def. Gibb/Metzger, 21-14, (41) Bronze - Brink/Schneider def. Heyer/P. Laciga, 21-17, (43) SWATCH MOP - Heuscher SWATCH SERVE - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 97.0 km/h Austria - Klagenfurt (8/3-7, $280,000) 1. Scheuerpflug/C. Dieckmann, GERMANY, $41, Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $27, Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $21, Rogers/Scott, UNITED STATES, $16,900 Gold - C. Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-19, (42) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fábio def. Rogers/Scott, 21-15, (44) SWATCH MOP - C. Dieckmann SWATCH SERVE - Conrad Leinemann, Canada, km/h Canada - Montreal (8/24-28, $200,000) 1. Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $32, Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, $22, Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $16, Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRAZIL, $12,000 Gold - Benjamin/Harley def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 16-21, 21-17, (71) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Cunha/Franco, 21-14, (47) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH SERVE - Harley, km/h Greece - Athens (8/31-9/4, $200,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, $32, Egger/M. Laciga, SWITZERLAND, $22, Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, $16, Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUSTRALIA, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Egger/M. Laciga, 21-14, (43) Bronze Benjamin/Harley def. Schacht/Slack, 24-22, (59) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH SERVE - Kais, Estonia, 96.6 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 6