FACT SHEET $300,000 FIVB Xiamen Four Star Xiamen, China, April 18-22, 2018

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1 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone FACT SHEET $300,000 FIVB Xiamen Four Star Xiamen, China, April 18-22, 2018 Updated on April 15, 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, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 21 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. Two events held in September-October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. The double-gender $300,000 FIVB Xiamen Four Star is the 13th men s event and the eighth women s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to China for the 21st-straight year with Dalian hosting the first women s event in 1998 and Lianyungang hosting the first men s event in For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. April 18-22, Xiamen, China, Men and Women, $300,000 Xiamen is hosting an FIVB Beach Volleyball event for sixth straight season. The event will be held at the Guanyinshan Gold Beach in the Siming District of the Fujian Province. China has hosted 63 previous FIVB World Tour events including 26 men s and 37 women s tournaments. Qinzhou hosted a double-gender Three-Star event in October as part of the 2018 World Tour. Jinjiang will host a double-gender two star in June, Nantong and Nanjing will host women s-only Two-Star events in June, and Haiyang will host a double-gender three star tournament in July. Qinzhou and Yangzhou will host double-gender three star and four star events, respectively, in September-October as part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. Host country China has won 23 previous medals on its country s soil, including two men s silver medals, six women s gold medals, ten women s silver medals, and five women s bronze medals. The FIVB Xiamen Four Star starts April 18 and concludes April 22. The winning teams for each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: Tuesday, April 17...Men s and Women s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) Wednesday, April Men s and Women s Qualification Matches Thursday, April Men s and Women s Main Draw Pool Play Matches Friday, April Men s Main Draw Pool Play and Elimination and Women s Main Draw Pool Play Matches Saturday, April Men s Quarterfinal and Semi-Final matches and Women s Elimination and Quarterfinal Matches Sunday, April Men s Medal Matches and Women s Semi-Final and Medal Matches A total of 117 teams from 33 countries (60 men s teams from 26 countries and 57 women s teams from 24 countries) are entered into the FIVB Xiamen Four Star (as of April 15, 2018), including Australia (0 men s teams, 1 women s team), Austria (3,1) Belgium (1,0), Brazil (3,4), Canada (4,4), China (5,4), Cuba (1,0), Czech Republic (1,1), Estonia (1,0), Finland (0,2), France (2,2), Germany (5,4), Israel (1,2), Italy (3,1), Japan (0,4), Latvia (3,0), Lithuania (1,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Norway (1,2), Paraguay (0,1), Poland (4,3), Qatar (1,0), Russia (4,3), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (2,0), Spain (1,2), Sweden (1,0), Switzerland (2,4), Thailand (0,1), Ukraine (2,1), United States (4,5), and Venezuela (1,0). The FIVB Xiamen Four Star is the 380th men s and the 340th 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 China (2004 to present for men and 1998 to present for women)... 2 Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule... 3 FIVB Xiamen Four Star Men s Entries (through April 15)... 4 FIVB Xiamen Four Star Women s Entries (through April 15) 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... 15

2 Past Chinese Men s Medals - Brazil 24, USA 10, Germany 9, Italy 7, Netherlands 6, Spain 5, Switzerland 3, China 2, France 2, Latvia 2, Mexico 2, Russia 2, Argentina 1, Austria 1, Cuba 1, Poland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para Ferreira, BRA 2. Shanghai 2005 C. Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI 3. Shanghai 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 4. Shanghai 2007 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI 5. Shanghai 2008 Harley/Salgado, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN Cunha/Franco, BRA 6. Beijing Olympics 2008 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 7. Sanya 2008 Benjamin Insfran/Harley, BRA Cunha/Roberto Pitta, BRA Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, ARG 8. Shanghai 2009 Alison Cerutti/Harley, BRA Cunha/Salgado, BRA Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER 9. Sanya 2009 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Wu/Xu, CHN Adrian Gavira Collado/Herrera, ESP 10. Shanghai 2010 Harley/Salgado, BRA Brink/Reckermann, GER Benjamin/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA 11. Shanghai 2011 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Brink/Reckermann, GER 12. Beijing 2011 Alison/Emanuel, BRA Brink/Reckermann, GER Jefferson Bellaguarda/Heuscher, SUI 13. Shanghai 2012 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Gibb/Rosenthal, USA Marcio/Salgado, BRA 14. Beijing 2012 Nummerdor/Schuil, NED Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, ITA Alison/Emanuel, BRA 15. Fuzhou 2013 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, USA Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, AUT 16. Shanghai 2013 Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA Salgado/Schmidt, BRA Alvaro Filho/Ricardo, BRA 17. Xiamen 2013 Alison/Vitor Felipe, BRA Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED Lupo/Nicolai, ITA 18. Fuzhou 2014 Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Alison/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, NED 19. Shanghai 2014 Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, GER 20. Xiamen 2014 Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, FRAChristian Garcia/Francisco Marco, ESP Dmitri Barsouk/Nikita Liamin, RUS 21. Fuzhou 2015 Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, GER Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED Krou/Rowlandson, FRA 22. Xiamen 2015 Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Bockermann/Fluggen, GER Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT 23. Xiamen 2016 Gavira/Herrera, ESP Tri Bourne/John Hyden, USA Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, MEX 24. Fuzhou 2016 Dalhausser/Lucena, USA Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Gavira/Herrera, ESP 25. Xiamen 2017 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, POL 26. Qinzhou 2017 Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, RUS L. Ontiveros/Virgen, MEX Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, CUB Past Chinese Women s Medals - Brazil 30, USA 27, China 21, Germany 9, Australia 5, Switzerland 5, Austria 3, Netherlands 3, Lithuania 2, Argentina 1, Canada 1, Italy, 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Spain 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Dalian 1998 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA 3. Dalian 2000 Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN 4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Danja Musch, GER Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS 7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA 9. Shanghai 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 10. Shanghai 2007 Tian/J. Wang, CHN Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA 11. Shanghai 2008 Talita/Renata, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN 12. Beijing Olympics 2008 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Tian/J. Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN 13. Sanya 2008 Jen Kessy/April Ross, USA Ying Huang/Zhang, CHN Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, USA 14. Shanghai 2009 Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA J. Wang/Man Zuo, CHN Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA 15. Sanya 2009 Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI Kessy/Ross, USA Angie Akers/Turner, USA 16. Shanghai 2010 Kessy/Ross, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Antonelli/Talita, BRA 17. Sanya 2010 Xue/Zhang, CHN Goller/Ludwig, GER Kessy/Ross, USA 18. Sanya 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN Antonelli/Antunes, BRA 19. Shanghai 2011 Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, NED Kessy/Ross, USA Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, AUT 20. Beijing 2011 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER Kessy/Ross, USA 21. Sanya 2012 Antonelli/Antunes, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN 22. Shanghai 2012 Xue/Zhang, CHN Antonelli/Antunes, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA 23. Beijing 2012 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, ITA Keizer/Van Iersel, NED 24. Fuzhou 2013 Xue/Zhang,CHN Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, ESP Holtwick/Semmler, GER 25. Shanghai 2013 Talita/Taiana Lima, BRA D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger, AUT Maria Clara/Carolina Salgado, BRA 26. Xiamen 2013 Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA Talita/Lima, BRA Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER 27. Fuzhou 2014 Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA Juliana/Maria Antonelli, BRA Xinyi Xia/Xue, CHN 28. Shanghai 2014 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, GER Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, CHN Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, BRA 29. Xiamen 2014 Juliana/Antonelli, BRA F. Wang/Yue, CHN Tealle Hunkus/Kendra Van Zwieten, USA 30. Fuzhou 2015 Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, CAN Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA 31. Xiamen 2015 Johanna Heidrich/Zumkehr, SUI Anna Gallay/Georgina Klug, ARG Isabella Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, SUI 32. Xiamen 2016 Forrer/Verge-Depre, SUI Barbara Hansel/S. Schwaiger, AUT A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA 33. Fuzhou 2016 A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Heidrich/Zumkehr, SUI 34. Xiamen 2017 Fernanda Alves/Barbara, BRA F. Wang/Yue, CHN Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, GER 35. Jiangning 2017 Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, USA Shuhui Wen/Xia, CHN Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, LTU 36. Nantong 2017 Wen/Xia, CHN Xinxin Wang/Xue, CHN Dumbauskaite/Povilaityte, LTU 37. Qinzhou 2017 Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, AUS Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, POL Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, USA

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 Xiamen Four Star Men s Entries (as of April 15, 2018) Main Draw Entries Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada Peng Gao/Yang Li, China Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China Lei Li/Zhuoxin Li, China Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States Qualifier Entries Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl, Austria Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria Felipe Humana-Paredes/Cameron Wheelan, Canada Jinqiu Liu/Xingyu Tang, China Yanwei Wang/Chaowei Zhou, China Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso, France Shani Cohen/Netanel Ohana, Israel Adrian Carambula/Gabriele Pasquale, Italy Haralds Regza/Kristaps Smits, Latvia Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia Maxim Sivolap/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia Tadej Bozenk/Danijel Pokersnik, Slovenia Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman, Sweden Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland Oleksiy Denin/Denys Denysenko, Ukraine Sergiy Popov/Vladyslav Yemel'yanchyk, Ukraine Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States Tigrito Gomez/Peter Hernandez, Venezuela Country Quota Entries Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann, Germany Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany Alexander Walkenhorst/Sven Winter, Germany Reserve Entries Gabriel Burlacu/Jake MacNeil, Canada Filippo Boesso/Nicolo Conti, Italy Aleksander Dulai/Gasper Plahutnik, Slovenia

5 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Xiamen Four Star Women s Entries (as of April 15, 2018) Main Draw Entries Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada Bing Bai/Xinxin Wang, China Shuting Cao/Jinjin Zeng, China Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Aleksandra Gromadowska/Jagoda Gruszczynska, Poland Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States Qualifier Entries Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Andressa Cavalcanti/Juliana Felisberta, Brazil Sophie Bukovec/Julie Gordon, Canada Caleigh Cruickshank/Megan Nagy, Canada Jingwen Wang/Lvwen Yuan, China Aline Chamereau/Lezana Placette, France Alexandra Jupiter/Alexia Richard, France Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany Noy Chorin/Sofia Starikov, Israel Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti, Italy Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan Minori Kumada/Yui Nagata, Japan Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Laura Bloem/Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands Victoria Kjolberg/Ane Tveit Hjortland, Norway Ingrid Lunde/Oda Ulveseth, Norway Erika Bobadilla/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay Agata Ceynowa/Martyna Kloda, Poland Yulia Abalakina/Olga Motrich, Russia Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Rudykh, Russia Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, Slovakia Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain Angela Lobato/Amaranta Navarro, Spain Laura Caluori/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland Nicole Eiholzer/Elena Steinemann, Switzerland Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States Reserve Entries Michal Barannik/Anita Deev, Israel

6 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men s & Women s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.80 million in prize money, with three Major Series five-star events, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 21 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, Two events being played in September-October, 2018 in 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$6.65 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 Nine of the ten 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 will be played in China (Xiamen), United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), Japan (Tokyo), 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 Morocco (Agadir). 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 $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 two will be in China (Jinjiang) and Singapore. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women sonly 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), India (Koichi), Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). 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 Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia 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 & Women $300,000 April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 2-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women $50,000 May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women $5,000 May 9-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June Baden, Austria One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June Nanjing, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June Singapore, Singapore Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 4-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 5-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls July Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July Haiyang, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July Agadir, Morocco Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000 August 2-5 Kochi, India One-Star Men & Women $10,000 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 Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 October Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

8 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

9 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of April 9, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 8, 4,880 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 14*, 4,760 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 12*, 4,600 4, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 16*, 4,200 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 13*, 3,820 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 14*, 3,700 6, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 11*, 3,700 8, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11*, 3,496 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9*, 3,460 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 13*, 3,320 11, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 14*, 3,120 12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,000 13, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 14*, 2,980 14, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 8, 2,960 15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 2,920 16, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 9*, 2,880 17, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 6, 2,690 18, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 9*, 2,660 19, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 7, 2,570 20, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 17*, 2,376 21, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 10*, 2,300 22, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 12*, 2,260 23, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 19*, 2,220 24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 9*, 2,120 25, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 15*, 2,100 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 9*, 5,200 2, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 10*, 4,380 3, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 11*, 4,200 4, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12*, 4,160 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 13*, 4,000 6, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 12*, 3,920 7, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 10*, 3,560 8, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 13*, 3,480 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 15*, 3,232 10, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 12*, 3,060 11, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 8, 2,920 12, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 9*, 2,840 13, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 2,760 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 12*, 2,720 15, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9*, 2,616 16, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 8, 2,544 17, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 16*, 2,500 18, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 14*, 2,160 19, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 5, 2,120 20, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 11*, 1,990 21, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 8, 1,962 22, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 23, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 6, 1,920 24, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 7, 1,888 25, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 6, 1,770 * Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

10 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through April 11, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 4, 2,360 2, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 4, 2,340 3, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 3, 1,920 4, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 3, 1,840 5, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 4, 1,760 5, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 1,760 7, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 4, 1,680 8, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 6, 1,640 8, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 4, 1,640 10, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 4, 1,500 11, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 3, 1,480 12, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 4, 1,440 13, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2, 1,400 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 2, 1,320 15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 3, 1,280 15, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 3, 1,280 17, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 2, 1,240 18, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 5, 1,140 19, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2, 1,120 19, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 2, 1,120 21, Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France, 5, 1,100 21, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 3, 1,100 23, Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States, 3, 1,040 24, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 5, 1,020 25, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 2, 1,000 25, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 2, 1,000 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2, 1,680 2, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 5, 1,640 2, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 1,640 4, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3, 1,600 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 1,280 6, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 3, 1,240 7, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 3, 1,220 8, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2, 1,200 9, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 4, 1,180 10, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 2, 1,160 11, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 2, 1,120 11, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 2, 1,120 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 2, 1,120 14, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1, 1,080 15, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 5, 1,000 15, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 2, 1,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 2, 1,000 18, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 2, , Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 2, , Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, , Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 1, , Nicole Branagh/Lauren Fendrick, United States, 2, , Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 2, , Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 4, , Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 5, 780

11 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through April 11, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 1, $48,000 2, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 4, 1, $43,000 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 4, 2, $43,000 4, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2, 0, $35,000 5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 3, 0, $34,000 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 3, 0, $30,000 7, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 2, 0, $24,000 8, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 4, 1, $22,000 9, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 4, 0, $21,000 10, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 2, 0, $20,000 11, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 4, 1, $19,000 12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 3, 0, $18,000 13, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 4, 0, $16,600 14, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 4, 0, $16,500 15, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 3, 0, $16,000 15, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2, 0, $16,000 15, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 2, 0, $16,000 18, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 3, 0, $15,000 19, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 6, 0, $14,100 20, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 3, 0, $12,700 21, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 2, 0, $12,000 21, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 23, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 2, 0, $11,000 24, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 4, 0, $10,000 24, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 2, 0, $10,000 24, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 3, 0, $10,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2, 1, $46,000 2, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1, 0, $32,000 3, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 0, $28,000 4, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 2, 1, $24,000 5, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $22,000 6, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3, 2, $20,000 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $20,000 8, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 5, 0, $18,790 9, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 2, 0, $16,000 9, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 1, 0, $16,000 9, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 2, 0, $16,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 2, 0, $16,000 13, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 3, 0, $14,600 14, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 3, 0, $14,000 15, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 4, 0, $12,100 16, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 1, 0, $12,000 16, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 21, Nicole Branagh/Lauren Fendrick, United States, 2, 0, $10,900 22, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 0, $10,000 23, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 2, 0, $9,000 24, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 2, 0, $8,900 25, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000 25, Jamie Broder/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000

12 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

13 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

14 Men s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Netherlands Argentina Italy Latvia Norway Russia Canada Spain Poland Australia France China Austria Cuba Mexico Qatar Iran Portugal Estonia Chile New Zealand Vacated Turkey Czech Republic Japan Slovenia Thailand Indonesia Serbia Belgium Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Morocco Oman Ukraine Totals , ,516 There have been 379 men s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 293 events: Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 6-5 Australia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Norway Tied 5-5 Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0 Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-3 Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1 Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0 Italy vs. United States United States leads 5-1 Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Latvia Tied 3-3 Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3 Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1 Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0 Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-1 Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1 Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0 Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1 Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1 China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0 Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2 Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0 Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0 Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0 Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0 Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1 France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1 France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0 Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-0 France vs. Spain France leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0 Germany vs. Iran Germany leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0 Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0 Indonesia vs. Thailand Thailand leads 1-0 China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0 Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0 Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0 Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0 Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 Netherlands vs. Russia Netherlands leads 1-0 China vs. United States Tied 1-1 Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 Latvia vs. Poland Tied 1-1 Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0 Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1