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1 Wednesday (July 26) is the third of seven days of competition for the US$580,000, the seventh of 10 double gender events this season. The is the third of four SWATCH grand slam events this season. Reigning Olympic champions Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos have captured the first two men s grand slam stops in Switzerland and Norway by defeating 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World champions Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes in a pair of All-Brazilian finals. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States defeated Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca for the first grand slam title in Switzerland. Juliana and Larissa won the All-Brazilian Norwegian grand slam finale by defeating Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede for the gold medal. The wil be the 143rd women s and the 187th men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Voleybal events (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwil). The first men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The SWATCH-FIVB World Tour is at the start of its 20th season of international Beach Volleyball play sanctioned by the FIVB. The first women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. The 2006 season is Year No. 15 for the women. A total of 60 men s and 62 women s teams from 30 countries have or will be competing in the Henkel Grand Chelem, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and the United States. FIVB Officials Ed Drakich, Canada... Tech Supervisor José Casanova, Portugal... Referee Delegate Marco Gonzales, Canada... TV Delegate Mauro De Sanctis, Italy... FIVB Photographer Tim Simmons, United States... Press Delegate Periklis Charpantidis, Greece... Physio Marc Berard, France Mário Bernaola, Spain Richard Bleau, United States Abdel Bourguibi, France Julien Bruxelles, France Geir Dahle, Norway Christian Dechoux, France Referees Darryl Friesen, Canada Gianluca Gigante, Switzerland Francois Hertwig, France Piotr Iosiacki, Poland Yves Nodale, France Elzir Oliveira, Brazil Gil Raillon, France Vincent Roche, France Abdel Saadoune, France Damien Searle, Australia Olivier Setruk, France Frederic Verdu, France Leijun Wang, China The FIVB & FRENCHY BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Entering the 2006 season, France was third in total international participations behind the United States (248) and Italy (212). With 193 players competing in at least one FIVB-sanctioned event, the French had 112 men and 81 women participating in international Beach Volleyball events. France is one of 15 countries to have at least one team in each of the three Olympic Beach Volleyball competitions. Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud posted France's top finishes on the men's SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. The pair had four podium placements and 10 "final four" finishes. Jodard and Penigaud claimed France's only SWATCH gold medal by winning the Spanish Open in 1991 at Almeria. The teams of Guilherm Deulofeu/Ogier Molinier (2003 at Le Lavandou, France) and Kevin Ces/Julien Dugrip (2004 at Corsica) captured FIVB Satellite events for France. One match cost the French a chance to join Australia, Brazil, Germany and the United States among the Olympic elite with at least one men's and one women's team in the Summer Games. Ethel-Julie Arjona and Virginie Kadjo missed a spot in the Athens Games by 12 points. The pair has posted a pair of SWATCH fifth-place finishes (2003 in Milan and 2005 in Montreal) while winning two FIVB Satellite stops the past two seasons in Le Lavandou. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 8

2 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour 2006 FOR THE FRENCH - The fifth-place finish by Kevin Ces and Fabien Dugrip at the Marseille stop earlier this month was the highest placement for a French men s team on the SWATCH-FIVB World since Ces and Dugrip are currently 23rd on the SWATCH point standings (828) with $19,000 in earnings. Tatiana Barerra/Eva Hamzaoui ($17,900, 616 SWATCH points) and Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux ($11,400, 434) are ranked 33rth and 38th, respectively, to lead the French women on the SWATCH tour. PARIS The fourth-time was a charm in 2005 as the FIVB and promoter MCO finaly secured a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stop for Paris. Teams from Switzerland and the United States captured the inauguralparis men s and women s titles, respectively, in Considered by many as the most intriguing site on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour, the 6,000-seat on the Champ de Mars is within walking distance of the Eiffel Tower. PAST FRANCE WOMEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS, Medals - Brazil 16, USA 12, Australia 1, China 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Marseille 1997 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA 2. Marseille 1998 Sandra Pires/Samuel, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Jackie Silva/Monica, BRA 3. Marseille 1999* Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA 4. Marseille 2000 Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Connelly/Monica, BRA 5. Marseille 2001 Barbra Fontana/Youngs, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Arce/McPeak, USA 6. Marseille 2002 McPeak/Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 7. Marseille 2003 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Ana Paula/Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Marseille 2004 Rachel Wacholder/Walsh, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA 9. Paris 2005 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Wang Fei/Tian Jia, CHN 10. Marseille 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA *FIVB World Championships PAST FRANCE MEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Medals - Brazil 25, USA 8, Norway 4, Switzerland 4, Argentina 3, Germany 2, Australia 1, Canada 1, Cuba 1, France 1, Italy 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Sete 1990 Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, BRA John Eddo/Sean Fallowfield, USA Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA 2. CapdAgde 1991 Eddo/Leif Hanson, USA Andrea Ghiurghi/Dionisio Lequaglie, ITA Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, BRA 3. Marseille 1994 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Christian Penigaud/J-P Jodard, FRA Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA 4. Marseille 1995 Emanuel Rego/Ze Marco de Melo, BRA Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA 5. La Baule 1995 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 6. Marseille 1996 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, USA Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG 7. Pornichet 1996 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Guilherme/Para Ferreira, BRA Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR 8. Marseille 1997 Guilherme/Para, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Julie Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS 9. Marseille 1998 Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, GER Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark, USA 10. Marseille 1999* Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Guilherme/Para, BRA 11. Marseille 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 12. Marseille 2001 Mariano Baracetti.Conde, ARG Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA 13. Marseille 2002 Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, CUB Emanuel/Tande, BRA 14. Marseille 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, USA 15. Marseille 2004 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI Baracetti/Conde, ARG 16. Paris 2005 Heuscher/Kobel, SUI Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, GER 17. Maseille 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA *FIVB World Championships Volleyball Birthdays - July ( July 26 Canadian Bryce Barry, 35 Chinese Olympian Rong Chi, 30 July 28 Japan's Shinako Tanaka 31 July 29 Poland's Jaroslaw Lech, 22 July 30 American Olympic and World champion Misty May- Treanor, 29 July 31 American Jennifer Boss, 29 Latvian Janis Smedins, 19 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 8

3 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule & Results CompleteMen s Events Site...Gold medalists May Shanghai, China... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil May 31-June 4 Zagreb, Croatia...Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 7-11 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland June Espinho, Portugal...Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany June Gstaad, Switzerland... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 28-July 2 Stavanger, Norway... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July 5-9 Marseille, France... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July Montréal, Canada...Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil July St. Petersburg, Russia...Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil Complete Women s Events Site...Gold medalists May Modena, Italy... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May Shanghai, China... Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, China May 31-June 4 Athens, Greece...Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June Gstaad, Switzerland...May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 27-July 1 Stavanger, Norway...Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July 4-8 Marseille, France...Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July Montréal, Canada... Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil July St. Petersburg, Russia...Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Date Site Gender (final date)...prize Money July Paris, France Women (July 29) & Men (30)...$580,000 August 1-6 Klagenfurt, Austria Women (August 5) & Men (6)...$580,000 August 9-13 Stare Jablonki, Poland Men (August 13)...$200,000 August 30-September 3 Warsaw, Poland Women (September 3)...$200,000 September Porto Santo, Portugal Women (September 17)...$200,000 September 26-October 1 Vitoria, Brazil Women (September 30) & Men (October 1)...$400,000 October Cape Town, South Africa Men (October 22)...$200,000 October Acapulco, Mexico Men (October 28) & Women (October 29)...$400,000 November 1-5 Phuket, Thailand Women (November 5)...$200,000 Beach Volleyball Happenings - July ( July 26 In 1995, Brazil's Franco Neto and Roberto Lopes of Brazil won a FIVB event in Pusan, Korea. In 1997, Brazil's Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar of Brazil won a FIVB event in Marseille, France In 1998, Brazil's Guilherme Marques and Para Ferreira won the Goodwill Games in New York In 1998, Brazil's Ze Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB French Open in Marseille July 27 In 1996, Brazil's Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva won the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 1997, Brazil's Guilherme Marques and Para Ferreira won the FIVB French Open. In 2003, Brazil's Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Portugal Open. July 28 In 1991, Americans Leif Hanson and John Eddo won the FIVB French Open. In 1994, Americans Liz Masakayan and Karolyn Kirby won the FIVB Goodwill Games. In 1994, Nowegians Jan Kvalheim and Bjorn Maaseide won the FIVB Goodwill Games. In 1996, Americans Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes won the FIVB Olympic Games. In 2001, Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the FIVB Portugal Open. In 2002, Americans Elaine Youngs and Holly McPeak won the FIVB Hellas Open. In 2002, Americans Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong won the FIVB Portugal Open. In 2002, Brazil's Jefferson Bellaguarda and Juca Dultra won the FIVB Ukraine Challenger. July 29 In 1990, Brazil's Guilherme Marques and Andre Lima won the FIVB French Open. In 1995, Americans Nancy Reno and Holly McPeak won the FIVB Japan Open. In 2000, Americans Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs won the FIVB Portugal Open. In 2001, Brazil's Murilo Toscano and Klepper Feitosa won the FIVB Ukraine Challenger. In 2001, JBrazil's ose Loiola and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Portugal Open. July 30 In 1989, Americans Randy Stoklos and Sinjin Smith won the FIVB Italian Open In 1992, Brazil's Paulao Moreira and Paulo Emilio Silva won the FIVB Japan Open In 2000, Brazil's Ze Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos won the FIVB Portugal Open In 2005, Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the FIVB Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 8

4 2006 Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Entries Main Draw Teams, Country Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil Nalbert Bitencourt/Luizao Correa, Brazil Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia Mathieu Daguerre/Gregory Gagliano, France Kevin Ces/Fabien Dugrip, France Guilherm Deulofeu/Yannick Salvetti, France Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany David Klemperer/Kjell Schneider, Germany Eugenio Amore/Andrea Tomatis, Italy Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsouk, Russia Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, Switzerland Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, Switzerland Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Qualification Seeds, Team, Country 1, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands 2, Ahren Cadieux/Conrad Leinemann, Canada 3, Mark Heese/Rich VanHuizen, Canada 4, Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria 5, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain 6, Javier Bosma/Inocencio Lario, Spain 7, Nikolas Berger/Robert Nowotny, Austria 8, Kirk Pitman/Jason Lochhead, New Zealand 9, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia 10, Bjorn Berg/Robert Svensson, Sweden 11, Pedro Rosas/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal 12, Satoshi Watanabe/Kentaro Asahi, Japan 13, Koichi Nishimura/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan 14, Eric Koreng/Kay Matysik, Germany 15, Julien Prosser/Brett Richardson, Australia 16, Stefan Gunnarsson/Simon Dahl, Sweden 17, Daniel Krug/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 18, Mathijs Mast/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands 19, Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland 20, Premysl Kubala/Michal Biza, Czech Republic 21, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine 22, Casey Jennings/Matt Fuerbringer, United States 23, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 24, Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 25, Hannes Brinkborg/Mattias Magnusson, Sweden 26, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark 27, Denis Damez/Adrian Caravano, France 28, Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira/Jan Ferreira, Brazil 29, Adrian Strijdom/Louw Franken, South Africa 30, Giorgio Domenghini /Diego Nota, Italy 31, Andy Ces/Quentin Marion, France 32, Daniel Hupfer/Thomas Mang, Austria 33, Stephane Vukajlovic/Aime-Julien Montal, France Country Quota Teams, Country Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland Sean Scott/Kevin Wong, United States Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 8

5 2006 Women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Entries Main Draw Teams, Country (qualifying seed) 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 2, Kerri Walsh/Misty May-Treanor, United States 3, Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil 4, Jie Wang/Jia Tian, China 5, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China 6, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil 7, Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs, United States 8, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil (Q1) 9, Tatiana Barerra/Eva Hamzaoui, France 10, Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France 11, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece 12, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany 13, Merel Mooren/Rebekka Kadijk, Netherlands 14, Lu Wang/Linjun Ji, China 15, Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia 16, Okka Rau/Stephanie Pohl, Germany 17, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway 18, Nancy Mason/Jennifer Boss, United States 19, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland 20, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 21, Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland (Q3) 22, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy 23, Marrit Leenstra/Sanne Keizer, Netherlands (Q20) 24, Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria 25, Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria 26, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece 27, Shinako Tanaka/Eiko Koizumi, Japan (Q8) 28, Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany (Q13) 29, Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway (Q12) 30, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France 31, Geeske Banck/Suzanne Lahme, Germany, (Q11) 32, Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain (Q23) Qualification Tournament Teams, Country 1, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil 2, Marrit Leenstra/Sanne Keizer, Netherlands 3, Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland 4, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria 5, Ying Zhang/Man Zuo, China 6, Chiaki Kusuhara/Satoko Urata, Japan 7, Sarah Maxwell/Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada 8, Shinako Tanaka/Eiko Koizumi, Japan 9, Summer Lochowicz/Tamsin Barnett, Australia 10, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia 11, Geeske Banck/Suzanne Lahme, Germany 12, Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway 13, Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany 14, Karin Lundquist/Sara Uddstahl, Sweden 15, Stacey Kloeden/Kylie Gerlic, Australia 16, Makare Wilson/Tyra Turner, United States 17, Daniela Gioria/Diletta Lunardi, Italy 18, Katherine Zakrewski/Annie Martin, Canada 19, Galyna Osheyko/Svitlana Baburina, Ukraine 20, Hiromi Suzuki/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan 21, Kristine Wiig/Eydis Dalen, Norway 22, Nadia Erni/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland 23, Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain 24, Bryce Barry/Asta Baltakys, Canada 25, Caroline Fiset/Marie-Christine Pruneau, Canada 26, Annik Skrivan/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland 27, Inguna Minusa/Inese Jursone, Latvia 28, Deborah Giaoui/Mathilde Giordano, France 29, Isabelle Forrer/Tanja Schmocker, Switzerland 30, Helene Yahiel /Kevienne Etienne, France 31, Sachie Oguri/Miho Makabe, Japan 32, Celine Gemise Fareau/Marion Castelli, France Country Quota Teams, Country Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada Michaela Eckl/Mireya Kaup, Germany Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany Annalea Hartmann/Karin Trussel, Switzerland Nicole Branagh/Holly McPeak, United States Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 8

6 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Leaders, Through July 23, nine events Men s Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 9, 4, $238,600 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 9, 3, $202,600 3, Christoph Dieckmann/Julius Brink, Germany, 6, 1, $116,500 4, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil, 9, 0, $106,700 5, Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, Argentina, 7, 0, $67,100 5, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 9, 0, $67,100 7, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 5, 1, $61,400 8, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 8, 0, $61,200 9, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 9, 0, $52,000 10, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 7, 0, $48,900 11, Ricardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 5, 0, $44,400 12, Linyin Xu/Penggen Wu, China, 9, 0, $43,900 Men srank, points 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 5,260 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 4,800 3, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil, 3,220 4, Christoph Dieckmann/Julius Brink, Germany, 3,100 5, Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, Argentina, 2,360 6, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,280 7, Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 2,200 8, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 1,940 9, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 1,780 10, Linyin Xu/Penggen Wu, China, 1,678 11, Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 1,660 12, Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway, 1, SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Leaders, Through July 22, eight events Women s Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 8, 4, $220,600 2, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 8, 0, $113,500 3, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 8, 0, $111,200 4, Xi Zhang/Chen Xue, China, 8, 1, $109,600 5, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3, 2, $96,300 6, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil, 6, 1, $79,100 7, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 8, 0, $77,400 8, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 6, 0, $51,200 9, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 6, 0, $44,400 10, Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia, 6, 0, $41,500 11, Lu Wang/Linjun Ji, China, 8, 0, $41,000 12, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 6, 0, $40,200 Women s Rank, points 1, Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil, 4,820 2, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 3,460 3, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 3,340 4, Xi Zhang/Chen Xue, China, 3,080 5, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2,780 6, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil, 2,070 7, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 1,940 8, Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece, 1,860 9, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 1,600 10, Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia, 1,580 11, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 1,500 12, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1,480 SWATCH Top Servers (km/h) Rank Men Nation Speed Event 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS France 2 Iver Horrem NOR 98.6 Norway 3 Ricardo Santos BRA 98.0 Canada 4 Clemens Doppler AUT 96.9 Croatia 5 Conrad Leinemann CAN 96.2 Canada 6 Toni Kankaanpaeae FIN 96.0 France 7 Julius Brink GER 95.8 Russia 8 Patrick Heuscher SUI 95.6 Canada 9 Christoph Dieckmann GER 95.0 France 10 Terje Oevergaard NOR 94.2 Norway 11 Harley Marques BRA 94.1 Italy 12 Matteo Varnier ITA 93.3 Italy 13 Li Jian CHN 92.8 China 14 Michal Biza CZE 92.6 Canada 15 Benjamin Insfran BRA 92.4 Italy 16 Pedro Cuhna BRA 92.2 Canada 17 Richard Schuil NED 92.0 France 18 Marcio Araujo BRA 91.8 France 19 Wilfredo Villar CUB 91.1 Switzerland 19 Joshua Slack AUS 91.1 Croatia Rank Women Nation Speed Event 1 Marie-Christine Mondor CAN 80.7 Canada 2 Larissa Franca BRA 80.0 China 3 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 77.9 Canada 4 Elaine Youngs USA 77.7 Greece 5 Marie-Christine Pruneau CAN 76.6 Canada 6 Tian Jia CHN 76.2 China 7 Holly McPeak USA 76.0 Greece 8 Zhang Xi CHN 75.4 China 9 Carolina Salgado BRA 75.1 Italy 10 Kerri Walsh USA 75.0 Greece 11 Leila Barros BRA 74.9 Canada 12 Vassiliki Arvaniti GRE 74.8 Norway 13 Linjun Ji CHN 74.7 Canada 14 Renata Ribeiro BRA 74.4 Greece 15 Sara Goller GER 74.2 Greece 16 Nicole Branagh USA 74.0 Switzerland 17 Nila Ann Hakedal NOR 73.9 China 18 Katherine Zakrzewski CAN 73.8 Canada 19 Carolina Fiset CAN 73.5 Canada 20 Stacey Kloeden AUS 73.1 Switzerland Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 8

7 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Final Fours Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 4th China, Shanghai, May 23-27, $200, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $32, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $22, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $16, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, 21-19, (42 minutes) Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 19-21, 22-20, (56) SWATCH MOP - Marcio Araujo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Jian Li, 92.8 km/h Croatia, Zagreb, May 31-June 4, $200, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $22, Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States, $16, Roberto Lopes/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-14, (42) Bronze - Lambert Metzger def. Roberto Lopes/Salgado, 21-13, 16-21, 15-7 (84) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 96.9, km/h Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, June 7-11, $200, Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland, $32, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $22, Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil, $16, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Heuscher/Kobel def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 14-21, 21-17, (59) Bronze - Benjamin/Harley def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 25-23, (49) SWATCH MOP - Heuscher SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Harley, 94.1 km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 14-18, $200, Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $32, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $22, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $16, Ricardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, $12,000 Gold - Brink/Dieckmann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-13, (44) Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Lione/Varnier, 21-19, (44) SWATCH MOP - Dieckmann SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 92.0 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad (June 21-25, $290,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $42, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $28, Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $22, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $17,700 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-17, (46) Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Cunha/Franco, 21-17, 16-21, (68) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 92.1 km/h Norway, Stavanger (June 28-July 2, $290,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $42, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $28, Benjamin/Harley, Brazil, $22, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, $17,700 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-19, (51) Bronze - Benjamin/Harley def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-9, (43) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Iver Horrem, Norway, 98.6 km/h France, Marseille, July 5-9, $200, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $22, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $16, Nalbert Bitencourt/Luizao Correa, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-15, 14-21, (58) Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Nalbert/Luizao, 19-21, 5-2 retired (34) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h Canada, Montréal, July 12-16, $200, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $32, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $22, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $16, Heuscher/Kobel, Swtitzerland, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Emanuel/Ricardo def., 21-15, (43) Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Heuscher/Kobel, 21-18, 19-21, 15-7 (60) SWATCH MOP - Marcio Araujo SWATCH TOP SERVICE -Ricardo, 98.0 km/h Russia, St. Petersburg, July 19-23, $200, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $32, Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $22, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, $16, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-18, (52) Bronze - De Gruijter/Ronnes def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-19, (39) SWATCH MOP - Marcio Araujo SWATCH TOP SERVICE Brink, 98.5 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 8

8 2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Final Fours Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 4th Italy, Modena, May 10-14, $200, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $32, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $22, Wang Jie/Tian Jia, China, $16, Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs, United States, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. May-Treanor/Walsh, 21-19, (55 minutes) Bronze - Wang Jie/Tian Jian def. Wacholder/Youngs, 15-21, 21-18, (61) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVE - Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 75.1 km/h China, Shanghai, May 24-28, $200, Xue Chen /Zhang Xi, China, $32, Wang Jie/Tian Jia, China, $22, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $16, Zhang Ying/Zuo Man, China, $12,000 Gold - Xue Chen/Zhang Xi def. Wang Jie/Tian Jian, 23-21, (38 minutes) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Zhang Ying/Zuo Man, 21-14, (36) SWATCH MOP - Zhang Xi SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 80.0 km/h Greece, Athens, May 31-June 4, $200, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32, Wang Lu/Ji Linjun, China, $22, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $16, Wacholder/Youngs, United States, $12,000 Gold -.May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang Lu/Ji Linjun, 21-14, (30) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Wacholder/Youngs, 21-16, (49) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Youngs, 77.7 km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 27-July 1, $290, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $42, Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil, $28, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $22, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $17,700 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-18, (43) Bronze - Leila/Ana Paula def. Pohl/Rau, 18-21, 21-16, (58) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 75.0 km/h France, Marseille, July 4-8, $200, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32, Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $22, Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $16, Wang Jie/Tian Jia, China, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-19, (55) Bronze - Leila/Ana Paula def. Wang Jie/Tian Jia, 21-19, 17-21, (67) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 75.1 km/h Canada, Montréal, July 12-16, $200, Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $32, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $22, Wang Jie/Tian Jia, China, $16, Pohl/Rau, Germany, $12,000 Gold - Leila/Ana Paula def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-15, (79) Bronze - Wang Jie/Tian Jia def. Pohl/Rau, 21-13, 19-21, (72) SWATCH MOP - Leila SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 80.7 km/h Russia, St. Petersburg, July 19-23, $200, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32, Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, China, $22, Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $16, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, 21-11, (39) Bronze - Adriana/Shelda def. Renata/Talita, 21-11, (39) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Zhang Xi, 75.3 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, June 20-24, $290, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $42, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $28, Wang Jie/Tian Jia, China, $22, Xue Chen /Zhang Xi, China, $17,700 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, (37) Bronze - Wang Jie/Tian Jia def. Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, 21-19, (45) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nicole Branagh, USA, 74.0 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 8