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1 Otera Open Sunday (August 12) is the seventh and final day of competition for the US$350,000 Otera Open, the 10th of 13 double gender events this season on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. The inaugural Otera Open in Kristiansand oficialy started Tuesday, and concludes Saturday for women and Sunday for men. The winning teams in each gender will share the $30,000 first-place prizes. The 13th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stop in 2007 for both men and women, the Otera Open will be played on the Tresse in the city centre of Kristiansand. Country quota playoffs were held Monday for women and Tuesday for men for teams from Brazil and Norway. The qualifiers were held Tuesday for women and Wednesday for men to determine the final eight berths in each gender s Main Draw where a double-elimination format will be used to set the final four teams. The women s semi-finals and medal matches wil be played Saturday. The men s final four matches will be played Sunday. A total of 61 men s and 54 women s teams from 34 countries have competed in the Otera Open, including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine. The Otera Open is the 162nd women s and the 204th men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball 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 first women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. The 2007 season is Year No. 21 for men and No. 16 for the women. Sara Seravalli, Italy... Technical Supervisor André Trottier, Canada...Referee Delegate Torsten Billing, Sweden... TV Delegate Stefano Cesare, Italy Geir Dahle, Norway Christian Engen, Norway Regis Fonseca, Brazil Rafael Godoy, Spain Skule Haagensen, Norway Andrea Haas, Austria Irene Moula, Greece Keith Murlless, United States FIVB Officials Referees Periklis Charpantidis, Greece...Physio Tim Simmons, United States...Press Delegate José Marie Padron, Spain Drago Peslac, Croatia Anton Pevc, Slovenia Lars Rydland, Norway Oana Sarb, Romania Sergios Sergiou, Cyprus Jorgen Solvik, Norway Ronny Sterten, Norway Antonella Vidale, Italy Maria-Amelia Villas-Boas, Brazil Krysztof Wojtunik, Poland The SWATCH-FIVB World Tour is staging two events in Norway for the first-time as the Otera Open. Other countries to stage two SWATCH stops in the same season are Brazil, China, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain and the United States. Norway has hosted a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event in Stavanger starting in 1999 with a men s event. Norway hosted double gender competition for the first-time in PAST NORWEGIANMEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS(all events in Stavanger) Medals - Brazil 19, Switzerland 3, Argentina 1, Australia 1, China 1, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1999 Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA Guilherme Marques/Para Ferreira, BRA Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, BRA 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 2001 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Para/Ze Marco de, BRA 2002 Emanuel/Tande, BRA Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, SUI 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, ARG Julien Prosser/Mark Williams, AUS 2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Dave Klemperer/Niklas Rademacher, GER Franco/Tande, BRA 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Benjamin/Harley Marques, BRA Heuscher /Kobel, SUI 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Benjamin/Harley, BRA 2007 Marcio/Araujo/Fabio, BRA Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN PAST NORWEGIAN WOMEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS(all events in Stavanger) Medals - Brazil 7, USA 7, China 2, Australia 1, Greece 1 Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 2002 Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs, USA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, BRA 2003 Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, BRA Misty Ma-Treanory/Kerri Walsh, USA Adriana/Shelda, BRA 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA Walsh/Rachel Wacholder, USA 2005 Vasso Karadassiou/ Vassiliki Arvaniti, GRE Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Adriana/Shelda, BRA Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA 2007 Jen Boss/April Ross, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 16

2 Otera Open 2007 Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Otera Open Entries A total of 61 men s teams from 29 countries have competed in the Otera Open, including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Main Draw Seeds, Teams, Country Final Four 1, Ricardo Santos/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 3, Igor Kolodinsky/Dmitri Barsouk, Russia 8, Mischa Urbatzka/Jonas Reckermann, Germany Eliminated, placed 5th 4, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China 5, Pedro Salgado/Harley Marques, Brazil Eliminated, placed 7th 10, Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem, Norway 16, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands Eliminated, placed 9th 6, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany 12, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria 14, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 15, Shun Zhou/Jian Li, China Eliminated, placed 13th 7, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 19, Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy 22, Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France, Q5 26, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Martins Plavins, Latvia Eliminated, placed 17th 11, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain 13, Miguel Maia/Joao Brenha, Portugal 17, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan 18, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada 20, Riccardo Bizzotto/Eugenio Amore, Italy, Q4 24, Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden 25, Martin Lebl/Michal Biza, Czech Republic, Q9 28, Jan Schnider/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, Q6 Eliminated, placed 25th 9, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 21, Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 23, Conrad Leinemann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada 27, Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba 29, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France, Q7 30, Sebastian Dollinger/Florian Huth, Germany, Q16 31, Martin Tichy/Pavel Kolar, Czech Republic, Q15 32, Thiago Santos Barbosa/Ricardo Brandao, Brazil, Q30 Qualification Seeds, Teams, Country 1, Pedro Rosas/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal 2, Kirk Pitman/Jason Lochhead, New Zealand 3, Yannick Salvetti/Guilherm Deulofeu, France 4, Riccardo Bizzotto/Eugenio Amore, Italy 5, Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France 6, Jan Schnider/Martin Laciga, Switzerland 7, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France 8, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark 9, Martin Lebl/Michal Biza, Czech Republic 10, Roman Arkaev/Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia 11, Alexey Sidorenko/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 12, Denis Rovkin/Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan 13, Koichi Nishimura/Taichi Morikawa, Japan 14, Toms Smedins/Janis Smedins, Latvia 15, Martin Tichy/Pavel Kolar, Czech Republic 16, Sebastian Dollinger/Florian Huth, Germany 17, Brett Richardson/Isaac Kapa, Australia 18, Toni Kankaanpaa/Anssi Hakala, Finland 19, Jarle Huseby/Kim Hellum, Norway 20, Steve Grotowski/Gregg Weaver, Great Britain 21, Oliver Indra/Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein 22, Janis Freidenfelds/Martins Freidenfelds, Latvia 23, Magne Kobbevik/Lars Erk Engebretsen, Norway 24, Espen Goranson/Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway 25, Jody Gooding/Imornefe Bowes, Great Britain 26, Eskil Holtan/Oyvind Wergeland, Norway 27, Lauri Hakala/Jaakko Keskitalo, Finland 28, Chad Mowrey/Kimo Tuyay, Philippines 29, Sam Boehm/Justin Feuerriegel, Australia 30, Thiago Santos Barbosa/Ricardo Brandao, Brazil 31, Morais Abreu/Emanuel Fernandes, Angola Country Quota Teams Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil Ronny Berntsen/Martin Engvik, Norway Petter Bjorbak/Magnus Borge Johansen, Norway Oivind Hordvik/Trygve Leite, Norway Martin Spinnanger/Sigmund Wergeland, Norway Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 16

3 Otera Open 2007 Women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Otera Open Entries A total of 54 women s teams from 23 countries have competed in the Otera Open, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland and the Ukraine. Main Draw Seeds, Country Gold Medal 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Silver Medal 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Bronze Medal 3, Jie Wang/Jia Tian, China 4th-place 4, Okka Rau/Stephanie Pohl, Germany Eliminated, placed 5th 9, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway 10, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany Eliminated, placed 7th 27, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, Q3 28, Liesbet Van Breedam/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, Q5, LL Eliminated, placed 9th 7, Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil 11, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, Q1 15, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 22, Annie Martin/Dana Cooke, Canada, Eliminated, placed 13th 8, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China 13, Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany 16, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece 20, Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland Eliminated, placed 17th 5, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil 12, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba 14, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria 17, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France 18, Sarah Maxwell/Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada, Q4 19, Shinako Tanaka/Eiko Koizumi, Japan 23, Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria 24, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia Eliminated, placed 25th 6, Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway 21, Cristine "Saka" Santanna/Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins, Georgia 25, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy, Q2 26, Diane Pascua/Heidi Ilustre, Philippines, Q7 29, Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan, Q9 30, Sarah Schmocker/Isabelle Forrer, Switzerland, Q11 31, Galyna Osheyko/Svitlana Baburina, Ukraine, Q12 32, Hanne Haugen Aas/Eydis Dalen, Norway Qualification Tournament Seeds, Country 1, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil 2, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy 3, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland 4, Sarah Maxwell/Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada 5, Liesbet Van Breedam/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium 6, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy 7, Diane Pascua/Heidi Ilustre, Philippines 8, Denise Johns/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain 9, Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan 10, Takemi Nishibori/Miwa Asao, Japan 11, Sarah Schmocker/Isabelle Forrer, Switzerland 12, Galyna Osheyko/Svitlana Baburina, Ukraine 13, Janne Kongshavn/Kristine Wiig, Norway 14, Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia 15, Lily Markovic/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada 16, Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark 17, Alice Rohkamper/Becchara Palmer, Australia 18, Rosario Reyes/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico 19, Johannah Rohkamper/Eileen Romanowski, Australia 20, Pia Larsen/Charlotte Dyhr, Denmark 21, Regina Kiss/Bernadette Kiss, Hungary 22, Sigrid Aasen/Elin Kristina Westerlund, Norway 23, Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain 24, Kristine Fossen/Ragnhild Aas, Norway 25, Birgitte Blitzner/Rita Eritsland, Norway Country Quota Teams, Country Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil Maria Akre/Ellen Anda, Norway Maiken Bornvik/Kristina Maaseide, Norway Kjersti Hansen/Eline Landsnes, Norway Therese Lindblom/Cindy Treland, Norway NOTE - With a late withdrawal after the start of Tuesday s qualifier, a lucky loser draw was held between teams from Belgium and Italy that lost in the final round of the 25-team Qualification Tournament. Liesbet Van Breedam and Liesbeth Mouha of Belgium won the draw over Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli of Italy. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 16

4 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Highlighted by SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland and four Grand Slams events in France, Norway, Germany and Austria, the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour will feature 23 events on four continents with prize money at US$8.35-million. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour schedule will feature 18 events for men and 17 tournaments for the women with 13 double gender stops. The SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Gstaad will feature $1-millon in prize money while Paris, Stavanger, Berlin and Klagenfurt will host Grand Slam stops where the combined prize money will be $2.4-milion for the combined men s and women s events. Event sites hosting international Beach Volleyball events for the first-time include Manama, Bahrain (men), Singapore (women), Seoul, Korea (women), Kristiansand, Norway (men women) and Aland, Finland (men and women). Fortaleza, Brazil will stage a double gender event for the first time after staging separate men s ( , 2002) and women s ( and 2004) events. Indonesia will host a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour men s event for the first-time since Here is the 2007 schedule. Dates May 1-6 May 8-12 May June 6-10 June June June 26-July 1 July 4-8 July July July Aug. 1-5 Aug Dates May 1-6 May May 30-June 3 June 6-10 June June June 26-July 1 July 4-8 July July July Aug. 1-5 Aug SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Results Tournament... Gold Medal Team China Shanghai Jinshan Open...Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Bahrain Open, Manama...Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil VIP Open, Zagreb, Croatia... Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia Open of Portugal, Espinho...Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil Montréal Open, Canada...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil World Series 13, Marseille, France... Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland...Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway... Brazil, Germany, Russia 2007 SWATCH-FIVBWorld Tour Women s Results Tournament... Gold Medal Team China Shanghai Jinshan Open... Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China Singapore Open, Sentosa... Talita Antunes/Renata Antunes, Brazil Seoul Open, Korea... Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia GE Money Bank Warsaw Open, Poland... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil Open of Portugal, Espinho... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France...Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway... Jen Boss/April Ross, United States Montréal Open, Canada...May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany...May-Treanor/Walsh, United States World Series 13, Marseille, France...Talita/Renata, Brazil SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland...May-Treanor/Walsh, United States A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria...May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s & Women s Schedule Dates Tournament Gender... Purse Aug PAF Open, Aland, Finland Men & Women... $400,000 Aug. 28-Sept. 2 St. Petersburg Open, Russia Men & Women... $400,000 Sept. 5-9 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders, Stare Jablonki, Poland Men... $200,000 Sept Fortaleza Open, Brazil Men & Women... $400,000 Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Bali Open, Bali, Indonesia Men... $200,000 Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Phuket Thailand Open, Phuket, Thailand Women... $200,000 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals). Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 16

5 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Leaders, Through August 11, 12-plus events Men s Team Rank, points 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 5,910 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 5,390 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 5,230 4, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4,620 5, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 4,200 6, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 3,900 7, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 3,580 8, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 3,340 9, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 3,310 10, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 3,300 11, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 3,210 12, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 3,060 13, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 2,960 14, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 2,800 15, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2,760 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,710 17, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,540 18, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2,440 19, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,010 20, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1,928 21, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 1,820 22, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 1,730 23, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,720 24, Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 1,700 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 12, 4, $254,200 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 12, 3, $218,900 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 12, 0, $176,200 4, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 9, 1, $147,900 5, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 13, 1, $136,200 6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 12, 0, $132,200 7, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 9, 1, $124,000 8, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 1, $114,500 9, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 10, 0, $110,700 10, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 10, 0, $104,100 11, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 8, 0, $93,400 12, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 11, 0, $92,100 13, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 12, 0, $89,200 14, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 9, 1, $87,100 15, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 6, 0, $84,000 16, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 12, 0, $75,100 17, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 11, 0, $74,800 18, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 13, 0, $72,100 19, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 13, 0, $59,200 20, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 12, 0, $52,100 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 11, 0, $51,000 22, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10, 0, $50,700 23, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 11, 0, $50,300 24, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 5, 0, $49, SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Leaders, Through August 11, 13 events Women s Team Rank, points 1, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 6,440 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 5,720 3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5,690 4, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 4,780 5, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 4,640 6, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 3,560 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,320 7, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 3,320 9, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 3,220 10, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 3,090 11, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 2,880 11, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 2,880 13, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 2,760 14, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 2,600 15, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,520 16, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 2,320 17, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 2,200 18, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,130 19, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,080 20, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 1,960 21, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 1,880 22, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1,840 23, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 1,760 24, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands, 1,760 Women s Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 13, 1, $262,600 2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 6, 5, $245,500 3, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 10, 3, $242,400 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 13, 0, $200,800 5, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 12, 2, $170,000 6, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 10, 0, $107,500 7, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 8, 1, $103,400 8, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 11, 0, $96,200 9, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 11, 0, $95,400 10, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 10, 0, $89,200 11, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 10, 0, $86,900 12, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 11, 0, $79,600 13, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 13, 0, $76,400 14, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 13, 0, $69,700 15, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 9, 0, $68,400 16, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 5, 1, $68,100 17, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 13, 0, $67,300 18, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 11, 0, $64,300 19, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 13, 0, $63,400 20, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 5, 0, $60,400 21, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 10, 0, $53,300 22, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 10, 0, $51,600 23, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 11, 0, $51,400 24, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 12, 0, $51,300 NOTE: The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour champions for men and women will be determined by calculating the points for a team s best 13 finishes for men and 12 for women based on 75 percent of the men s (18) and women's (17) events staged this season and rounded down. 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6 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Final Fours China, Shanghai, May 1-5, $200, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $32, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $22, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $16, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $12,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 15-21, 22-20, (65 minutes) Bronze - Heuscher/Heyer def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-19, (46) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h Bahrain, Manama, May 8-12, $200, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $32, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $22, Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $12,000 Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Cunha/Franco, 17-21, 21-19, (68) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-19, (46) SWATCH MOP - Nummerdor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 23-27, $200, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $32, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $22, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 23-21, 16-21, (80) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Herrera/Mesa, 21-14, (50) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, 98.2 km/h Croatia, Zagreb, June 6-10, $200, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $32, Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland, $22, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16, Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, $12,000 Gold - Kais/Vesik def. Heuscher/Heyer, 21-19, 17-21, (64) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Schacht/Slack, 21-14, (41) SWATCH MOP - Kais SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 13-17, $200, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $22, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16, Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Cunha/Franco, 18-21, 21-17, (69) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Harley/Salgado, 21-16, (43) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h France, Paris, June 20-24, $300, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $43, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $29, Mike Lamberta/Stein Metzger, United States, $23, Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Cunha/Franco, 19-21, 21-17, (71) Bronze - Lambert/Metzger def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-12, (42) SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Yannick Salvetti, France, 96.2 km/h Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32, Schacht/Slack, Australia, $22, Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Schacht/Slack, 17-21, 21-13, (61) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. De Gruijter/Ronnes, 21-15, (40) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Harley, 94.9 km/h Germany, Berlin, July 11-15, $300, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, $29, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $23, Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio won by forfeit over Klemperer/Koreng (15-21, 21-16, 9-9, retired) Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers won by forfeit over Brink/Dieckmann SWATCH MOP - Klemperer SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 99.9 km/h France, Marseille, July 18-22, $200, Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $32, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, $22, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, $12,000 Gold - Cunha/Franco def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-9, 17-21, 15-7 (53) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Asahi/Shiratori, 21-19, (50) SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Joshua Slack, Australia, 92.3 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-29, $500, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $60, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $45, Schacht/Slack, Australia, $35, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $28,000 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-16, (45) Bronze - Schacht/Slack def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-17, (47) SWATCH MOP - Rogers SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-5, $300, Emanuel/Ricardo, $43, Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $29, Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $23, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-13, (44) Bronze - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-14, 21-8 (32) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koreng, km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 8-12, $175, Emanuel/Ricardo, $10, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $10, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $10, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, $10,500 Gold - to be determined Bronze - to be determined SWATCH MOP - to be determined SWATCH TOP SERVICE - to be determined Norway, Stavanger, June 28-July 1, $300, Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43, Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $23, Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-14, (55) Bronze - Wu/Xu def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-18, 19-21, (66) SWATCH MOP - Fabio SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 16

7 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Final Fours China, Shanghai, May 2-6, $200, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $32, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, $22, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $16, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Wang/Tian def. Hakedal/Torlen, 14-21, 21-18, (59) Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Leila/Ana Paula, 16-21, 21-17, (50) SWATCH MOP - Jie Wang SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nadia Campsi, 85.4 km/h Singapore, Sentosa, May 23-27, $200, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $32, Tian/Wang, China, $22, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $16, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Talita/Renata def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, (43) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-18, 21-9 (46) SWATCH MOP - Renata SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 78.5 km/h Korea, Seoul, May 30-June 1, $200, Tamsin Barnett / Natalie Cook, Australia, $32, Tian/Wang, China, $22, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $16, Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Barnett/Cook def. Wang/Tian, 21-19, (44) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Leila/Ana Paula, 25-23, (45) SWATCH MOP - Cook SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 79.2 km/h Poland, Warsaw, June 6-10, $200, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32, Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil, $22, Xue/Zhang, China, $16, Talita/Renata, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-18, (46) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Talita/Renata, 21-18, (39) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Chiaki Kusuhara, 78.2 km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 12-16, $200, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $22, Talita/Renata, Brazil, $16, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Goller/Ludwig, 17-21, 21-16, (58) Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Arvaniti/Kardassiou, 21-15, 17-21, (61) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, 83.0 km/h France, Paris, June 19-24, $300, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $43, Tian/Wang, China, $29, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, $23, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, (42) Bronze - Turner/Wacholder def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, (41) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Walsh, 80.8 km/h Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32, Xue/Zhang, China, $22, Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $16, Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Xue/Zhang, 21-16, 16-21, (54) Bronze - Adriana/Shelda def. Leila/Ana Paula, 23-21, (50) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 83.6 km/h Germany, Berlin, July 11-14, $300, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $29, Tian/Wang, China, China, $23, Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 18-21, 21-15, 15-7 (45) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Leila/Ana Paula, 21-19, (54) SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.0 km/h France, Marseille, June 17-21, $200, Talita/Renata, Brazil, $32, Xue/Zhang, China, $22, Tian/Wang, China, $16, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, $12,000 Gold - Talita/Renata def. Xue/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, 15-7 (57) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, 21-11, (41) SWATCH MOP - Renata SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, Germany, 75.0 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-28, $500, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $60, Tian/Wang, China, $45, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $35, Xue/Zhang, China, $28,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-16, (39) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Xu/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, (64) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nicole Branagh, United States, 77.6, km/h Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-4, $300, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $18, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $18, Goller/Ludwig, Germany, $18, Xue/Zhang, China, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-16, (46) Bronze - Goller/Ludwig def. Xue/Zhang, 21-15, (39) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - April Ross, United States, 82.9 km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 7-11, $175, Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $10, Xue/Zhang, China, $10, Tian/Wang, China, China, $10, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $10,500 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Xue/Zhang, 21-17, (38) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Pohl/Rau, 21-17, (39) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Janne Kongshavn, 79.7 km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 27-30, $300, Jen Boss/April Ross, United States, $43, Tian/Wang, China, China, $29, May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $23, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Boss/Ross def. Wang/Tian, 21-14, (44) Bronze - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Goller/Ludwig, 21-15, (36) SWATCH MOP - Ross SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 84.0 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 16

8 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 MEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam stops through August 5, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil Russia United States Netherlands Germany Australia Switzerland Argentina China Estonia Spain Japan Event... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...Harley Marques, Brazil Bahrain... Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands Roseto... Emanuel Rego, Brazil Zagreb... Kristjan Kais, Estonia Espinho...Emanuel, Brazil Paris... Franco Neto, Brazil Stavanger... Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil Event...SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Montreal... Ricardo Santos, Brazil Berlin... David Klemperer, Germany Marseille... Franco, Brazil Gstaad... Todd Rogers, United States Klagenfurt... Ricardo, Brazil Kristiansand... To be determined 2007 WOMEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam stops through August 11, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s China Brazil United States Germany Australia Norway Greece Event... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...Jie Wang, China Singapore... Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Seoul... Natalie Cook, Australia Warsaw...Juliana Felisberta, Brazil Espinho... Larissa Franca, Brazil Paris... Kerri Walsh Stavanger... April Ross, United States Event...SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Montreal... Walsh, United States Berlin... Misty May-Treanor, United States Marseille...Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Gstaad... Walsh, United States Klagenfurt... Walsh, United States Kristiansand... Larissa, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Serving Leaders, 12 events(km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Portugal, Stavanger 2 Eric Koreng GER Austria 3 Clemens Doppler AUT Austria 4 Jonas Reckermann GER Austria 5 Dmitri Barsouk RUS Croatia 6 Richard Schuil NED Stavanger 7 Julius Brink GER 99.9 Germany 8 Conrad Leinemann CAN 99.4 Croatia 9 Felix Blauel AUT 98.1 Austria 10 Linyin Xu CHN 97.9 Croatia 11 Yannick Salvetti FRA 96.2 Paris Rank Name Nation Speed Site 12 Marcio Araujo BRA 96.1 Portugal 13 Grga Trimcevski CRO 95.7 Croatia 14 Joshual Slack AUS 95.5 Croatia 15 Wes Montgomery CAN 95.1 Italy 16 Iver Horrem NOR 95.0 Stavanger 16 Miguel Maia POR 95.0 Portugal 18 Hevaldo Moreira BRA 94.9 Croatia 18 Harley Marques BRA 94.9 Montreal 20 Florian Huth GER 94.8 Italy 20 Patrick Heuscher SUI 94.8 China 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Serving Leaders, 13 events (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Nadia Campisi ESP 85.4 China 2 April Ross USA 84.0 Stavanger 3 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 83.6 Montreal 4 Sara Goller GER 83.0 Portugal 5 Kerri Walsh USA 80.8 Paris 6 Logan Tom USA 80.1 Paris 7 Janne Kongshavn NOR 79.7 Kristiansand 8 Juliana Felisberta Silva BRA 78.6 Austria 9 Larissa Franca BRA 78.5 Singapore 10 Tyra Turner USA 78.4 Paris Rank Name Nation Speed Site 11 Maria Tsiartsiani GRE 78.3 Korea 12 Chiaki Kusuhara JPN 78.2 Poland 13 Christina Purtscheller AUT 78.0 Austria 14 Jen Boss USA 77.6 Berlin 15 Nicole Branagh USA 77.6 Gstaad 16 Adriana Behar BRA 76.6 Montreal 17 Rebekka Kadijk NED 76.6 Singapore 18 Lu Wang CHN 76.5 Korea 19 Giulia Momoli ITA 76.5 Berlin 20 Renata Ribeiro BRA 76.3 Korea Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 16

9 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships - Gstaad, Switzerland, July Men... SWATCH-FIVB 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 Behar/Bede, 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 2007 SWATCH-FIVB U-21 World Championships - Modena, Italy, September 5-9 Men... SWATCH-FIVB U- 21 World Champions... Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil... France Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain...Italy Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil... France Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain... Portugal Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia... Brazil Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil... Poland Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB U-19 World Championships - Myslowice, Poland, July Men...SWATCH-FIVB U- 18/19 World Champions... Women Ian Borges/Pedro Salgado, Brazil...Greece 2002*...Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany... Thailand 2003*...Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania... Italy 2004*...Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia... France 2005#...Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany...Bermuda 2006#... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland... Poland Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands *For players under the age of #for players under the age of 19 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 9 of 16

10 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 2007 FIVB Men s Chalenger/Satelite Results Dates June 28-July 1 July August 9-12 Tournament... Gold Medal Team Brno Challenger, Czech Republic...Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus... Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein... to be determined 2007 FIVB Women s Chalenger/Satelite Results Dates June 29-July 1 July July August 8-11 Tournament... Gold Medal Team San Sebastiàn Satellite, Spain... Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands Eboli Challenger, Italy... Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus... Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein... Antonelli/ Leãom Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s & Women s Schedule Dates Tournament Gender... Purse August Beijing Challenger, China Women...$50,000 August Lausanne Satellite, Switzerland Men...$15,000 August 31-September 2 Milan Challenger, Italy Men...$30,000 November 7-11 Hong Kong Challenger, China Women...$30, FIVB Men s Chalenger/Satelite Final Fours Czech Republic Challenger, Brno, June 28-July 1, $30, Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, $4, Jessi Lelliott/Martin Reader, Canada, $3, Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, $3, Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, $2,300 Gold - Biza/Lebl def. Lelliott/Reander, 21-17, (44 minutes) Bronze - Kubala/Pavlas def. Amore Bizzotto, 21-17, (39) Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-29, $30, Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, $6, Toms Smedins Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, $4, Alison Cerutti Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $3, Mattias Magnusson/Robert Svensson, Sweden, $2,400 Gold - Bruno/Benjamin, Brazil def. Smedins/Sorokins, 21-18, (47) Bronze - Alison//Bernardo def. Magnusson/R. Svensson, 21-6, (40) Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 9-12, $10,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,200 $800 Gold - to be determined Bronze - to be determined 2007 FIVB Women s Chalenger/Satelite Final Fours Spain Satellite, San Sebastian, June 28-July 1, $10, Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, $2, Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, $1, Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, $1, Celine Gemise Fareau/Mathilde Giordano, France, $800 Gold - Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink def. Ilustre/Pascua, 21-16, 22-24, (62) Bronze - Antonelli/Leão def. Gemise Fareau/Giordano, 21-19, (36) Italy Challenger, Eboli, July 19-22, $30, Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4, Izabel Bezerra/Taiana Lima, Brazil, $3, Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, $3, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, $2,300 Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Bezerra/Lima, 21-13, (30) Bronze - Vivian/Vieira def. Gioria/Momoli, 21-14, (37) Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-28, $30, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $6, Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4, Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands, $3, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $2,400 Gold - Holtwick/Semmler def. Antonelli/Leão, 21-13, 14-21, (57) Bronze - Van Iersel/Wesselink def. Forrer/Schmocker, 21-12, (34) Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 8-11, $10, Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $2, Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany, $1, Frederike Fischer/Jana Kohler, Germany, $1, Eva Tcholakova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria, $800 Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Lehmann/Sude, 21-18, 15-21, 15-7 (49) Bronze - Fischer/Kohler def. Tcholakova/Yanchulova, 21-17, 18-21, (56) Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 10 of 16

11 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 1992-present WOMEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through August 4, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States China Australia Germany Greece Japan Czech Republic Cuba Netherlands Italy Switzerland Norway Canada Portugal Russia Totals The 2007 Otera Open was the 162nd women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwil). The first women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. There have been only 14 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the 2005 SWATCH FIVB World Championships (United States, Brazil, China and Cuba). The last time was the 2007 Austrian grand slam (United States, Brazil, Germany and China). Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 150 times. Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 30 events. Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 15 different events. Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths twice. Brazil has had a team(s) in 126 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 34 times. The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 121 times. The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 14 events. The United States captured all three podium places once (Norway 2004). The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 15 events. China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. China has advanced two teams to a semi-final seven times China has advanced two teams to a gold medal match three times. There have been 110 events where two different countries battled for the Gold Medal. Brazil vs. USA... United States leads Brazil vs. Australia...Brazil leads 6-2 Australia vs. USA...USA leads 5-1 Brazil vs. Germany...Brazil leads 5-0 Brazil vs. China...Brazil leads 5-2 China vs. United States...USA leads 5-0 Brazil vs. Greece...Tied 1-1 Brazil vs. Cuba...Brazil leads 1-0 Australia vs. China... Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Japan...Brazil leads 1-0 China vs. Cuba... China leads 1-0 China vs. Norway... China leads 1-0 Greece vs. United States...USA leads 1-0 Japan vs. United States...USA leads 1-0 Germany vs. Netherlands...Netherlands leads 1-0 TOP SEVEN - Six Brazilian women tandems finished among the top seven finishes in the 2004 Rio de Janeiro event. This was a first in SWATCH-FIVB World Tour history for either men or women teams. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 11 of 16

12 2007 Tour Notes August 11 Update 1987-present MEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through August 5, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States Switzerland Argentina Germany Norway Canada Australia Spain Russia France Cuba Netherlands Italy Portugal Austria China Japan Czech Republic Estonia Vacated (USA Hermosa 1995) The Otera Open is the 204th men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill) for men. The first SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There have been 36 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 194 FIVB events. Brazil s streak of 114-straight final fours ended at the France 2005 event (Event No. 171). Prior to France, Brazil s last non-semi-final appearance was Portugal 1996 (Event No. 56). Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 43 events. Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 22 different events. Brazil has had a team(s) in 174 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 57 events, including the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in nine events, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Germany has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. Switzerland has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. There have been 135 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States...Brazil leads Argentina vs. Norway...Norway leads 1-0 Argentina vs. Brazil...Brazil leads 13-8 Australia vs. Switzerland... Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Switzerland...Brazil leads 16-4 Brazil vs. Australia...Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Germany...Brazil leads 9-3 Brazil vs. France...France leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Norway...Tied 5-5 Canada vs. United States...USA leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Canada...Brazil leads 4-1 Canada vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Germany vs. Switzerland...Tied 2-2 Cuba vs. United States... Cuba leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Spain...Brazil leads 2-1 Estonia vs. Switzerland... Estonia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Cuba...Brazil leads 2-0 France vs. Norway...Norway leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands...Tied 1-1 Germany vs. United States...Germany leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Portugal...Portugal leads 2-0 Norway vs. United States...Norway leads 1-0 Italy vs. United States...USA leads 2-0 Russia vs. United States...USA leads 1-0 Switzerland vs. United States...Tied 1-1 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 12 of 16

13 Otera Open August 12 Men s Semi-finals Notes - Brazil vs. Germany Team Uniform Uniform...FIVB Final Fours Seed Player No. Player No. Country... Partnership Golds Medals... F4s 2 Marcio Araujo 1 Fabio Luiz Magalhães 2 Brazil... 40th Mischa Urbatzka 1 Jonas Reckermann 2 Germany... 13th Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Resides Height Weight...Exp. Marcio Araujo 10/12/ Fortaleza, CE Fortaleza Fábio Magalhães 4/13/ Marataíses, ES Fortaleza Jonas Reckermann 5/26/28 28 Rheine Koln Mischa Urbatzka 3/29/ Elmshorn Elmshorn The series is tied 1-1 between the two teams with the Germans winning in Bahrain and the Brazilians in Italy. Marcio Araujo and Fábio are playing in their 40th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together. The 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Champions after winning the title in Berlin, Marcio Araujo and Fabio have a match mark and $808,600 in earnings to rank fifth on the all-time team list. Marcio Araujo and Fábio have finished second to Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos in 2005 and 2006 SWATCH tour points. The 2005 deficit was 32 points (5,128 to 5,096). Marcio Araujo, who placed ninth with Benjamin Insfran at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and Fabio have 22 podium placements, 26 final four finishes with a 10-7 record in gold medal matches with all seven setbacks to Brazilian teams (Emanuel/Ricardo, Benjamin/Harley Marques and Harley/Pedro Salgado). Marcio Araujo has won 18 FIVB gold medals, claimed 40 medals, posted 49 final fours finishes and ranks sixth in career earnings ($690,463) for 96 events. For 56 FIVB events, Fabio has won 10 FIVB gold medals, claimed 23 medals with $429,925 in earnings to rank 20th on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. On the Brazilian Tour this season, Fabio won the King of the Beach title in February and teamed with Marcio Araujo to win the Brazil vs. USA Chalenge match over Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers. For six domestic events this season, Marcio and Fabio have a 24-3 match mark with three gold medals. Two of the setbacks have been in gold medal matches with Emanuel and Ricardo. Otera Open Results Winner 1 def. Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (31, Q15) Won 21-13, :43 Winner 2 def. Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (15) Won 21-14, 19-21, :57 Winner 3 def. Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (10) Won 21-14, 11-21, :55 Winner 4 lost to Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) Lost 33-31, 18-21, :14 Contender 6 def. Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4) Won 21-19, :48 Semi-Finals vs. Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8) To be determined TBD Medal Match, vs. Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1) or Igor Kolodinsky / Dmitri Barsouk, Russia (3) 2007 Matches Won-Lost: Sets Won-Lost: Tournaments Played: Best Finish:...1st (Roseto, Stavanger, Berlin) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $218,900 Since 2005 Matches Won-Lost: Since 2005 Tournaments Played: Since 2005 Best Finish:...1st (10 600) Since 2005 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $808,100 Reckermann and Urbatzka are playing in their 13th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event, including 12 appearances together this season and one in 2005 in Switzerland. Reckermann is playing in his 57th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event, including 43 with Markus Dieckmann (Christoph Dieckmann s older twin brother by four minutes). Reckermann is ranked 36th in FIVB earnings ($272,878). Reckermann posted two gold medal finishes, 10 podium placements and 14 final four appearances with Markus Dieckmann. Reckermann and Markus Dieckmann, who placed ninth in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, captured SWATCH gold medals in 2004 at Berlin and in Rio de Janeiro. Urbatzka is competing in his 28th FIVB event with this week s Kristiansand finish his best SWATCH placement. He has earned $44,600 of his $56,875 career FIVB earnings this season. Urbatzka teamed with Daniel Krug to place second in the 2003 FIVB U21 world championships where the Germans were defeated by the Pedros of Brazil (Cunha and Salgado). Urbatzka and Kurg were also fourth in a 2005 FIVB Challenger event in Cagliari, Italy. Otera Open Results Winner 1 def. Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (25, Q9) 21-19, 18-21, :50 Winner 2 def. Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (24) 19-21, 21-17, :59 Winner 3 def. Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16) 21-13, :38 Winner 4 def. Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado, Brazil (5) 21-17, :48 Semi-Finals vs. Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2) to be determined TBD Medal Match, vs. Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1) or Igor Kolodinsky / Dmitri Barsouk, Russia (3) 2007 Matches Won-Lost: Sets Won-Lost: Tournaments Played: Best Finish:...4th or better (Kristiansand) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $89,200 Since 2006 Matches Won-Lost: Since 2006 Tournaments Played:...13 Since 2006 Best Finish:...4th or better (Kristiansand 2007) Since 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $94,700 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 13 of 16

14 Otera Open Marcio Araujo/Fabio s SWATCH Gold Medal Match Results(Won 10, Lost 7) 1. def. Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GERMANY, Croatia, Zagreb (6/12/2005), 21-17, (48 minutes), SWATCH No def. Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, SWITZERLAND, Germany, Berlin, 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships (6/26/2005), 22-20, (42), No lost to Emanuel Rego/RicardoSantos, BRAZIL, Russia, St. Petersburg (7/10/2005), 21-19, 22-24, (72), No lost to Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, Canada, Montreal (8/28/2005), 16-21, 21-17, (71), No lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Brazil, Salvador (10/23/2005), 19-21, 21-16, (69), No def. Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SWITZERLAND, South Africa, Cape Town (11/27/2005), 19-21, 21-19, (67), No def. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, BRAZIL, China, Shanghai (5/27/2006), 21-19, (42), No lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Switzerland, Gstaad (6/25/2006), 17-21, (46), No lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Norway, Stavanger (7/2/2006), 19-21, (51), No lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, France, Marseille (7/9/2006), 15-21, 21-14, (58), No def. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Canada, Montreal (7/16/2006),21-15, (43) No def. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GERMANY, Russia, St. Petersburg (7/23/2006), 21-18, (52), No def. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, UNITED STATES, France, Paris (7/30/2006), 21-11, (44), No lost to Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRAZIL, China, Shanghai (5/5/2007), 21-15, 20-22, (65), No def. Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi (5/27/2007), 23-21, 16-21, (80), No def. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NETHERLANDS, Norway, Stavanger (7/1/2007), 21-14, (55), No def. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GERMANY, Germany, Berlin (7/15/2007), 15-21, 21-16, 9-9 retired (74), No. 200 Reckerman s Gold Medal Match Results(won 2, Lost 7) 1. Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Infran def. Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckerman, GERMANY, Switzerland - Gstaad (6/22/2003) 23-25, 21-13, (62), No Marcio Araujo/Benjamin def. M. Dieckmann/Reckerman, GERMANY, Spain - Mallorca (9/7/2003), 14-21, 21-19, (96), No Emanuel/Ricardo def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, Serbia & Montenegro - Budva (5/30/2004), 21-18, (43), No Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, Switzerland - Gstaad (6/20/2004), 21-18, (54), SWATCH No M. Dieckmann/Reckermann def. Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SWITZERLAND, Germany - Berlin (6/27/2004), 20-22, 21-19, (66 minutes), FIVB Event No M. Dieckmann/Reckermann def. Heuscher/Kobel, SWITZERLAND, Brazil -Rio de Janeiro (9/26/2004), 21-18, 19-21, 15-9 (60), No Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, Portugal - Espinho (7/13-17/2005), 25-27, 21-19, (70), No Marcio Araujo/Fábio Magalhaes def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, Croatia - Zagreb (6/12/2005), 21-17, (48), No Markus Egger/M. Laciga def. M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GERMANY, Poland - Stare Jablonki (7/20-24/2005), 21-19, (46), No. 170 Marcio/Araujo/Fabio vs. Reckermann/Urbatzka s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Series (Tied 1-1) Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/11/07 Kristiansand Open Semi-Finals To be determined TBD TBD 5/24/07 Italian Open Winner 2 Araujo/Magalhães 23-25, 22-20, :09 5/9/07 Bahrain Open Winner 2 Reckermann/Urbatzka 15-21, 23-21, :53 Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Marcio/Araujo/Fabio s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Series (Emanuel/Ricardo lead 9-6) Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/5/07 Austrian Grand Slam Semi-Finals Emanuel/Ricardo 21-13, :42 7/14/07 Berlin Grand Slam Winner 3 Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-16, 9-21, :59 5/27/07 Italian Open Gold Medal Marcio Araujo/Fabio 23-21, 16-21, :20 5/4/07 Shanghai Open Contender 6 Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-12, :45 8/6/06 Austria Grand Slam Semi-Finals Emanuel/Ricardo 21-11, 19-21, :55 7/16/06 Canada Open Gold Medal Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-15, :43 7/9/06 France Open Gold Medal Emanuel/Ricardo 21-15, 14-21, :58 7/1/06 Norway Grand Slam Gold Medal Emanuel/Ricardo 21-19, :51 6/25/06 Switzerland Grand Slam Gold Medal Emanuel/Ricardo 21-17, :46 5/26/06 China Open Semi-Finals Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-17, :40 10/23/05 Brazil Open Gold Medal Emanuel/Ricardo 19-21, 21-16, :09 9/3/05 Greece Open Contender 6 Emanuel/Ricardo 21-15, :39 8/27/05 Canada Open Semi-Finals Marcio Araujo/Fabio 23-21, :47 7/10/05 St. Petersburg Open Gold Medal Emanuel/Ricardo 21-19, 22-24, :12 6/19/05 Switzerland Open Semi-Finals Emanuel/Ricardo 18-21, 21-12, :57 Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Reckermann/Urbatzka s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Series (Tied 2-2) Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/3/07 Klagenfurt Grand Slam Pool A Emanuell/Ricardo 20-22, 21-14, :06 6/28/07 Stavanger Grand Slam Pool A Reckermann/Urbatzka 21-18, :36 6/7/07 Zagreb Open Winner 2 Emanuell/Ricardo 21-16, :37 5/10/07 Bahrain Open Contender 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka 21-18, 23-25, :58 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 14 of 16

15 Match Preview Page 1 of 2 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour US$350,000 Otera Open Saturday, August 11, 2007 Match #59: Semi-Finals (8) Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany vs. (2) Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil Jonas Reckermann Germany Mischa Urbatzka Germany Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: May 26, 1979 (28 yrs old) Rheine Köln 200 cm (6'7") 97 kg (213 lb) Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Mar 29, 1982 (25 yrs old) Elmshorn Elmshorn 190 cm (6'3") 85 kg (187 lb) Seasons: 6 Seasons: 4 Photo: FIVB Tournaments: 57 Career Wins: 2 Career Winnings: $272, Photo: FIVB Tournaments: 28 Career Best: 4th (Cagliari 2005) Career Winnings: $56, Team Career Summary Tour Played Money FIVB $93, Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Winnings FIVB 8/1-5/2007 Klagenfurt Grand Slam $13,200 FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships $7,000 FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam $8,000 FIVB 7/3-8/2007 Montréal Open $8,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 17, Q $8,000 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam $8,000 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open $8,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open $3,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open $4,500 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open $8,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open $3,000 Kristiansand Open Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 1 Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (25, Q9) Won 21-19, 18-21, :50 Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 2 Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (24) Won 19-21, 21-17, :59 Fri, 8/10/2007 Winner 3 Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16) Won 21-13, :38 Sat, 8/11/2007 Winner 4 Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado, Brazil (5) Won 21-17, :48 Sat, 8/11/2007 Semi-Finals Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2) 8/12/2007

16 Match Preview Page 2 of 2 Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo Brazil Photo: FIVB Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Oct 12, 1973 (33 yrs old) Fortaleza Fortaleza 192 cm (6'4") 81 kg (178 lb) Seasons: 12 Tournaments: 96 Career Wins: 18 Career Winnings: $690, Fábio Luiz Magalhães Brazil Photo: FIVB Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Mar 13, 1979 (28 yrs old) Marataíses (ES) Victoria Espirito Santo 204 cm (6'8") 100 kg (220 lb) Seasons: 6 Tournaments: 56 Career Wins: 10 Career Winnings: $429, Team Career Summary Tour Played Money FIVB $808, Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Winnings FIVB 8/1-5/2007 Klagenfurt Grand Slam $18,400 FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships $11,000 FIVB 7/18-22/2007 Marseille Open $8,000 FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam $43,500 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam $43,500 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam $8,000 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open $16,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open $3,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open $32,000 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open $3,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open $22,000 FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open $10,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open $10,000 FIVB 8/9-13/2006 Poland Open $12,000 Kristiansand Open Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 1 Pavel Kolar / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (31, Q15) Won 21-13, :43 Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 2 Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (15) Won 21-14, 19-21, :57 Fri, 8/10/2007 Winner 3 Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (10) Won 21-14, 11-21, :55 Sat, 8/11/2007 Winner 4 Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) Lost 33-31, 18-21, :14 Sat, 8/11/2007 Contender 6 Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4) Won 21-19, :48 Sat, 8/11/2007 Semi-Finals Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8) Head to Head Results Series tied 1-1 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time 8/11/07 FIVB Kristiansand Open Semi-Finals 5/24/07 FIVB Italian Open Winner 2 Araujo/Magalhães 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka , 22-20, :09 5/9/07 FIVB Bahrain Open Winner 2 Reckermann/Urbatzka 19 Araujo/Magalhães , 23-21, :53 8/12/2007

17 Otera Open August 12 Men s Semi-finals Notes - Brazil vs. Russia Team Uniform Uniform...FIVB Final Fours 1 Ricardo Santos 1 Emanuel Rego 2 Brazil...67th* 28* 46*...53* 3 Igor Kolodinsky 1 Dmitri Barsouk 2 Russia... 13th *includes FIVB Challenger/Satellite events Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Resides Height Weight Exp. Emanuel Rego 4/15/ Curitiba Joao Pessoa Ricardo Santos 1/6/ Salvador Salvador Dmitri Barsouk 1/20/ Krasnodar Armavir Igor Kolodinsky 7/7/ Germany Belgorod Emanuel & Ricardo lead the series with the Russians 3-1 Emanuel and Ricardo are competing in their 67th FIVB Tour event together. The Brazilians now have 53 "final four" finishes together with 46 podium placements, including 28 gold medals (including a 2005 Satellite event), 10 silvers and eight bronzes. For the 2006 FIVB season, Emanuel and Ricardo advanced to each of the 14 SWATCH semi-finals to clinch their fourth-straight season point s championship. Since forming their partnership in September 2002, Emanuel and Ricardo have set the record for men s SWATCH team gold medals (27) while becoming the top tandem on the career FIVB earnings ($1,458,930) ahead of the Swiss Laciga brothers (Martin and Paul, $1,031,670). Emanuel and Ricardo have a FIVB match mark together. Emanuel and Ricardo have a mark together in gold medal matches (including a 2005 Challenger finale in Argentina). Emanuel and Ricardo are the Athens 2004 Olympic, 2003 SWATCH-FIVB World and 2007 Pan American Games champions. Emanuel (64, $1,783,635) and Ricardo (44, $1,190,720) also rank 1-2 in both individual FIVB gold medals and career earnings. Emanuel is one of just 15 players to have played in all three Olympics. Emanuel, who has a record in FIVB gold medal matches, has an career match mark for 170 FIVB events (second to Martin Conde of Argentina with 171). Including Brazilian, PanAm and American domestic events, Emanuel has 111 pro Beach Volleyball titles. Ricardo has a mark when playing for an FIVB gold medal. Ricardo has a FIVB match mark for 128 events. For four domestic events this season, Emanuel and Ricardo have a 16-5 match mark with two gold medal wins over Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes. Otera Open Results Winner 1 def. Ricardo Brandao / Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil (32, Q30) 21-10, :39 Winner 2 lost to Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16) 21-23, :47 Contender 2 def. Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (18) 19-21, 21-13, :50 Contender 3 def. Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7) 21-17, :35 Contender 4 def. Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6) 21-14, :38 Contender 5 def. Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (10) 21-9, :40 Contender 6 def. Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado, Brazil (5) 21-17, :42 Semi-Finals vs. Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) To be determined TBD Medal Match, vs. Marcio Arauo / Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil (2) or Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8) 2007 Matches Won-Lost: Sets Won-Lost: Tournaments Played: Best Finish:.1st (Espinho, Paris, Montreal, Klagenfurt) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:...$229,700 Since 2002 Matches Won-Lost: Since 2002 Tournaments Played:...67 Since 2002 Best Finish:...1st (28 times) Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:...$1458,930 Statistics including Challenge/Satellite participation Barsouk and Kolodinsky are playing in their 13th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event. After placing ninth last September in Vitoria, Brazil, in their first FIVB event together, the Russians have posted a second, three thirds and two fourths in 12 SWATCH stops this season. Barsouk is playing in his 65th FIVB event with $166,210 in winnings to rank 63rd all-time. Prior to finishing fourth in Shanghai this season, his best placement in an open SWATCH event was a 2006 seventh with Roman Arkaev in Croatia. Barsouk and Vladimir Kostioukov captured a 2001 FIVB Satellite event in Beirut. Kolodinsky is competing in his 20th FIVB event with $92,100 in earnings. Nicknamed Bazooka, Kolodinsky has the SWATCH serve record with a km/h reading twice this season in Portugal and Norway (Stavanger). Prior to Barsouk and Kolodinsky s fourth in the Shanghai 2007 SWATCH season opener, the last time a Russian men s team reached a SWATCH final four was September 2001 in Malorca when Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev placed fourth. Ermishin and Kouchnerev, who competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, captured Russia s first SWATCH medal when the pair claimed a bronze in June 2000 at Tenerife. Otera Open Results Winner 1 def. Sebastian Dollinger / Florian Huth, Germany (30, Q16) 21-15, :31 Winner 2 def. Renato "Geor" Gomes / Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia (14) 21-19, :40 Winner 3 def. Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6) 21-18, :41 Winner 4 def. Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2) 31-33, 21-18, :14 Semi-Finals vs. Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1) To be determined TBD Medal Match, vs. Marcio Arauo / Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil (2) or Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8) 2007 Matches Won-Lost: Sets Won-Lost: Tournaments Played: Best Finish:...2nd (Gstaad WC) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:...$176,200 Since 2006 Matches Won-Lost: Since 2006 Tournaments Played:...13 Since 2006 Best Finish:...2nd (Gstaad WC) Since 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:...$182,200 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 15 of 16

18 Otera Open Emanuel/Ricardo s Gold Medal Match Results (Won 28, Lost 10) 1. def. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, ARGENTINA, Norway, Stavanger (7/6/2003), 16-21, 21-16, (60 minutes), SWATCH No def. Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SWITZERLAND, France, Marseille (7/20/2003), 21-18, 20-22, (60), No def. Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NORWAY, Portugal, Espinho (7/27/2003), 21-23, 21-14, (69), No def. Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, SWITZERLAND, United States, Carson (9/18-21/03), 21-11, (45), No def. Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, USA, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 2003 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships (10/19/2003), 21-18, (44), No def. Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SWITZERLAND, Brazil, Salvador (3/21/2004), 21-19, (43), No lost to Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, BRAZIL, South Africa, Cape Town (3/29/2004), 27-25, 14-21, (60), No lost to Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, SPAIN, BRAZIL, China, Lianyungang (5/23/2004), 15-21, 21-19, (66), No def. Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GERMANY, Serbia & Montenegro, Budva (5/30/2004), 21-18, (43), No def. Hoidalen/Kjemperud, NORWAY, $18,000, Portugal, Espinho (6/2-6/04), 21-12, (38), No def. Niklas Rademacher/David Klemperer, GERMANY, Norway, Stavanger (7/4/2004, 21-15, (33), No def. Franco/Tande, BRAZIL, Poland, Stare Jablonki (7/25/2004), 21-18, (46), No def. Franco/Tande, BRAZIL, Austria, Klagenfurt (8/1/2004), 17-21, 21-16, (61), No def. Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, SPAIN, Greece, Athens 2004 Olympic Games (8/25/2004), 21-16, (42), No lost to Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GERMANY, China, Shanghai (5/22/2005), 21-18, 15-21, (56), No def. Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, BRAZIL, Switzerlannd, Gastaad (6/19/2005), 21-19, (44), No def. Benjamin/Harley, BRAZIL, Norway, Stavanger (7/3/2005), 21-16, (48), No def. Marcio Araujo/Fábio Magalhaes, BRAZIL, Russia, St. Petersburg (7/10/2005), 21-19, 22-24, (72), No lost to C. Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Austria, Klagenfurt (8/3-7/2005), 21-19, (42), No def. Egger/M. Laciga, SWITZERLAND, Greece, Athens (9/4/2005), 21-14, (43), No def. Marcio Araujo/Fábio, BRAZIL, Brazil, Salvador (10/23/2005), 19-21, 21-16, (69), No def. Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRAZIL, Mexico, Acapulco (10/29/2005), 21-12, (42), No def. Baracetti/Conde, ARGENTINA, Argentina Satellite, Buenos Aires (10/13/2005), 21-11, (31), C/S No def. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, UNITED STATES, Croatia, Zagreb (6/4/2006), 21-14, (42), No lost to Heuscher/Kobel, SWITZERLAND, Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi (6/11/2006), 21-14, 17-21, (59), No lost to Julius Brink/C. Dieckmann, GERMANY, Portugal, Espinho (6/18/2006), 13-21, (44), No def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRAZIL, Switzerland, Gstaad (6/25/2006), 21-17, (46), No def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRAZIL, Norway, Stavanger (7/2/2006), 21-19, (51), No def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRAZIL, France, Marseille (7/9/2006), 21-15, 14-21, (58), No lost to Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRAZIL, Canada, Montreal (7/16/2006), 21-15, (43), No lost to Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, UNITED STATES, Austria, Klagenfurt (8/6/2006), 19-21, (45), No def. Cunha/Franco, BRAZIL, Poland, Stare Jablonki (8/13/2006), 21-19, 17-21, 15-9 (66), No lost to Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, UNITED STATES, Mexico, Acapulco (10/28/2006), 21-19, 16-21, (73), No lost to to Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRAZIL, Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi (5/27/2007), 21-23, 21-16, (80), No def. Cunha/Franco, BRAZIL, Portugal, Espinho (6/17/2007), 18-21, 21-17, (69), No def. Cunha/Franco, BRAZIL, France, Paris (6/24/2007), 19-21, 21-17, (71), No def. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUSTRALIA, Canada, Montreal (7/8/2008), 17-21, 21-13, (61), No def. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GERMANY, Austria, Klagenfurt (8/5/2007),21-13, (44), No. 203 Barsouk/Kolodinsky sswatch-fivb World Tour Gold Medal Match Results (Won 0, Lost 1) 15. lost to Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, UNITED STATES, Switzerland - Gstaad, (7/29/2007), 16-21, (46), SWATCH No. 202 Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Barsouk/Kolodinsky sswatch-fivb World Tour Series (Emanuel/Ricardo lead 3-1) Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/11/07 Kristiansand Open Semi-Finals To be determined TBD TBD 6/15/07 Espinho Open Winner 4 Emanuel/Ricardo 23-21, :47 6/8/07 Zagreb Open Winner 4 Barsouk/Kolodinsky 21-17, :44 5/27/07 Italian Open Semi-Finals Emanuel/Ricardo 21-16, :41 5/2/07 Shanghai Open Winner 2 Emanuel/Ricardo 21-14, :36 Marcio/Araujo/Fabio vs. Barsouk/Kolodinsky s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Series (Marcio Araujo/Fabio lead 3-1) Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 8/11/07 Kristiansand Open Winner 4 Barsouk/Kolodinsky 31-33, 21-18, :14 8/5/07 Klagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 3 Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-19, :49 6/16/07 Espinho Open Contender 6 Marcio Araujo/Fabio 23-25, 21-16, :06 9/29/06 Vitória Open Contender 4 Marcio Araujo/Fabio 21-17, :43 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 16 of 16

19 Match Preview Page 1 of 2 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour US$350,000 Otera Open Saturday, August 11, 2007 Match #60: Semi-Finals (1) Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil vs. (3) Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Emanuel Rego Brazil Photo: FIVB Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Apr 15, 1973 (34 yrs old) Curitiba Joao Pessoa 190 cm (6'3") 80 kg (176 lb) Seasons: 14 Tournaments: 170 Career Wins: 64 Career Winnings: $1,783, Ricardo Alex Costa Santos Brazil Photo: FIVB Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Jan 6, 1975 (32 yrs old) Salvador de Bahia Salvador 200 cm (6'7") 103 kg (227 lb) Seasons: 12 Tournaments: 128 Career Wins: 44 Career Winnings: $1,190, Team Career Summary Tour Played Money FIVB $1,456, FIVB C&S $2, Overall $1,458, Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Winnings FIVB 8/1-5/2007 Klagenfurt Grand Slam $43,500 FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships $28,000 PAN AM 7/17-22/2007 XV Pan Am Games $0 FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam $13,200 FIVB 7/3-8/2007 Montréal Open $32,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam $3,500 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam $43,500 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open $32,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open $10,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open $22,000 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open $6,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open $10,000 FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open $22,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open $12,000 FIVB 8/9-13/2006 Poland Open $32,000 Kristiansand Open Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 1 Ricardo Brandao / Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil (32, Q30) Won 21-10, :39 Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 2 Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (16) Lost 21-23, :47 Fri, 8/10/2007 Contender 2 Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (18) Won 19-21, 21-13, :50 Fri, 8/10/2007 Contender 3 Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7) Won 21-17, :35 Sat, 8/11/2007 Contender 4 Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6) Won 21-14, :38 Sat, 8/11/2007 Contender 5 Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (10) Won 21-9, :40 Sat, 8/11/2007 Contender 6 Harley Marques / Pedro Salgado, Brazil (5) Won 21-17, :42 Sat, 8/11/2007 Semi-Finals Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) 8/12/2007

20 Match Preview Page 2 of 2 Dmitri Barsouk Russia Igor Kolodinsky Russia Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Jan 20, 1980 (27 yrs old) Krasnodar Armavir 193 cm (6'3") 86 kg (189 lb) Personal Info Birth Date: Home Town: Resides: Height: Weight: Jul 7, 1983 (24 yrs old) Magdeburg, Germany Belgorod 197 cm (6'6") 85 kg (187 lb) Photo: FIVB Seasons: 9 Tournaments: 65 Career Wins: 1 (Beirut 2001) Career Winnings: $166, Photo: Kirill Karpov Seasons: 3 Tournaments: 20 Career Best: 2nd (Gstaad 2007) Career Winnings: $92, Team Career Summary Tour Played Money FIVB $182, Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Winnings FIVB 8/1-5/2007 Klagenfurt Grand Slam $13,200 FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships $45,000 FIVB 7/18-22/2007 Marseille Open $16,000 FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam $8,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam $18,400 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam $5,100 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open $10,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open $16,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open $16,000 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open $6,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open $12,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 27, Q $6,000 Kristiansand Open Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 1 Sebastian Dollinger / Florian Huth, Germany (30, Q16) Won 21-15, :31 Thu, 8/9/2007 Winner 2 Renato "Geor" Gomes / Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia (14) Won 21-19, :40 Fri, 8/10/2007 Winner 3 Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (6) Won 21-18, :41 Sat, 8/11/2007 Winner 4 Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2) Won 31-33, 21-18, :14 Sat, 8/11/2007 Semi-Finals Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1) Head to Head Results Rego/Santos lead the series 3-1 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time 8/11/07 FIVB Kristiansand Open Semi-Finals 6/15/07 FIVB Espinho Open Winner 4 Rego/Santos 1 Barsouk/Kolodinsky , :47 6/8/07 FIVB Zagreb Open Winner 4 Barsouk/Kolodinsky 5 Rego/Santos , :44 5/27/07 FIVB Italian Open Semi-Finals Rego/Santos 1 Barsouk/Kolodinsky , :41 5/2/07 FIVB Shanghai Open Winner 2 Rego/Santos 1 Barsouk/Kolodinsky , :36 8/12/2007