Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone FACT SHEET The Hague Grand Slam Beach Stadion, strandweg 1a, Den

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1 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone FACT SHEET The Hague Grand Slam Beach Stadion, strandweg 1a, Den Haag, Netherlands, June 11-16, 2013 Updated on June 9, 2013, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar will feature FIVB-record ten Grand Slam events along with the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The FIVB has also launched a new initiative in 2013 which includes seven Open events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule starts in April in China and concludes in December in South Africa marks the 26th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The US$440,000 The Hague Grand Slam is the third of ten double gender Grand Slam events on the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season calendar. The FIVB returns to The Netherlands after a one-year absence. The Hague hosted double gender events for three straight seasons from For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball season, please visit June 11-16, The Hague Grand Slam, Men and Women, $440,000 The Hague is hosting an FIVB Beach Volleyball event for the fourth time. The event will be held at the Beach Stadion, strandweg 1a, Den Haag. The Netherlands has hosted three previous FIVB World Tour/Open double gender events. Host country Netherlands has won two previous men s medals on its country s soil, including gold in 2009 and silver in 2011 but no women s medals. The Hague Grand Slam starts June 11 and concludes June 16. The winning teams in each gender will share the $33,000 first-place prizes. Here is the tentative schedule: Tuesday, June Men s and Women s Qualification Matches Wednesday, June Men s and Women s Main Draw Pool Play Matches Thursday, June Men s and Women s Main Draw Pool Play Matches Friday, June Men s and Women s Main Draw Elimination Matches Saturday, May Men s and Women s Quarterfinals and Semi-Finals Sunday, May Men s and Women s Medal Matches A total of 135 teams from 36 countries (77 men s teams from 28 countries and 58 women s teams from 26 countries) have entered The Hague Grand Slam (as of June 9, 2013), including Australia (2 men s teams,2 women s teams), Austria (6,3), Belgium (2,0), Brazil (6,4), Canada (2,2), Colombia (0,1), Czech Republic (5,3), Denmark (1,0), Estonia (1,0), Finland (0,1), France (1,0), Germany (5,6), Great Britain (0,1), Greece (1,1), Italy (3,3), Japan (0,1), Kazakhstan (2,1), Latvia (3,0), Lithuania (0,1), Netherlands (6,5), Norway (3,1), Poland (4,2), Puerto Rico (1,0), Russia (3,3), Serbia (1,0), Slovak Republic (0,1), Spain (4,3), Sweden (1,1), Switzerland (5,4), Thailand (0,1), Turkey (1,0), Ukraine (1,0), United States (5,4), Uruguay (1,0), Vanuatu (0,1), and Venezuela (1,2). The Hague Grand Slam will be the 249th women s event and 287th men s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. TABLE OF CONTENTS... Page Past FIVB World Tour Results in The Netherlands ( for men and women)... 2 FIVB Officials... 2 Olympic, World Cup, and World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule... 3 The Hague Grand Slam Men s Updated Entries through June 9, The Hague Grand Slam Women s Updated Entries through June 9, FIVB World Tour and Open Highlights and Schedule FIVB World Tour/Open Leaders FIVB World Tour Leaders FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results... 9 Men s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours Women s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours... 11

2 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Past Dutch Men s Medals - Brazil 3, Netherlands 2, USA 2, Russia 1, Spain 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. The Hague 2009 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, BRA 2. The Hague 2010 Casey Jennings/Kevin Wong, USA Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena,USA 3. The Hague 2011 Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, BRA Nummerdor/Schuil, NED Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, RUS Past Dutch Women s Medals - Brazil 6, USA 2, China 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver MedalBronze Medal 1. The Hague 2009 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, BRA 2. The Hague 2010 Antonelli/Antunes, BRA Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, USA 3. The Hague 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Antonelli/Antunes, BRA 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season The Hague Grand Slam The Hague Grand Slam will be the third double-gender grand slam event of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball season. Three of the following four weeks, the FIVB World Tour will swing through Europe with the Rome Grand Slam from June 18-23, The World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland from July 1-7, and the Gstaad Grand Slam from July The U21 World Championships will be played in Umag, Croatia on the week of June and the U19 World Championships will be played in Porto, Portugal from July Robert Reggiani, Italy... Technical Supervisor Geir Dahle, Norway... Referee Delegate TBC... Ref. Del. Assistant Svenrik Gollmann, Germany... Television Coordinator The Hague Grand Slam FIVB Officials Charlie Brougham, England... Eng. TV Commentary Patricia De Zoete, Netherlands.. Media Oper. Delegate Pavel Lebeda, Czech Republic... Photographer Dan Apol, United States Nikoletta Chirpilidou, Greece Mário Ferro, Brazil The Hague Grand Slam International Referees Joachim Mattner, Germany Pietro Sacco, Italy Patrizia Waldvogel, Switzerland

3 FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men... Olympic Champions... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States... Atlanta Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States... Sydney Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil... Athens Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States...Beijing May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany... London May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Copacabana... Rio Men... FIVB Beach World Cup Final... Women Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil... Brazil Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, Brazil Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions... Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil... Los Angeles Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil... Marseille Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina...Klagenfurt Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil... Rio de Janeiro Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil... Berlin May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States... Gstaad May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany... Stavanger Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil...Rome Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil July Stare Jablonki Stare Jablonki, Poland Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior (U- 23) World Champions... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Poland Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior (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 Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy... Italy Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai, Italy... Great Britain Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland.. Great Britain Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada... Alanya Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine... Canada Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Canada Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland June Croatia Umag, Croatia Men...FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth (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 2007#... Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia... Netherlands 2008#... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine... Alanya 2009#... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Porto 2010#...Jane Croson/Summer Ross Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland... Croatia 2011#... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland... Cyprus 2012#... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania July Portugal 2013#... Porto, Portugal *For players under the age of #for players under the age of 19

4 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 The Hague Grand Slam Men s Entries (as of June 9, 2013) Main Draw Entries, Country Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Premysl Kubala/Petr Benes, Czech Republic Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan Martins Plavins/Janis Peda, Latvia Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Daan Spijkers/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Michiel van Dorsten/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States Todd Rogers/Ryan Doherty, United States Qualification Tournament Entries, Country Malachi Murch/Cole Durant, Australia Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria Daniel Mullner/Jorg Wutzl, Austria Evandro Goncalves/Vitor Felipe, Brazil Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada Eric Koreng/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany Dmitriy Yakovlev/Alexey Kuleshov, Kazakhstan Emiel Boersma/Richard Kogel, Netherlands Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway Morten Kvamsdal/Oivind Hordvik, Norway Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Roberto Rodriguez-Bertran/Erick Haddock, Puerto Rico Alexey Pastukhov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia Serguey Prokopyev/Yury Bogatov, Russia Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira, Spain Stefan Gunnarsson/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden Bernhard Beyeler/Rafael Bissig, Switzerland Mirco Gerson/Alexei Prawdzic, Switzerland Gabriel Kissling/Jonas Kissling, Switzerland Gordieiev Iaroslav/Vladyslav Yemel'yanchyk, Ukraine Nick Lucena/John Hyden, United States Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela Reserve Teams, Country Peter Eglseer/Felix Koraimann, Austria Daniel Hupfer/Michael Leeb, Austria Thomas Kunert/Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria Yannick Pirali/Fabian Jadot, Belgium Thibault Vermeeren/Jo Coenen, Belgium Edson Barros/Marcio Guadie, Brazil Thiago Santos Barbosa/Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil Christian Redmann/Maverick Hatch, Canada Martin David/Ondrej Pridal, Czech Republic Robert Kufa/Jan Hadrava, Czech Republic Martin Tichy/Filip Krama, Czech Republic Jakub Vesely/Jan Dumek, Czech Republic Anders Lund Hoyer/Soeren Hoyer, Denmark Rivo Vesik/Kristo Kollo, Estonia Andy Ces/Edouard Rowlandson, France Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany Nikos Zoupanis/Georgios Kotsilianos, Greece Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy Andrea Tomatis/Matteo Martino, Italy Ruslans Sorokins/Toms Smedins, Latvia Bart Bolsterlee/Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands Lars Fredrik Tvinde/Mathias Loftesnes, Norway Yaroslav Ostrakhovskiy/Ruslan Bykanov, Russia Sinisa Antonic/Marko Galesev, Serbia Ruben Curbelo/Raul Mesa, Spain Inocencio Lario/Miguel de Amo, Spain Francisco Alfredo Marco/Christian Garcia, Spain Andreas Sutter/Roman Sutter, Switzerland Murat Giginoglu/Selcuk Sekerci, Turkey Casey Jennings/Stafford Slick, United States Nicolas Zanotta/Renzo Cairus, Uruguay

5 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season 2013 The Hague Grand Slam Women s Entries (as of June 9, 2013) Main Draw Entries, Country Mariafe Artacho/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic Patricia Missottenova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Vasiliki Arvaniti/Panagiota Karagkouni, Greece Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek, Poland Maria Prokopeva/Svetlana Popova, Russia Evgeniya Ukolova/Ekaterina Khomyakova, Russia Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Lauren Fendrick/Brittany Hochevar, United States Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States Qualification Tournament Entries, Country Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada Sarah Pavan/Heather Bansley, Canada Andrea Galindo/Claudia "Gorda" Galindo, Colombia Karolina Rehackova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland Jana Kohler/Anni Schumacher, Germany Zara Dampney/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain Daniela Gioria/Laura Giombini, Italy Takemi Nishibori/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan Laura Bloem/Rebekka Kadijk, Netherlands Jolien Sinnema/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Karolina Suwinska/Agnieszka Woloszyn, Poland Irina Chaika/Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic sabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland Romana Kayser/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland Julaluk Varapatsorn Radarong/Manerat Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand Emily Day/Whitney Pavlik, United States Elwin Miller/Henriette Iatika, Vanuatu Orquidea Vera/Frankelina Rodriguez, Venezuela Reserve Teams, Country Elisabeth Klopf/Valerie Teufl, Austria Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner, Germany Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany Giulia Momoli/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Cindy Treland/Janne Pedersen, Norway Ester Ribera/Carol Triguero, Spain Alejandra Simon/Cristina Hopf, Spain Nina Grawender/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden Karelys Mosquera/Norisbeth Agudo, Venezuela

6 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Men s & Women s Highlights The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar will feature FIVB-record 10 Grand Slam events along with the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The FIVB has also launched a new initiative in 2013 which includes seven Open events spread throughout the world to help open the door for development of the sport. The schedule starts in April and concludes in December marks the 26th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men s world tour began in 1989, the women s in Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in The international Beach Volleyball circuit will visit 18 sites in 15 countries over a nine month period. With the 2013 calendar featuring 17 women s and 15 men s events within the African, Asian, European and South American confederations, the FIVB international calendar will offer US$6.76 million in prize money, including $5.4 million on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. All 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events will be combined events for women and men. Five of the FIVB Open events will be double-gender and two will be women-only. Women s-only Open tournaments will be in China (Xiamen) and Thailand (Phuket). The new Grand Slam events this year will be in Argentina (Corrientes), Netherlands (The Hague), USA (Long Beach, Calif.), and Brazil (Sao Paulo). The $4.4 million FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will also return to 2012 venues in China (Shanghai), Italy (Rome), Switzerland (Gstaad), Germany (Berlin), Russia (Moscow) and China (Beijing). Gstaad has staged 12 FIVB-sanctioned Beach Volleyball events. Gstaad hosted the FIVB World Championships in Poland (Stare Jablonki) is hosting the $1 million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships for the first time. Stare Jablonki has hosted nine men s and five women s FIVB World Tour events including several Grand Slam events. The opening event on the 2013 FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in tour history will be the double-gender Shanghai Grand Slam April 30-May 5. The first FIVB Open event will be the Fuzhou Open on April as China host four FIVB international tournaments in 2013, including a second FIVB World Tour Grand Slam in Beijing on Oct The 2013 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will conclude in Brazil (Sao Paulo) on Oct The FIVB Open schedule will end with in South Africa (Durban Open) with a double gender event on Dec For the first time in beach volleyball history, the international Beach Volleyball calendar will also feature FIVB world championships for players under the age of 23, under the age of 21 and under the age of 19. FIVB age-group worlds for U-21 and U-19 have been held for over a decade, but 2013 will be the first for U-23. Myslowice, Poland will host the 2013 FIVB U-23 World Championships June 6-9, while Umag, Croatia will host the FIVB U-21 World Championships June and Porto, Portugal will host the 2013 FIVB U-19 World Championships July for players under the age of 19. Brazil (Campinas) will host the inaugural FIVB World Cup Final that involved all FIVB confederations, May 29-June 2. IMG Sports Media will continue to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the fourth straight year, the tour will exclusively use the Mikasa VLS 300 ball. It was introduced in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam Schedule (as of June 9, 2013) Dates Site Gender...Winner or Purse (US$) April 30-May 4 Shanghai, China Men... Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA May 1-5 Shanghai, China Women... Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, Brazil May Corrientes, Argentina Women... Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, NED May Corrientes, Argentina Men... Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia June The Hague, Netherlands Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 June Rome, Italy Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 July 1-7 Stare Jablonki, Poland World Championships, Women & Men... $1,000,000 July 9-14 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 July Long Beach, California, USA Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 August 7-11 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 August Moscow, Russia Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 October 2-6 Beijing, China Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440,000 October 9-13 Sao Paulo Grand Slam, Women & Men... $440, FIVB Beach Volleyball Open Schedule (as of June 9, 2013) Dates Site Gender... Gold Medal Team / Prize Money (US$) April Fuzhou, China Men...Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, USA April Fuzhou, China Women... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China July Anapa, Russia Women & Men... $226,800 September 4-8 Vizag, India Women & Men... $226,800 September Kampala, Uganda Women & Men... $226,800 October Xiamen, China Women... $113,400 October 29-November 3 Phuket, Thailand Women... $113,400 December Durban, South Africa Women & Men... $226,800

7 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Men s Leaders Men s Team Rank, points 1, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 1,770 2, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,580 3, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 1,490 4, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 1,470 5, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 1,400 6, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 1,260 7, Evandro Goncalves/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 1,210 8, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 1,180 9, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 1,100 10, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 1,050 11, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, , Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany, , Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States, , Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, , Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, , Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, , Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, , Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway, , Todd Rogers/Ryan Doherty, United States, , Martins Plavins/Janis Peda, Latvia, , Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, , Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, , Eric Koreng/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany, , Brad Keenan/Nick Lucena, United States, 640 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 3, 1, $57,000 2, Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 3, 1, $39,700 3, Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 3, 0, $38,275 4, Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 3, 0, $31,000 5, Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo, Italy, 3, 0, $30,000 6, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 3, 0, $23,375 7, Evandro Goncalves/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 3, 0, $22,000 8, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 3, 0, $18,875 9, Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2, 1, $16,500 10, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 2, 0, $14,900 11, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 3, 0, $14,375 12, Julius Brink/Sebastian Fuchs, Germany, 3, 0, $13,950 13, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 3, 0, $13,000 14, Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria, 3, 0, $12,450 15, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 1, 0, $10,000 15, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 3, 0, $10,000 17, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 3, 0, $9,200 18, Philip Gabathuler/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, 3, 0, $8,250 19, Alexey Sidorenko/Alexandr Dyachenko, Kazakhstan, 2, 0, $7,500 20, Eric Koreng/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany, 2, 0, $7,400 20, Brad Keenan/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 0, $7,400 22, Iver Horrem/Geir Eithun, Norway, 3, 0, $7,250 23, Martins Plavins/Janis Peda, Latvia, 3, 0, $6,450 24, Peng Gao/Linyin Xu, China, 2, 0, $5,700 24, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 3, 0, $5, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open Women s Leaders Women s Team Rank, points 1, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 1,710 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil, 1,500 3, Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1,450 4, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 1,380 5, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 1,330 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 1,280 7, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 1,260 8, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1,210 9, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 1,180 10, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 1,080 11, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, , Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, , Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, , Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, , Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, , Zara Dampney/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain, , Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands, , Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, Canada, , Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, CZE, , Kinga Kolosinska/Monika Brzostek, Poland, , Jennifer Fopma/Brooke Sweat, United States, , Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, , Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, , Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan, 630 Women s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 3, 1, $50,400 2, Talita Rocha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 3, 1, $40,500 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli, Brazil, 3, 0, $35,375 4, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 3, 0, $33,000 5, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3, 0, $26,750 6, Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, 3, 0, $23,500 7, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 3, 0, $21,775 8, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 3, 0, $21,500 9, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2, 1, $21,000 10, Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 3, 0, $18,875 11, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 3, 0, $16,700 12, Nadine Zumkehr/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland, 3, 0, $11,200 13, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 2, 0, $10,800 14, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, CZE, 3, 0, $10,250 15, Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner, Germany, 1, 0, $10,000 16, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3, 0, $9,050 17, Jantine van der Vlist/Marloes Wesselink, NED, 3, 0, $8,250 18, Zara Dampney/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain, 3, 0, $7,650 19, Martina Bonnerova/Barbora Hermannova, CZE, 3, 0, $7,500 19, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 0, $7,500 21, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 2, 0, $7,075 22, Barbara Hansel/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 3, 0, $6,700 22, Yuanyuan Ma/Yuan Yue, China, 2, 0, $6,700 24, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Maria Prokopeva, Russia, 2, 0, $6,300

8 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men s & Women s Highlights & Results The 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar is highlighted by an FIVB-record eight Grand Slam events along with the 2012 London Olympics as the international Beach Volleyball schedule starts in April and concludes in October marks the 25th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men s world tour began in 1989, the women s in Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in In 2012, international beach volleyball events will visit 17 sites in 14 countries over a seventh-month period. With the 2012 world tour calendar featuring 12 women s and 11 men s events within the African, Asian, European and South American confederations, the FIVB World Tour will offer US$6.12 million in prize money. Nine of the tournaments were combined men s and women s events, including all eight Grand Slam stops. Women s-only stops will be in China (Sanya), Finland (Aland) and Thailand (Bang Saen). Men s only stops were in Poland (Myslowice) and Czech Republic (Prague). The new Grand Slam event this year was in China (Shanghai). The $4.8 million FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series also returned to 2011 venues in China (Beijing), Russia (Moscow), Italy (Rome), Switzerland (Gstaad), Austria (Klagenfurt) and Poland (Stare Jablonki). The tour also returned for the first time since 2008 to Germany (Berlin). Klagenfurt and Gstaad have each staged 10 or more FIVB-sanctioned Beach Volleyball events. Both sites have hosted the FIVB World Championships with Klagenfurt in 2001 and Gstaad in The opening event on the 2012 FIVB World Tour calendar was a double gender event in Brasília April as the Brazilian capital celebrated its 52nd anniversary on the seventh day of competition. During the April 21 Brasília celebrations, crowds of more than 1-million attended various holiday activities around the event. The iconic Horse Guards Parade in central London was the site of the London 2012 Olympic Games which ran from July 28 through August 9. USA s Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh won their third consecutive Olympic gold medal with USA s Jennifer Kessy/April Ross earning the silver medal. A special Olympic test event for 24 women s teams was held on the site in August of 2011with Brazil s Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira defeating USA s Kessy/Ross in the gold medal match. A total of 16 teams from each gender out of the 24 teams participating in the 2012 London Olympics, qualified through qualification rankings from the FIVB World Tour. China once again staged three and Poland presented two FIVB World Tour stops in The men s international schedule concluded in August in Poland (Stare Jablonki) while the women s competition will end in late October in Thailand (Bang Saen). The international beach volleyball calendar also features world championships for players under the age of 21 and under the age of 19. Larnaca, Cyprus hosted the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships July for players under the age of 19. For the second consecutive year, Canada will host in Halifax, Nova Scotia Aug. 29-Sept. 2 the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21. This was the first time for Cyprus to host one of these age group FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The U-19 world championships in 2011 were held in Umag, Croatia before Canada hosted the U-21s in Halifax. IMG Sports Media continues to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. For the third straight year, the tour has exclusively used the Mikasa VLS 300 ball. It was introduced in 2009 in October and November at events in Sanya and Phuket FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results Dates Site Gender... Gold Medal Team / Prize Money (US dollars) April Brasília, Brazil Women... Chen Xue/Zi Zhang, China April Brasília, Brazil Men... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States April Sanya, China Women... Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil April Myslowice, Poland Men... Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil April 30-May 5 Shanghai, China Women... Xue/Zhang, China May 1-6 Shanghai, China Men... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May 7-12 Beijing, China Women... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May 8-13 Beijing, China Men... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May Prague, Czech Republic Men... Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil June 6-11 Moscow, Russia Women... Xue/Zhang, China June 7-12 Moscow, Russia Men... Alison/Emanuel, Brazil June Rome, Italy Women... Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland June Rome, Italy Men... Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States July 2-7 Gstaad, Switzerland Women... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Men... Gibb/Rosenthal, United States July Berlin, Germany Men... Alison/Emanuel, Brazil July Berlin, Germany Women... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July Klagenfurt, Austria Women... Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia July Klagenfurt, Austria Men... Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands July 28-August 8 London, Great Britain Women... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 28-August 9 London, Great Britain Men... Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany August Stare Jablonki, Poland Women... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil August Stare Jablonki, Poland Men... Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia August 28-September 2 Aland, Finland Women... Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany October Bang Saen, Thailand Women... Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States

9 Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men s Leaders Men s Team Rank, points 1, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 5,280 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 5,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4,120 4, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,920 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 3,920 6, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 3,760 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 3,640 8, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 3,240 9, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,920 10, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2,780 11, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 2,660 12, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,480 13, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 2,280 13, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 2,280 15, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 2,080 16, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1,980 17, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1,860 18, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1,820 19, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 1,780 20, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1,724 21, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 1,660 21, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 1,660 23, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 1,640 24, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 1,580 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 12*, 2, $240,100 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 10*, 2, $224,000 3, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 10*, 2, $168,400 4, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 9*, 2, $161,400 5, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 10*, 2, $148,400 6, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 11, 0, $131,400 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 11, 0, $120,000 8, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 10*, 1, $95,950 9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9*, 0, $91,100 10, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 10*, 0, $91,000 11, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 12*, 0, $88,800 12, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 8, 0, $68,800 13, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 9, 0, $66,500 14, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 11, 0, $63,500 15, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 7*, 0, $62,400 16, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 8*, 0, $57,500 16, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 9*, 0, $57,500 18, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 9*, 0, $50,900 19, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 9*, 0, $49,500 20, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8*, 0, $49,200 21, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 10*, 0, $48,250 22, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 8, 0, $47,950 23, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 9, 0, $45,700 24, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 8, 0, $45,500 *includes Olympic participation Final 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Women s Leaders Women s Team Rank, points 1, Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 5,320 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5,240 3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 4,500 4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 4,360 5, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 3,920 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 3,760 7, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 3,460 8, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 3,340 9, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 3,240 10, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,160 11, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 3,000 11, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3,000 13, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 2,580 13, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 2,580 15, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 2,500 16, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 2,200 17, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 2,180 18, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,160 18, Anastasia Vasina/Anna Vozakova, Russia, 2,160 20, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,040 21, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 1,900 22, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 1,840 23, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 1,700 24, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1,680 Women s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 12*, 3, $241,800 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 10*, 3, $214,300 3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, Brazil, 10*, 1, $159,100 4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 10*, 1, $138,200 5, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 9*, 0, $136,500 6, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 11*, 1, $127,400 7, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 11*, 1, $123,900 8, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 12*, 1, $120,550 9, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 7*, 2*, $111,300 10, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8*, 0, $110,000 11, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 9*, 0, $91,800 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9*, 0, $85,900 13, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 11, 0, $79,300 13, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 9*, 0, $79,300 15, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 10*, 0, $77,000 16, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 10*, 0, $62,300 17, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 9*, 0, $58,700 18, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 11*, 0, $57,450 19, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 8*, 0, $57,400 20, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 10*, 0, $56,200 21, Anastasia Vasina/Anna Vozakova, Russia, 12*, 0, $53,350 22, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 10, 0, $52,000 23, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 9, 0, $48,650 24, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 8, 0, $47,500 *includes Olympic participation NOTE - The 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour champions were determined by calculating the points for a team s best 9 men s and women s finishes based on 75 percent of the 12 men s and 13 women s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down.

10 Men s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through June 9, 2013 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Argentina Norway Netherlands Spain Canada Australia China Russia Italy France Latvia Poland Austria Cuba Portugal Vacated Estonia Japan New Zealand Czech Republic Georgia Totals ,144 There have been 286 men s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). There have been 71 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 267 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 56 events. Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 23 different events Brazil has had a team(s) in 227 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 63 events. United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 14 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 207 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States... Tied Brazil vs. Germany... Brazil leads 19-8 Argentina vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 14-8 Brazil vs. Switzerland... Brazil leads 17-4 Brazil vs. Norway... Tied 5-5 Brazil vs. Netherlands... Brazil leads 4-2 Brazil vs. Canada... Brazil leads 4-1 Germany vs. United States... United States leads 4-1 Brazil vs. Spain... Brazil leads 3-2 Germany vs. Switzerland... Tied 2-2 Brazil vs. China... Brazil leads 3-0 Germany vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 3-0 Italy vs. United States... United States leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Cuba... Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Portugal... Portugal leads 2-0 China vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 2-0 Spain vs. United States... United States leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France... Tied 1-1 China vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Russia vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Switzerland vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Argentina vs. Norway... Norway leads 1-0 Australia vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 1-0 Australia vs. Switzerland... Australia leads 1-0 Austria vs. Latvia... Latvia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Poland... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Russia... Brazil leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Canada vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 China vs. Latvia... China leads 1-0 Cuba vs. United States... Cuba leads 1-0 Estonia vs. Switzerland... Estonia leads 1-0 France vs. Norway... Norway leads 1-0 Germany vs. Norway...Germany leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia...Germany leads 1-0 Italy vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Latvia vs. Russia... Russia leads 1-0 Latvia vs. United States... Latvia leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. Spain... Netherlands leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Norway vs. United States... Norway leads 1-0 Poland vs. United States... United States leads 1-0

11 Women s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through June 9, 2013 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States China Australia Germany Netherlands Italy Greece Austria Czech Republic Switzerland Japan Russia Norway Cuba Spain Ukraine Belgium Canada Georgia Portugal Totals There have been 248 women s FIVB Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). There have been 34 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals including six in 2012: Rome, Gstaad, Berlin, Klagenfurt, Stare Jablonki, and Aland. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 223 times. Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 41 events. Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 19 different events. Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths three times. Brazil has had a team(s) in 182 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 46 times. The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 176 times. The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 17 events. The United States captured all three podium places twice (Norway 2004, France 2008). The United States has had a team(s) in 138 Gold Medal matches. The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 21 events including the London 2012 Olympic Games. China has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 72 times. China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. China has advanced two teams to a semi-final 15 times. China has had a team(s) in 43 Gold Medal matches. China has advanced two teams to a gold medal match three times. Australia has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 51 times. Australia has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. Germany has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. There have been 178 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States... United States leads Brazil vs. China... Brazil leads 15-6 China vs. United States... United States leads 9-5 Brazil vs. Germany... Brazil leads 8-1 Australia vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 7-2 Australia vs. United States... United States leads 5-1 Austria vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 3-0 Germany vs. United States... United States leads 3-0 Greece vs. United States... United States leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Italy... Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Greece... Tied 1-1 Netherlands vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Australia vs. China... Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Cuba... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Japan... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Norway... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Ukraine... Brazil leads 1-0 China vs. Cuba... China leads 1-0 China vs. Germany... China leads 1-0 China vs. Norway... China leads 1-0 China vs. Spain... China leads 1-0 Germany vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Germany vs. Spain... Germany leads 1-0 Germany vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Italy vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Italy vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Japan vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. Russia... Russia leads 1-0 Russia vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Switzerland vs. United States... Switzerland leads 1-0