Mazury Open Hotel Anders, Stare Jablonki, Poland, August 3-9, 2009

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1 Hotel Anders,, August 3-9, 2009 Updated on August 5, 2009, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2009 men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour started in April at Brasília and will conclude at the end of October in Sanya, China. The US$380,000 Mazury is the eighth of 12 double gender events to be staged on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit Poland has hosted SWATCH FIVB World Tour men's events since 2004 in Stare Jablonki as Athens 2004 Olympic champions Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos have won four gold and one bronze medals in five starts together at the Hotel Anders site. The Mazury region expanded its presence by hosting a double gender event in 2008 where teams from Brazil captured both the men's and women's gold medals in Stare Jablonki. Polish junior world champions Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz and Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr have posted their country s best SWATCH finishes with 17ths in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel placed 17th for Poland at the 2008 Stare Jablonki stop. The Mazury for men starts August 4 and concludes August 9 at the Hotel Anders. The winning team will share the $30,000 first-place prize. Here is the schedule: Monday, August 3...Women s Country Quota Playofs Tuesday, August 4...Women s Qualification Tournament & Men s Country Quota Playofs Wednesday, August 5...Women s Main Draw & Men s Qualification Tournament Thursday, August 6...Women s and Men s Main Draws Friday, August 7...Women s and Men s Main Draws Saturday, August 8...Women s semi-finals & medal matches & Men s Main Draw Sunday, August 9...Men s semi-finals & medal matches A total of 72 men s teams from 31 countries have competed or will be competing in the (as of August 4, 2009), including, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine. The will be the 239 men s event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (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. After the, the string of SWATCH FIVB World Tour double gender events continues in Norway, Finland and The Netherlands in August. FIVB Officials Sara Seravalli, Italy...Technical Supervisor André Trottier, Canada... Referee Delegate Neil Bowker, England...Television Delegate Julien Bruxelles, France Marco Calzimiglia, Switzerland David Crescentini, Italy Referees Mark Cossarin, Canada Munir Fattah, Germany Keith Murlless, United States Mauricio Kaye, Brazil... Photo Delegate Tim Simmons, United States...Press Delegate Vassilis Vassiliadis, Greece TABLE OF CONTENTS... Page Past Polandmen s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Podium Placements...2 Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams, 2009 Medals...2 Men s Entries, as of August 5, 2009, Qualifying SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights, Schedule SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders SWATCH FIVB World Tour Final Fours...6 Women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...7 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 7

2 PAST POLISHMEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS- Medals - Brazil 9, United States 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, China 1, Germany 1, Norway 1, Spain 1, Switzerland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Stare Jablonki 2004 Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santo, BRA Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, BRA Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR Stare Jablonki 2005 Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Stare Jablonki 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN Stare Jablonki 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, ARG Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Stare Jablonki 2008 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Adrian Gavira Collado/Inocencio Lario, ESP Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUS Myslowice 2009 Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, BRA Matt Fuerbringer/Casing Jennings, USA Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA 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 Potthatrst, 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 July 27-August 12, Horse Guards Parade... London Men... SWATCH FIVB World Championships...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 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany... Stavanger Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Men... SWATCH FIVB 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 September Great Britain Men... SWATCH FIVB 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 August Alanya 2009#... *For players under the age of #for players under the age of 19 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 7

3 2009Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Entries Main Draw Seeds, Teams, Country 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil 3, Pablo Herrera/Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 5, Eric Koreng/David Klemperer, Germany 6, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 7, Ricardo Santos/Franco Neto, Brazil 8, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, Q1 9, Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland 10, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland 11, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland 12, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia 13, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria 14, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 15, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France 16, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada 17, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia 18, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain 19, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France, Q4, LL 20, Matteo Varnier/Paolo Nicolai, Italy 21, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany 22, Kirk Pitman/Jason Lochhead, New Zealand 23, Paul Schroffenegger/Daniel Hupfer, Austria, Q8 24, Premysl Kubala/Petr Benes, Czech Republic 25, Steven Grotowski/Gregg Weaver, Great Britain, Q10 26, Toms Smedins/Martins Plavins, Latvia, Q13 27, Martin Reader/Ahren Cadieux, Canada, Q5 28, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark 29, Marcus Popp/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, Q6 30, Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, Argentina, Q2 31, Mykola Babich/Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine, Q14 32, Grzegorz Klimek/Rafal Szternel, Poland Qualification Tournament Seed, Teams, Country 1, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil 2, Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, Argentina 3, Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, Switzerland 4, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France 5, Martin Reader/Ahren Cadieux, Canada 6, Marcus Popp/Stefan Windscheif, Germany 7, Jorre Kjemperud/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 8, Paul Schroffenegger/Daniel Hupfer, Austria 9, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan 10, Steve Grotowski/Gregg Weaver, Great Britain 11, Martin Spinnangr/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 12, Stefan Gunnarsson/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden 13, Toms Smedins/Martins Plavins, Latvia 14, Mykola Babich/Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine 15, Jorn Huiskamp/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands 16, Sam Boehm/Christopher McHugh, Australia 17, Paolo Ingrosso/Matteo Ingrosso, Italy 18, Daan Spijkers/Niels van de Sande, Netherlands 19, Matej Hukel/Peter Varga, Slovak Republic 20, Morais Abreu/Mario Silva, Angola 21, Miguel Maia/Pedro Rosas, Portugal 22, Giorgio Domenghini/Ivan Zaytsev, Italy 23, Hugo Gaspar/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal 24, Aliaksandr Kavalenka/Andrei Zharykau, Belarus 25, Juan Garcia Thompson/Robin Miedzybrodzki, Great Britain 26, Jonas Weingart/Alexei Prawdzic, Switzerland 27, Nikolay Kolev/Valentin Dimov, Bulgaria 28, Aleksei Povjakel/Maksim Petrov, Estonia 29, Josh Binstock/Matt Zbyszewski, Canada 30, Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico 31, Damian Wojtasik/Marek Leznicki, Poland 32, Janis Freidenfelds/Martins Freidenfelds, Latvia 33, Oliver Venndt Kaszas/Sebastian Venndt Kaszas, Denmark 34, Martin Suja/Igor Horvath, Slovak Republic 35, Oleksiy Klyamar/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine 36, Miguel de Amo/Jose Ariza, Spain 37, Jeroen van Zwieten/Tim Lokerse, Netherlands 38, Timo Haavisto/Toni Vahela, Finland 39, Rodolfo Cavaliere/Gabriele Ghiga, Italy 40, Daniel Carey/Luke Campbell, Australia 41, Pawel Pelka/Bartosz Lewicki, Poland 42, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland 43, David Borovec/Richard Mauler, Czech Republic 44, Dominik Witczak/Damian Lisiecki, Poland 45, Filip Hanak/Michal Provaznik, Czech Republic 46, Michael Watson/Russell Watson, New Zealand 47, Grigorii Voleanin/Anton Voleanin, Moldova CQ, Sebastian Dollinger/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany CQ, Mischa Urbatzka/Florian Huth, Germany 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men s Qualification Tournament Notes A total of 41 teams from 27 countries have advanced from a men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for nine events in Brazil Russia... 4 Georgia... 2 Japan... 1 Czech Republic... 9 Australia... 3 France... 2 Kazakhstan... 1 Germany... 6 Great Britain... 3 Portugal... 2 Netherlands... 1 Latvia... 5 Sweden... 3 Argentina... 1 Norway... 1 Venezuela... 5 Switzerland... 3 China... 1 Spain... 1 Canada... 4 Ukraine... 3 Denmark... 1 United States... 1 Poland... 4 Austria... 2 Italy... 1 Russians Ruslan Dayanov/Yury Bogatov team (25th, Rome) and Giorgio Domenghini/Ivan Zaytsev of Italy team (25th, Marseille) were the lowest seeded teams to advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw. No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Brasília - With a late withdrawal from the Main Draw, Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy of the Czech Republic won the Lucky Loser draw over Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem of Norway. Dumek and Tichy placed 17th in Brasília. Marseille - With two withdrawals from the Main Draw, the teams of Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins of Latvia and Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite of Norway won the lucky loser draws for the vacant Main Draw berths over Dumek/Tichy. Plavins and Janis Smedins placed 17th in Marseille. Stare Jablonki - Due to a late withdrawal from the Main Draw, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti of France won the Lucky Loser draw over Vegard Holidalen/Jorre Kjemperud of Norway. Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 7

4 2009 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s & Women s Highlights & Schedule Highlighted by the SWATCH FIVB World Championships and four Grand Slam events, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar began in April and concludes in November. Here are 2009 SWATCH SWATCH FIVB World Tour highlights. The total prize money for 2009 is US$7.2-million. The calendar features 18 sites in 15 countries within three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). The 2009 calendar includes 12 double gender events. Italy (Rome) and Poland (Myslowice) have hosted men s only events. Japan (Osaka), Korea (Seoul), Spain (Barcelona) and Thailand (Phuket) have hosted or wil stage women s only events. The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships were held June 25-July 5 in Stavanger, Norway. It marked the fifth-time that a European country has hosted the event. The 2009 calendar includes four SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $2.4-million. The Swiss Alps village of Gstaad, which hosted the 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, was the first Grand Slam event followed by stops in Moscow, Marseille and Klagenfurt. The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar lists three new sites, including Brasília (Brazil), Rome (Italy) and The Hague (Netherlands). The Finnish event in Aland returns to the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar after not being held in 2008 due to the Beijing Olympic Games. Myslowice hosted a men s SWATCH FIVB World Tourstop in 2009 after staging a women s event in Barcelonawil host a women s SWATCH FIVB World Tour in 2009 after staging a double gender stop in The FIVB will sanction two world championships for players under the age of 21. England will host the ninth annual SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Blackpool September Turkey will host the eighth edition of the SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships for players under the age of 19 in Alanya August Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule (as of July 27, 2009) Dates Site Note...Prize Money (US dollars) or Gold Medal Team 1. April Brasília, Brazil Double gender...emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2. April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China Double gender... Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil 3. May Rome, Italy Men only... Julius Brink/Jonas Brink, Germany 4. May Myslowice, Poland Men only...alison/harley, Brazil 5. June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway Double gender World Championships...Brink/Reckermann, Germany 6. July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Double gender Grand Slam...Brink/Reckermann, Germany 7. July Moscow, Russia Double gender Grand Slam...Brink/Reckermann, Germany 8. July Marseille, France Double gender Grand Slam...Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA 9. July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Double gender Grand Slam...Dalhausser Rogers, United States 10. August 4-9 Double gender...$190, August Kristiansand, Norway Double gender...$190, August Aland, Finland Double gender...$190, August The Hague, Netherlands Double gender...$190, October Sanya, China Double gender...$190,000 Women s Only SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Events Dates Site Note... Prize Money (US dollars) May Osaka, Japan Women only...$190,000 May Seoul, Korea Women only...$190,000 September 8-13 Barcelona, Spain Women only...$190,000 November 3-8 Phuket, Thailand Women only...$190, Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam & Olympic stops through August 2, 2009 Men s Medals Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil Germany United States Spain Switzerland Netherlands Russia Estonia Totals Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 7

5 2009 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Leaders, nine events(through August 2) Men s Team Rank, points 1, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,120 2, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 5,060 3, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 3,300 4, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,040 7, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 2,700 8, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,640 9, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,540 10, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 2,500 11, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340 12, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,324 13, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860 14, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 1,700 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1,680 16, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 1,660 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 1,480 18, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,344 19, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,280 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 1,240 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,200 22, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,180 23, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,150 24, Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China, 1,050 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 8, 4, $232,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 9, 2, $203,100 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 2, $145,900 4, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 8, 1, $135,900 5, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 0, $103,800 6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 7, 0, $90,500 7, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 6, 0, $78,800 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 8, 0, $75,300 9, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA, 6, 0, $67,600 10, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 8, 0, $66,400 11, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 8, 0, $65,050 12, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 9, 0, $63,050 13, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $49,950 14, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 5, 0, $49,900 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 9, 0, $45,250 16, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 0, $43,400 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 6, 0, $41,200 18, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 6, 0, $36,100 19, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 4, 0, $34,400 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 7, 0, $34,300 21, Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China, 6, 0, $32,900 22, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 7, 0, $32,750 23, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 6, 0, $30,650 24, Michal Biza/Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic, 6, 0, $27, SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men s Serving Leaders(nine events, through August 2) Rank Player Country Speed...Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Moscow 2 Julius Bring GER Moscow 3 Ruslans Sorokins LAT Moscow 4 Eric Koreng GER Rome 5 Jonas Reckermann GER Stavanger 6 Paolo Nicolai ITA Moscow 7 Pablo Herrera ESP Gstaad 8 Michal Biza CZE Stavanger 9 Richard Schuil NED Klagenfurt 10 Kristjan Kais EST Shanghai 11 Yury Bogatov RUS Myslowice 12 Raul Mesa ESP Stavanger Rank Player Country Speed... Site 12 Patrick Heuscher SUI Stavanger 14 Grzegorz Fijalek POL Brasilia 15 Jonathan Erdmann GER Myslowice 16 Daniel Hupfer AUT Klagenfurt 17 Marcio Araujo BRA Brasilia 18 Kirk Pitman NZL Myslowice 19 Nalbert Bitencourt BRA Klagenfurt 20 Alexei Prawdzic SUI Myslowice 21 Bram Ronnes NED Stavanger 21 Farid Mussa VEN Stavanger 23 Harley Marques BRA Brasilia 24 Joao Maciel BRA Moscow Top SWATCH World Tour Servers Since 2005 (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed, km/h Site... Season 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS Italy Eric Koreng GER Austria Clemens Doppler AUT Austria Conrad Leinemann CAN Austria Linyin Xu CHN Italy Julius Brink GER Czech Republic Jonas Reckermann GER Austria Dominik Witczak POL Poland Ruslans Sorokins LAT Moscow Vegard Hoidalen NOR Poland Serguei Prokopiev RUS Russia Harley Marques BRA Norway Dmitri Barsouk RUS Croatia Kristjan Kais EST Poland Richard Schuil NED Norway Pablo Herrera ESP 99.2 Australia Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 7

6 2009 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Final Four Results Brazil - Brasília, April 21-26, $190, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $30, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $21, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $15, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $11,200 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Alison/Harley, 21-19, (56 minutes) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 19-21, 21-19, (66) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h China - Shanghai, April 29-May 3, $190, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $30, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $21, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $15, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $11,200 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Cunha/Salgado, 21-14, (40) Bronze - Brink/Reckermann def. Kais/Vesik, 1-17, 21-9 (37) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Kais, 95.6 km/h Italy - Rome, May 12-17, $190, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $30, Cunha/Salgado, Brazil, $21, Alison/Harley, Brazil, $15, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $11,200 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Cunha/Salgado, 28-26, 20-22, (83) Bronze - Alison/Harley def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-12, (42) SWATCH MOP - Reckermann SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h Poland - Myslowice, May 26-31, $190, Alison/Harley, Brazil, $30, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, $21, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $15, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $11,200 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Fuerbringer/Jennings, 25-23, (42) Bronze - Gibb/Rosenthal def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-16, (50) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h Norway - Stavanger, June 26-July 5, $500, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $60, Alison/Harley, Brazil, $45, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $35, David KlempererEric Koreng, Germany, $28,000 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Alison/Harley, 21-16, (50) Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-11, (42) SWATCH MOP - Brink SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h Switzerland - Gstaad, July 7-12, $300, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $43, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $29, Adrian Gavira/Pablo 29, Spain, $23, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $18,400 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-15, 17-21, (60) Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 23-21, 14-21, (57) SWATCH MOP - Reckermann SWATCH Serve - Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 98.3 km/h Russia - Moscow, July 14-19, $300, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $43, Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $29, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, $23, Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Brink/Reckerman ndef. Emanuel/Ricardo, 24-26, 21-18, (74) Bronze Bellaguarda/Laciga def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-16, (40) SWATCH MOP - Laciga SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, Russia, km/h France - Marseille, July 21-26, $300, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43, Gavira/Herrera, Spain, $28, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $21, Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $16,800 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gavira/Herrera, 21-8, (35) Bronze Brink/Reckermann def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-13, (45) SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Yannick Salvetti, France, 96.3 km/h Austria - Klagenfurt, July 28-August 2, $300, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43, Alison/Harley, Brazil, $29, Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $23, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers vs. Alison/Harley, 21-19, 12-21, (64) Bronze - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-19, (42) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, km/h Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 7

7 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through August 2, 2009 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Argentina Norway Canada Australia Spain Russia Netherlands China France Cuba Italy Portugal Austria Vacated Estonia Japan New Zealand Czech Republic Poland Georgia Totals There have been 238 men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There have been 49 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 226 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 48 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 200 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 60 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 167 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States...Brazil leads Brazil vs. Germany...Brazil leads 15-7 Argentina vs. Brazil...Brazil leads 14-8 Brazil vs. Switzerland...Brazil leads 16-4 Brazil vs. Norway... Tied 5-5 Brazil vs. Canada...Brazil leads 4-1 Brazil vs. Spain...Brazil leads 3-2 Germany vs. Switzerland... Tied 2-2 Brazil vs. China...Brazil leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands...Brazil leads 2-1 Germany vs. United States... United States leads 2-1 Brazil vs. Cuba...Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Portugal... Portugal leads 2-0 Italy vs. United States... USA leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France... 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. Switzerland... Australia leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Australia... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Russia... Brazil leads 1-0 Canada vs. United States...USA leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland...Switzerland leads 1-0 China vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 China vs. United States...United States 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. Netherlands...Netherlands lead 1-0 Germany vs. Russia... Germany leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. United States...United States leads 1-0 Norway vs. United States...Norway leads 1-0 Spain vs. United States...United States leads 1-0 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 7