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1 ,Summer Sports Resort, Mysłowice-Słupn, Poland, May 25-30, 2010 Updated on May 25, 2010, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2010 men sswatch FIVB World Tour started in April at Brasília and will conclude IN August at The Hague, Netherlands. The US$190,000 is the first of two men s-only events on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar. The second men s-only event will be in June at Prague, Czech Republic. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit After hosting SWATCH FIVB Junior and Youth World Championships in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and staging a women's "open" event in 2008, Myslowice be the site for a men's SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop for the second-straight season. Poland has hosted SWATCH FIVB World Tour men's events since 2004 in Stare Jablonki. The Hotel Anders site in the Mazury region expanded its presence by hosting a double gender event in 2008 with this year s event being the sixth and final SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam stop. Past Polish Medals - Brazil 10, Germany 2, Spain 2, USA 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, China 1, Norway 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/Casey Jennings, USA Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Stare Jablonki 2009 Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, BRA Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP The starts May 25 and concludes May 30. The winning team will share the $30,000 first-place prizes. Here is the schedule: Tuesday, May 25...Men s Country Quota Playoffs Friday, May 28...Men s Main Draw Wednesday, May 26...Men s Qualification Tournament Saturday, May 29...Men s Main Drawand Semi-finals Thursday, May 27...Men s Main Draw Sunday, May 30...Men s Medal matches A total of 126men s teams from 37 countries have entered the (as of May 23, 2010), including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, South Africa, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States and Venezuela. The will be the 247th 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 2010 men s and women s SWATCH FIVB World Tour takes a week s break before resuming play in Russia for the $600,000 Grand Slam presented by Seat in Moscow. The third Grand Slam presented by Seat will be played The Prague SWATCH men s stop is June FIVB Officials Dirk Kecher, Switzerland...Technical Supervisor International Referees Peter Hreszczuk, Australia... Referee Delegate Bruno Frapiccini, Italy Olly Harding, England...Television Delegate Darryl Friesen, Canada Tim Simmons, United States...Press Delegate Jonas Personeni, Switzerland Greg Thompson, England Leijun Wang, China About the FIVB - The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball on a global level. Working closely with the National Federations and private enterprises, the FIVB promotes Volleyball and Beach Volleyball competitions and development activities as entertainment and promotional factors for the enjoyment of spectators and participants while satisfying sponsors' needs. It aims to develop Volleyball and Beach Volleyball as a major world media and entertainment sport through world-class planning and organization of competitions, marketing and promotional activities. The FIVB is part of the Olympic Movement, contributing to the success of the Olympic Games. TABLE OF CONTENTS... Page Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams...2 Men s Entries through May 15, 2010, Qualification Notes SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights, Schedule, Leaders SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders...7 Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...8 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 7

2 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 Copacabana... Rio 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 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 June Rome 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 2008Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland..Great Britain Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland September Alanya Alanya, Turkey 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 Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine...Alanya 2009#...Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany July 27-August 1... Porto 2010#...Porto, Portugal *For players under the age of #for players under the age of 19 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Points Champions Season... Points Champions Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Smith/Stoklos, United States Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil ZeMarco/Emanuel, Brazil Para Ferreira /Guilherme Marquez, Brazil Emanuel/Jose Loiola, Brazil ZeMarco/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde, Argentina Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo, BrazIl Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 7

3 2010Men sswatch FIVB World Tour - Entries Main Draw Teams, Country Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain Karl Jaani/Rivo Vesik, Estonia Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Bartosz Losiak/Piotr Kantor, Poland Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States Qualification Teams, Country Christopher McHugh/Joshua Slack, Australia Sam Boehm/Isaac Kapa, Australia Clemens Doppler/Matthias Mellitzer, Austria Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger, Austria Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, Austria Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Andrei Zharykau, Belarus Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Bruno De Paula/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil Konstantin Mitev/Neven Neshev, Bulgaria Valentin Dimov/Teodor Marinov, Bulgaria Jessi Lelliott/Ben Saxton, Canada Martin Reader/Chaim Schalk, Canada Josh Binstock/Matt Zbyszewski, Canada Peng Gao/Jian Li, China Cheng Chen/Yong Liu, China Michal Biza/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic Martin Lebl/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark Ahmed Abdualla/Ahmed Saber, Egypt Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain Maksim Petrov/Aleksei Petrov Maksim, Estonia Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France Robin Miedzybrodzki/Gregg Weaver, Great Britain Jody Gooding/Tom Lord, Great Britain Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany Marcus Popp/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany Thomas Kaczmarek/Stefan Schneider, Germany Stefan Köhler/Nils Rohde, Germany Kotsilianos Georgios/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy Alex Ranghieri/Andrea Tomatis, Italy Eugenio Amore/Fosco Cicola, Italy Domenico Apicella/Fabio Galli, Italy Paolo Ficosecco/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan Qualification Teams, Country Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan Oleksiy Kulinich/Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan Martins Plavins/Toms Smedins, Latvia Janis Freidenfelds/Martins Freidenfelds, Latvia Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico Emiel Boersma/Joppe Paulides, Netherlands Alexander Brouwer/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Daan Spijkers/Jon Stiekema, Netherlands Marco Daalmeijer/Frank van den Outenaar Bart Bolsterlee/Tim Lokerse, Netherlands Oivind Hordvik/Iver Horrem, Norway Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway Petter Bjorbak/Magnus Borge Johansen, Norway Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand Rafal Szternel/Damian Wojtasik, Poland Marek Leznicki/Michal Makowski, Poland Maciej Kosiak/Pawel Pelka, Poland Bartosz Ksiezarek/David Popek, Poland Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa Jerome Fredericks/Leo Williams, South Africa Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev, Russia Alexey Pastukhov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia Alexander Likholetov/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia Andrey Belov/Ruslan Dayanov, Russia Andrey Maryshev/Alexey Yutvalin, Russia Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, Switzerland Sebastian Chevalier/Andreas Sutter, Switzerland Roman Sutter/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden Daniel Andersson/Bjorn Berg, Sweden Björn Huitfeldt/Petter Jonsson, Sweden Mykola Babich/Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States Jackson Henriquez/Farid Mussa, Venezuela Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela Leon Colina/Fernando Ramos, Venezuela Reserve Teams, Country Owen Boland/Damien Schumann, Australia Christoph Berger/Mario Steinöker, Austria Thomas Kunert/Helmut Moser, Austria Ward Coucke/Audry Frankart, Belgium Siarhei Kazantsau/Alexandr Smirnov, Belarus Rhooney Ferramenta/Moises Santos, Brazil Filip Hanak/Michal Provaznik, Czech Republic Radek Barta/Jiri Plachy, Czech Republic Ondrej Hromádko Ondrej/Tomas Salavia, Czech Republic Thomas Haugaard Jensen/Peter Michael Keldsen, Denmark Nikos Zoupani/Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece Richárd Honti/David Zsembrovszky, Hungary Balázs Horváth/Máté Vocskó, Hungary Gergely Takács/András Tóth, Hungary Shinya Hata/Keisuke Imai, Japan Ronny Berntsen/Geir Eithun, Norway Jørn Olav Gamlemoen Jørn Olav/Are Antonsen Yngve, Norway Anders Stromsvag/Dag Stromsvag, Norway Khalfan Hamd Khadayam Al Jabri/Badar Said Abdullah Al Subhi, Oman Ahmed Khadoum Al hosni/haitham Khalfan Abdulla AL Shereiqi, Oman Pavel Karpukhin/TBD Samoshkin, Russia Igor Horvath/Michal Slovak Republic Marek Jany/Martin Suja, Slovak Republic Andrej Patuc/Marek Patuc, Slovak Republic Kjell Jonsson/Lawrence Montas, Sweden Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine Jensen Del Nogal/Nestor Jerez, Venezuela Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 7

4 2010Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site... Gold Medal Teams or Prize Money (US dollars) April Brasília, Brazil... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States May 3-8 Shanghai, China...Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May Rome, Italy Grand Slam...Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May Myslowice, Poland... $190,000 June 8-14 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam... $300,000 June Prague, Czech Republic... $190,000 June 29-July 4 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam... $300,000 July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam... $300,000 July Marseille, France... $190,000 July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam... $300,000 August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam... $300,000 August Kristiansand, Norway... $190,000 August Aland, Finland... $190,000 August The Hague, Netherlands... $190, SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Leaders (through May 8) Men s Team Rank, points 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 1,820 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 1,740 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 1,400 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1,240 5, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,160 6, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 1,080 7, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 960 8, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 920 9, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, , Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, , Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, , Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, , Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, , Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, , Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, , Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, , Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, , Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, , Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, , Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy, , Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, , Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, , Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, , Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 310 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3, 2, $84,700 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 3, 0, $65,500 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 3, 0, $47,000 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 3, 0, $38,100 5, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2, 1, $38,000 6, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 3, 0, $32,100 7, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 3, 0, $28,650 8, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 3, 0, $25,100 9, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2, 0, $20,800 10, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 3, 0, $18,700 11, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, 3, 0, $17,100 11, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 3, 0, $17,100 13, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2, 0, $15,600 14, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 1, 0, $13,200 15, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 2, 0, $12,250 15, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 2, 0, $12,250 17, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 3, 0, $12,000 18, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 3, 0, $10,800 18, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 2, 0, $10,800 20, Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 3, 0, $10,700 21, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 3, 0, $9,750 22, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 0, $8,800 23, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2, 0, $7,900 23, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2, 0, $7, MEN S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through May 23, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Spain Totals Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 7

5 2010 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Final Four Results Brazil - Brasília, April 20-25, $190, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $21, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $15, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, $11,200 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-15, (38 minutes) Bronze - Benjamin/Bruno def. Cunha/Thiago, 21-18, (43) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Iver Horrem, Norway, 86.5 km/h China - Shanghai, May 3-8, $190, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $30, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $21, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $15, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $11,200 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-15, 13-21, (62) Bronze - Alison/Emanuel def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-16, 12-21, (50) MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 99.1 km/h Italy - Rome, May 17-23, $300, Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43, Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $29, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $18, Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 23-21, (47) Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-17, (47) MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Eric Koreng, Germany, km/h Poland - Myslowice, May 25-30, $190, TBD, $30, TBD, $21, TBD, $25, TBD, $11,200 Gold - TBD Bronze - TBD MOP - TBD SWATCH Serve - TBD 2010 Most Outstanding Player Awards - Men Phil Dalhausser, United States...Brasília, Rome Harley Marques, Brazil...Shanghai 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour -Men s Wild Card Teams, by finishes Site Team Seed Rank Brasília Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil 11 4th Brasília Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 14 9th Shanghai Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 23 9th Shanghai Young Liu/Cheng Chen, China 32 25th Site Team Seed Rank Rome Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 5th 5th Rome Gianluca Casadei/Alberto Cisolla, Italy 32nd 25th Myslowice Petr Benes/Premysl, Czech Republic TBD TBD Myslowice Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland TBD TBD 2010 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Serving Leaders(km/h, 3 events, through May 23) Rank Player Country Speed... Site 1 Eric Koreng GER Rome 2 Emanuel Rego BRA Rome 3 Pablo Herrera ESP Shanghai 4 Paolo Nicolai ITA Rome 5 Jefferson Bellaguarda SUI Shanghai 6 Ruslans Sorokins LAT Rome 7 Jonas Reckermann GER Rome 8 Harley Marques BRA Shanghai Rank Player Country Speed... Site 9 Julius Brink GER Shanghai 10 Alexey Yutvalin RUS Shanghai 11 Jefferson Bellaguarda SUI Rome 12 Alison Cerutti BRA Rome 13 Paolo Ingrosso ITA Rome 14 Jonathan Erdmann GER Shanghai 14 Michal Kadziola POL Rome 16 Harley Marques BRA Rome 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 Emanuel Rego BRA Rome Pablo Herrera ESP Australia Vegard Hoidalen NOR Poland Serguei Prokopiev RUS Russia Harley Marques BRA Norway Dmitri Barsouk RUS Croatia Kristjan Kais EST Poland Richard Schuil NED Norway Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 7

6 2009 Men s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule & Gold Medal Winners Dates Site...Gold Medal Team April Brasília, Brazil...Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China... Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil May Rome, Italy...Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany May Myslowice, Poland...Alison/Harley, Brazil June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway World Championships...Brink/Reckermann, Germany July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam...Brink/Reckermann, Germany July Moscow, Russia Grand Slam...Brink/Reckermann, Germany July Marseille, France Grand Slam...Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...Dalhausser Rogers, United States August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland... Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil August Kristiansand, Norway...Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia August Aland, Finland...Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands August The Hague, Netherlands...Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands October Sanya, China...Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands Final 2009 SWATCH FIVB World TourMen s Leaders* Men s Team Rank, points 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6,140* 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,760 3, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4,920 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,420 5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780 6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 7, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3,480 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 3,360 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,960 11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,564 12, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,520 13, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2,500 13, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2,500 15, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,280 17, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2,240 18, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,220 19, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,140 20, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,880 21, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860 22, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,820 23, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,780 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,464 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 10, 4, $274,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 13, 2, $253,400 3, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 10, 3, $171,600 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11, 0, $163,900 5, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 2, $145,900 6, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 8, 1, $135,900 7, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $109,750 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 10, 1, $107,300 9, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 11, 0, $94,300 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 10, 0, $75,450 11, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $73,500 12, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 8, 0, $71,100 13, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 11, 0, $69,300 14, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 6, 0, $67,600 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11, 0, $67,150 16, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 10, 0, $66,900 17, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 11, 0, $65,350 18, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $64,100 19, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, 13, 0, $62,550 20, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 0, $54,550 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 12, 0, $52,150 22, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $49,950 23, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 13, 0, $46,150 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 7, 0, $38,900 NOTE - The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tourchampions wil be determined by calculating the points for a team s best 10 men and 12 women finishes based on 75 percent of the 14 men s and 16 women s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down MEN S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through October 31, 2009 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil Germany United States Spain Netherlands Russia Latvia Switzerland China Estonia France Totals 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 May 23, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Argentina Norway Canada Spain Australia Netherlands Russia China France Cuba Italy Portugal Austria Vacated Estonia Japan New Zealand Latvia Czech Republic Poland Georgia Totals There have been 246 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 53 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. The last time was the 2009 season finale in China. Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 233 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 49 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 204 Gold Medal matches. Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 60 events. 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 175 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States...Brazil leads Brazil vs. Germany...Brazil leads 17-7 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...United States leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France...Tied 1-1 Russia vs. United States...Tied 1-1 Switzerland vs. United States...Tied 1-1 China vs. Netherlands...Netherlands leads 2-0 Germany vs. Netherlands... Netherlands lead 2-0 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... United States leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland... Switzerland 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. Russia... Germany leads 1-0 Latva vs. Russia... Russia 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 Spain vs. United States...United States leads 1-0 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 7