FACT SHEET $20,000 FIVB Langkawi One-Star Langkawi, Malaysia, April 15-16, 2017

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1 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Telephone FACT SHEET $20,000 FIVB Langkawi One-Star Langkawi, Malaysia, April 15-16, 2017 Updated on April 10, 2017, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour schedule features a new starred classification of its events, with three Five-Star events, all of which are the Swatch Major Series, three Four-Star events, six Three-Star events, four Two-Star events, and seven One-Star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, and one FIVB Age Group World Championships. The 2017 schedule began in February in the United States and concludes in October in Thailand marks the 31st anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two events played in 2017; Qinzhou, China and Phuket Thailand will be part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The double-gender $20,000 FIVB Langkawi One-Star is the fourth men s and the fourth women s event on the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar and the second of the One-Star rated events. The FIVB visits Malaysia for the first time. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.org. April 15-16, Langkawi, Malaysia, Men and Women, $20,000 Malaysia has never hosted an FIVB World Tour event. The FIVB Langkawi One-Star starts April 15 and concludes April 16. The winning teams in each gender will share the $2,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: Saturday, April 15...Main Draw Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Matches Sunday, April Semi-Finals and Medal Matches A total of 52 teams from 20 countries (31 men s teams from 18 countries and 21 women s teams from 14 countries) are entered into the FIVB Langkawi One-Star (as of April 10, 2017), including Australia (2 men s, 2 women s), Austria (2,2), Cuba (1,0), Czech Republic (1,1), England (1,0), Estonia (1,0), Germany (2,1), Indonesia (1,1), Italy (2,1), Japan (2,2), Malaysia (6,4), Romania (0,1), Russia (1,1), Scotland (0,1), Serbia (1,0), Singapore (2,1), South Africa (1,0), Spain (1,0), Switzerland (1,1), and United States (3,2). The FIVB Langkawi One-Star is the 356th men s and the 317th women 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 Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule... 2 FIVB Langkawi One-Star Men s Entries (through April 10)... 3 FIVB Langkawi One-Star Women s Entries (through April 10) FIVB World Tour Highlights FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results FIVB World Tour Results FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rankings FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours Women s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours... 13

2 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 Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil... Rio Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys... Youth Olympic Champions... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia... Nanjing Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, 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 Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil... Netherlands Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil July 28-August 8... Austria Vienna Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Poland Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland... Poland Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men... FIVB Beach Volleyball 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 Solberg, 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 Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil... Croatia Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland... Cyprus Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil... Switzerland Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil July China Nanjing Boys... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, 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 Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany... Bermuda Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland... Poland Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia... Netherlands Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine... Turkey Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland... Portugal Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland... Croatia Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland... Cyprus Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany... Portugal Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil... Portugal Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil... Cyprus Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil *For players under the age of 18 through 2004 Boys... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions... Girls Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland... Mexico Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

3 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Langkawi One-Star Men s Entries (as of April 10, 2017) Main Draw Entries Peter Eglseer/Florian Schnetzer, Austria Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba Jan Dumek/David Lenc, Czech Republic Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia Bennet Poniewaz/David Poniewaz, Germany Mohd Abd Razak/Rafi Asruki Nordin, Malaysia Amir Farid/Mohd Mahadi, Malaysia Boon Lee/Chien Bin Tay, Malaysia Mohamad Mat Sidek/Elangovan Yogeswaran, Malaysia Ahmad Shafwan/Idris Solihin, Malaysia Ang Wei Shen/Fong Yaw Cheong, Malaysia Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia Clinton Stemmet/Leo Williams, South Africa Christian Garcia/Raul Mesa, Spain Andrew Dentler/Dave McKienzie, United States Reserve Entries Paul Burnett/Marcus Ferguson, Australia Justin Schumann/Patrick Tang, Australia Mark Garcia-Kidd/Matthew Hunter, England Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany Muchamad Fauzi/Rendy Licardo, Indonesia Paolo Ficosecco/Matteo Galli, Italy Emanuele Monduzzi/Giorgio Zauli, Italy Junki Hatabe/Hitoshi Murakami, Japan Masashi Ogawa/Momota Shimada, Japan Petr Bakhnar/Maxim Zhirkov, Russia Pei Jie Poon/Fan Shen, Singapore Trevis Tan/Sun Peng Yeo, Singapore Simon Hagenbuch/Quentin Metral, Switzerland Mark Burik/Billy Kolinske, United States Marty Lorenz/Adam Roberts, United States

4 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Langkawi One-Star Women s Entries (as of April 10, 2017) Main Draw Entries Mariafe Artacho/Brittany Kendall, Australia Lena Plesiutschnig/Cornelia Rimser, Austria Nadine Strauss/Teresa Strauss, Austria Martina Bonnerova/Sarka Nakladalova, Czech Republic Katarina Schillerwein/Cinja Tillmann, Germany Martha Rahawarin/Nur Sari, Indonesia Samaa Miyagawa/Megumi Murakami, Japan Thevar Aishuria/Chou Hwa Chia, Malaysia Limway Dawn/Sook Ting Yew, Malaysia Shu Woon Joo/Polly Sim, Malaysia Elaine Lee/Luk Teck Hua, Malaysia Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania Yulia Abalakina/Ksenia Dabizha, Russia Lynne Beattie/Melissa Coutts, Scotland Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States Reserve Entries Katie Bartoli/Christie Jenkins, Australia Jessica Allegretti/Eleonora Annibalini, Italy Ayumi Kusano/Mai Tanaka, Japan Eliza Chong/Gladys Lee, Singapore Aurora Davis/Jace Pardon, United States

5 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men s & Women s Highlights The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar features US$5.61 million in prize money, a new starrating system with three Major Series Five-Star events, three Four-Star events, six Three-Star events, four Two-Star events, and seven One-Star events, along with the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. There will be only one age-group FIVB World Championships held in 2017, for players under the age of 21. The showcase event in 2017 will be the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna, Austria in late July and early August. The 2017 schedule begins in February and concludes in October. This year marks the 31st anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 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 visits 25 sites in 19 countries over a nine-month period spanning from February to October. The last two events, in October, will be part of the 2018 World Tour. The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball schedule features 18 men s and 23 women s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$5.61 million in prize money. The total purse for the World Championships will be $US 1 Million, while the three Five-Star events will pay out $600,000 each, the Four-Star events will award $300,000 each and the purse will be $800,000 for the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final. The World Championships, all three Five-Star events, all three Four-Star events, and the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final will be combined events for women and men. Four of the six Three-Star events, none of the four Two-Star events, and four of the seven One-Star events will also include both genders. The two showcase events on the 2017 FIVB World Tour Calendar will be the FIVB World Championships, played in Vienna, Austria from July 28-August 6 and the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final, played in Hamburg, Germany from August The three Five-Star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which will return to their 2016 sites in Croatia (Porec) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 was in the United States (Fort Lauderdale). The Four-Star events in 2017 will be in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Poland (Olsztyn). The Three-Star events will have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and 75,000 per gender for the combined events. The 2017 events for both genders will be played in China (Xiamen and Qinzhou), Russia (Moscow), and Netherlands (The Hague), while the event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only, and the event in Thailand (Phuket) will be for women only. The events in Qinzhou and Phuket are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The Two-Star events will have a purse of $50,000 each with all four being held for one gender only. The men s event will be held in Spain (Espinho), while the three events are in Australia (Sydney), and China (Nanjing and Nantong). The One-Star events will offer a purse of $10,000 per gender, with the events in Australia (Shepparton), Malaysia (Selangor), Fiji (Pacific Harbour), and Morocco (Agadir) competing for both genders, while the events in Monaco (Monaco) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan) will be for women only. The United States opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the second time in the 31 year history of the tour with the FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major in Florida from February The state of Florida also opened the 1994 FIVB World Tour season in Miami. The first 2017 Four-Star event will be held in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) from May 18-21, the first Three-Star event will be played in Iran (Kish Island) from February 15-18, the first Two-Star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from March 17-19, and the first One-Star event was also held in Australia (Shepparton) on March 4th and 5th. The 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 21 in China (Nanjing) from July FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. Red Bull Media House has the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2017 FIVB World Tour. For the eighth straight year, the tour is exclusively using the Mikasa VLS300 ball.

6 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Calendar and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil February Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada March Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada April Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men & Women $20,000 April Xiamen, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May Lucerne, Switzerland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 June The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 June Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women $10,000 June Pacific Harbour, Fiji One-Star Men & Women $20,000 June Nantong, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men & Women $600,000 July 4-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men & Women $600,000 July Nanjing, China U21 WC Men & Women July Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men & Women $20,000 July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men & Women $1,000,000 July Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men $50,000 August Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800, FIVB World Tour October Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 October Phuket, Thailand Three-Star Women $100,000

7 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team Oct 6-11, 2015 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Open Women Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States Oct 7-11, 2015 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Open Men Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Oct 20-24, 2015 Antalya, Turkey Open Women Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE Oct 21-25, 2015 Antalya, Turkey Open Men Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy Nov 8-13, 2015 Doha, Qatar Open Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany February Kish Island, Iran Open Men Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar February Maceió, Brazil Open Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States February Maceió, Brazil Open Women Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil March 8-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Grand Slam Men Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland March 8-13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States March Vitória, Brazil Open Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil March Vitória, Brazil Open Women Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil April 4-8 Doha, Qatar Open Men Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy April Xiamen, China Open Men Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain April Xiamen, China Open Women Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland April Fuzhou, China Open Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States April Fuzhou, China Open Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States April 26-May 1 Fortaleza, Brazil Open Women Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil April 26-May 1 Fortaleza, Brazil Open Men Oscar Brandao/Andre Loyola, Brazil May 3-8 Sochi, Russia Open Women Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland May 3-8 Sochi, Russia Open Men Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy May Antalya, Turkey Open Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany May Antalya, Turkey Open Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia May Lucerne, Switzerland U21 WC Men Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil May Lucerne, Switzerland U21 WC Women Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil May Cincinnati, USA Open Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States May Cincinnati, USA Open Men Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil May Moscow, Russia Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States May Moscow, Russia Grand Slam Men Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands June 7-12 Hamburg, Germany Major Series Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany June 7-12 Hamburg, Germany Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States June Olsztyn, Poland Grand Slam Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany June Olsztyn, Poland Grand Slam Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia June 28-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany June 28-July 3 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil July 5-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil July 5-10 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil July 6-10 Sochi, Russia Cont Cup Final Men Canada and Russia July 6-10 Sochi, Russia Cont Cup Final Women Czech Republic and Russia July Klagenfurt, Austria Major Series Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany July Klagenfurt, Austria Major Series Men Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia July Lanarka, Cyprus U19 WC Men Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil July Lanarka, Cyprus U19 WC Women Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil August 5-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympics Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany August 5-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympics Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil August Long Beach, USA Grand Slam Men Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil August Long Beach, USA Grand Slam Women April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States September Toronto, Canada World Tour Final Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil September Toronto, Canada World Tour Final Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

8 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rankings (through April 10, 2017) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 16*, 4,650 2, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 9*, 4,580 3, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 13*, 3,672 4, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11*, 3,620 5, Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 14*, 3,532 6, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 8, 3,400 7, Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes, Brazil, 10*, 3,260 7, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 12*, 3,260 9, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 10*, 3,160 10, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 8, 3,110 11, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 8, 3,050 12, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 3,020 13, Tri Bourne/John Hyden, United States, 13*, 3,010 14, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 11*, 2,960 15, Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 10*, 2,880 16, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 7, 2,850 17, Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 7, 2,840 18, Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada, 12*, 2,580 19, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 11*, 2,490 20, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 11*, 2,452 21, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 8, 2,450 22, Grant O'Gorman/Sam Pedlow, Canada, 10*, 2,370 23, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 2,340 24, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 17*, 2,296 25, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 8, 2,250 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 11*, 4,960 2, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 14*, 4,936 3, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 9*, 4,760 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 16*, 4,160 5, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 12*, 3,730 6, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 12*, 3,500 7, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 13*, 3,160 8, Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 12*, 3,120 9, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12*, 2,990 10, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 18*, 2,840 11, Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina, 13*, 2,830 12, Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8, 2,728 13, Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 6, 2,680 14, Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil, 10*, 2,676 15, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 12*, 2,650 16, Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy, 8, 2,630 17, Juliana Felisberta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 13*, 2,626 18, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 13*, 2,590 19, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, United States, 9*, 2,540 20, Linline Matauatu/Miller Pata, Vanuatu, 9*, 2,360 21, Jantine van der Vlist/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 11*, 2,302 22, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Penny Karagkouni, Greece, 12*, 2,236 23, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 16*, 2,220 23, Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 8, 2,220 25, Ekaterina Birlova/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 9*, 2,210

9 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through April 10, 2017) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 1, 1, $40,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 1, 0, $32,000 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 1, 0, $20,000 4, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 2, 1, $19,000 5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 2, 0, $16,000 5, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 1, 0, $16,000 7, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 2, 0, $12,600 8, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1, 0, $12,000 8, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 1, 0, $12,000 8, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 1, 0, $12,000 8, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 1, 0, $12,000 12, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 2, 0, $11,800 13, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 2, 0, $10,800 14, Grant O'Gorman/Michael Plantinga, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000 14, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000 14, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1, 0, $8,000 14, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 1, 0, $8,000 18, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria, 2, 0, $6,000 18, Robin Seidl/Tobias Winter, Austria, 2, 0, $6,000 18, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 1, 0, $6,000 18, Trevor Crabb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1, 0, $6,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 1, 1, $40,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 1, 0, $32,000 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 1, 0, $20,000 4, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 1, 0, $16,000 5, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 1, 0, $12,000 5, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 1, 0, $12,000 5, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $12,000 5, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 1, 0, $12,000 9, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Anastasia Barsuk/Evgeniya Ukolova, Russia, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 1, 0, $8,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/Sara Hughes, United States, 1, 0, $8,000 17, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Julia Grossner/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Sandra Ittlinger/Teresa Mersmann, Germany, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 1, 0, $6,000 17, Kelly Claes/Kelly Reeves, United States, 1, 0, $6,000 25, Eight teams tied with, 1, 0, $4,000

10 Final 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Rankings Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15, 5,910 2, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 13, 5,790 3, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 16, 5,240 4, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 16, 5,060 5, Tri Bourne/John Hyden, United States, 17, 4,950 6, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 16, 4,910 7, Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 11, 4,690 8, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 13, 4,540 9, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 15, 4,440 10, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 15, 4,400 11, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 12, 4,320 12, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 11, 4,190 13, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9, 4,140 14, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 17, 4,060 15, Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil, 11, 4,040 16, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 13, 3,930 17, Grant O'Gorman/Sam Pedlow, Canada, 17, 3,680 18, Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11, 3,590 19, Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 10, 3,380 20, Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada, 16, 3,370 21, Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France, 13, 3,290 22, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 10, 3,180 23, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 13, 3,150 24, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10, 3,120 25, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 12, 2,820 Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 13, 5,980 2, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 11, 5,530 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 16, 5,440 4, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 14, 5,180 4, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 17, 5,180 6, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 11, 4,820 7, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 15, 4,670 8, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 16, 4,350 9, Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina, 16, 4,330 10, Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy, 12, 4,260 11, Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil, 11, 4,010 12, Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 14, 3,940 13, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 14, 3,650 14, Juliana Felisberta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 10, 3,330 15, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12, 3,320 16, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, United States, 13, 3,260 17, Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 9, 3,230 18, Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11, 3,180 18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 11, 3,180 20, Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 3,160 21, Maria Antonelli/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 2,940 22, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 12, 2,840 23, Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 2,800 23, Lane Carico/Summer Ross, United States, 13, 2,800 25, Linline Matauatu/Miller Pata, Vanuatu, 12, 2,790

11 Final 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and Opens) 1, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9, 4, $306,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 11, 2, $273,000 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15, 3, $258,875 4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 13, 4, $240,000 5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 16, 1, $165,750 6, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 11, 0, $155,875 7, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 15, 0, $146,375 8, Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, Brazil, 11, 1, $132,375 9, Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, United States, 13, 0, $131,125 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 12, 1, $123,375 11, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 15, 0, $122,750 12, Tri Bourne/John Hyden, United States, 17, 0, $122,525 13, Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 10, 1, $120,125 14, Adrian Carambula/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 16, 2, $120,000 15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 16, 0, $115,625 16, Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11, 0, $101,300 17, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10, 0, $95,200 18, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 10, 0, $82,700 19, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 13, 1, $81,750 20, Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia, 17, 0, $71,400 21, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10, 1, $70,575 22, Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, Canada, 16, 0, $66,250 23, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 13, 0, $65,700 24, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 10, 0, $57,000 25, Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France, 13, 0, $54,475 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Grand Slams & Opens) 1, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 13, 7, $382,375 2, April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States, 11, 5, $283,000 3, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 11, 2, $241,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 16, 1, $180,250 5, Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 14, 1, $161,150 6, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 14, 0, $155,875 7, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 15, 0, $152,500 8, Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 0, $127,000 9, Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 16, 1, $124,700 10, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 17, 0, $116,525 11, Eduarda Lisboa/Elize Maia, Brazil, 11, 2, $110,000 12, Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11, 0, $102,000 13, Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina, 16, 0, $100,825 14, Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 9, 0, $98,375 15, Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 0, $97,000 16, Marta Menegatti/Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy, 12, 0, $96,875 17, Juliana Felisberta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 10, 0, $93,000 18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 11, 0, $87,600 19, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat, United States, 13, 0, $84,775 20, Maria Antonelli/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 0, $80,375 21, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12, 1, $78,775 22, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9, 0, $71,500 23, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 14, 0, $69,550 24, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 12, 0, $60,375 25, Vasiliki Arvaniti/Penny Karagkouni, Greece, 11, 0, $58,950

12 Men s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States Germany Switzerland Argentina Netherlands Norway Canada Latvia Spain Italy Russia Poland Australia China France Austria Cuba Mexico Portugal Chile New Zealand Vacated Estonia Japan Qatar Turkey Czech Republic Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Totals , ,420 There have been 355 men s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 270 events: Brazil vs. United States... Brazil leads Brazil vs. Germany... Brazil leads 20-8 Argentina vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 14-8 Brazil vs. Switzerland... Brazil leads 17-4 Brazil vs. Netherlands... Brazil leads 6-5 Brazil vs. Norway... Tied 5-5 Brazil vs. Canada... Brazil leads 6-1 Germany vs. United States... United States leads 5-2 Brazil vs. Latvia... Tied 3-3 Brazil vs. Spain... Tied 3-3 Italy vs. United States... United States leads 4-0 Netherlands vs. United States... United States leads 4-0 Brazil vs. Italy... Brazil leads 3-1 Germany vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 3-1 Spain vs. United States... United States leads 3-1 Germany vs. Switzerland... Tied 2-2 Brazil vs. China... Brazil leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Poland... Brazil leads 2-1 Latvia vs. United States... Latvia leads 2-1 Poland vs. United States... United States leads 2-1 Brazil vs. Cuba... Brazil leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Portugal... Portugal leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Russia... Brazil leads 2-0 China vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 2-0 Germany vs. Latvia... Latvia leads 2-0 Poland vs. Russia... Russia leads 2-0 Brazil vs. France... Tied 1-1 China vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Germany vs. Russia... Tied 1-1 Italy vs. Latvia... Tied 1-1 Italy vs. Netherlands... Tied 1-1 Latvia vs. Russia... 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. Brazil... Brazil leads 1-0 Austria vs. Italy... Italy leads 1-0 Austria vs. Latvia... Latvia leads 1-0 Canada vs. Chile... Canada leads 1-0 Canada vs. Germany... Germany leads 1-0 Canada vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Canada vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Canada vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Chile vs. Netherlands... Netherlands 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 France vs. Spain... France leads 1-0 Germany vs. Norway... Germany leads 1-0 Italy vs. Mexico... Italy leads 1-0 Italy vs. Russia... Italy leads 1-0 Netherlands vs. Spain... Netherlands leads 1-0 Norway vs. United States... Norway leads 1-0 Qatar vs. Russia... Qatar leads 1-0

13 Women s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil United States China Germany Australia Netherlands Switzerland Italy Canada Czech Republic Russia Greece Austria Spain Japan Norway Slovak Republic Cuba Poland Argentina Finland Ukraine Belgium Georgia Portugal Vanuatu Totals ,264 There have been 316 women s FIVB Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympic and Goodwill). Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 269 times, two teams 168 times, three teams 48 times and four teams three times. Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 24 different events. The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 208 times, two teams 90 times, and three teams in 17 events. There have been 233 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. Brazil vs. United States... United States leads Brazil vs. China... Brazil leads 16-7 Brazil vs. Germany... Brazil leads 13-6 China vs. United States... United States leads 10-6 Australia vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 7-2 Australia vs. United States... United States leads 5-1 Germany vs. United States... United States leads 5-0 Brazil vs. Netherlands... Brazil leads 3-1 China vs. Germany... China leads 3-1 Austria vs. Brazil... Brazil leads 3-0 Brazil vs. Italy... Brazil leads 3-0 Greece vs. United States... United States leads 3-0 Canada vs. Germany... Canada leads 2-1 Germany vs. Switzerland... Germany leads 2-1 Brazil vs. Canada... Brazil leads 2-0 Spain vs. United States... United States leads 2-0 Brazil vs. Greece... Tied 1-1 Germany vs. Netherlands... Tied 1-1 Germany vs. Russia... Tied 1-1 Netherlands vs. United States... Tied 1-1 Argentina vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Australia vs. Canada... Canada leads 1-0 Australia vs. China... Australia leads 1-0 Austria vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Cuba... Brazil leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Czech Republic... Czech Republic leads 1-0 Brazil vs. Japan... Brazil 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. Norway... China leads 1-0 China vs. Spain... China leads 1-0 Czech Republic vs. Germany... Czech Republic leads 1-0 Czech Republic vs. Italy... Czech Republic leads 1-0 Czech Republic vs. Japan... Czech Republic leads 1-0 Finland vs. Germany... Germany leads 1-0 Germany vs. Spain... Germany leads 1-0 Italy vs. Netherlands... Netherlands leads 1-0 Italy vs. Switzerland... Italy 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 Poland vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Russia vs. United States... United States leads 1-0 Spain vs. Switzerland... Switzerland leads 1-0 Switzerland vs. United States... Switzerland leads 1-0