St. Petersburg Open With no country quota playoff matches scheduled for women, there will be six days of competition for the US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open, the 12th of 13 double gender events this season on the SWATCH- FIVB World Tour. The third annual St. Petersburg Open at the Peter-and-Paul Fortress oficialy starts Tuesday (August 28) and concludes Saturday (September 1) for women and Sunday (September 2) for men with the winning teams in each gender sharing the $32,000 first-place prizes. The St. Petersburg Open is the15th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stop in 2007 for both men and women. When Peter the Great re-claimed the lands along the Neva River in 1703, he decided to build a fort to protect the area. The Peter-and-Paul Fortress was founded on a small island in the Neva delta on May 27, 1703 (May 16 according to the old calendar) and that day became the birthday of the city of St Petersburg. In the middle of the fortress stands the impressive Peter and Paul Cathedral, the burial place of all the Russian Emperors and Empresses from Peter the Great to Alexander III. The Cathedral was the first church in the city to be built of stone (between 1712-33) One day of qualification for each gender will be staged (Tuesday for women and Wednesday for men). The qualifiers will determine the final eight berths in each gender s Main Draw where a doubleelimination format wil be used to determine the final four teams. The women s semi-finals will be played Friday and the medal matches wil be played Saturday. The men s final four matches will be Saturday afternoon will the medal matches Sunday. A total of 75 men s and 58 women s teams from 40 countries have entered the St. Petersburg Open, including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine, the United States and Venezuela. The St. Petersburg Open is the 164th women s and the 206th men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Voleybal events (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwil). The first men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. The 2007 season is Year No. 21 for men and No. 16 for the women. Peter Hreszczuk, Australia...Technical Supervisor Jeff Brehaut, England... Referee Delegate Hans Svelander, Sweden... TV Delegate Andrea Haas, Austria Vassilis Vassiliadis, Greece Darryl Friesen, Canada FIVB Officials Referees Marco Calzimiglia, Switzerland António Moreira, Portugal Elzir Oliveira, Brazil Periklis Charpantidis, Greece... Physio Tim Simmons, United States...Press Delegate Marc Berard, France The 12th of 13 double gender events on the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar, the St. Petersburg Open is also part of the qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. With the qualifying concluding July 20, 2008 to determine the 24 teams per gender for the Summer Games, a team s best eight finishes on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour or sanctioned continental championships will count during the process. Following the St. Petersburg Open, the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour ends its European schedule with a men s only in Mazury region of Polandat Stare Jablonki. The final double gender event will be staged at the end of September in Brazil with single gender stops during the first week of November in Bali (men) and Thailand (women) ending the 2007 season. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 15
St. Petersburg Open RUSSIA, MOSCOW & ST. PETERSBURG - Not counting the 1994 St. Petersburg event that was part of the Goodwill Games and featured only eight teams per gender, the best finishes by Russian teams as host country participants have been ninths in 2006 by men s and women s teams. The 1994 St. Petersburg stop had Russian pairs finishing seventh in each gender that year. The Russian men's teams of Roman Arkaev/Dmitri Barsouk and Yaroslav Koshkarev/Serguei Prokopiev finished ninth in the 2006 St. Petersburg Open after being eliminated by pairs from the Netherlands and Brazil, respectively. The Russian women's teams of Alexandra/Shiryaeva Natalya Uryadova were also ninth on the Peter-and-Paul Fortress sand after being ousted by a tandem from Germany. Julien Prosser is the only player to compete in al five men s events in Russiato date, but the Australian has retired from international competition. 1994 REVISITED, Part 1 - Bjorn Maaseide, who captured the men s 1994 Goodwil Games gold medal with Jan Kvalheim for Norway, returns to St. Petersburg with current partner Iver Horrem. Brazilian Emanuel Rego is back in St. Petersburg for the fourth-time after placing fifth in the 1994 event with Aloizio Claudino. Emanuel and Ricardo Santos have placed first and fourth in the past two St. Petersburg Opens. 1994 REVISITED, Part 1 - Although he was only eight at the times, Pedro Salgado and his sisters (Maria Clara and Carolina) were watching from home when their mother (Isabel) competed in the inaugural Goodwill Games competition in 1994. The mama placed fourth in the event with Roseli Timm for Brazil. The women s event in 1994 waswon by American s Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan, who coaches Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh. PAST RUSSIA MEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - Brazil 7, Germany 2, USA 2, Argentina 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Portugal 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. St. Petersburg 1994 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA Bruk Vandeweghe/Sinjin Smith, USA 2. Moscow 1998 Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, BRA Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, GER 3. Moscow 1999 Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, POR Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, BRA Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA 4. St. Petersburg 2005 Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magelhaes, BRA Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, BRA 5. St. Petersburg 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, NED PAST RUSSIA WOMEN S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - Brazil 6, USA 2, China 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. St. Petersburg 1994 Karolyn Kirby/Liz Masakayan, USA Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA Barbra Fontana/Lori Kotas, USA 2. St. Petersburg 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Renata Riberio/Talita Antunes, BRA Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, BRA 3. St. Petersburg 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue Chen.Zhang Xi, CHN Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, BRA The FIVB & RUSSIAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour season has been the most productive for a Russian team on the international Beach Volleyball circuit. Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky have colected four medals, seven final four finishes and $176,200 in earnings in 12 SWATCH stops this season to rank third overall in world tour points and on the qualifying list for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games behind two teams from Brazil. Prior to this season, the team of Olympians Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev posted Russia s best SWATCH-FIVB World Tour finish with a bronze medal at the 2000 Canary Island event along with a 2001 Mallorca Open fourth. While Barsouk and Kolodinsky have earned $182,200 for 13 SWATCH stops starting with a 2006 event in Brazil, Ermishin and Kouchnerev compiled only $150,000 for 35 FIVB events together (1998-2000). Russian men have also claimed a pair of FIVB Challenger/Satellite gold medals. Dmitry Areshkin and Edouard Senin captured the 1997 Bulgarian Challenger in Albena while Barsouk and Vladimir Kostioukov on the 2002 Lebanon Satellite in Beirut. Alexandra Shiryaeva and Natalya Uryadova posted the best finishes by a Russian women's team in a SWATCH stop with a fourth at the 2006 Poland Open in Warsaw and seventh at the 2005 Italian Open in Milan. Shiryaeva won the 2003 SWATCH-FIVB U21 World Championships with Anna Morozova in Saint Quay Portrieux, France. Playing in only nine events this season, Shiryaeva and Uryadova currently rank 32nd in SWATCH points and are 21st on Olympic qualifying list. The pair also won the 2006 European Championships in the Netherlands and placed fourth this year at event this past Saturday in Valencia, Spain. BAZOOKA - In his first full-season on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour, Igor Kolodinsky has made a name for himself, especialy after being nicknamed Bazooka by Brazilian Emanuel Rego, the winningest international player in the sport. Kolodinsky has established a tour mark for fastest serve after hitting the 110.0 km/h mark earlier this season in Portugal and Norway. With serving speeds only recorded for centre court matches on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour, Kolodinsky has posted 46 of the 53 good serves over 100.0 km/h this season. Kolodinsky has 16 of the top 17 centre court serves this season with only Germany s Eric Koreng (109.4) breaking the Russian string at the Austrian Grand Slam event. 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St. Petersburg Open 2007 Men s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - St. Petersburg Open Entries A total of 75 men s from 35 countries have entered the St. Petersburg Open, including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and Venezuela. Main Draw Teams, Country Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain Guilherm Deulofeu/Yannick Salvetti, France Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Roman Arkaev/Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia Mikhail Kouchnerev/Vyacheslav Makhortov, Russia Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden Qualification Team, Country Morais Abreu/Emanuel Fernandes, Angola Sam Boehm/Cedric Legrand, Australia Trent Irwin/Michael Prindiville, Australia Aliaksandr Kavalenka/Andrei Zharykau, Belarus Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil Conrad Leinemann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark Valeri Aleksejev/Sergei Semjonov, Estonia Qualification Team, Country Maksim Petrov/Aleksei Povjakel, Estonia Elia Lulla/Mait Murs, Estonia Anssi Hakala/Lauri Hakala, Finland Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France Jody Gooding/Steve Grotowski, Great Britain Imornefe Bowes/Robin Miedzybrodzki, Great Britain Agung Santoso/Suratna Suratna, Indonesia Andi Ardiansyam/Koko Darkuncoro, Indonesia Taichi Morikawa/Koichi Nishimura, Japan Denis Rovkin/Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan Alexey Sidorenko/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia Janis Freidenfelds/Andris Laizans, Latvia Oliver Indra/Beat Wachter, Liechtenstein Anton "S kay" Voleanin/Grigorii Voleanin, Moldova Iulian "Jaceon" Cravet/Roman Dudicov, Moldova Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway Lars Erk Engebretsen/Magne Kobbevik, Norway Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand Chad Mowrey/Kimo Tuyay, Philippines Robert Wajszczuk/Stefan Wyszynski, Poland Jose Pedrosa/Pedro Rosas, Portugal Freedom Chiya/Gershon Rorich, South Africa Yaroslav Koshkarev/Serguei Prokopiev (II), Russia Yury Bogatov/Rushan Dayanov, Russia Stanislav Eremin/Pavel Karpukhin, Russia Andrey Berezin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia Vasiliy Buralev/Leonid Kalinine, Russia Alexander Samoshkin/Dmitry Vasilevsky, Russia Dmitry Karpov/Evgeny Vasilyev, Russ Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine Oleksiy Klyamar/Andriy Kutsmus, Ukraine Oleksandr Dergunov/Kostyantyn Medyanyk, Ukraine Jackson Henriquez/Igor Hernandez, Venezuela Cesar Castro/Farid Mussa, Venezuela Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 15
St. Petersburg Open 2007 Women s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - St. Petersburg Open Entries A total of 58 women s teams from 26 countries have entered the St. Petersburg Open, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Finland, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and the United States. Main Draw Teams, Country Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Adriana Behar/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil Dana Cooke/Annie Martin, Canada Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States Qualification Tournament, Teams, Country Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Eliza Dean/Joanna Healy, Australia Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil Eva Tcholakova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria Marie-Andree Lessard/Sarah Maxwell, Canada Lily Markovic/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada Barbara Carson/Line Jomphe, Canada Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland Deborah Giaoui/Eva Hamzaoui, France Tatiana Barerra/Celine Gemise Fareau, France Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, Great Britain Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy Eiko Koizumi/Shinako Tanaka, Japan Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan Miwa Asao/Takemi Nishibori, Japan Yelena Alenkina/Marina Storozhenko, Kazakhstan Tatyana Mashkova/Alexandra Turichsheva, Kazakhstan Feldmane Agnese/Zita Freidenfelde, Latvia Hilda Gaxiola/Rosario Reyes, Mexico Janne Kongshavn/Kristine Wiig, Norway Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines Alexandra Chigrinova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia Galina Boyko/Anna Markova, Russia Svetlana Popova/Anastasia Vasina, Russia Ekaterina Raevskaya/Inna Yudina, Russia Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine Natalya Shumeyko/Valentyna Zmiyevska, Ukraine Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 15
2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Highlighted by SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland and four Grand Slams events in France, Norway, Germany and Austria, the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour will feature 23 events on four continents with prize money at US$8.35-million. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour schedule will feature 18 events for men and 17 tournaments for the women with 13 double gender stops. The SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Gstaad will feature $1-millon in prize money while Paris, Stavanger, Berlin and Klagenfurt will host Grand Slam stops where the combined prize money will be $2.4-million for the combined men s and women s events. Event sites hosting international Beach Volleyball events for the first-time include Manama, Bahrain (men), Singapore (women), Seoul, Korea (women), Kristiansand, Norway (men women) and Aland, Finland (men and women). Fortaleza, Brazil will stage a double gender event for the first time after staging separate men s (1994-1997, 2002) and women s (2000-2001 and 2004) events. Indonesia will host a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour men s event for the first-time since 1995. Here is the 2007 schedule. Dates May 1-6 May 8-12 May 23-27 June 6-10 June 13-17 June 19-24 June 26-July 1 July 4-8 July 11-15 July 18-22 July 24-29 Aug. 1-5 Aug. 8-12 Aug. 15-19 Dates May 1-6 May 23-27 May 30-June 3 June 6-10 June 12-16 June 20-24 June 26-July 1 July 4-8 July 11-14 July 17-21 July 24-28 Aug. 1-5 Aug. 7-11 Aug. 14-18 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Results Tournament... Gold Medal Team China Shanghai Jinshan Open... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil Bahrain Open, Manama...Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil VIP Open, Zagreb, Croatia... Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia Open of Portugal, Espinho... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil Montréal Open, Canada...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil World Series 13, Marseille, France... Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway...Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil PAF Open, Aland, Finland...Harley/Salgado, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Results Tournament... Gold Medal Team China Shanghai Jinshan Open... Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China Singapore Open, Sentosa...Talita Antunes/Renata Antunes, Brazil Seoul Open, Korea...Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia GE Money Bank Warsaw Open, Poland...Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil Open of Portugal, Espinho... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France...Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway...Jen Boss/April Ross, United States Montréal Open, Canada... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States World Series 13, Marseille, France...Talita/Renata, Brazil SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil PAF Open, Aland, Finland... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s & Women s Schedule Dates Tournament Gender... Purse Aug. 28-Sept. 2 St. Petersburg Open, Russia Men & Women... $400,000 Sept. 5-9 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders, Stare Jablonki, Poland Men... $200,000 Sept. 25-30 Fortaleza Open, Brazil Men & Women... $400,000 Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Bali Open, Bali, Indonesia Men... $200,000 Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Phuket Thailand Open, Phuket, Thailand Women... $200,000 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals). Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 15
2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Leaders, Through August 19, 14 events Men s Team Rank, points(based on best 13 finishes) 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 6,060 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 5,440 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 5,230 4, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4,920 5, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 4,800 6, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 3,950 7, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 3,900 8, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 3,580 9, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 3,570 10, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 3,340 11, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 3,320 12, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 3,300 12, Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 3,300 14, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,800 14, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 2,800 16, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2,760 17, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2,680 18, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,540 19, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,408 20, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,390 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 1,910 22, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 1,880 23, Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 1,820 24, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, 1,800 Men s Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 12, 5, $273,700 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 12, 3, $222,900 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 12, 0, $176,200 4, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 14, 2, $168,200 5, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 9, 1, $147,900 6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 13, 0, $140,200 7, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 9, 1, $124,000 8, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 13, 0, $120,700 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 1, $114,500 10, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 10, 0, $110,700 11, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 10, 0, $104,100 12, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 12, 0, $102,100 13, Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 9, 0, $99,400 14, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 9, 1, $87,100 15, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 13, 0, $85,100 16, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 11, 0, $74,800 17, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 14, 0, $73,000 18, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 14, 0, $71,200 19, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 7, 0, $63,500 20, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11, 0, $60,600 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 12, 0, $55,500 22, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 13, 0, $54,100 23, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, 11, 0, $53,600 24, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 12, 0, $52,500 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Leaders, Through August 18, 14 events Women s Team Rank, points(based on best 12 finishes) 1, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 6,740 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 6,320 3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5,870 4, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 5,060 5, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 4,640 6, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 3,800 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,560 8, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 3,320 9, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 3,270 10, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 3,220 11, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 3,180 12, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 2,930 13, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 2,880 14, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 2,760 15, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,520 16, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 2,440 17, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,320 18, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 2,260 19, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 2,200 20, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,130 21, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 2,060 22, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1,960 23, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, 1,830 24, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 1,820 Women s Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 14, 1, $284,600 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 11, 3, $274,400 3, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 6, 5, $245,500 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 14, 0, $216,800 5, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 13, 2, $180,000 6, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 11, 0, $113,500 7, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 8, 1, $103,400 8, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 12, 0, $101,400 9, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 11, 0, $96,200 10, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 11, 0, $91,400 11, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 10, 0, $89,200 12, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 12, 0, $87,600 13, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 14, 0, $78,400 14, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 14, 0, $77,300 15, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 10, 0, $74,400 16, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 14, 0, $69,700 17, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 5, 1, $68,100 18, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 12, 0, $67,300 19, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 14, 0, $65,400 20, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 5, 0, $60,400 21, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 11, 0, $59,600 22, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 11, 0, $57,800 23, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 12, 0, $54,400 24, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 13, 0, $54,300 NOTE: The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour champions for men and women will be determined by calculating the points for a team s best 13 finishes for men and 12 for women based on 75 percent of the men s (18) and women's (17) events staged this season and rounded down. 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2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Final Fours China, Shanghai, May 1-5, $200,000 1. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $32,000 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $22,000 3. Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $16,000 4. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $12,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 15-21, 22-20, 15-12 (65 minutes) Bronze - Heuscher/Heyer def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-19, 21-17 (46) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 102.7 km/h Bahrain, Manama, May 8-12, $200,000 1. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $32,000 2. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $22,000 3. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16,000 4. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $12,000 Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Cunha/Franco, 17-21, 21-19, 15-13 (68) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-19, 21-12 (46) SWATCH MOP - Nummerdor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 101.9 km/h Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 2. Schacht/Slack, Australia, $22,000 3. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16,000 4. Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Schacht/Slack, 17-21, 21-13, 18-16 (61) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. De Gruijter/Ronnes, 21-15, 21-16 (40) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Harley, 94.9 km/h Germany, Berlin, July 11-15, $300,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43,500 2. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, $29,500 3. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $23,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio won by forfeit over Klemperer/Koreng (15-21, 21-16, 9-9, retired (74) Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers won by forfeit over Brink/Dieckmann SWATCH MOP - Klemperer SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 99.9 km/h Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 23-27, $200,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $32,000 2. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $22,000 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 4. Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 23-21, 16-21, 15-12 (80) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Herrera/Mesa, 21-14, 21-17 (50) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, 98.2 km/h Croatia, Zagreb, June 6-10, $200,000 1. Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $32,000 2. Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland, $22,000 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 4. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, $12,000 Gold - Kais/Vesik def. Heuscher/Heyer, 21-19, 17-21, 17-15 (64) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Schacht/Slack, 21-14, 21-12 (41) SWATCH MOP - Kais SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.7 km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 13-17, $200,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 2. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $22,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16,000 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Cunha/Franco, 18-21, 21-17, 19-17 (69) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Harley/Salgado, 21-16, 21-16 (43) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h France, Paris, June 20-24, $300,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $43,500 2. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $29,500 3. Mike Lamberta/Stein Metzger, United States, $23,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Cunha/Franco, 19-21, 21-17, 15-12 (71) Bronze - Lambert/Metzger def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-12, 21-17 (42) SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Yannick Salvetti, France, 96.2 km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 28-July 1, $300,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43,500 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 3. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $23,000 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-14, 27-25 (55) Bronze - Wu/Xu def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-18, 19-21, 15-13 (66) SWATCH MOP - Fabio SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h France, Marseille, July 18-22, $200,000 1. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $32,000 2. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, $22,000 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 4. Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, $12,000 Gold - Cunha/Franco def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-9, 17-21, 15-7 (53) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Asahi/Shiratori, 21-19, 21-15 (50) SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Joshua Slack, Australia, 92.3 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-29, $500,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $60,000 2. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $45,000 3. Schacht/Slack, Australia, $35,000 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $28,000 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-16, 21-14 (45) Bronze - Schacht/Slack def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-17, 21-19 (47) SWATCH MOP - Rogers SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 108.9 km/h Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-5, $300,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, $43,500 2. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $29,500 3. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $23,000 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-13, 21-14 (44) Bronze - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-14, 21-8 (32) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koreng, 109.4 km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 8-12, $175,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, $30,000 2. Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, $20,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $14,500 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $10,500 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Reckerman/urbatzka, 21-15, 21-9 (35) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 19-21, 21-19, 15-12 (61) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 105.5 km/h Finland, Aland, August 15-19, $200,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $32,000 2. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $22,000 3. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, $16,000 4. Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, $12,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 21-18, 21-18 (55) Bronze - Gosch/Horst def. Kjemperud/Skarlund, 21-13, 17-21, 16-14 (62) SWATCH MOP - Salgado SWATCH TOP SERVICE -Clemens Doppler, Austria, 85.0 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 15
2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Final Fours China, Shanghai, May 2-6, $200,000 1. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $32,000 2. Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, $22,000 3. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $16,000 4. Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Wang/Tian def. Hakedal/Torlen, 14-21, 21-18, 15-13 (59) Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Leila/Ana Paula, 16-21, 21-17, 15-10 (50) SWATCH MOP - Jie Wang SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nadia Campsi, 85.4 km/h Singapore, Sentosa, May 23-27, $200,000 1. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $32,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 3. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $16,000 4. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Talita/Renata def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, 21-19 (43) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-18, 21-9 (46) SWATCH MOP - Renata SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 78.5 km/h Korea, Seoul, May 30-June 1, $200,000 1. Tamsin Barnett / Natalie Cook, Australia, $32,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $16,000 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Barnett/Cook def. Wang/Tian, 21-19, 21-19 (44) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Leila/Ana Paula, 25-23, 21-18 (45) SWATCH MOP - Cook SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 79.2 km/h Poland, Warsaw, June 6-10, $200,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 2. Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil, $22,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $16,000 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-18, 21-17 (46) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Talita/Renata, 21-18, 21-14 (39) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Chiaki Kusuhara, 78.2 km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 12-16, $200,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 2. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $22,000 3. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $16,000 4. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Goller/Ludwig, 17-21, 21-16, 15-13 (58) Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Arvaniti/Kardassiou, 21-15, 17-21, 16-14 (61) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, 83.0 km/h France, Paris, June 19-24, $300,000 1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $43,500 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 3. Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, $23,000 4. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, 21-12 (42) Bronze - Turner/Wacholder def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, 21-16 (41) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Walsh, 80.8 km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 27-30, $300,000 1. Jen Boss/April Ross, United States, $43,500 2. Tian/Wang, China, China, $29,500 3. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $23,000 4. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Boss/Ross def. Wang/Tian, 21-14, 21-12 (44) Bronze - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Goller/Ludwig, 21-15, 21-13 (36) SWATCH MOP - Ross SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 84.0 km/h Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32,000 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $22,000 3. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $16,000 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Xue/Zhang, 21-16, 16-21, 15-12 (54) Bronze - Adriana/Shelda def. Leila/Ana Paula, 23-21, 21-19 (50) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 83.6 km/h Germany, Berlin, July 11-14, $300,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $29,500 3. Tian/Wang, China, China, $23,000 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 18-21, 21-15, 15-7 (45) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Leila/Ana Paula, 21-19, 23-21 (54) SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.0 km/h France, Marseille, June 17-21, $200,000 1. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $32,000 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $22,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $16,000 4. Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, $12,000 Gold - Talita/Renata def. Xue/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, 15-7 (57) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, 21-11, 21-14 (41) SWATCH MOP - Renata SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, Germany, 75.0 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-28, $500,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $60,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $45,000 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $35,000 4. Xue/Zhang, China, $28,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-16, 21-10 (39) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Xu/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, 18-16 (64) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nicole Branagh, United States, 77.6, km/h Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-4, $300,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $18,400 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $18,400 3. Goller/Ludwig, Germany, $18,400 4. Xue/Zhang, China, $18,400 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-16, 23-21 (46) Bronze - Goller/Ludwig def. Xue/Zhang, 21-15, 21-19 (39) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - April Ross, United States, 82.9 km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 7-11, $175,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $30,000 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $20,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $14,500 4. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $10,500 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Xue/Zhang, 21-17, 21-16 (38) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Pohl/Rau, 21-17, 21-15 (39) SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Janne Kongshavn, 79.7 km/h Finland, Aland, August 14-18, $200,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $16,000 4. Ana Paula/Adriana, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Tian/Wang, 21-19, 21-15 (38) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Ana Paula/Adriana, 21-18, 14-21, 18-16 (54) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH TOP SERVICE Larissa, 77.2 km/h Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 15
2007 MEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam stops through August 12, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze...Medals 4ths... Final 4s Brazil 11 5 4...20 3... 23 Germany 0 4 0...4 3... 7 Russia 0 1 3...4 3... 7 United States 1 0 2...3 0... 3 Netherlands 1 1 1...3 1... 4 Australia 0 1 1...2 1... 3 Switzerland 0 1 1...2 0... 2 Argentina 0 1 0...1 0... 1 Austria 0 0 1...1 0... 1 China 0 0 1...1 0... 1 Estonia 1 0 0...1 0... 1 Norway 0 0 0...0 1... 1 Japan 0 0 0...0 1... 1 Spain 0 0 0...0 1... 1 Event... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...Harley Marques, Brazil Bahrain... Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands Roseto... Emanuel Rego, Brazil Zagreb... Kristjan Kais, Estonia Espinho...Emanuel, Brazil Paris... Franco Neto, Brazil Stavanger...Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil Event...SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Montreal... Ricardo Santos, Brazil Berlin... David Klemperer, Germany Marseille... Franco, Brazil Gstaad... Todd Rogers, United States Klagenfurt... Ricardo, Brazil Kristiansand... Ricardo, Brazil Aland...Pedro Salgado, Brazil 2007 WOMEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam stops through August 18, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze...Medals 4ths... Final 4s China 1 9 6...16 2... 18 Brazil 6 3 5...14 8... 22 United States 6 0 2...8 0... 8 Germany 0 1 1...2 2... 4 Australia 1 0 0...1 0... 1 Norway 0 1 0...1 0... 1 Greece 0 0 0...0 2... 2 Event... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...Jie Wang, China Singapore... Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Seoul...Natalie Cook, Australia Warsaw... Juliana Felisberta, Brazil Espinho... Larissa Franca, Brazil Paris... Kerri Walsh Stavanger... April Ross, United States Event...SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Montreal... Walsh, United States Berlin... Misty May-Treanor, United States Marseille...Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Gstaad... Walsh, United States Klagenfurt... Walsh, United States Kristiansand...Larissa, Brazil Aland... Juliana, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s Serving Leaders, 14 events (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 110.0 Portugal, Stavanger 2 Eric Koreng GER 109.4 Austria 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 105.0 Austria 4 Jonas Reckermann GER 103.2 Austria 5 Dmitri Barsouk RUS 101.0 Croatia 6 Richard Schuil NED 100.0 Stavanger 7 Julius Brink GER 99.9 Germany 8 Vegard Hoidalen NOR 99.6 Kristiansand 9 Conrad Leinemann CAN 99.4 Croatia 10 Felix Blauel AUT 98.1 Austria Rank Name Nation Speed Site 11 Linyin Xu CHN 97.9 Croatia 12 Yannick Salvetti FRA 96.2 Paris 13 Marcio Araujo BRA 96.1 Portugal 14 Grga Trimcevski CRO 95.7 Croatia 15 Joshual Slack AUS 95.5 Croatia 16 Wes Montgomery CAN 95.1 Italy 17 Iver Horrem NOR 95.0 Stavanger 17 Miguel Maia POR 95.0 Portugal 19 Hevaldo Moreira BRA 94.9 Croatia 19 Harley Marques BRA 94.9 Montreal 19 Farid Mussa VEN 94.9 Venezuela 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women s Serving Leaders, 14 events (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Nadia Campisi ESP 85.4 China 2 April Ross USA 84.0 Stavanger 3 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 83.6 Montreal 4 Sara Goller GER 83.0 Portugal 5 Kerri Walsh USA 80.8 Paris 6 Logan Tom USA 80.1 Paris 7 Janne Kongshavn NOR 79.7 Kristiansand 8 Juliana Felisberta Silva BRA 78.6 Austria 9 Larissa Franca BRA 78.5 Singapore 10 Tyra Turner USA 78.4 Paris Rank Name Nation Speed Site 11 Maria Tsiartsiani GRE 78.3 Korea 12 Chiaki Kusuhara JPN 78.2 Poland 13 Christina Purtscheller AUT 78.0 Austria 14 Jen Boss USA 77.6 Berlin 14 Nicole Branagh USA 77.6 Gstaad 16 Adriana Behar BRA 76.6 Montreal 16 Rebekka Kadijk NED 76.6 Singapore 18 Lu Wang CHN 76.5 Korea 18 Giulia Momoli ITA 76.5 Berlin 20 Natalia Stepanova RUS 76.4 Finland Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 9 of 15
2007 FIVB Men s Chalenger/Satelite Results Dates Tournament... Gold Medal Team June 28-July 1 Brno Challenger, Czech Republic... Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic July 25-29 Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus...Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil August 9-12 Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein... Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland August 17-19 Lausanne Satellite, Switzerland... Austria, Brazil or Switzerland Dates June 29-July 1 July 19-22 July 25-28 August 8-11 August 13-19 2007 FIVB Women s Chalenger/Satelite Results Tournament... Gold Medal Team San Sebastiàn Satellite, Spain... Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands Eboli Challenger, Italy...Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus...Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein... Antonelli/Leão, Brazil Beijing Challenger, China...Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men s & Women s Schedule Dates Tournament Gender... Purse August 31-September 2 Milan Challenger, Italy Men... $30,000 November 7-11 Hong Kong Challenger, China Women... $30,000 2007 FIVB Men s Chalenger/Satelite Final Fours Czech Republic Challenger, Brno, June 28-July 1, $30,000 1. Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, $4,800 2. Jessi Lelliott/Martin Reader, Canada, $3,900 3. Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, $3,000 4. Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, $2,300 Gold - Biza/Lebl def. Lelliott/Reander, 21-17, 21-19 (44 minutes) Bronze - Kubala/Pavlas def. Amore Bizzotto, 21-17, 21-12 (39) Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-29, $30,000 1. Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, $6,000 2. Toms Smedins Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, $4,600 3. Alison Cerutti Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $3,500 4. Mattias Magnusson/Robert Svensson, Sweden, $2,400 Gold - Bruno/Benjamin, Brazil def. Smedins/Sorokins, 21-18, 23-21 (47) Bronze - Alison//Bernardo def. Magnusson/R. Svensson, 21-6, 21-17 (40) Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 9-12, $10,000 1. Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, $2,000 2. Tilo Backhaus/Tom Gotz, Germany, $1,500 3. Josh Binstock/Jason Kruger, Canada, $1,200 4. Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland, $800 Gold - Heyer/Heuscher def. Backhuas/Gotz, 21-14, 21-17 (39) Bronze - Binstock/Kruger def. Beck/Bleiker, 21-12, 21-18 (44) Switzerland Satellite, Lausanne, August 17-19, $15,000 1. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $3,400 2. Fabio Guerra/Roberto Lopes, Brazil, $2,400 3. Michael Bleiker/Michel Kertai, Switzerland, $1,700 4. Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger, Austria, $1,300 Gold - Maciel/Bruno def. Fabio Guerra/Roberto Lopes, 21-16, 17-21, 15-9 (58) Bronze - Blieker/Kertai def. Hupfer/ Schroffenegger, 22-20, 21-17 (41) 2007 FIVB Women s Chalenger/Satelite Final Fours Spain Satellite, San Sebastian, June 28-July 1, $10,000 1. Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, $2,000 2. Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, $1,500 3. Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, $1,200 4. Celine Gemise Fareau/Mathilde Giordano, France, $800 Gold - Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink def. Ilustre/Pascua, 21-16, 22-24, 15-12 (62) Bronze - Antonelli/Leão def. Gemise Fareau/Giordano, 21-19, 21-12 (36) Italy Challenger, Eboli, July 19-22, $30,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4,800 2. Izabel Bezerra/Taiana Lima, Brazil, $3,900 3. Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, $3,000 4. Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, $2,300 Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Bezerra/Lima, 21-13, 21-14 (30) Bronze - Vivian/Vieira def. Gioria/Momoli, 21-14, 21-14 (37) Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 8-11, $10,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $2,000 2. Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany, $1,500 3. Frederike Fischer/Jana Kohler, Germany, $1,200 4. Eva Tcholakova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria, $800 Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Lehmann/Sude, 21-18, 15-21, 15-7 (49) Bronze - Fischer/Kohler def. Tcholakova/Yanchulova, 21-17, 18-21, 15-10 (56) China Challenger, Beijing, August 13-19, $50,000 1. Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, $9,000 2. Yuan Yue/Wenwen Zhang, China, $5,500 3. Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, $4,000 4. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $3,000 Gold - Vivian/Vieira def. Yue/Zhang, 21-15, 23-21 (45) Bronze - Kulna/Phokongploy def. Forrer/Schmocker, 21-14, 18-21, 15-12 (50) Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-28, $30,000 1. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $6,000 2. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4,600 3. Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands, $3,500 4. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $2,400 Gold - Holtwick/Semmler def. Antonelli/Leão, 21-13, 14-21, 21-19 (57) Bronze - Van Iersel/Wesselink def. Forrer/Schmocker, 21-12, 21-14 (34) Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 10 of 15
2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships - Gstaad, Switzerland, July 24-29 Men... SWATCH-FIVB World Champions...Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil... Los Angeles 1997...Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil... Marseille 1999...Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina... Klagenfurt 2001...Behar/Bede, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil...Rio de Janeiro 2003... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil...Berlin 2005... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States...Gstaad 2007... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States 2007 SWATCH-FIVB U-21 World Championships - Modena, Italy, September 5-9 Men... SWATCH-FIVB U- 21 World Champions...Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil... France 2001...Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain... Italy 2002...Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil... France 2003... Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain...Portugal 2004...Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia... Brazil 2005... Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil... Poland 2006..Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB U-19 World Championships - Myslowice, Poland, July 11-15 Men...SWATCH-FIVB U- 18/19 World Champions...Women Ian Borges/Pedro Salgado, Brazil... Greece 2002*... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany...Thailand 2003*...Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania...Italy 2004*... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia... France 2005#..Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany... Bermuda 2006#...Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland... Poland 2007. Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands *For players under the age of 18...#for players under the age of 19 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals). The first event in the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground where the competition for the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be held was a $50,000 FIVBChalenger stop to serve as a test even for next August s Summer Games in the Chinese capital. Twenty-four women's teams competed in the fifth of six Challenge/Satellite events on the 2007 FIVB calendar following the same Olympic format for the Olympic Beach Volleyball competition to be held August 9-22, 2008. The "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 FIVB Beach Volleyball Women's Challenger tested al aspects of the competition, including the 24-team format, results, venue, cheerleaders program and the 17,000 tons of fine sand imported from Hainan for the main and two side courts. Vivian Cunha and Angela Vieira of Brazil split the $9,000 first-place prize by defeating China s Yuan Yue and Wenwen Zhang 21-15 and 23-21 in the 45-minute gold medal match to win the Good Luck Beijing" 2007 FIVB Beach Volleyball Women's Challenger. Thailand s Kamoltip Kulna and Yupa Phokongploy posted a 21-14, 18-21 and 15-12 win in the 50-minute bronze medal match over Sarah Schmocker and Isabelle Forrer of Switzerland. Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 11 of 15