China Shanghai Jinshan Open Jinshan Beach Stadium Shihua Xincheng Road, Jinshan District, Shanghai, China April 28-May 4, 2008

Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 China Shanghai Jinshan Open Jinshan Beach Stadium Shihua Xincheng Road, Jinshan District, Shanghai, China April 28-May 4, 2008

Updated on April 28, 2008, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour for the season’s second event in Jinshan District of Shanghai, China. The 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour is scheduled over a nine-month period starting in March in Australia and ending in November in China. The US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open, the second of 16 double gender events on the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar, will be staged April 28-May 4 at the Jinshan Beach Stadium on Shihua Xincheng Road in the Jinshan District of Shanghai. After opening the season in South Australia for the inaugural Adelaide Australia Open (March 25-30), the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour returns to Shanghai for the fifth- straight year for the second of nine events with the Asian confederation of the FIVB, including the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Highlighted by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, other Asian stops on the international tour will be in Korea, Japan, Thailand and the season finale in Sanya, China. In addition to Adelaide and Sanya, other new sites on the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour are set for Guaruja (Brazil), Prague (Czech Republic), Osaka (Japan), Myslowice (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Barcelona and Mallorca (Spain), and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). For more information regarding the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour China Shanghai Jinshan Open visit www.fivb.org.

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... Page · China Shanghai Jinshan Open Facts ...... 2 · FIVB Officials ...... 2 · The FIVB & China Beach Volleyball ...... 3 · China & SWATCH-FIVB World Tour...... 4 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule Notes ...... 4 · China Shanghai Jinshan Open Men’s Updated Entries through April 28, 2008 ...... 5 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders...... 5 · China Shanghai Jinshan Open Women’s Updated Entries through April 28, 2008 ...... 6 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders...... 6 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Results & Schedules ...... 7 · 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Notes & Results...... 8 · 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Leaders...... 9 · Olympic, World Championship Gold Medal Teams ...... 10 · Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...... 10 · Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Men’s Qualification Listthrough March 30, 2008...... 11 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders...... 11 · Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Women’s Qualification List through March 30, 2008...... 12 · 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Serving Leaders...... 12 · SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Through the Years, 19992-2008...... 13 · Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s ...... 14 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s...... 15

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 The US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open, the second of 16 double gender events on the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar, will be staged April 28-May 4 at the Jinshan Beach Stadium on Shihua Xincheng Road in the Jinshan District of Shanghai

· Shanghai is situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China and is the largest city of the People's Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world with more than 20-million people. Widely regarded as the citadel of China's modern economy, the city also serves as one of the nation's most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial and communications centers. Originally a fishing town, Shanghai is one of the world's busiest ports, and became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005. The Jinshan District is located near Hangzhou Bay with more than 600,000 inhabitants. The Jinshan District, which is home to the headquarters of Shanghai Petrochemical Company Ltd., is located in the southwest of Shanghai and is one of the biggest districts of the city.

· The China Shanghai Jinshan Open starts April 28 and concludes May 4. The winning teams in each gender will share the $28,000 first-place prizes. Here the tentative schedule: · Monday, April 28...... Men’s Country Quota Playoffs (one Brazilian match) · Tuesday, April 29...... Men’s Qualification Tournament, Women’s Country Quota Playoffs · Wednesday, April 30...... Men’s Main Draw, Women’s Qualification Tournament · Thursday, May 1 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw · Friday, May 2 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw, Men’s Semi-final matches · Saturday, May 3...... Men’sMedal matches, Women’s Main Draw and semi-finals · Sunday, May 4...... Women’s Medal matches

· The China Shanghai Jinshan Open is the second event for both men and women on the 2008 SWATCH- FIVB World Tour calendar. The China Shanghai Jinshan Open is part of the 22nd season of men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball competition and the 17th for women.

· A total of 50 men’s and 61 women’s teams from 32 countries have competed and/or entered the China Shanghai Jinshan Open (as of April 28, 2008) including Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and Venezuela.

· The China Shanghai Jinshan Open will be the 210th men’s and 168th women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball event (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). 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. FIVB Officials · Ed Drakich, Canada ...... Technical Supervisor · Keith Lee, Great Britain ...... TV Delegate · José Casanova, Portugal ...... Referee Delegate · Tim Simmons, United States ...... Press Delegate International Referees · John Bennett, Australia · Xuan Hu, China · Kritsada Panaseri, Thailand · Yun Wei, China · Nan Bi, China · Jun Li, China · Damien Searle, England · Hongliang Yao, China · Richard Casutt, New Zealand · Hongyu Liu, China · Xianghong Shen, China · Zhe Zhang, China · Thomas Chang, Hong Kong · Zhihao Liu, China · Catriona Tweedie, Australia · Shicong Ding, China · Qigang Liu, China · Leijun Wang, China · Takashi Fujii, Japan · Weiping Lu, China · Lijun Wang, China

· The China Shanghai Jinshan Open will also be 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 China Shanghai Jinshan Open, the men begin a stretch of 10-straight weeks of the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour competition in Europe through the Russian Grand Slam event in Moscow the second week of July. The first 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour European event for men is in the Czech Republic (Prague, May 6-11) followed by stops in Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 13-18) and Croatia (Zagreb, May 20-25) before the next double gender event in Barcelona, Spain (May 26-June 1). The women are idle the week after Shanghai before playing the next two weeks in Korea (Seoul, May 13-18) and Japan (Osaka, May 20-25) before heading to Barcelona where the double gender event starts six-straight weeks of European events through the Russian Grand Slam in Moscow the second week of July.

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 · The FIVB & CHINESE BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The development of the Chinese Beach Volleyball teams has improved greatly as neither the men or women had earned a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour podium placement until August 2000 in Dalian, China (FIVB Women’s event No. 68 of the 167 played to date), when Zi Xiong and Rong Chi placed third in the final women’s Olympic qualifying event before Sydney (finishing behind Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs and May-Treanor/Holly McPeak of the United States). From 2000 through 2005, the Chinese women earned seven medals (gold medals in Bali and Milan) by Tian and Fei Wang. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Chinese women have captured 35 medals led by Tian and Jie Wang (19) and Chen Xue and Xi Zhang (10). With the women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball competition beginning in 1992, the Chinese drought for a men’s medal was even longer since the start of the international events in 1987. The Chinese men had never placed higher than 12th in a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event (1990 by Cheng Lu and Meng Qi in Enoshima, Japan) until Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu posted a ninth in the 2006 season opening event in Shanghai event. Later in the 2006 season, Wu and Xu gained China's first-ever men's medal in Poland by defeating Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil (FIVB Men's event No. 189 of the 208 played to date). Wu and Xu added a second medal in 2007 after losing a 72-minute three-setter of Marcio Araujo and Fabio in the semi-finals as the Chinese upset Russia’s Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky for the bronze medal at the Norwegian Grand Slam in Stavanger. At the 2008 FIVB season opener in Adelaide, Australia, Wu and Xu became the first Chinese men’s team to compete in a SWATCH gold medal match. While Brazilians have dominated the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour with 573 “major” medals, including two Olympic and seven world championship titles, the Chinese rank fifth in combined men’s and women’s podium placements (41 medals, three for men and 38 for women). The United States (256), Switzerland (46) and Australia (43) also rank ahead of the Chinese in SWATCH podiums followed closely by Germany (40).

· CHINESE MEN - Wu and Xu, the most-successful Chinese team on the men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour since the formation of their partnership at the end of the 2005 season, appear headed to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games along with Jian Li and Shun Zhou. Wu and Xu are currently ranked fifth with 3,780 points for their best eight SWATCH participations since May 2007 while Li and Zhou are 18th. Wu and Xu have competed in 29 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together with four “final four” finishes together to rank 35th on the all-time FIVB earnings list with $252,550 and a 90-56 match mark. For their FIVB careers, Wu has competed in 38 SWATCH stops with $128,775 in earnings to rank 82nd while Xu has 46 FIVB participations with $138,650 in winnings to rank 71st all-time. Xu and Russia’s Dmitri Barsouk were voted as the FIVB’s most improved players for the 2007 season. Li and Zhou, fifth-place finishers at the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland for their best SWATCH effort, have competed in 24 FIVB events together with $68,500 in earnings and a 32-42 match mark. Wu and Xu also placed fifth at the 2007 worlds in Gstaad.

· CHINESE WOMEN - The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour campaign was the best-ever for the Chinese women as the Asian country placed three teams among the top 15 on the international ranking list, including led by the tandems of Jia Tian/Jie Wang, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang and Lu Wang/Man Zou.. Also Tian/Jie Wang (5,200 points for their best eight SWATCH finishes since May 2007) and Xue/Zhang (4,260) rank third and fourth, respectively, on the qualifying list for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Five of China’s seven SWATCH gold medals have been won by the two teams - Tian/Wang (three) and Xue/Zhang (two). The Chinese pairs have captured the past two Shanghai women’s even with Xue and Zhang the 2006 winners when the tandem became the youngest team ever to win an international Beach Volleyball team (combined age of 38 years, four months, 19 days). Xue, the 2006 women’s FIVB rookie-of-the-year, also became the youngest player ever to capture a SWATCH medal at the 2006 Shanghai stop (17 years, three months, 10 days). Tian and Jie Wang have competed in 30 FIVB events since the start of their partnership in 2006 with 20 podium placements (a 2007 Satellite gold medal in Hong Kong), 21 “final fours”, a 140-42 match mark and $552,700 in earnings to rank sixth on the all-time list. Xue and Zhang also started their partnership in 2006 with 30 FIVB participations enroute to 11 podium placements, 14 “final fours”, a 126-53 match mark and $425,000 in earnings to rank 10th on the all-time list. Prior to 2006, Tian and Fei Wang, bronze medalists at the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Berlin and ninth-place finishers at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, were China’s top ranked team with seven podium placements, 10 “final fours”, a147- 89 match mark and $403,750in earnings to rank 12th on the all-time list. Wang and Zou, who are 1,660 points behind Xue and Zhang on the Olympic qualifying list, have competed in 16 SWATCH stops together with a 39-30 match mark and $90,800 in earnings. Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 April 28-May 4, China Shanghai Jinshan Open, Men & Women, $350,000 - With the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games looming, China hosts a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event for the 11th-straight season. While China has been hosting a women’s SWATCH stop since 1998, the Asian country will be staging a men’s FIVB event for the fifth-straight year. Jinshan Beach has been the site of the international tour stop in Shanghai since 2004 with the 2008 event being the fourth-straight season of double gender competition. While Chinese women’s teams have won the past two Shanghai stops, Brazilian men’s tandems have captured the gold medals the last two years on Jinshan Beach. The best finish by a Chinese men’s team in China was a 2007 fifth by Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu. The 2006 women’s gold medal for Chen Xue made her the youngest player to win a SWATCH gold medal (17 years, 3 months, 10 days).

PAST CHINESE MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Medals - Brazil 7, Germany 2, Switzerland 2, Spain 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para Ferreira, BRA 2. Shanghai 2005 C. Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI 3. Shanghai 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 4. Shanghai 2007 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI

PAST CHINESE WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - Brazil 10, USA 9, Australia 4, China 4, Germany 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Dalian 1998 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA 3. Dalian 2000 Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN 4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Danja Musch, GER Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS 7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA 9. Shanghai 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 10. Shanghai 2007 Tian/Wang, CHN Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA 2008 SWACH-FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Schedule & Notes

Highlighted by the Beijing Olympic Games and six Grand Slam events, the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Tour calendar is scheduled to begin in March and conclude in November. · The total prize money for 2008 is US$8.325-million. · The calendar features 24 sites in 20 countries in three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). · The 2008 calendar will include 16 double gender events. · Men’s single gender events will be in the Czech Republic (Prague), Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi), Croatia (Zagreb), Mallorca and Bahrain (Manama). · Women’s single gender stops will be in Korea (Seoul), Japan (Osaka), Poland (Myslowice) and Thailand (Phuket). · Qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games concludes with a double gender event in the French Mediterranean port city of Marseille in July 15-20. This includes 12 events for men and 11 for women. The following week in Switzerland, the official 2008 Olympic Games drawing of lots will be staged to determine the Pools composition and the first days of the match-up of the Beach Volleyball tournaments in Beijing. · With the addition of an event in Moscow, the 2008 calendar will contain six SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $3.6-million. The Swiss Alps village of Gstaad returns to the Grand Slam calendar after hosting the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships. Other Grand Slams will be held in Berlin, Paris, Stavanger and Klagenfurt. In addition to prize money totaling $600,000 for each Grand Slam double gender event, four of the stops will feature valuable Olympic qualifying points as compared to an “open” FIVB event. · There are 10 new sites in 2008 on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar, including Adelaide (Australia), Guaruja (Brazil), Sanya (China), Prague (Czech Republic), Osaka (Japan), Myslowice (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Barcelona and Mallorca (Spain), and Dubai (United Arab Emirates).

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 4 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - China Shanghai Jinshan Open Entries A total of 50 men’s teams from 27 countries have entered the China Shanghai Jinshan Open (as of April 28, 2008), including Angola, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and Venezuela. Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Seeds, Teams, Country · Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia 1, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil · Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil 2, Riccardo Bizzotto/Eugenio Amore, Italy · Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 3, Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway · Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 4, Pedro Rosas/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal · Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada 5, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France · Peng Gao/Qiang Xu, China 6, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark · Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China 7, Jackson Henriquez/Igor Hernandez, Venezuela · Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China 8, Serguei Prokopiev (II)/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia · Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain 9, Koichi Nishimura/Taichi Morikawa, Japan · Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France 10, Francisco Alvarez/Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba · Guilherm Deulofeu/Yannick Salvetti, France 11, Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico · Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 12, Inocencio Lario/Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain · Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 13, Brett Richardson/Isaac Kapa, Australia · Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy 14, Farid Mussa/Jesus Villafañe, Venezuela · Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan 15, Casey Augoustides/Patrik Flisberg, South Africa · Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia 16, Paul Schroffenegger/Daniel Hupfer, Austria · Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands 17, Morais Abreu/Emanuel Fernandes, Angola · Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway 18, Sam Boehm/Christopher McHugh, Australia · Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 19, Aliaksandr Kavalenka/Andrei Zharykau, Belarus · Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand 20, Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite, Norway · Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal 21, Gregory Mann/Trent Irwin, Australia · Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland 22, Ray Sewell/Tyler Fraser, Canada · Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden 23, Hongyong Zheng/Zhifeng Jiang, China · Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine 24, Weizai Jin/Jian Bao, China 25, Fangtian Gao/Shengwei Han, China Country Quota Playoff Team · Luizao Correa/Benjamin Insfran 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders, Through March 30, 1 event Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 600 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1, 1, $28,000 2, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 540 2, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1, 0, $19,500 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 480 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 1, 0, $14,000 4, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 420 4, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1, 0, $10,500 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 360 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1, 0, $8,500 5, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 360 5, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 1, 0, $8,500 7, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 300 7, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 1, 0, $7,000 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 300 7, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 1, 0, $7,000 9, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 240 9, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 240 9, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 240 9, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 240 9, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 1, 0, $5,500 13, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 180 13, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 180 13, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, 180 13, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 180 13, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 1, 0, $3,900 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 120 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 120 17, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 120 17, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine, 120 17, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 120 17, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden, 120 17, Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 120 17, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, 120 17, Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, 1, 0, $2,500

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - China Shanghai Jinshan Open Entries A total of 61 women’s teams from 28 countries have entered the China Shanghai Jinshan Open (as of April 28, 2008), including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the Ukraine. Main Draw Teams, Country · Qualification Tournament Teams, Country · Natalie Cook/Tamsin Barnett, Australia · Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic · Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria · Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, England · Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria · Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, England · Liesbet Van Breedam/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium · Deborah Giaoui/Eva Hamzaoui, France · Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil · Cristine "Saka" Santanna/Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins, · Ana Paula Connelly/Shelda Bede, Brazil Georgia · Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil · Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany · Jie Wang/Jia Tian, China · Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany · Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China · Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy · Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China · Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy · Yuan Yue/Wenwen Zhang, China · Takemi Nishibori/Miwa Asao, Japan · Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba · Shinako Tanaka/Eiko Koizumi, Japan · Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba · Mika Teru Saiki/Chiaki Kusuhara, Japan · Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland · Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan · Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France · Inguna Minusa/Inese Jursone, Latvia · Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany · Mayra Garcia/Bibiana Candelas, Mexico · Laura Ludwig/Sara Goller, Germany · Marrit Leenstra/Cintha Boersma, Netherlands · Okka Rau/Stephanie Pohl, Germany · Mered de Vries/Sanne Keizer, Netherlands · Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece · Merel Mooren/Rebekka Kadijk, Netherlands · Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece · Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands · Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway · Anna Scarlett/Susan Blundell, New Zealand · Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway · Janne Kongshavn/Kristine Wiig, Norway · Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia · Diane Pascua/Heidi Ilustre, Philippines · Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland · Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia · Qualification Tournament Teams, Country · Anastasia Vasina/Svetlana Popova, Russia · Larraine Busch/Nicole Smith, Australia · Judith Augoustides/Vitalila Nel, South Africa · Heike Jensen/Becchara Palmer, Australia · Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain · Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil · Benigna Fernandez/Alejandra Simon, Spain · Annie Martin/Dana Cooke, Canada · Catalina Pol Borras/Ester Ribera, Spain · Sarah Maxwell/Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada · Karin Lundquist/Angelica Ljungquist, Sweden · Anna Hu/Yang Li, China · Galyna Osheyko/Svitlana Baburina, Ukraine · Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders, Through March 30, 1 event Women’sTeam Rank, points Women’sTeam Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 600 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 1, 1, $28,000 2, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 540 2, Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 1, 0, $19,500 3, Ana Paula Connelly/Shelda Bede, Brazil, 480 3, Ana Paula Connelly/Shelda Bede, Brazil, 1, 0, $14,000 4, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 420 4, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 1, 0, $10,500 5, Jie Wang/Jia Tian, China, 360 5, Jie Wang/Jia Tian, China, 1, 0, $8,500 5, Laura Ludwig/Sara Goller, Germany, 360 5, Laura Ludwig/Sara Goller, Germany, 1, 0, $8,500 7, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 300 7, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 1, 0, $7,000 7, Okka Rau/Stephanie Pohl, Germany, 300 7, Okka Rau/Stephanie Pohl, Germany, 1, 0, $7,000 9, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Barnett, Australia, 240 9, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Barnett, Australia, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 240 9, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 240 9, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 1, 0, $5,500 9, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia, 240 9, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia, 1, 0, $5,500 13, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 180 13, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Rachel Wacholder/Tyra Turner, United States, 180 13, Rachel Wacholder/Tyra Turner, United States, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany, 180 13, Antje Roder/Helke Claasen, Germany, 1, 0, $3,900 13, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 180 13, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 1, 0, $3,900 17, April Ross/Jennifer Boss, United States, 120 17, April Ross/Jennifer Boss, United States, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Summer Lochowicz/Eileen Romanowski, Australia, 120 17, Summer Lochowicz/Eileen Romanowski, Australia, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, 120 17, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 120 17, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland, 120 17, Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom, Finland, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Inguna Minusa/Inese Jursone, Latvia, 120 17, Inguna Minusa/Inese Jursone, Latvia, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy, 120 17, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gattelli, Italy, 1, 0, $2,500 17, Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 120 17, Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 1, 0, $2,500

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Dates Tournament ...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil April 28-May 4 Shanghai, China ...... $175,000 May 6-11 Prague, Czech Republic ...... $175,000 May 13-18 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...... $175,000 May 20-25 Zagreb, Croatia ...... $175,000 May 26-June 1 Barcelona, Spain...... $175,000 June 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... $175,000 June 9-15 Berlin, Germany ...... $300,000 June 16-22 Paris, France...... $300,000 June 23-29 Stavanger, Norway ...... $300,000 June 30-July 6 Moscow, Russia...... $300,000 July 14-20 Marseille, France ...... $175,000 July 21-27 Gstaad, Switzerland...... $300,000 July 28-August 3 Klagenfurt, Austria ...... $300,000 August 9-22 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 25-31 Kristiansand, Norway ...... $175,000 September 2-7 Mallorca ...... $175,000 September 15-21 Guarujà, Brazil ...... $175,000 October 5-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... $175,000 October 27-November 1 Manama, Bahrain...... $175,000 November 10-16 Sanya, China ...... $175,000

2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Results & Schedule

Dates Tournament ...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil April 28-May 4 Shanghai, China ...... $175,000 May 13-18 Seoul, Korea ...... $175,000 May 20-25 Osaka, Japan...... $175,000 May 26-June 1 Barcelona, Spain...... $175,000 June 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... $175,000 June 9-15 Berlin, Germany ...... $300,000 June 16-22 Paris, France...... $300,000 June 23-29 Stavanger, Norway ...... $300,000 June 30-July 6 Moscow, Russia...... $300,000 July 14-20 Marseille, France ...... $175,000 July 21-27 Gstaad, Switzerland...... $300,000 July 28-August 3 Klagenfurt, Austria ...... $300,000 August 9-22 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 25-31 Kristiansand, Norway ...... $175,000 September 2-7 Myslowice, Poland ...... $175,000 September 15-21 Guarujà, Brazil ...... $175,000 October 5-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... $175,000 November 4-9 Phuket, Thailand ...... $175,000 November 10-16 Sanya, China ...... $175,000

· The FIVB will also stage two “junior” world championships. With the London the site for 2012 Olympics, Great Britain will host the eighth annual SWATCH-FVB World Championships for players under the age of 21 in the city of Brighton September 3-7. The Netherlands will stage the seventh edition of the SWATCH- FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 19 in The Hague July 30-August 3. · After an in-depth verification of the bidding documentation from Norway and Russia (Moscow), Stavanger has been selected to stage the 2009 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships. · Two women’s and four men’s FIVB Challenger/Satellite events have been scheduled for 2008 in the Czech Republic (men’s Challenger, Brno, June 26-29), Egypt (women’s Challenger, Hacienda Bay Beach, July 23- 25), Estonia (men’s Challenger, Pärnu, July 17-20), Liechtenstein (women’s and men’s Satellite, Vaduz, August 6-10) and Switzerland (men’s Satellite, July 10-13). NOTE: The 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour champions will be determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 14women and 15 men finishes based on 75 percent of the 19 women’s and 20 men’s events (Open and Grand Slam events only) staged this season and rounded down. Although part of the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games does not reward world ranking points for the competition. Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour With 17 tournaments for both men and women, the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar was highlighted by the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland along with four Grand Slams events in France, Norway, Germany and Austria. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour featured 21 events on four continents with prize money at US$8.15-million. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour schedule also featured 13 double gender stops. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Gstaad featured $1-millon in prize money while Paris, Stavanger, Berlin and Klagenfurt hosted Grand Slam stops where the combined prize money was $2.4-million for the combined men’s and women’s events. Event sites hosting international Beach Volleyball events for the first-time included Manama, Bahrain (men), Singapore (women), Seoul, Korea (women), Kristiansand, Norway (men women) and Aland, Finland (men and women). Here are the 2007 results. 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Results Dates Tournament...... Gold Medal Team May 1-6 China Shanghai Jinshan Open...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May 8-12 Bahrain Open, Manama...... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 23-27 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy..... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil June 6-10 VIP Open, Zagreb, Croatia ...... Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia June 13-17 Open of Portugal, Espinho...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 19-24 Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 26-July 1 ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway ...... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil July 4-8 Montréal Open, Canada ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July 11-15 Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany ...... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil July 18-22 World Series 13, Marseille, France...... Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil July 24-29 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Aug. 1-5 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Aug. 8-12 Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Aug. 15-19 PAF Open, Aland, Finland...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil Aug. 29-Sept. 2 St. Petersburg Open, Russia...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil Sept. 5-9 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders, Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Sept. 27-30 Banco do Brasil Open, Brazil...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Results Dates Tournament...... Gold Medal Team May 1-6 China Shanghai Jinshan Open...... Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China May 23-27 Singapore Open, Sentosa ...... Talita Antunes/Renata Antunes, Brazil May 30-June 3 Seoul Open, Korea ...... Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia June 6-10 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open, Poland...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil June 12-16 Open of Portugal, Espinho...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil June 20-24 Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June 26-July 1 ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway ...... Jen Boss/April Ross, United States July 4-8 Montréal Open, Canada ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 11-14 Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 17-21 World Series 13, Marseille, France...... Talita/Renata, Brazil July 24-28 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Aug. 1-5 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Aug. 7-11 Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Aug. 14-18 PAF Open, Aland, Finland...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Aug. 28-Sept. 1 St. Petersburg Open, Russia...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Sept. 25-29 Banco do Brasil Open, Brazil...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Phuket Thailand Open, Phuket, Thailand ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games · The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the 2007 China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at Marseille, France. 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).

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Men’s Team Rank, points(based on best 12 finishes) Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 6,940 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 15, 7, $347,700 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 6,340 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 15, 3, $270,900 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 5,610 3, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 16, 3, $206,200 4, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5,160 4, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 13, 0, $198,200 5, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 5,040 5, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 12, 1, $179,900 6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4,680 6, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 11, 1, $144,000 7, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 4,160 7, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 13, 0, $140,200 8, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,060 8, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 15, 0, $138,100 9, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 4,000 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 6, 1, $136,500 10, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 3,830 10, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 13, 0, $120,700 11, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 3,540 11, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 12, 0, $116,100 12, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 3,500 12, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 10, 0, $110,700 13, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 3,300 13, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 10, 0, $105,400 14, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 15, 0, $101,100 13, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 17, 0, $92,100 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 3,060 16, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 7, 0, $90,000 16, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 2,920 17, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 9, 1, $87,100 17, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,750 18, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 12, 0, $77,800 18, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2,680 19, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 16, 0, $77,700 19, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,540 20, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 13, 0, $75,700 20, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,440 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 15, 0, $66,500 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 2,210 22, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 13, 0, $61,300 22, Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 2,070 23, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, 14, 0, $61,100 23, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 2,044 24, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 15, 0, $61,000 24, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, 2,040

2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders, Through November 4, 17 events

Women’s Team Rank, points (based on best 12 finishes) Women’s Team Rank, events, titles,US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 7,140 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 13, 5, $328,400 2, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 6,920 2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 8, 7, $309,500 3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5,870 3, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 15, 1, $300,600 4, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 5,840 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 15, 0, $218,800 5, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 5,380 5, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 16, 2, $208,000 6, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 4,100 6, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 12, 0, $121,500 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,860 7, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 8, 0, $114,400 8, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 3,700 8, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 13, 0, $113,400 9, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 3,580 9, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 8, 1, $106,100 10, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 3,360 10, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 8, 1, $103,400 11, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 3,320 11, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 14, 0, $102,600 12, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 3,300 12, Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, 11, 0, $101,200 13, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 3,270 13, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 11, 0, $96,200 14, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 3,220 14, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 17, 0, $91,700 15, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 3,190 15, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 11, 0, $91,400 16, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 2,880 16, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, 15, 0, $85,300 17, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 2,780 17, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 15, 0, $82,900 18, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 11, 0, $82,400 18, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 2,620 19, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 15, 0, $77,800 18, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,620 20, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 17, 0, $77,400 20, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 2,500 21, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, 13, 0, $67,600 21, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2,370 22, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 15, 0, $66,400 22, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,240 23, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, 16, 0, $66,300 23, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, 2,180 24, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 7, 0, $63,100 24, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 2,144

NOTE: The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour champions will be determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 12 finishes for both men and women based on 75 percent of the 17 events staged for each gender this season and rounded down.

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 9 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s & Women’s Round 2, Shanghai Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Men...... Olympic Champions ...... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States...... Atlanta 1996 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ...... Sydney 2000...... Natalie Cook/Kerri Potthatrst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil...... Athens 2004 ...... Misty May/Kerri Walsh, United States August 9-22...... Beijing 2008 ...... www.beijing-2008.org Men...... SWATCH-FIVB World Championships...... 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 Men...... SWATCH-FIVB Junior (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 Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy...... Italy 2007...... Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil September 3-6 ...... Great Britian 2008 ...... Brighton 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 July 30-August 3 ...... Netherlands 2008#...... The Hague *For players under the age of 18...... #for players under the age of 19 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games · The 12,200-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground will be the site for the 2008 competition. The volleyball ground contains 17,000 tons of fine sand imported from Hainan. Construction for the facility was started December 28, 2005 and was completed for an “Olympic” test event for women in August 2007. Practicing the concept of "Green Olympics," the beach volleyball event organizers had the previously existing workshops and industrial storerooms on the grounds converted into office space rather than having new offices built. A "sun- chasing" solar power generation system installed at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground will be the first such power generation system used at an Olympic venue. The sun-chasing mechanism controls a rotating battery that switches according to where the sun shines, thereby maximizing the amount of solar power collected. The completely automatic 11-kW sun-chasing solar power generation system measures 11 m high x 7 m wide, and the battery is capable of rotating 270 degrees. The system can generate 30% more power than the average solar power generation system. With a lifespan of more than 25 years, the system can generate 72,000 kWh per year, with an average of 200 kWh per day. Moreover, it is environmental-friendly. As a solar energy power generation system, it produces 23.4 tons less carbon dioxide and 1.5 tons less sulfur dioxide emissions than regular generators. · A $50,000 FIVB Challenger stop at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground was held in 2007 (August 13-19) to serve as a “test” event 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” all 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.

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Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points · Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, CSV, 8, 5,240 · Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, CEV, 8, 940 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,740 · Conrad Leinemann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 910 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, CEV, 8, 4,340 · Jose Pedrosa/Pedro Rosas, Portugal, CEV, 8, 780 · Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,320 · Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 720 · Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,120 · Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Rep., CEV, 8, 674 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 3,850 · Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, CSV, 5, 670 5, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, AVC, 8, 3,780 · Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, CEV, 7, 664 · Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA, NORCECA, 7, 3,780 · Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine, CEV, 8, 660 6, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,360 · Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, CEV, 8, 640 7, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, CSV, 8, 3,260 · Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, Germany, CEV, 4, 630 8, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 3,100 · Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, CEV, 8, 558 9, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,080 · Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, CEV, 8, 524 · Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,030 · Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland, CEV, 4, 500 10, Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, AVC, 8, 2,980 · Roman Arkaev/Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia, CEV, 7, 492 11, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, CEV, 8, 2,900 · Jackson Henriquez/Igor Hernandez, Venezuela, CSV, 8, 484 12, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, CEV, 8, 2,690 · Florian Huth/Kjell Schneider, Germany, CEV, 8, 478 13, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, CEV, 8, 2,520 · Yaroslav Koshkarev/Serguei Prokopiev, Russia, CEV, 8, 448 14, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, CEV, 8, 2,410 · Denis Rovkin/Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan, AVC, 8, 434 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, CEV, 8, 2,360 · Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, Usa, NORCECA, 2, 420 · Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA, NORCECA, 7, 2,320 · Eugenio Amore/Andrea Tomatis, Italy, CEV, 5, 400 16, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 2,120 · Matt Fuerbringer/Sean Scott, Usa, NORCECA, 3, 400 17, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, CEV, 8, 1,920 · Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan, AVC, 8, 398 · Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, CEV, 8, · Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 392 1,830 · Alexey Sidorenko/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan, AVC, 8, 326 18, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, AVC, 8, 1,780 · Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada, NORCECA, 5, 312 19, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, CEV, 8, 1,690 · Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico, NORCECA, 8, 304 20, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 1,680 · Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan, AVC, 2, 300 21, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, AVC, 8, 1,660 · Ricardo Brandao/Rodrigo Monteiro, Brazil, CSV, 1, 300 22, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, CEV, 8, 1,650 · Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, USA, NORCECA, 1, 240 23, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 1,454 · Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia, CEV, 7, 230 · Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway, CEV, 8, 1,450 · Tim Joosen/Steve Roelandt, Belgium, CEV, 1, 200 · Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal, CEV, 8, 1,440 · Paul Podstawka/Chris Simek, Canada, NORCECA, 5, 198 · Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece, CEV, 4, 198 · Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, USA, NORCECA, 5, 1,440 · Nikolas Berger/Robert Nowotny, Austria, CEV, 2, 180 · Guilherm Deulofeu/Yannick Salvetti, France, CEV, 8, 1,400 · Isaac Kapa/Brett Richardson, Australia, AVC, 6, 172 · Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, AVC, 8, 1,220 · Taichi Morikawa/Koichi Nishimura, Japan, AVC, 6, 170 · Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden, CEV, 8, 1,180 24, Casey Augoustides/Patrik Flisberg, South Africa, CAVB, 8, 166 · Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France, CEV, 8, 1,170 · Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway, CEV, 8, 990

· The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the 2007 China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at Marseille, France. 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).

2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders, one event (km/h)

Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Pablo Herrera ESP 99.2 Adelaide 11 Trent Irwin AUS 84.9 Adelaide 2 Julius Brink GER 92.0 Adelaide 12 Marcio Araujo BRA 84.5 Adelaide 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 90.5 Adelaide 13 Oleg Nikolayev UKR 83.9 Adelaide 4 Richard Schuil NED 90.0 Adelaide 14 Andy Ces FRA 83.5 Adelaide 5 Joshua Slack AUS 89.2 Adelaide 15 Christoph Dieckmann GER 83.0 Adelaide 6 Harley Marques BRA 89.0 Adelaide 16 Matt Fuerbringer USA 82.6 Adelaide 6 Linyin Xu CHN 89.0 Adelaide 17 Kevin Ces FRA 82.1 Adelaide 8 Phil Dalhausser USA 88.0 Adelaide 18 Andrew Schacht AUS 81.0 Adelaide 8 Reinder Nummerdor NED 88.0 Adelaide 18 Penggen Wu CHN 81.0 Adelaide 10 XU Linyin CHN 86.0 Adelaide 20 Peter Gartmayer AUT 80.1 Adelaide

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Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points 1, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA, NORCECA, 8, 5,840 · Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic, CEV, 8, 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, CSV, 8, 5,240 960 3, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, AVC, 8, 5,200 · Marie-Andree Lessard/Sarah Maxwell, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 940 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, AVC, 8, 4,260 · Eiko Koizumi/Shinako Tanaka, Japan, AVC, 8, 910 5, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,080 · Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy, CEV, 8, 890 6, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA, NORCECA, 8, 3,800 · Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil, CSV, 6, 816 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,530 · Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, CEV, 8, 782 8, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, CEV, 8, 3,380 · Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain, CEV, 8, 780 9, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, AVC, 8, 3,220 · Adriana Behar/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, CSV, 2, 780 · Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, CSV, 8, 3,060 · Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, CSV, 2, 720 10, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,950 · Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, AVC, 8, 680 · Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, CSV, 8, 2,940 · Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 676 · Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, NORCECA, 8, · Sanne Keizer/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 640 2,900 · Geeske Banck/Susanne Lahme, Germany, CEV, 5, 600 · Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,820 · Deborah Giaoui/Eva Hamzaoui, France, CEV, 8, 582 · Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, CSV, 8, · Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine, CEV, 8, 500 2,680 · Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain, CEV, 8, 490 11, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, CEV, 8, 2,660 · Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, CEV, 8, 490 · Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, AVC, 8, 2,600 · Linjun Ji/Ying Zhang, China, AVC, 3, 438 12, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, CEV, 8, 2,460 · Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, England, CEV, 8, 396 · Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, NORCECA, · Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan, AVC, 8, 384 8, 2,324 · Tatiana Barerra/Virginie Kadjo, France, CEV, 5, 378 · Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,130 · Maria Antonelli/LeÃ£o Vanilda, Brazil, CSV, 4, 378 13, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 2,100 · Tatiana Barerra/Celine Gemise Fareau, France, CEV, 6, 354 14, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 2,060 · Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia, CEV, 8, 342 15, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, CEV, 8, 1,890 · Miwa Asao/Takemi Nishibori, Japan, AVC, 8, 314 16, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, CEV, 8, 1,880 · Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, Brazil, CSV, 1, 300 17, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, CEV, 8, 1,810 · Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, NORCECA, 8, 294 18, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 1,800 · Nadia Erni/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 294 19, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia, CEV, 8, 1,750 · Chrisi Gschweidl/Barbara Hansel, Austria, CEV, 6, 288 20, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 1,530 · Heike Jensen/Summer Lochowicz, Australia, AVC, 8, 272 21, Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan, AVC, 8, 1,500 · Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden, CEV, 7, 264 22, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, CEV, 8, 1,480 · Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 260 23, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, CEV, 8, 1,450 · Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, CEV, 4, 258 24, Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia, CEV, 8, 1,400 · Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, CEV, 1, 240 · Andrezza Martins/Cristine Santanna, Georgia, CEV, 8, 1,200 Africa, Judith Augoustides/Leigh-Ann Naidoo, South Africa, · Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, CEV, 8, 1,130 CAVB, 7, 206 · Dana Cooke/Annie Martin, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 1,080

2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Serving Leaders, one event (km/h)

Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Marleen Van Iersel NED 80.4 Adelaide 11 Elaine Youngs USA 70.0 Adelaide 2 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 78.0 Adelaide 12 Shelda Bede BRA 69.7 Adelaide 3 Sara Goller GER 77.0 Adelaide 12 Annie Martin CAN 69.7 Adelaide 4 Larissa Franca BRA 76.0 Adelaide 14 Jia Tian CHN 69.4 Adelaide 5 Nicole Branagh USA 73.0 Adelaide 15 Chiaki Kusuhara JPN 69.0 Adelaide 6 Hella Jurick GER 72.3 Adelaide 15 Maloes Wesselink NED 69.0 Adelaide 7 Okka Rau GER 72.0 Adelaide 17 Jie Wang CHN 67.1 Adelaide 7 Laura Ludwig GER 72.0 Adelaide 17 Rieke Brink-Abeler GER 67.1 Adelaide 9 Renata Ribeiro BRA 71.0 Adelaide 19 Alexandra Shiryaeva RUS 67.0 Adelaide 10 Satoko Urata JPN 70.3 Adelaide 20 Johannah Rohkamper AUS 66.8 Adelaide

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· Brazil vs. United States...... Brazil leads 22-16 · Australia vs. Switzerland ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Argentina vs. Brazil...... Brazil leads 14-8 · Brazil vs. Australia...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland...... Brazil leads 16-4 · Brazil vs. China ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 12-3 · Brazil vs. France ...... France leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Norway ...... Tied 5-5 · Brazil vs. Russia ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Canada...... Brazil leads 4-1 · Canada vs. United States...... USA leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Switzerland ...... Tied 2-2 · Canada vs. Switzerland...... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Spain ...... Brazil leads 2-1 · Cuba vs. United States ...... Cuba leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba...... Brazil leads 2-0 · Estonia vs. Switzerland ...... Estonia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Netherlands ...... Tied 1-1 · France vs. Norway ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal...... Portugal leads 2-0 · Germany vs. United States ...... Germany leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States ...... USA leads 2-0 · Norway vs. United States ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Switzerland vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1 · Russia vs. United States ...... USA leads 1-0 · Argentina vs. Norway...... Norway leads 1-0

Comebacks - Four teams, including three from Brazil and one from Estonia, have dropped matches in the opening round of a double-elimination tournament and rebounded to win the gold medal. Here is the “comeback stories”: · Emanuel Rego and Ze Marco de Melo, 1996 Pornichet, France, and 1997 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (32 teams). · Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes, 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships, Berlin, Germany (48 teams). · Emanuel and Ricardo Santos, 2006 Marseille, France (32 teams). · Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2007 Zagreb, Croatia (32 teams).

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· Brazil vs. USA...... United States leads 42-29 · Brazil vs. Cuba...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Australia ...... Brazil leads 6-2 · Brazil vs. Japan ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China...... Brazil leads 6-2 · China vs. Cuba ...... China leads 1-0 · Australia vs. USA...... USA leads 5-1 · China vs. Norway...... China leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 5-0 · Germany vs. Netherlands ...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · China vs. United States ...... USA leads 5-0 · Greece vs. United States ...... USA leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Greece ...... Tied 1-1 · Japan vs. United States ...... USA leads 1-0 · Australia vs. China...... Australia leads 1-0

TOP SEVEN - Six Brazilian women tandems finished among the top seven finishes in the 2004 Rio de Janeiro event. This was a “first” in SWATCH-FIVB World Tour history for either men or women teams.

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