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FACT SHEET – $100,000 FIVB Mica Mall Kish Island Open Three Star Kish Island, Iran, February 20-24, 2018

Updated on February 18, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Swatch Major Series, ten four-star events, five three-star events, five two-star events, and 16 one-star events, along with the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in , Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. One event held in October, 2018 in China (Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour.

· The men’s-only $100,000 FIVB Kish Island Three Star is the seventh men’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The event will be played on the Grand Recreational Pier on Sanaiee Street. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com.

· February 20-24, Kish Island, Iran, Men, $100,000 – Iran has hosted just two previous FIVB World Tour events, both for men only. The inaugural Kish Island Open kicked off the 2016 portion of the 2016 FIVB World Tour in February, 2016 and the second Kish Island Open was played in February, 2017. Iran’s best finishes have been two 17ths in the 2016

event and four 17ths in the 2017 event. · · The FIVB Kish Island Three Star starts February 20 and concludes February 24. The winning team will share the $13,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Tuesday, February 20 ...... Qualifying Matches · Wednesday, February 21 ...... Main Draw Modified Pool Play Matches · Thursday, February 22 ...... Main Draw Modified Pool Play and Elimination Matches · Friday, February 23 ...... Quarterfinal and Semi-Final Matches · Saturday, February 24 ...... Medal Matches

· A total of 56 teams from 28 countries are entered into the FIVB Kish Island Three Star (as of February 18, 2018), including Austria (4 teams), Belarus (1), Canada (1), China (1), Croatia (1), Denmark (1), Estonia (1), Finland (1), France (2), Germany (4), Indonesia (2), Iran (5), Italy (2), Latvia (3), Lithuania (1), Netherlands (2), Norway (1), Poland (3), Qatar (1), Russia (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (3), Thailand (2), Turkey (2), Ukraine (3), United States (4), and Venezuela (1).

· The FIVB Kish Island Three Star is the 374th men’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The women have played 337 FIVB World Tour events. The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... Page · Past FIVB World Tour Results in Iran (2016 to present for men) ...... 1 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ...... 2 · FIVB Kish Island Three Star Entries (through February 18) ...... 3 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ...... 4 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ...... 5 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ...... 6 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ...... 7 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 8 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 9 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 10 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 11 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 12 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 13

Past Iran Men’s Medals – Russia 3, Poland 2, Qatar 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Kish Island 2016 Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, QAT Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, RUS Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, POL 2. Kish Island 2017 Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, RUS Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, POL Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, RUS

FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships 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 Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Athens 2004 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States /, United States ...... Beijing 2008 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States /, Germany ...... London 2012 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States /, Brazil ...... Rio 2016 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ...... Youth Olympic Champions ...... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ...... Nanjing 2014 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October 6-18 ...... Buenos Aires 2018 ...... olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions ...... Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ...... Los Angeles 1997 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil /Jose Loiola, Brazil ...... Marseille 1999...... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina ...... 2001 ...... Adriana/Shelda, 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 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... Stavanger 2009 ...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ...... Rome 2011 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Netherlands 2015 ...... Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ...... Austria 2017 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ...... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Poland 2013 ...... Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ...... Poland 2014 ...... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball 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 Solberg, 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 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy ...... Great Britain 2008 ...... Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Great Britain 2009 ...... Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada ...... Alanya 2010 ...... Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Canada 2011 ...... Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Canada 2012 ...... Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ...... Croatia 2013 ...... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2014 ...... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Switzerland 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil ...... China 2017 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ...... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ...... Greece 2002* ...... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany ...... Thailand 2003* ...... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania ...... Italy 2004* ...... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia ...... France 2005 ...... Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany ...... Bermuda 2006 ...... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Poland 2007 ...... Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia ...... Netherlands 2008 ...... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Turkey 2009 ...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Portugal 2010 ...... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ...... Croatia 2011 ...... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2012 ...... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ...... Portugal 2013 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Portugal 2014 ...... Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ...... Cyprus 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil Nanjing ...... China 2018 ...... June 26-July 1 *For players under the age of 18 through 2004 Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions ...... Girls Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland ...... Mexico 2014 ...... Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Kish Island Three Star Entries (as of February 18, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl, Austria Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria Jake MacNeil/Michael Plantinga, Canada Julian Horl/Tobias Winter, Austria Peng Gao/Yang Li, China Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus Marin Jercic/Josip Pribanic, Croatia Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren, Finland Martin Hansen/Mads Rosager, Denmark Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann, Germany Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso, France Mohammad Ashfiya/Ade Rachmawan, Indonesia Max Betzien/Jonathan Erdmann, Germany Abolhamed Mirzaali/Aghamohammad Salagh, Iran Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany Abbas Pourasgari/Arash Vakili, Iran Alexander Walkenhorst/Sven Winter, Germany Rahman Raoufi/Bahman Salemiinjehboroun, Iran Danangsyah Pribadi/Gilang Ramadhan, Indonesia Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy Alireza Aghajanighasab/Mohammad Sadeghi, Iran Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia Mojtaba Amiri/Javad Firouzpourbandpei, Iran Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta, Italy Haralds Regza/Kristaps Smits, Latvia Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway Mateusz Lysikowski/Mateusz Paszkowski , Poland Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Sergey Gorbenko/Vasilii Ivanov, Russia Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland Danijel Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman, Sweden Simon Hagenbuch/Quentin Metral, Switzerland Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud, Thailand Casey Patterson/Stafford Slick, United States Surin Jongklang/Adisorn Khaolumtarn, Thailand Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Mermer, Turkey Ali Berke Sagir/Sefa Urlu, Turkey Oleksiy Denin/Denys Denysenko, Ukraine Iaroslav Gordieiev/Evgen Zhuravel, Ukraine Sergiy Popov/Vladyslav Yemel'yanchyk, Ukraine Trevor Crabb/Skylar DelSol, United States Adam Roberts/Eric Zaun, United States Tigrito Gomez/Peter Hernandez, Venezuela

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.55 million in prize money, with three Swatch Major Series five-star events, ten four-star events, five three-star events, five two-star events, and 16 one-star events, along with the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One age-group FIVB World Championships, for players under the age of 19 will also be played. The 2018 FIVB World Tour began in September of 2017 and concludes in August, 2018. One event being played in October, 2018 in China (Yangzhou) is part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90.

· The international beach volleyball circuit visits 39 sites in 26 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, 2018. · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 36 men’s and 36 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.55 million in prize money. · All three five-star events and the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final will be for both genders. The combined purse for each of the five-star events is $600,000 and the total purse will be $800,000 for the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final. · The three five-star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2017 sites in United States (Fort Lauderdale) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 is Vienna, Austria. · The showcase event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour is the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August 14-19. · Ten of the eleven four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar will be for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), and will be played in China (Xiamen and Yangzhou), United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), Japan (Tokyo), and Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. The Yangzhou event is part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The first event for both genders was in China (Qinzhou), and the other three for both genders will be held in Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Morocco (Agadir). The event in Iran (Kish Island) will be for men only. · The two-star events have a purse of $50,000 each, either split between two genders or paid to a single gender. The first double-gender event was held in Australia (Sydney) while the next two will be in China (Jinjiang) and Singapore. Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women’s-only events. · The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender, with the first single-gender event played in France (Montpellier) in September, 2017 for men only. The other single-gender events for women will be held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan), while the events for men-only will be played in Oman and the Netherlands (Aalsmeer). Aalsmeer also hosted a double-gender one-star event in October, 2017. The other double-gender events will be held in Australia (Shepparton), Thailand (Satun and Bangkok), Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Manila), Turkey (Aydin, Alanya, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), and India (Koichi) · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 in China (Nanjing) from July 11-16. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. · France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men’s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, 2017. The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands November 22-25 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O’Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November 23-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February 20-24 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men $100,000 Feb 27-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men & Women $600,000 March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men $150,000 March 14-17 Oman One-Star Men $10,000 March 15-18 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men $10,000 April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men & Women $20,000 April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 2-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 4-7 Nanjing, China Two-Star Women $50,000 May 9-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women $10,000 May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 24-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June 21-24 Singapore, Singapore Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 26-July 1 Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls June 27-July 1 Poland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June 28-July 1 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $20,000 July 4-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 10-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July 12-15 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July 18-21 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July 25-29 Agadir, Morocco Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $20,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000 August 2-5 Kochi, India One-Star Men & Women $20,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August 14-19 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000

2019 FIVB World Tour October 10-14 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results

Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/, Brazil February 15-18 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada March 17-19 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil June 16-18 Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States June 17-18 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil June 23-25 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China

June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada

June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil

July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil July 14-16 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany July 20-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany July 28-30 Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of February 12, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 13*, 4,280 2, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 12*, 3,720 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10*, 3,560 4, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 13*, 3,240 5, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 12*, 3,236 6, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 3,196 7, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 6, 3,120 8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 11*, 2,880 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10*, 2,876 10, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 14*, 2,760 11, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 13*, 2,720 12, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 12*, 2,640 13, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11*, 2,568 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 11*, 2,500 15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9*, 2,460 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 11*, 2,280 17, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 15*, 2,260 18, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 16*, 2,216 19, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 9*, 2,120 20, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 6, 2,040 21, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 11*, 1,880 21, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 5, 1,880 23, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 7, 1,860 24, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 18*, 1,808 25, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1,804

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 2, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 12*, 4,380 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 12*, 3,760 4, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 11*, 3,620 5, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 13*, 3,440 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 12*, 3,180 6, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 12*, 3,180 8, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 14*, 2,932 9, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 9*, 2,780 10, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 11*, 2,720 11, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9*, 2,616 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 8, 2,544 13, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 7, 2,320 14, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 5, 2,280 15, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,240 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 11*, 2,000 17, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 11*, 1,990 18, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 8, 1,962 18, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 15*, 1,960 20, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 21, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 9*, 1,900 22, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 13*, 1,824 23, Tatyana Mashkova/Bakhtygul Samalikova, Kazakhstan, 10*, 1,680 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10*, 1,640 25, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 8, 1,536

* Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through February 18, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 4, 1,000 2, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 2, 880 3, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 2, 800 4, Cole Durant/Zachery Schubert, Australia, 4, 740 5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 1, 720 5, Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States, 4, 720 7, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 2, 700 8, Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France, 4, 640 8, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 1, 640 10, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 3, 620 10, Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia, 5, 620 12, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 3, 600 12, Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia, 1, 600 14, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 4, 560 14, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 1, 560 14, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 2, 560 17, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 2, 480 17, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 1, 480 17, Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands, 5, 480 17, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 2, 480 21, Danijel Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia, 3, 440 22, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 1, 400 22, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 1, 400 22, Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia, 3, 400 22, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 1, 400 22, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 1, 400 22, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 2, 400 22, Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States, 1, 400

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 4, 1,040 2, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 2, 1,000 3, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 2, 880 4, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 3, 820 5, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 1, 800 6, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 4, 760 7, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 1, 720 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 2, 680 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 1, 640 10, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 2, 620 10, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 3, 620 12, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 1, 560 12, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 3, 560 14, Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania, 4, 520 15, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 1, 480 15, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 1, 480 15, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 1, 480 18, Tina Graudina/Anastasija Kravcenoka, Latvia, 2, 440 19, Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand, 3, 432 20, Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania, 2, 420 21, Louise Bawden/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia, 2, 400 21, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 1, 400 21, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 1, 400 21, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 1, 400 21, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 1, 400 21, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 1, 400

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through February 18, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 1, 1, $20,000 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 1, 0, $16,000 3, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 4, 0, $10,100 4, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 2, 1, $10,000 4, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 1, 0, $10,000 6, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 1, 0, $8,000 6, Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia, 1, 1, $8,000 8, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 2, 0, $7,600 9, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 2, 0, $6,500 10, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 3, 0, $6,000 10, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 1, 0, $6,000 10, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 1, 0, $6,000 10, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 1, 0, $6,000 14, Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States, 3, 0, $5,890 15, Cole Durant/Zachery Schubert, Australia, 4, 0, $5,600 16, Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France, 3, 0, $5,300 17, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 3, 0, $5,200 18, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 1, 0, $5,000 19, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 3, 0, $4,100 20, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 1, 0, $4,000 20, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 1, 0, $4,000 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 1, 0, $4,000 20, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 1, 0, $4,000 20, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 1, 0, $4,000 20, Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States, 1, 0, $4,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 1, 1, $20,000 2, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 1, 0, $16,000 3, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 2, 2, $12,000 4, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 4, 0, $10,790 5, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 2, 0, $10,000 5, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 1, 0, $10,000 7, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 3, 0, $8,100 8, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $8,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 2, 0, $8,000 10, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 4, 0, $7,230 11, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 2, 0, $6,600 12, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 1, 0, $6,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $6,000 12, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 1, 0, $6,000 15, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 3, 0, $5,900 16, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 3, 0, $4,900 17, Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania, 4, 0, $4,400 18, Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania, 2, 0, $4,100 19, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 1, 0, $4,000 19, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 1, 0, $4,000 19, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 1, 0, $4,000 19, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 1, 0, $4,000 19, Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand, 3, 0, $4,000 19, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 1, 0, $4,000 25, Louise Bawden/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia, 2, 0, $3,900

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180 1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650 5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440 6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320 7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280 8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720 12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480 13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400 14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160 16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050 18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020 19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960 21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940 22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910 23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900 24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390

25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500 24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500

Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 193 140 136 ...... 469 101 ...... 570 United States 72 61 53 ...... 186 45 ...... 231 Germany 18 34 28 ...... 80 36 ...... 116 Switzerland 9 23 20 ...... 52 18 ...... 70 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15 ...... 52 Netherlands 15 12 9 ...... 36 15 ...... 51 Italy 7 11 10 ...... 28 14 ...... 42 Norway 8 6 13 ...... 27 15 ...... 42 Russia 7 8 11 ...... 26 13 ...... 39 Canada 3 10 13 ...... 26 12 ...... 38 Latvia 12 8 6 ...... 26 8 ...... 34 Spain 4 9 12 ...... 25 9 ...... 34 Poland 2 9 10 ...... 21 10 ...... 31 Australia 2 3 12 ...... 17 10 ...... 27 France 3 3 6 ...... 12 10 ...... 22 China 2 6 4 ...... 12 4 ...... 16 Austria 0 5 4 ...... 9 9 ...... 18 Cuba 2 2 2 ...... 6 2 ...... 8 Mexico 0 2 4 ...... 6 0 ...... 6 Qatar 1 2 0 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6 ...... 8 Estonia 1 0 1 ...... 2 3 ...... 5 Chile 0 2 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 New Zealand 0 0 2 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Turkey 0 0 2 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Czech Republic 0 1 0 ...... 1 4 ...... 5 Japan 0 0 1 ...... 1 2 ...... 3 Slovenia 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Iran 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Serbia 0 0 0 ...... 0 2 ...... 2 Belgium 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Morocco 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Ukraine 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 373 373 374 ...... 1,120 372 ...... 1,492

. There have been 373 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 288 events: . Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32 . Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 . Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 . Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 6-5 . Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Norway Tied 5-5 . Australia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-3 . Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1 . Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Latvia Tied 3-3 . Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3 . Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1 . Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 4-1 . Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0 . Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-1 . Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1 . Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2 . China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0 . Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1 . Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1 . France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-0 . France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0 . France vs. Spain France leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0 . China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0 . Latvia vs. Poland Latvia leads 1-0 . Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 . Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 . China vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 . Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0

Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 159 130 127 ...... 416 89 ...... 505 United States 107 76 73 ...... 256 70 ...... 326 China 23 35 27 ...... 85 21 ...... 106 Germany 18 30 28 ...... 76 34 ...... 110 Australia 6 13 20 ...... 39 22 ...... 61 Switzerland 6 4 9 ...... 19 7 ...... 26 Netherlands 5 6 7 ...... 18 19 ...... 37 Italy 1 6 8 ...... 15 11 ...... 26 Canada 4 5 5 ...... 14 6 ...... 20 Czech Republic 4 2 7 ...... 13 11 ...... 24 Austria 0 4 5 ...... 9 8 ...... 17 Russia 2 2 5 ...... 9 3 ...... 12 Greece 1 4 3 ...... 8 8 ...... 16 Japan 1 4 2 ...... 7 6 ...... 13 Spain 0 5 2 ...... 7 4 ...... 11 Norway 0 2 2 ...... 4 2 ...... 6 Poland 0 2 1 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Slovak Republic 0 0 3 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Cuba 0 2 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Thailand 0 2 0 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Lithuania 0 0 2 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Argentina 0 1 0 ...... 1 4 ...... 5 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 2 ...... 3 Finland 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Ukraine 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Paraguay 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Vanuatu 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 337 337 338 ...... 1,012 336 ...... 1,348

. There have been 337 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 252 events: . Brazil vs. United States United States leads 52-44 . Brazil vs. Japan Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 17-7 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 14-8 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 1-0 . China vs. United States United States leads 11-6 . Brazil vs. Ukraine Brazil leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 7-2 . Canada vs. Czech Republic Canada leads 1-0 . Australia vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . China vs. Cuba China leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . China vs. Norway China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 4-0 . China vs. Spain China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 3-1 . Czech Republic vs. Germany Czech Republic leads 1-0 . China vs. Germany China leads 3-1 . Czech Republic vs. Italy Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Japan Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Greece vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Finland vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Germany Canada leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Spain Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Germany leads 2-1 . Italy vs. Switzerland Italy leads 1-0 . Australia vs. China Australia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 2-0 . Japan vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Greece Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Thailand Japan leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Canada Canada leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Poland Australia leads 1-0 . Spain vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 1-0 . Thailand vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Czech Republic Czech Republic leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1