2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de [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 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 ...... /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/, Brazil July 24-29 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland ...... /, 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/, 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/, 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

· The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals).

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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, /Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 4,000 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 6, 1, $136,500 10, /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, 3,060 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 17, 0, $92,100 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/, 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/, Germany, 12, 0, $121,500 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,860 7, /, 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, /, 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.

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China, Shanghai, May 1-5, $200,000 France, Paris, June 20-24, $300,000 1. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $32,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $43,500 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $22,000 2. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $29,500 3. Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $16,000 3. Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States, $23,000 4. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $12,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 15-21, 22- Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo vs. Cunha/Franco, 19-21, 21-17, 20, 15-12 (65 minutes) 15-12 (71) Bronze - Heuscher/Heyer def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-19, Bronze - Lambert/Metzger def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-12, 21- 21-17 (46) 17 (42) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 102.7 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Yannick Salvetti, France, 96.2 km/h Bahrain, Manama, May 8-12, $200,000 1. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, Norway, Stavanger, June 28-July 1, $300,000 $32,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43,500 2. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $22,000 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 3. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16,000 3. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $23,000 4. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $12,000 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Cunha/Franco, 17-21, 21-19, Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-14, 15-13 (68) 27-25 (55) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-19, 21- Bronze - Wu/Xu def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-18, 19-21, 15- 12 (46) 13 (66) SWATCH MOP - Nummerdor SWATCH MOP - Fabio SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 101.9 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h

Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 23-27, $200,000 Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $32,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 2. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $22,000 2. Schacht/Slack, Australia, $22,000 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 3. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $16,000 4. Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, $12,000 4. Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, $12,000 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 23-21, Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Schacht/Slack, 17-21, 21-13, 16-21, 15-12 (80) 18-16 (61) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Herrera/Mesa, 21-14, 21- Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. De Gruijter/Ronnes, 21-15, 17 (50) 21-16 (40) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, 98.2 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Harley, 94.9 km/h Croatia, Zagreb, June 6-10, $200,000 Germany, Berlin, July 11-15, $300,000 1. Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $32,000 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $43,500 2. Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland, $22,000 2. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, $29,500 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 3. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $23,000 4. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, $12,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Kais/Vesik def. Heuscher/Heyer, 21-19, 17-21, 17-15 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio won by forfeit over (64) Klemperer/Koreng (15-21, 21-16, 9-9, retired (74) Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Schacht/Slack, 21-14, 21- Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers won by forfeit over 12 (41) Brink/Dieckmann SWATCH MOP - Kais SWATCH MOP - Klemperer SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.7 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 99.9 km/h Portugal, Espinho, June 13-17, $200,000 France, Marseille, July 18-22, $200,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 1. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $32,000 2. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $22,000 2. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, $22,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16,000 3. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $16,000 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $12,000 4. Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Cunha/Franco, 18-21, 21-17, Gold - Cunha/Franco def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-9, 17-21, 15- 19-17 (69) 7 (53) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Harley/Salgado, 21-16, Bronze - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Asahi/Shiratori, 21-19, 21- 21-16 (43) 15 (50) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH MOP - Franco SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Joshua Slack, Australia, 92.3 km/h Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 14 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org 2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Fours”

Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-29, $500,000 Russia, St. Petersburg, August 29-September 2, $200,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $60,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $32,000 2. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $45,000 2. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $22,000 3. Schacht/Slack, Australia, $35,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16,000 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $28,000 4. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-16, Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-14, 23- 21-14 (45) 21 (44) Bronze - Schacht/Slack def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-17, 21-19 Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Cunha/Franco, 21-11, 21- (47) 13 (38) SWATCH MOP - Rogers SWATCH MOP - Kolodinsky SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 108.9 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Not available

Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-5, $300,000 Poland, Stare Jablonki, September 5-9, $200,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, $43,500 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 2. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $29,500 2. Baracetti/Conde, Argentina, $22,000 3. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $23,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16,000 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $18,400 4. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-13, 21- GOLD - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-17, 21- 14 (44) 14 (38) Bronze - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21- BRONZE - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Cunha/Franco, 21-16, 14, 21-8 (32) 21-15 (51) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koreng, 109.4 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Dominik Witczak, Poland, 103.0 km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 8-12, $175,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $30,000 Brazil, Fortaleza, September 26-30, $200,000 2. Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 $20,000 2. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $22,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $14,500 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $16,000 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $10,500 4. Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Reckerman/urbatzka, 21-15, GOLD - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-13. 21-9 (35) 21-15 (39) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 19- BRONZE - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Laciga/Schnider, 21-14, 21, 21-19, 15-12 (61) 21-17 (46) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 105.5 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koichi Nishimura, Japan & Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 93.0 km/h Finland, Aland, August 15-19, $200,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $32,000 2. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $22,000 3. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, $16,000 4. Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, $12,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 21-18, 21-18 (55) Bronze - Gosch/Horst def. Kjemperud/Skarlund, 21-13, 17- 21, 16-14 (62) SWATCH MOP - Salgado SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 85.0 km/h

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China, Shanghai, May 2-6, $200,000 Portugal, Espinho, June 12-16, $200,000 1. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $32,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 2. Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, $22,000 2. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $22,000 3. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $16,000 3. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $16,000 4. Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $12,000 4. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, Gold - Wang/Tian def. Hakedal/Torlen, 14-21, 21-18, 15- $12,000 13 (59) Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Goller/Ludwig, 17-21, 21-16, Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Leila/Ana Paula, 16-21, 21- 15-13 (58) 17, 15-10 (50) Bronze - Talita/Renata def. Arvaniti/Kardassiou, 21-15, SWATCH MOP - Jie Wang 17-21, 16-14 (61) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nadia Campsi, 85.4 km/h SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, 83.0 km/h Singapore, Sentosa, May 23-27, $200,000 1. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $32,000 France, Paris, June 19-24, $300,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $16,000 $43,500 4. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 $12,000 3. Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, Gold - Talita/Renata def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, 21-19 (43) $23,000 Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-18, 21-9 4. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $18,400 (46) Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-15, 21-12 SWATCH MOP - Renata (42) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 78.5 km/h Bronze - Turner/Wacholder def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, 21-16 (41) Korea, Seoul, May 30-June 1, $200,000 SWATCH MOP - Walsh 1. Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, $32,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Walsh, 80.8 km/h 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $16,000 Norway, Stavanger, June 27-30, $300,000 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 1. Jen Boss/April Ross, United States, $43,500 Gold - Barnett/Cook def. Wang/Tian, 21-19, 21-19 (44) 2. Tian/Wang, China, China, $29,500 Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Leila/Ana Paula, 25-23, 21- 3. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $23,000 18 (45) 4. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $18,400 SWATCH MOP - Cook Gold - Boss/Ross def. Wang/Tian, 21-14, 21-12 (44) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 79.2 km/h Bronze - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Goller/Ludwig, 21-15, 21-13 (36) Poland, Warsaw, June 6-10, $200,000 SWATCH MOP - Ross 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 84.0 km/h 2. Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil, $22,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $16,000 Canada, Montreal, July 4-8, $200,000 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $12,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Adriana/Shelda, 21-18, 21-17 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $22,000 (46) 3. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $16,000 Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Talita/Renata, 21-18, 21-14 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $12,000 (39) Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Xue/Zhang, 21-16, 16- SWATCH MOP - Juliana 21, 15-12 (54) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Chiaki Kusuhara, 78.2 km/h Bronze - Adriana/Shelda def. Leila/Ana Paula, 23-21, 21- 19 (50) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 83.6 km/h

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Germany, Berlin, July 11-14, $300,000 Norway, Kristiansand, August 7-11, $175,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $30,000 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $29,500 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $20,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, China, $23,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $14,500 4. Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil, $18,400 4. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 18-21, Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Xue/Zhang, 21-17, 21-16 (38) 21-15, 15-7 (45) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Pohl/Rau, 21-17, 21-15 (39) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Leila/Ana Paula, 21-19, 23-21 SWATCH MOP - Larissa (54) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Janne Kongshavn, 79.7 km/h SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.0 km/h Finland, Aland, August 14-18, $200,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 France, Marseille, June 17-21, $200,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $22,000 1. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $32,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $16,000 2. Xue/Zhang, China, $22,000 4. Ana Paula/Adriana, Brazil, $12,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $16,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Tian/Wang, 21-19, 21-15 (38) 4. Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Ana Paula/Adriana, 21-18, 14- $12,000 21, 18-16 (54) Gold - Talita/Renata def. Xue/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, 15-7 SWATCH MOP - Juliana (57) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Larissa, 77.2 km/h Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, 21- 11, 21-14 (41) Russia, St. Petersburg, August 28-September 1, SWATCH MOP - Renata $200,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Goller, Germany, 75.0 km/h 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $32,000 2. Boss/Ross, USA, $22,000 Switzerland, Gstaad, July 24-28, $500,000 3. Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA, $16,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $60,000 4. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece, $12,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $45,000 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Boss/Ross, 23-21, 21-17 (48) 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $35,000 Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21- 4. Xue/Zhang, China, $28,000 14, 21-14 (36) Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Wang/Tian, 21-16, 21-10 SWATCH MOP - Juliana (39) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Not available Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Xu/Zhang, 19-21, 21-19, 18-16 (64) Brazil, Fortaleza, September 25-39, $200,000 SWATCH MOP - Walsh 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Nicole Branagh, United 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $22,000 States, 77.6, km/h 3. Branagh/Youngs, USA, $16,000 4. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil, $12,000 Austria, Klagenfurt, August 1-4, $300,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-16, 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 21-14 (40) 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $29,500 Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21- 3. Goller/Ludwig, Germany, $23,000 16, 21-14 (43) 4. Xue/Zhang, China, $18,400 SWATCH MOP - Walsh Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-16, SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, United States, 81.0 km/h 23-21 (46) Bronze - Goller/Ludwig def. Xue/Zhang, 21-15, 21-19 Thailand, Phuket, October 31-November 4, $200,000 (39) 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $32,000 SWATCH MOP - Walsh 2. Branagh/Youngs, USA, $22,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - April Ross, United States, 3. Tian/Wang, China, $16,000 82.9 km/h 4. Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, $12,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Branagh.Youngs, 21-18, 16-21, 15-13 (58) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Brink-Abeler/Jurich, 21-18, 21- 15 (38) SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 85.5 km//h Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 14 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org 2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 MEN’S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam stops through September 30, 2007

Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 14 5 7 ...... 26 5 ...... 31 Russia 0 2 3 ...... 5 3 ...... 8 Germany 0 4 0 ...... 4 3 ...... 7 United States 1 1 2 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Netherlands 1 1 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Australia 0 1 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Switzerland 0 1 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Argentina 0 2 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Austria 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 China 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Estonia 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Norway 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Japan 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Spain 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1

Event...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Event...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...... Harley Marques, Brazil Marseille ...... Franco, Brazil Bahrain ...... Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands Gstaad ...... Todd Rogers, United States Roseto ...... Emanuel Rego, Brazil Klagenfurt...... Ricardo, Brazil Zagreb ...... Kristjan Kais, Estonia Kristiansand ...... Ricardo, Brazil Espinho...... Emanuel, Brazil Aland ...... Pedro Salgado, Brazil Paris ...... Franco Neto, Brazil St. Petersburg ...... Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Stavanger ...... Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil Stare Jablonki ...... Ricardo, Brazil Montreal...... Ricardo Santos, Brazil Fortaleza...... Emanuel, Brazil Berlin ...... David Klemperer, Germany 2007 Season ...... Ricardo, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders, 16 events (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 110.0 Portugal, Stavanger 11 Felix Blauel AUT 98.1 Austria 2 Eric Koreng GER 109.4 Austria 12 Linyin Xu CHN 97.9 Croatia 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 105.0 Austria 13 Yannick Salvetti FRA 96.2 Paris 4 Jonas Reckermann GER 103.2 Austria 14 Marcio Araujo BRA 96.1 Portugal 5 Dominik Witczak POL 103.0 Poland 15 Vyacheslav Makhortov RUS 96.0 Poland 6 Dmitri Barsouk RUS 101.0 Croatia 16 Grga Trimcevski CRO 95.7 Croatia 7 Julius Brink GER 100.8 Poland 17 Joshual Slack AUS 95.5 Croatia 8 Richard Schuil NED 100.0 Stavanger 18 Wes Montgomery CAN 95.1 Italy 9 Vegard Hoidalen NOR 99.6 Kristiansand 19 Iver Horrem NOR 95.0 Stavanger 10 Conrad Leinemann CAN 99.4 Croatia 19 Miguel Maia POR 95.0 Portugal

Season ...... Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Points Champions 2007 Men’s Seed Break-throughs...... Number 1989-90...... /, United States Winner's Bracket ...... 154 1990-91...... Smith/Stoklos, United States 1991-92...... Smith/Stoklos, United States Contender's Bracket...... 112 1992-93...... Smith/Stoklos, United States Pool Play...... 59 1993-94...... Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil Semi-Finals...... 10 1994-95...... Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway Bronze Medal...... 7 1995-96...... Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil 1996...... ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil Gold Medal...... 6 1997...... ZeMarco/Emanuel, Brazil Totals ...... 348 1998...... Para Ferreira /Guilherme Marquez, Brazil 1999...... Emanuel/Jose Loiola, Brazil 2000...... ZeMarco/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2001...... Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil 2002...... Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 2003...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2004...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2005...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2006...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2007...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil

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Led by the $347,700 in earnings by Brazilians Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos, 14 men’s teams onthe 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour earned over $100,000 for the most for a calendar year in the 21-year history of the international Beach Volleyball Tour. The previous best was nine teams in both 1996 and 2005.

Rank Team, Country Earnings Season Rank Rank Team, Country Earnings Season Rank

1 Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil $355,000 2006 1 51 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States $136,500 2007 9 2 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil $347,700 2007 1 52 Martinez/Conde, Argentina $132,600 1998 5 3 Emanuel/Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil $332,000 1996 1 53 Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil $132,000 1996 8 4 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil $326,350 2005 1 54 Conde/Baracetti, Argentina $130,800 2004 5 5 Jose Loiola/Emanuel, Brazil $311,500 1999 1 55 Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany $130,350 2005 5 6 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil $299,000 2006 2 56 Kobel/Heuscher, Switzerland $129,750 2005 6 7 Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil $290,700 2005 2 57 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, Brazil $129,000 2004 6 8 Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil $270,900 2007 2 58 C. Dieckmann/A. Scheuerpflug, Germany $128,000 2005 7 9 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil $260,500 2004 1 59 Sinjin Smith/Carl Henkel, United States $125,500 1996 9 10 Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil $256,000 1995 1 60 Martinez/Conde, Argentina $120,900 1997 4

11 Ze Marco/Ricardo, Brazil $248,500 1999 2 61 J. Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany $120,700 2007 10 12 Guilherme Marques/Para Ferreira, Brazil $243,000 1996 2 62 M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany $118,150 2005 8 13 Emanuel/Ze Marco, Brazil $239,000 1995 2 63 Paulao/Paulo Emilio, Brazil $117,900 1997 5 14 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil $237,000 2003 1 64 Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil $117,510 2002 1 15 Ze Marco/Ricardo, Brazil $231,000 2000 1 65 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland $117,100 2004 7 16 Emanuel/Ze Marco, Brazil $225,400 1997 1 66 Brink/C. Dieckmann, Germany $116,100 2007 11 17 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil $223,000 2001 1 67 Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States $113,500 2001 5 18 Loiola/Emanuel, Brazil $221,850 1998 1 68 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway $111,250 1994 1 19 John Child/Mark Heese, Canada $216,500 1996 3 69 Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia $110,700 2007 12 20 Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, Argentina $214,500 1996 4 70 P. Laciga/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland $108,450 2005 9

21 Guilherme/Para, Brazil $210,400 1998 2 71 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina $106,800 2006 5 22 Conde/Mariano Baracetti, Argentina $207,000 2001 2 72 /, United States $106,450 2006 6 23 Harley Marques/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil $206,850 2005 3 73 Randy Stoklos/Sinjin Smith, United States $106,000 1992 1 24 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway $206,500 1996 5 74 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland $105,400 2007 13 25 Harley/Pedro Salgado, Brazil $206,200 2007 3 75 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland $103,500 2003 3 26 Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia $198,200 2007 4 76 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland $102,600 2004 8 27 Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil $193,000 1996 6 77 Franco/Harley, Brazil $101,500 2003 4 28 Loiola/Emanuel, Brazil $184,000 2000 2 78 Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria $101,100 2007 14 29 Guilherme/Para, Brazil $181,500 1999 3 79 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, Brazil $100,325 2002 2 30 Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil $180,000 2001 3 NR Guilherme/Andre Lima, Brazil $37,000 1991 1 31 Pedro Cunha/Franco, Brazil $179,900 2007 5 NR Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil $29,000 1993 1 32 Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany $177,400 2006 3 NR Stoklos/Smith, United States $27,000 1989 1 33 Cunha/Franco, Brazil $173,600 2006 4 NR Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil $13,676 1990 1 34 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, Brazil $173,500 2003 2 NR /Pat Powers, United States $12,00 1988 1 35 Guilherme/Para, Brazil $166,200 1997 2 NR Stoklos/Smith, United States $5,000 1987 1 36 Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland $165,600 2005 4 37 Franco/Tande, Brazil $158,250 2004 2 38 M. Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland $158,000 1999 4 39 M. Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany $157,000 2004 3 40 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland $154,000 2000 3

41 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland $152,000 2001 4 41 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, Brazil $152,000 2000 4 43 Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland $151,500 2004 4 44 /Mike Whitmarsh, United States $148,500 1996 7 45 Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway $147,200 1997 3 46 Ze Marco/Ricardo, Brazil $144,000 1998 3 46 R. Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands $144,000 2007 6 48 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland $142,800 1998 4 49 Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China $140,200 2007 7 50 Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina $138,100 2007 8

MEN’S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - Season Earnings Leaders

Season Team, Country ...... Earnings Season Team, Country...... Earnings 1987 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, USA ...... $5,000 1998 Jose Loiola/Emanuel, Brazil...... $221,850 1988 Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, United States...... $12,000 1999 Loiola/Emanuel, Brazil...... $311,500 1989 Smith/Stoklos, United States...... $27,000 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo Sanos, Brazil...... $231,000 1990 Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, Brazil...... $13,676 2001 Tande Ramos/Emanuel, Brazil...... $223,000 1991 Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, Brazil ...... $37,000 2002 Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil...... $117,510 1992 Smith/Stoklos, United States...... $106,000 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ...... $237,000 1993 Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil...... $29,000 2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ...... $260,500 1994 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway...... $111,250 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ...... $326,350 1995 Roberto Lopes/Franco, Brazil...... $256,000 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ...... $355,000 1996 Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil...... $332,000 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil ...... $347,700 1997 Ze Marco/Emanuel, Brazil...... $225,400

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Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths...... Final 4s China 1 9 7 ...... 17 2 ...... 19 Brazil 7 4 5 ...... 16 9 ...... 25 United States 8 2 4 ...... 14 0 ...... 14 Germany 0 1 1 ...... 2 3 ...... 5 Australia 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Norway 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 ...... 0 3 ...... 3

Event...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Event...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Shanghai...... Jie Wang, China Marseille ...... Renata, Brazil Singapore ...... Renata Ribeiro, Brazil Gstaad ...... Walsh, United States Seoul ...... Natalie Cook, Australia Klagenfurt...... Walsh, United States Warsaw...... Juliana Felisberta, Brazil Kristiansand ...... Larissa, Brazil Espinho...... Larissa Franca, Brazil Aland ...... Juliana, Brazil Paris ...... Kerri Walsh, United States St. Petersburg ...... Juliana, Brazil Stavanger ...... April Ross, United States Fortaleza...... Walsh, United States Montreal...... Walsh, United States Phuket...... May-Treanor, United States Berlin ...... Misty May-Treanor, United States 2007 Season ...... Walsh, United States

2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Serving Leaders, 16 events (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Marie-Christine Mondor CAN 85.5 Thailand 11 Tyra Turner USA 78.4 Paris 2 Nadia Campisi ESP 85.4 China 12 Maria Tsiartsiani GRE 78.3 Korea 3 April Ross USA 84.0 Stavanger 13 Chiaki Kusuhara JPN 78.2 Poland 4 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 83.6 Montreal 14 Christina Purtscheller AUT 78.0 Austria 5 Sara Goller GER 83.0 Portugal 15 Jen Boss USA 78.0 Fortaleza 6 Kerri Walsh USA 80.8 Paris 16 Nicole Branagh USA 78.0 Fortaleza 7 USA 80.1 Paris 17 Adriana Behar BRA 76.6 Montreal 8 Janne Kongshavn NOR 79.7 Kristiansand 18 Rebekka Kadijk NED 76.6 Singapore 9 Juliana Felisberta Silva BRA 78.6 Austria 19 Lu Wang CHN 76.5 Korea 10 Larissa Franca BRA 78.5 Singapore 20 Giulia Momoli ITA 76.5 Berlin

Season ... Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Points Champions 2007 Women’s Seed Break-throughs ...... Number 1992-93 ...... /Nancy Reno, United States Winner's Bracket ...... 116 1993-94 ...... Kirby/Liz Masakayan, United States Contender's Bracket...... 125 1994-95 ...... Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil 1995-96 ...... /, Brazil Pool Play...... 80 1996 ...... Pires/Silva, Brazil Semi-Finals...... 11 1997 ...... Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil Bronze Medal...... 6 1998 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil Gold Medal...... 4 1999 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil Totals ...... 342 2000 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 2001 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 2002 ...... Misty May/Kerri Walsh, United States 2003 ...... Ana Paula Connelly/Pires, Brazil 2004 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 2005 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 2006 ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 2007 ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil

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Led by the US$328,400 in earnings by Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca, 12 teams on the 2007 SWATCH- FIVB World Tour earned over $100,000 to tie for the most for a calendar year in the 16-year history of the women’s international Beach Volleyball Tour. Three teams had more than $300,000 in earnings in 2007. With Juliana and Larissa earning a record $409,750, nine other teams surpassed $100,000 in 2005.

Rank Team, Country Earnings Season Rank Rank Team, Country Earnings Season Rank

1 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil $409,750 2005 1 41 Natalie Cook/, Australia $128,200 1996 4 2 Juliana/Larissa, Brazil $367,200 2006 1 42 Monica/Samanuel, Brazil $127,000 1997 4 3 Juliana/Larissa, Brazil $328,400 2007 1 43 Cook/Pottharst, Australia $124,500 2001 4 4 Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States $309,500 2007 2 43 Cook/, Australia $124,500 2003 4 5 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil $305,000 2001 1 45 Larissa/Juliana, Brazil $124,000 2004 3 6 Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China $300,600 2007 3 46 Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany $121,500 2007 6 7 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil $263,900 1996 1 47 Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA $120,500 1999 2 8 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $263,000 2005 2 48 Liz Masakayan/Youngs, United States $119,000 2000 3 9 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $252,000 2003 1 49 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States $115,000 2004 4 10 Tian/Jie Wang, China $238,600 2006 2 50 Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States $114,400 2007 7

11 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $236,000 1998 1 51 T. Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece $113,950 2005 7 12 Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra, Brazil $230,000 2003 2 52 Rachel Wacholder/Youngs, USA $113,400 2005 8 13 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China $218,800 2007 4 53 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece $113,400 2007 8 14 Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil $208,000 2007 5 54 Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States $113,000 2000 4 15 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $206,000 2004 1 55 Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway $111,400 2006 8 16 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $201,400 2006 3 56 Tian/Fei Wang, China $110,500 2003 5 17 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $200,000 1999 1 57 Cook/Pottharst, Australia $110,495 2002 4 18 Xue/Zhang, China $195,200 2006 4 58 Leila/Ana Paula, Brazil $110,150 2005 9 19 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $195,140 2002 1 59 Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands $108,600 2005 10 20 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $189,000 2000 1 60 Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States $106,100 2007 9

21 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $188,000 1996 2 61 Fontana/Linda Hanley, United States $106,000 1998 3 22 May-Treanor/Holly McPeak, USA $180,000 2000 2 62 Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia $103,400 2007 10 23 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $180,000 2003 3 63 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $103,000 2001 5 24 Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, USA $177,500 2001 2 64 Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany $102,600 2007 11 25 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $176,900 2005 3 65 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $101,200 2007 12 26 Tatiana Minello/Sandra, Brazil $174,000 2001 3 27 Tian/Fei Wang, China $173,500 2005 4 Sandra/Jackie, Brazil $91,000 1995 1 28 Talita/Renata, Brazil $166,750 2005 5 Karolyn Kirby/Masakayan, United States $44,500 1994 1 29 Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece $166,500 2005 6 30 Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil $158,050 1996 3

31 Talita/Renata, Brazil $156,100 2006 5 32 Leila Barros/Ana Paula, Brazil $154,100 2006 6 33 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $148,215 2002 2 34 McPeak/Youngs, United States $147,015 2002 3 35 Lisa Arce/McPeak, United States $145,400 1997 1 36 Sandra/Samuel, Brazil $144,500 1998 2 37 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $139,000 1997 2 38 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil $136,650 2006 7 39 McPeak/Youngs, United States $132,500 2004 2 40 Sandra/Jackie Silva, Brazil $132,400 1997 3

WOMEN’S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - Season Earnings Leaders

Season Team, Country...... Earnings 1994 Liz Masakayan/Karolyn Kirby, United States...... $44,500 1995 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil ...... $91,000 1996 Sandra/Jackie, Brazil...... $263,900 1997 Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States...... $145,400 1998 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil...... $236,000 1999 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil ...... $200,000 2000 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil ...... $189,000 2001 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil ...... $305,000 2002 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States ...... $195,140 2003 May-Treanor/Walsh, United States ...... $252,000 2004 Shelda/Adriana, Brazil ...... $206,000 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil ...... $409,750 2006 Juliana/Larissa, Brazil...... $367,200 2007 Juliana/Larissa, Brazil...... $328,400

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Dates Tournament ...... Gold Medal Team June 28-July 1 Brno Challenger, Czech Republic ...... Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic July 25-29 Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus ...... Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil August 9-12 Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein ...... Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland August 17-19 Lausanne Satellite, Switzerland ...... Joao Maciel/, Brazil August 31-September 2 Milan Challenger, Italy ...... Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark

2007 FIVB Men’s Challenger/Satellite “Final Fours”

Czech Republic Challenger, Brno, June 28-July 1, $30,000 Switzerland Satellite, Lausanne, August 17-19, $15,000 1. Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, $4,800 1. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $3,400 2. Jessi Lelliott/Martin Reader, Canada, $3,900 2. Fabio Guerra/Roberto Lopes, Brazil, $2,400 3. Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, $3,000 3. Michael Bleiker/Michel Kertai, Switzerland, $1,700 4. Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, $2,300 4. Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger, Austria, $1,300 Gold - Biza/Lebl def. Lelliott/Reader, 21-17, 21-19 (44 minutes) Gold - Maciel/Bruno def. Fabio Guerra/Roberto Lopes, 21-16, Bronze - Kubala/Pavlas def. Amore Bizzotto, 21-17, 21-12 (39) 17-21, 15-9 (58) Bronze - Blieker/Kertai def. Hupfer/ Schroffenegger, 22-20, 21- Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-29, $30,000 17 (41) 1. Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, $6,000 2. Toms Smedins Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, $4,600 Italy Challenger, Milan, August 31-September 2, $30,000 3. Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $3,500 1. Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, $5,000 4. Mattias Magnusson/Robert Svensson, Sweden, $2,400 2. Ricardo Brandao/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, $4,000 Gold - Bruno/Benjamin, Brazil def. Smedins/Sorokins, 21-18, 3. Giorgio Domenghini/Andrea Tomatis, Italy, $3,100 23-21 (47) 4. Biza/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, $2,500 Bronze - Alison//Bernardo def. Magnusson/R. Svensson, 21-6, Gold - Lund Hoyer/Soderberg def. Brandao/Thiago, 13-21, 21- 21-17 (40) 18, 15-13 (69) Bronze - Domenghini/Tomatis def. Biza/Tichy, 21-13, 21-17 Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 9-12, $10,000 (41) 1. Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, $2,000 2. Tilo Backhaus/Tom Gotz, Germany, $1,500 3. Josh Binstock/Jason Kruger, Canada, $1,200 4. Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland, $800 Gold - Heyer/Heuscher def. Backhuas/Gotz, 21-14, 21-17 (39) Bronze - Binstock/Kruger def. Beck/Bleiker, 21-12, 21-18 (44)

2007 FIVB Challenger/Satellite Men’s Leaders, Through September 2, five events Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 114 1, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 3, 1, $6,300 2, Jessi Lelliott/Martin Reader, Canada, 96 2, Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 1, 1, $6,000 3, Mattias Magnusson/Robert Svensson, Sweden, 96 3, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 1, 1, $5,000 4, Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, 80 4, Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, 1, 1, $4,800 4, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 80 5, Janis Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 1, 0, $4,600 4, Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, 80 6, Jessi Lelliott/Martin Reader, Canada, 2, 0, $4,500 4, Pavel Kolar/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, 80 7, Ricardo Brandao/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 1, 0, $4,000 8, Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland, 78 8, Mattias Magnusson/Robert Svensson, Sweden, 3, 0, $3,800 9, Janis Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 72 9, Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, 1, 0, $3,500 9, Ricardo Brandao/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 72 10, Sebastian Beck/Michael Bleiker, Switzerland, 3, 0, $3,300 9, Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia, 72 11, Giorgio Domenghini/Andrea Tomatis, Italy, 1, 0, $3,100 12, Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, 64 12, Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $3,000 12, Giorgio Domenghini/Andrea Tomatis, Italy, 64 13, Pavel Kolar/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $2,550 12, Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, 64 14, Michal Biza/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $2,500 15, Michal Biza/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, 56 15, Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia, 2, 0, $2,400 15, Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, 56 15, Fabio Guerra/Roberto Lopes, Brazil, 1, 0, $2,400 15, Adrian Gavira Collado/Francisco Alfredo Marcos, Spain, 56 17, Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, 1, 0, $2,300 18, Felix Blauel/Alexander Huber, Austria, 48 18, Josh Binstock/Jason Kruger, Canada, 2, 0, $2,200 18, Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada, 48 19, Adrian Gavira Collado/Francisco Marcos, Spain, 2, 0, $2,000 18, Jan Ferreira/Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil, 48 19, Felix Blauel/Alexander Huber, Austria, 1, 0, $2,000 21, Roman Richtarik/Stefan Richtarik, Luxembourg, 42 19, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1, 1, $2,000 22, Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy, 40 22, Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada, 1, 0, $1,950 22, Andrea Bernabe/Fabio Galli, Italy, 40 23, Michael Bleiker/Michel Kertai, Switzerland, 1, 0, $1,700 22, Mikhail Kouchnerev/Vyacheslav Makhortov, Russia, 40 24, Jan Ferreira/Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil, 1, 0, $1,500 22, Josef Benes/Petr Benes, Czech Republic, 40 24, Gianluca Casadei/Paolo Ficosecco, Italy, 1, 0, $1,500 22, Andreas Sutter/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, 40 24, Andrea Bernabe/Fabio Galli, Italy, 1, 0, $1,500 24, Mikhail Kouchnerev/Vyacheslav Makhortov, Russia, 1, 0, $1,500 24, Tilo Backhaus/Tom Gotz, Germany, 1, 0, $1,500 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 11 of 14 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org 2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 FIVB Women’s Challenger/Satellite Results& Schedule Dates Tournament ...... Gold Medal Team June 29-July 1 San Sebastiàn Satellite, Spain...... Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands July 19-22 Eboli Challenger, Italy ...... Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil July 25-28 Geroskipou Challenger, Cyprus ...... Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany August 8-11 Vaduz Satellite, Liechtenstein ...... Antonelli/Leão, Brazil August 13-19 Beijing Challenger, China...... Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil November 7-11 Hong Kong Challenger, China...... $30,000 2007 FIVB Women’s Challenger/Satellite “Final Fours” Spain Satellite, San Sebastian, June 28-July 1, $10,000 Liechtenstein Satellite, Vaduz, August 8-11, $10,000 1. Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, $2,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $2,000 2. Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, $1,500 2. Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany, $1,500 3. Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, $1,200 3. Frederike Fischer/Jana Kohler, Germany, $1,200 4. Celine Gemise Fareau/Mathilde Giordano, France, $800 4. Eva Tcholakova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria, $800 Gold - Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink def. Ilustre/Pascua, 21-16, 22- Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Lehmann/Sude, 21-18, 15-21, 15-7 (49) 24, 15-12 (62) Bronze - Fischer/Kohler def. Tcholakova/Yanchulova, 21-17, 18-21, Bronze - Antonelli/Leão def. Gemise Fareau/Giordano, 21-19, 21- 15-10 (56) 12 (36) China Challenger, Beijing, August 13-19, $50,000 Italy Challenger, Eboli, July 19-22, $30,000 1. Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, $9,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4,800 2. Yuan Yue/Wenwen Zhang, China, $5,500 2. Izabel Bezerra/Taiana Lima, Brazil, $3,900 3. Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, $4,000 3. Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, $3,000 4. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $3,000 4. Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, $2,300 Gold - Vivian/Vieira def. Yue/Zhang, 21-15, 23-21 (45) Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Bezerra/Lima, 21-13, 21-14 (30) Bronze - Kulna/Phokongploy def. Forrer/Schmocker, 21-14, 18-21, Bronze - Vivian/Vieira def. Gioria/Momoli, 21-14, 21-14 (37) 15-12 (50)

Cyprus Challenger, Geroskipou, July 25-28, $30,000 Hong Kong Challenger, Beijing, November 7-11, $30,000 1. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $6,000 1. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $5,000 2. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $4,600 2. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $4,000 3. Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands, $3,500 3. Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, $3,100 4. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $2,400 4. Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China, $2,500 Gold - Holtwick/Semmler def. Antonelli/Leão, 21-13, 14-21, 21-19 Gold - Tian/Wang def. Xue/Zhang, 21-18, 21-16 (39) (57) Bronze - Sannok/Tenpaksee def. Jiang/Jin, 21-23, 21-15, 15-13 Bronze - Van Iersel/Wesselink def. Forrer/Schmocker, 21-12, 21-14 (52) (34)

2007 FIVB Challenger/Satellite Men’s Leaders, Through November 11, six events Women’s Team Rank, points Wome Team Rank, events, titles, earnings 1, Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, 188 1, Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, 4, 2, $12,600 2, Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 144 2, Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 2, 1, $12,000 3, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 128 3, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 2, 1, $7,500 3, Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 128 4, Yuan Yue/Wenwen Zhang, China, 2, 0, $7,000 5, Yuan Yue/Wenwen Zhang, China, 112 5, Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 2, 1, $5,500 5, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, 112 6, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, 2, 0, $5,400 7, Caroline Fiset/Isabelle Rancourt, Canada, 106 7, Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, 2, 0, $5,200 8, Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, 96 8, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 1, 1, $5,000 9, Lily Markovic/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada, 88 9, Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 4, 0, $4,650 10, Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 84 10, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 1, 0, $4,000 11, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 80 12, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 72 11, Caroline Fiset/Isabelle Rancourt, Canada, 3, 0, $3,950 12, Izabel Bezerra/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 72 12, Izabel Bezerra/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1, 0, $3,900 14, Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, 66 13, Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, 2, 0, $3,500 15, Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, 64 14, Lily Markovic/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada, 4, 0, $3,100 15, Beh Shun Thing/Luk Teck Hua, Malaysia, 64 14, Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, 1, 0, $3,100 17, Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia, 64 16, Beh Shun Thing/Luk Teck Hua, Malaysia, 2, 0, $2,700 17, Athina Dilaveri/Areti Teza, Greece, 64 17, Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia, 2, 0, $2,550 19, Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China, 56 18, Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China, 1, 0, $2,500 19, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 56 18, Qing Guo/Rongrong Shen, China, 1, 0, $2,500 19, Jeanne Schneider/Norma Zambon, Luxembourg, 56 18, Yuanyuan Ma/Dan Zhang, China, 1, 0, $2,500 22, Kim Renkema/Margo Wiltens, Netherlands, 50 18, Anna Hu/Yang Li, China, 1, 0, $2,500 23, Qing Guo/Rongrong Shen, China, 48 18, Linjun Ji/Ying Zhang, China, 1, 0, $2,500 23, Yuanyuan Ma/Dan Zhang, China, 48 23, Athina Dilaveri/Areti Teza, Greece, 2, 0, $2,450 23, Anna Hu/Yang Li, China, 48 24, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 1, 0, $2,300 23, Linjun Ji/Ying Zhang, China, 48 23, Mered de Vries/Sanne Keizer, Netherlands, 48 23, Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark, 48

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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

· The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals).

· A $50,000 FIVB Challenger stop at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground was held 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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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Men’s QualificationList (through September 30) Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, CSV, 8, 5,240 · Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway, CEV, 8, 990 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,740 · Conrad Leinemann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 910 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, CEV, 8, 4,340 · Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy, CEV, 7, 910 · Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,140 · Jose Pedrosa/Pedro Rosas, Portugal, CEV, 8, 780 Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, CSV, 8, 4,120 · Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 720 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 3,810 · Premysl Kubala/Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic, CEV, 8, 674 5, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, AVC, 8, 3,540 · Bruno de Paula/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil, CSV, 5, 670 6, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,300 · Marcel Gscheidle/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, CEV, 7, 664 · Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, NORCECA, 6, 3,300 · Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, Germany, CEV, 4, 630 7, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, CSV, 8, 3,260 · Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, CEV, 8, 570 8, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 3,100 · Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine, CEV, 8, 558 9, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,080 · Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, Czech Republic, CEV, 8, 542 · Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,030 10, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, AVC, 8, 2,980 · Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, CEV, 8, 534 11, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, CEV, 8, 2,900 · Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland, CEV, 4, 500 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, 2,490 · Roman Arkaev/Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia, CEV, 6, 474 14, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, CEV, 8, 2,410 · Jackson Henriquez/Igor Hernandez, Venezuela, CSV, 8, 448 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, CEV, 8, 2,360 · Denis Rovkin/Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan, AVC, 8, 434 16, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 1,980 · Yaroslav Koshkarev/Serguei Prokopiev (II), Russia, CEV, 8, 406 17, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, CEV, 8, 1,920 · Eugenio Amore/Andrea Tomatis, Italy, CEV, 5, 400 · Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, NORCECA, 6, 1,900 · Matt Fuerbringer/Sean Scott, United States, NORCECA, 3, 400 · Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 1,830 · Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan, AVC, 8, 398 18, Riccardo "Riccardino" Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, CEV, 8, 1,690 · Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 392 19, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 1,680 · Alexey Sidorenko/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan, AVC, 8, 326 20, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, AVC, 8, 1,680 · Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada, NORCECA, 5, 312 21, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, CEV, 8, 1,650 · Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico, NORCECA, 8, 304 22, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan, AVC, 8, 1,560 · Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan, AVC, 2, 300 24, Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway, CEV, 8, 1,450 · Ricardo Brandao/Rodrigo Monteiro, Brazil, CSV, 1, 300 · Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal, CEV, 8, 1,440 · Janis Smedins/Toms Smedins, Latvia, CEV, 7, 230 · Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States, NORCECA, 5, 1,440 · Tim Joosen/Steve Roelandt, Belgium, CEV, 1, 200 · Guilherm Deulofeu/Yannick Salvetti, France, CEV, 8, 1,400 · Paul Podstawka/Chris Simek, Canada, NORCECA, 5, 198 · Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, CEV, 7, 1,394 · Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece, CEV, 4, 198 · Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, AVC, 8, 1,180 · Nikolas Berger/Robert Nowotny, Austria, CEV, 2, 180 · Fabien Dugrip/Gregory Gagliano, France, CEV, 8, 1,170 24, Casey Augoustides/Patrik Flisberg, South Africa, CAVB, 8, 166 · Bjorn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden, CEV, 8, 1,120 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Women’s Qualification List(through November 4) Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points Olympic Rank, Confederation, Qual Played, Qual Points 1, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, NORCECA, 8, 5,840 · Dana Cooke/Annie Martin, Canada, NORCECA, 8, 1,080 2, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, AVC, 8, 5,200 · Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic, CEV, 8, 960 3, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, CSV, 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, 3,940 · Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil, CSV, 6, 816 6, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, NORCECA, 8, 3,700 · Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy, CEV, 8, 810 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, CEV, 8, 3,470 · 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, 744 9, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, AVC, 8, 3,220 · Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua, Philippines, AVC, 8, 680 · Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, CSV, 8, 3,060 · Sanne Keizer/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 640 · Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil, CSV, 8, 2,940 · Deborah Giaoui/Eva Hamzaoui, France, CEV, 8, 582 10, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,850 · Marleen Van Iersel/Maloes Wesselink, Netherlands, CEV, 7, 556 · Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,820 · Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain, CEV, 8, 490 · Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, NORCECA, 7, 2,780 · Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, CEV, 8, 490 · Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, CSV, 8, 2,680 · Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine, CEV, 8, 464 11, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, CEV, 8, 2,660 · Linjun Ji/Ying Zhang, China, AVC, 3, 438 · Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China, AVC, 8, 2,600 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, 7, 2,144 · Tatiana Barerra/Virginie Kadjo, France, CEV, 5, 378 13, Dalixia Fernandez/Tamara Larrea, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 2,100 · Maria Antonelli/Leão Vanilda, Brazil, CSV, 4, 378 · Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, CEV, 8, 2,070 · Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan, AVC, 8, 372 14, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, NORCECA, 8, 2,060 · Tatiana Barerra/Celine Gemise Fareau, France, CEV, 6, 354 15, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, CEV, 8, 1,890 · Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia, CEV, 8, 342 16, Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria, CEV, 8, 1,820 · Miwa Asao/Takemi Nishibori, Japan, AVC, 8, 314 17, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, CEV, 8, 1,810 · Nadia Erni/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 294 18, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands, CEV, 8, 1,800 · Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, NORCECA, 8, 288 19, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia, CEV, 8, 1,590 · Chrisi Gschweidl/Barbara Hansel, Austria, CEV, 6, 288 20, Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan, AVC, 8, 1,500 · Heike Jensen/Summer Lochowicz, Australia, AVC, 8, 272 21, Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 1,490 · Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, CEV, 8, 260 22, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France, CEV, 8, 1,480 · Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, CEV, 4, 258 23, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, CEV, 8, 1,450 · Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden, CEV, 6, 246 · 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 · Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, CSV, 1, 240 · Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, CEV, 8, 1,130 Africa, Judith Augoustides/Leigh-Ann Naidoo, South Africa, CAVB, 7, 206

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