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FACT SHEET – $300,000 FIVB Dela Beach Open The Hague, Netherlands, January 2-7, 2018

Updated on December 31, 2017, 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, eleven four-star events, five three-star events, five two-star events, and 17 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 . 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour.

· The double-gender $300,000 Dela Beach Open is a Four-Star event and is the fifth men’s and fourth women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to the Netherlands for the ninth time overall with The Hague hosting the first men’s and women’s events in 2009. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com.

· January 2-7, The Hague, Men and Women, $300,000 – Sydney is hosting its 15th and 16th FIVB Beach Volleyball events. The event will be held at Sportcampus Zuiderpark in an indoor facility. Netherlands has hosted 16 previous FIVB World Tour events with The Hague hosting double-gender events beginning in 2009 as well as playing host to the 2015 World Championships along with the cities of Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, and Rotterdam. Netherlands will also host a men’s-only one-star even in March. Netherlands has won four previous medals on its country’s soil, a men’s gold and two silver medals and a women’s gold medal.

· The FIVB Dela Beach Open starts January 2 and concludes January 7. The winning teams from each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Wednesday, January 2 ...... Women’s Country Quota Matches · Wednesday, January 3 ...... Men’s and Women’s Qualifying Matches · Thursday, January 4 ...... Men’s Qualifying Matches and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Friday, January 5 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Saturday, January 6 ...... Men’s Quarterfinal Matches and Women’s Quarterfinal and Semi-Final Matches · Sunday, January 7 ...... Men’s Semi-Finals and Medal Matches and Women’s Medal Matches

· A total of 153 teams from 42 countries (79 men’s teams from 34 countries and 74 women’s teams from 33 countries) are entered into the FIVB Dela Beach Open (as of December 31, 2017), including Argentina (1 men’s team, 0 women’s teams), Australia (2,0), Austria (4,2), Belarus (1,0), Belgium (1,1), Brazil (3,4), Canada (2,1), Cyprus (1,1), Czech Republic (4,4), Denmark (2,2), England (2,1), Estonia (1,0), Finland (1,2), France (3,2), Germany (1,3), Greece (0,1), Hungary (0,1), Iran (3,0), Italy (3,4), Japan (3,4), Latvia (3,1), Lithuania (1,3), Netherlands (7,7), Norway (3,2), Poland (4,2), Portugal (0,1), Qatar (1,0), Romania (0,1), Russia (3,4), Scotland (0,1), Serbia (1,1), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (1,1), South Africa (1,0), Spain (0,1), Sweden (3,4), Switzerland (2,2), Thailand (0,2), Turkey (2,0), Ukraine (3,1), United States (5,6), and Venezuela (1,0).

· The FIVB Dela Beach Open is the 372nd men’s and 336th women’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... Page · Past FIVB World Tour Results in Netherlands (2009 to present for men and women) ...... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ...... 3 · FIVB Dela Beach Open Men’s Entries (through December 31) ...... 4 · FIVB Dela Beach Open Women’s Entries (through December 31)...... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ...... 6 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ...... 7 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ...... 8 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ...... 9 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 10 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 11 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 12 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 13 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 14 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 15

Past Dutch Men’s Medals – Brazil 7, United States 4, Netherlands 3, Italy 2, Poland 2, Russia 2, Spain 2, Latvia 1, Turkey 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal

1. The Hague 2009 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP /Harley Marques, BRA

2. The Hague 2010 Casey Jennings/Kevin Wong, USA Benjamin Insfran/, BRA Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, USA

3. The Hague 2011 Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, BRA Nummerdor/Schuill, NED Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, RUS

4. The Hague 2013 Pedro Solberg/Schmidt, BRA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, POL

5. The Hague* 2014 Fijalek/Prudel, POL /Sean Rosenthal, USA /Solberg, BRA

6. The Hague**2015 Alison/Bruno, BRA Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, NED Evandro Goncalves/Pedro, BRA

7. The Hague 2016 Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, RUS Gavira/Herrera, ESP Daniele Lupo/Pablo Nicolai, ITA

8. Aalsmeer 2017 Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, ITA Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, USA Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Mermer, TUR

* Included Amsterdam and Apeldoorn **World Championships (Included Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, and Rotterdam)

Past Dutch Women’s Medals – Brazil 15, Germany 3, United States 3, China 1, Netherlands 1, Switzerland 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal

1. The Hague 2009 Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, BRA Maria Antonelli/Talita Rocha, BRA Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, BRA

2. The Hague 2010 Antonelli/Talita, BRA Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, USA

3. The Hague 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Antonelli /Talita, BRA

4. The Hague 2013 Taiana Lima/Talita, BRA Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER

5. The Hague* 2014 Fernanda Alves/Taiana, BRA Holtwick/Semmler, GER Antonelli/Juliana, BRA

6. The Hague**2015 Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, BRA Antonelli/Juliana, BRA Alves/Taiana, BRA

7. The Hague 2016 Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, BRA /Anouk Verge-Depre, SUI Agatha/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA

8. Aalsmeer 2017 Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, NED Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, GER Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, USA

* Included Amsterdam and Apeldoorn **World Championships (Included Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, and Rotterdam)

FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men ...... Olympic Champions ...... Women /, United States ...... Atlanta 1996 ...... /, Brazil /, United States ...... Sydney 2000 ...... /, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Athens 2004 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/, United States ...... Beijing 2008 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States /, Germany ...... London 2012 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Rio 2016 ...... Laura Ludwig/, 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 Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ...... Marseille 1999...... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina ...... Klagenfurt 2001 ...... Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Rio de Janeiro 2003 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil ...... 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/, 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/, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Canada 2011 ...... Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Canada 2012 ...... /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* ...... /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 Dela Beach Open Men’s Entries (as of December 31, 2017)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries (continued) Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands Cole Durant/Zachery Schubert, Australia Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl, Austria Vasilii Ivanov/Ilya Leshukov, Russia Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil Danijel Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil Grant Goldschmidt/Leo Williams, South Africa Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman, Sweden Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Mermer, Turkey Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia Ali Berke Sagir/Sefa Urlu, Turkey Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia Oleksiy Denin/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands Iaroslav Gordieiev/Evgen Zhuravel, Ukraine Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Jeremy Casebeer/, United States Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Trevor Crabb/Sean Rosenthal, United States Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Reserve Entries Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Luciano Ferreira de Paula/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Gabriel Burlacu/Jake MacNeil, Canada Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar Antonis Liotatis/Antreas Savvidis, Cyprus Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland Marcel Myslivecek/Martin Pihera, Czech Republic Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States Martin Tichy/Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic Casey Patterson/Stafford Slick, United States Kristoffer Abell/Daniel Thomsen, Denmark Martin Hansen/Mads Rosager, Denmark Qualifier Entries Issa Batrane/Harry Jones, England Julian Horl/Tobias Winter, Austria Alireza Aghajanighasab/Javad Firouzpourbandpei, Iran Thomas Kunert/Philipp Waller, Austria Mojtaba Amiri/Mohammad Sadeghi, Iran Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria Abolhamed Mirzaali/Aghamohammad Salagh, Iran Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta, Italy Vaclav Bercik/Jan Dumek, Czech Republic Matteo Galli/Fabio Matteoni, Italy Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic Keisuke Shimizu/Takashi Tsuchiya, Japan Chris Gregory/Jake Sheaf, England Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia Jaapjan Feenstra/Gijs van Pruissen, Netherlands Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren, Finland Jannes van der Ham/Sven Vismans, Netherlands Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso, France Jorn Olav Gamlemoen/Christian Helland, Norway Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France Petr Bakhnar/Yury Bogatov, Russia Max Betzien/David Poniewaz, Germany Alexander Annerstedt/Alexander Herrmann, Sweden Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Yu Koshikawa, Japan Linus Frantzich/Ludvig Simonsson, Sweden Yusuke Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan Denys Denysenko/Vladyslav Yemel'yanchyk, Ukraine Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia Tigrito Gomez/Peter Hernandez, Venezuela Mees Blom/Yorick de Groot, Netherlands

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Dela Beach Open Women’s Entries (as of December 31, 2017)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries (continued) Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Urte Andriukaityte/Irina Zobnina, Lithuania Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Annemieke Driessen/Ilke Meertens, Netherlands Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil Raisa Schoon/Emi van Driel, Netherlands Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil Ingrid Lunde/Oda Ulveseth, Norway Sophie Bukovec/Julie Gordon, Canada Aleksandra Gromadowska/Jagoda Gruszczynska, Poland Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic Yulia Abalakina/Ksenia Dabizha, Russia Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland Mariia Bocharova/Maria Voronina, Russia Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland Aleksandra Ganenko/Olga Motrich, Russia Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany Lynne Beattie/Melissa Coutts, Scotland Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany Milena Matic/Marija Milosevic, Serbia Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, Slovakia Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Tjasa Jancar/Tjasa Kotnik, Slovenia Laura Bloem/Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands Angela Lobato/Amaranta Navarro, Spain Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands Sigrid Simonsson/Tadva Yoken, Sweden Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Kristina Thurin/Susanna Thurin, Sweden Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland Inna Makhno/Iryna Makhno, Ukraine Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland Country Quota Entries Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar, United States Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States Kelly Claes/, United States Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States Karissa Cook/Lauren Fendrick, United States Summer Ross/, United States Reserve Entries Nina Coolman/Julie De Beule, Belgium Qualifier Entries Mariota Angelopoulou/Daria Gusarova, Cyprus Eva Freiberger/Elisabeth Klopf, Austria Nicole Dostalova/Karolina Rehackova, Czech Republic Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Eniko Lakatos/Eszter Lutter, Hungary Martina Bonnerova/Sarka Nakladalova, Czech Republic Arianna Barboni/Laura Giombini, Italy Line Hansen/Maria Tyndeskov, Denmark Silvia Costantini/Agata Zuccarelli, Italy Okholm Hansen/Helle Sondergard, Denmark Alice Gradini/Claudia Puccinelli, Italy Jessica Grimson/Victoria Palmer, England Claudia Scampoli/Dalila Varrassi, Italy Aline Chamereau/Alexandra Jupiter, France Gerda Grudzinskaite/Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France Mered de Vries/Quirine Oosterveld, Netherlands Teresa Mersmann/Cinja Tillmann, Germany Britt den Haan/Mexime van Driel, Netherlands Penny Karagkouni/Aliki Spiliotopoulou, Greece Hanne Aas/Victoria Kjolberg, Norway Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan Gabriela Coelho/Vanessa Paquete, Portugal Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan Talar Kirkor/Isabelle Pahlsson, Sweden Ayumi Kusano/Takemi Nishibori, Japan Jenny Stralman/Therese Stralman, Sweden Tina Graudina/Anastasija Kravcenoka, Latvia Esmee Bobner/Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.97 million in prize money, with three Swatch Major Series five-star events, eleven four-star events, five three-star events, five two-star events, and 17 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. 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 40 sites in 27 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 37 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.97 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 will be played in Netherlands (The Hague), 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 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 of $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), Monaco, 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), 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 will be held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 3-7, 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. · Red Bull Media House has the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2018 FIVB World Tour. · For the ninth straight year, the tour is exclusively using the Mikasa VLS300 ball.

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 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men & Women $20,000 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 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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $20,000 May 23-27 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 29-June 3 Croatia Major Men & Women $600,000 May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 14-17 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women $10,000 June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June 21-24 Singapore, Singapore Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 22-25 Nantong, China Two-Star 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

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/, 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

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of December 18, 2017) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 14*, 4,180 2, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 11*, 3,920 3, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 13*, 3,900 4, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840 5, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 15*, 3,760 6, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 12*, 3,740 7, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 12*, 3,340 8, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 3,156 9, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 13*, 3,100 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 12*, 2,800 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 12*, 2,560 12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480 13, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9*, 2,460 14, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 12*, 2,440 14, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 11*, 2,440 16, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400 16, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 11*, 2,400 18, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 10*, 2,280 19, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 15*, 2,260 20, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 14*, 2,168 21, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 9*, 2,160 22, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9*, 2,130 23, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 9*, 2,120 24, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050 25, Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile, 11*, 1,940

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 14*, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 13*, 4,240 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 14*, 4,000 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 10*, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 13*, 3,180 7, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 9*, 3,060 8, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 11*, 2,940 8, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 12*, 2,940 10, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9*, 2,616 11, /Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 9*, 2,600 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 8, 2,544 13, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 13*, 2,412 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 12*, 2,060 15, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 11*, 1,990 16, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 8, 1,962 17, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 10*, 1,948 18, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 19, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 20, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9*, 1,776 21, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 14*, 1,760 22, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 12*, 1,712 23, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 11*, 1,680 23, Tatyana Mashkova/Bakhtygul Samalikova, Kazakhstan, 10*, 1,680 25, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 9*, 1,630

* 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 November 26, 2017) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 4, 680 2, Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia, 1, 600 3, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 1, 480 4, Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia, 5, 460 5, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 2, 400 5, Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States, 3, 400 7, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 1, 360 8, Cole Durant/Zachery Schubert, Australia, 3, 340 9, Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria, 5, 332 10, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 3, 320 10, Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands, 4, 320 12, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 2, 300 13, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 3, 280 14, Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy, 2, 260 15, Zhuoxin Li/Chaowei Zhou, China, 2, 252 16, Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France, 3, 240 16, Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann, Germany, 1, 240 16, Julio Nascimento/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar, 1, 240 16, Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Mermer, Turkey, 3, 240 20, Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia, 3, 220 20, Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany, 3, 220 20, Yoshiumi Hasegawa/Yu Koshikawa, Japan, 5, 220 23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 2, 200 23, Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia, 1, 200 23, Simon Hagenbuch/Quentin Metral, Switzerland, 2, 200

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 2, 1,000 2, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 2, 620 3, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 4, 560 4, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 2, 480 5, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 3, 420 6, Louise Bawden/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia, 2, 400 7, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 4, 360 7, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 2, 360 9, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 3, 320 10, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 3, 300 11, Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan, 3, 280 11, Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania, 4, 280 13, Alice Bain/Julia Tilley, New Zealand, 2, 240 13, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 1, 240 13, /Lauren Fendrick, United States, 1, 240 13, Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States, 2, 240 13, Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States, 3, 240 18, Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 1, 200 19, Marie-Christine Lapointe/Megan Nagy, Canada, 2, 192 19, Xinxin Wang/Lvwen Yuan, China, 2, 192 19, Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand, 3, 192 22, Ingrid Lunde/Oda Ulveseth, Norway, 3, 180 22, Shuting Cao/Jinjin Zeng, China, 2, 180 22, Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania, 2, 180 22, Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 2, 180 22, Martina Bonnerova/Sarka Nakladalova, Czech Republic, 2, 180 22, Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, Cuba, 1, 180 22, Niina Ahtiainen/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 1, 180

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through November 26, 2017) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia, 1, 1, $8,000 2, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 3, 0, $7,100 3, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 1, 0, $6,000 4, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 1, 0, $5,000 5, Djordje Klasnic/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia, 4, 0, $4,100 6, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 1, 1, $4,000 7, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 1, 0, $3,600 8, Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States, 2, 0, $3,500 9, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 2, 0, $3,400 10, Cole Durant/Zachery Schubert, Australia, 2, 0, $3,100 11, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $3,000 12, Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann, Germany, 1, 0, $2,900 12, Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands, 3, 0, $2,900 12, Julio Nascimento/Ahmed Tijan, Qatar, 1, 0, $2,900 15, Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria, 4, 0, $2,800 16, Murat Giginoglu/Hasan Mermer, Turkey, 2, 0, $2,700 17, Zhuoxin Li/Chaowei Zhou, China, 2, 0, $2,600 18, Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy, 2, 1, $2,300 19, Aliaksandr Dziadkou/Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus, 1, 0, $2,100 19, Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia, 2, 0, $2,100 19, Mathias Berntsen/Christian Sorum, Norway, 1, 0, $2,100 19, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 1, 0, $2,100 19, Simon Hagenbuch/Quentin Metral, Switzerland, 2, 0, $2,100 24, Yusuke Ishijima/Kensuke Shoji, Japan, 2, 0, $2,000 24, Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia, 1, 1, $2,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 2, 2, $12,000 2, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 2, 0, $6,600 3, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 1, 0, $6,000 4, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 3, 0, $5,400 5, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 1, 0, $5,000 6, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 2, 0, $4,100 7, Louise Bawden/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia, 2, 0, $3,900 8, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 3, 0, $3,600 9, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 2, 0, $2,900 9, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 2, 0, $2,900 9, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 1, 0, $2,900 9, Nicole Branagh/Lauren Fendrick, United States, 1, 0, $2,900 13, Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania, 3, 0, $2,600 14, Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan, 2, 0, $2,500 15, Alice Bain/Julia Tilley, New Zealand, 2, 0, $2,300 16, Lidiannis Echeverria/Leila Martinez, Cuba, 1, 0, $2,100 16, Martina Bonnerova/Sarka Nakladalova, Czech Republic, 1, 0, $2,100 16, Niina Ahtiainen/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 1, 0, $2,100 16, Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania, 1, 0, $2,100 16, Emily Day/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 1, 0, $2,100 21, Marie-Christine Lapointe/Megan Nagy, Canada, 2, 0, $2,000 21, Xinxin Wang/Lvwen Yuan, China, 2, 0, $2,000 21, Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 1, 1, $2,000 21, Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand, 2, 0, $2,000 21, Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States, 2, 0, $2,000

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 71 61 53 ...... 185 45 ...... 230 Germany 18 34 28 ...... 80 35 ...... 115 Switzerland 9 23 20 ...... 52 18 ...... 70 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15 ...... 52 Netherlands 15 12 8 ...... 35 14 ...... 49 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 Spain 4 9 12 ...... 25 9 ...... 34 Latvia 11 8 6 ...... 25 8 ...... 33 Poland 2 8 10 ...... 20 10 ...... 30 Australia 2 2 11 ...... 15 10 ...... 25 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 371 371 372 ...... 1,114 370 ...... 1,484

. There have been 371 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 286 events: . Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32 . Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 . Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 . Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 . Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 6-5 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Norway Tied 5-5 . Australia vs. Switzerland Australia 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 . Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 . Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 . China vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia 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 159 129 127 ...... 415 89 ...... 504 United States 105 75 73 ...... 253 70 ...... 323 China 23 35 27 ...... 85 21 ...... 106 Germany 18 30 28 ...... 76 34 ...... 110 Australia 6 13 20 ...... 39 22 ...... 61 Netherlands 5 6 7 ...... 18 19 ...... 37 Switzerland 6 4 8 ...... 18 7 ...... 25 Italy 1 6 7 ...... 14 11 ...... 25 Canada 4 5 5 ...... 14 6 ...... 20 Czech Republic 4 2 7 ...... 13 10 ...... 23 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 Finland 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 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 335 335 336 ...... 1,006 334 ...... 1,340

. There have been 335 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 251 events: . Brazil vs. United States United States leads 51-44 . 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