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FACT SHEET – $600,000 FIVB Gstaad Major Gstaad, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2018

Updated on July 8, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, nine four-star events, six three-star events, seven two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. Four events held in August- October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The double-gender $600,000 FIVB Gstaad Major is the 33rd men’s and the 32nd women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to Switzerland for the 19th-straight season and 19th in Gstaad. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · July 9-15, Gstaad, Switzerland, Men and Women, $600,000 – Switzerland has hosted 39 previous FIVB World Tour events, including a women’s only open in Gstaad in 2000, and double-gender events every year in Gstaad ever since. Starting in 2006, the events became Grand Slams, and the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 events are part of the Major Series. In 2007, the FIVB World Championships were held in Gstaad. Lucerne also hosted a double-gender Open in 2015 and a three-star event this May. Host country Switzerland has won just five medals on its home soil, a men’s gold, silver, and two bronze, and a women’s bronze. · The FIVB Gstaad Major starts July 9 and concludes July 15. The winning teams for each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Monday, July 9 ...... Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Tuesday, July 10 ...... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Wednesday, July 11 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Thursday, July 12 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Friday, July 13 ...... Men’s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Saturday, July 14 ...... Men’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches and Women’s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches · Sunday, July 15 ...... Women’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches · A total of 119 teams from 33 countries (64 men’s teams from 28 countries and 55 women’s teams from 25 countries) are entered into the FIVB Gstaad Major (as of July 8, 2018), including Argentina (1 men’s team and 1 women’s team), Australia (0,1), Austria (5,1), Belgium (1,0), Brazil (6,5), Canada (3,3), Chile (1,0), China (3,1), Czech Republic (2,2), England (1,0), Finland (1,1), France (2,1), Germany (2,4), Italy (3,1), Japan (0,3), Latvia (2,2), Lithuania (2,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Norway (2,1), Oman (2,0), Poland (4,2), Qatar (1,0), Russia (3,2), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (1,1), Spain (2,2), Switzerland (4,5), Thailand (0,2), Turkey (1,0), Ukraine (0,2), United States (5,7), and Venezuela (1,0). · The FIVB Gstaad Major is the 400th men’s and the 364th 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 Switzerland (2001 to present for men and 2000 to present for women) ...... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ...... 3 · FIVB Gstaad Major Men’s Entries (through July 8) ...... 4 · FIVB Gstaad Major Women’s Entries (through July 8) ...... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ...... 6 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ...... 7 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ...... 9 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ...... 10 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 11 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 12 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ...... 13 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ...... 14 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 15 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 17

Past Swiss Men’s Medals - Brazil 21, USA 12, Germany 6, Switzerland 4, Netherlands 3, Italy 2, Latvia 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, Poland 1, Russia 1, Serbia 1, Spain 1, Turkey 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Gstaad 2001 Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA 2. Gstaad 2002 Martin Conde/Mariano Baracetti, ARG Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA 3. Gstaad 2003 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, SUI 4. Gstaad 2004 Heuscher/Kobel, SUI M. Dieckmann/Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, BRA 5. Gstaad 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Benjamin/Harley Marques, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magelhaes, BRA 6. Gstaad 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 7. Gstaad 2007* Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUS Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUS 8. Gstaad 2008 Harley/Pedro Solberg, BRA Reindeer Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, BRA 9. Gstaad 2009 Brink/Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, ESP 10. Gstaad 2010 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GER Marcio Araujo/Ricardo, BRA 11. Gstaad 2011 Alison/Emanuel, BRA Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Brink/Reckermann, GER 12. Gstaad 2012 Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Alison/Emanuel, BRA Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, ITA 13. Gstaad 2013 Alvaro Filho/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Salgado/, BRA Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA 14. Gstaad 2014 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, USA Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA Ryan Doherty/Nick Lucena, USA 15. Lucerne 2015 Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieiri, ITA Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, TUR 16. Gstaad 2015 Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED 17. Gstaad 2016 Evandro Goncalves/Pedro, BRA Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT 18. Gstaad 2017 Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, POL Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, BRA 19. Lucerne 2018 Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, USA Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, SRB Merco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, SUI *FIVB World Championships

Past Swiss Women’s Medals - Brazil 22, USA 14, China 9, Germany 6, Canada 2, Netherlands 2, Australia 2, Czech Republic 1, Italy 1, Switzerland 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Gstaad 2000 /, BRA Holly McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA Ana Paula Connelly/Monica Rodrigues, BRA 2. Gstaad 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Barbra Fontana/, USA May-Treanor/, USA 3. Gstaad 2002 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 4. Gstaad 2003 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Ana Paula/Sandra Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 5. Gstaad 2004 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA McPeak/Youngs, USA 6. Gstaad 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN Shelda/Adriana, BRA 7. Gstaad 2006 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN 8. Gstaad 2007* May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 9. Gstaad 2008 Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN 10. Gstaad 2009 Maria Antonelli/, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA /Youngs, USA 11. Gstaad 2010 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Sara Goller/, GER Xue/Zhang, CHN 12. Gstaad 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN Greta Cicolari/, ITA 13. Gstaad 2012 May-Treanor/ Walsh Jennings, USA /, NED Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI 14. Gstaad 2013 Xue/Zhang, CHN Liliane Maestrini/Barbara Seixas, BRA Taiana Lima/Talita Rocha, BRA 15. Gstaad 2014 Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, GER Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, CZE 16. Lucerne 2015 Borger/Buthe, GER Madeleine Meppelink/Van Iersel, NED Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, CAN 17. Gstaad 2015 Talita/Larissa, BRA Fernanda Alves/Taiana, BRA /Walsh Jennings, USA 18. Gstaad 2016 Talita/Larissa, BRA A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER 19. Gstaad 2017 Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Talita/Larissa, BRA Melissa Humana-Paredes/, CAN 20. Lucerne 2018 Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, AUS Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, CHN Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, USA *FIVB World Championships

FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men ...... Olympic Champions ...... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States ...... Atlanta 1996 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil /Eric Fonoimoana, United States ...... Sydney 2000 ...... Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ...... Athens 2004 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ...... Beijing 2008 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... London 2012 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Rio 2016 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ...... Youth Olympic Champions ...... Girls /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 ...... Berlin 2005 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ...... Gstaad 2007 ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... Stavanger 2009 ...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ...... Rome 2011 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Netherlands 2015 ...... Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ...... Austria 2017 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ...... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Poland 2013 ...... Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ...... Poland 2014 ...... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 21 World Champions ...... Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil ...... France 2001 ...... Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain ...... Italy 2002 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ...... France 2003 ...... Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain ...... Portugal 2004 ...... Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia ...... Brazil 2005 ...... Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil ...... Poland 2006 ...... Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy ...... Italy 2007 ...... Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai, Italy ...... Great Britain 2008 ...... Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Great Britain 2009 ...... Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada ...... Alanya 2010 ...... Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Canada 2011 ...... Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Canada 2012 ...... /Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ...... Croatia 2013 ...... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2014 ...... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Switzerland 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil ...... China 2017 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ...... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ...... Greece 2002* ...... Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany ...... Thailand 2003* ...... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania ...... Italy 2004* ...... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia ...... France 2005 ...... Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany ...... Bermuda 2006 ...... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Poland 2007 ...... Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia ...... Netherlands 2008 ...... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Turkey 2009 ...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Portugal 2010 ...... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ...... Croatia 2011 ...... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2012 ...... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ...... Portugal 2013 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Portugal 2014 ...... Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ...... Cyprus 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil Nanjing ...... China 2018 ...... July 10-15 *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 Gstaad Major Men’s Entries (as of July 8, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina Alison Cerutti/Andre Loyola, Brazil Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil Aaron Nusbaum/Michael Plantinga, Canada Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Pedro Solberg, Brazil Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic Peng Gao/Yang Li, China Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia Zhuoxin Li/Chaowei Zhou, China Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia Jyrki Nurminen/Santeri Siren, Finland Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland Armin Dollinger/Simon Kulzer, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland Andrea Abbiati/Tiziano Andreatta, Italy /Nikita Liamin, Russia Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland Mathias Berntsen/Hendrik Mol, Norway Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland Gabriel Kissling/Michiel Zandbergen, Switzerland Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar Chase Budinger/Sean Rosenthal, United States Maxim Sivolap/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States Christian Garcia/Raul Mesa, Spain Simon Hagenbuch/Raphael Licka, Switzerland Murat Giginoglu/Volkan Gogtepe, Turkey Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States Tigrito Gomez/Carlos Rangel, Venezuela

Country Quota Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria Julian Horl/Tobias Winter, Austria Daniel Mullner/Florian Schnetzer, Austria Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Ricardo Santos, Brazil Luciano Ferreira/Alvaro Filho, Brazil Thiago Santos Barbosa/George Wanderley, Brazil

Reserve Entries Robert Kufa/Jakub Vala, Czech Republic Issa Batrane/Chris Gregory, England Marius Malinauskas/Artur Vasiljev, Lithuania Nouh Al-Jalbubi/Mazin Alhashmi, Oman Ahmed Alhousni/Haitham Alshereiqi, Oman

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Gstaad Major Women’s Entries (as of July 8, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia Ana Gallay/Fernanda Pereyra, Argentina /Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria Sophie Bukovec/Julie Gordon, Canada Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil Gaia Traballi/Agata Zuccarelli, Italy Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic Agnese Caica/Marta Ozolina, Latvia Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic Tina Graudina/Anastasija Kravcenoka, Latvia Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland Urte Andriukaityte/Ieva Dumbauskaite, Lithuania Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany Laura Bloem/Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany Emilie Olimstad/Oda Ulveseth, Norway Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany Jagoda Gruszczynska/Alexandra Wachowicz, Poland Sanne Keizer/, Netherlands Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Yulia Abalakina/Ksenia Dabizha, Russia Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, Slovakia Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland Tjasa Jancar/Tjasa Kotnik, Slovenia Laura Caluori/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland /Liliana Fernandez, Spain Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Angela Lobato/Amaranta Navarro, Spain Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States Nicole Eiholzer/Elena Steinemann, Switzerland Emily Day/Lauren Fendrick, United States Tatjana Greber/Kim Huber, Switzerland /Summer Ross, United States Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, Thailand Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine Inna Makhno/Iryna Makhno, Ukraine

Country Quota Rebecca Cavalcanti/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.54 million in prize money, with three Major Series five-star events, nine four-star events, six three-star events, seven two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the 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. Four events being played in August-October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90.

· The international beach volleyball circuit visits 47 sites in 29 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, 2018. · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 42 men’s and 43 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.54 million in prize money. · All three five-star events and the 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 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 FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August 15-19. · Eight of the nine four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar was for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), and China (Xiamen), and will be played in the United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), and Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. One event in Yangzhou, China in October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The first event for both genders was in China (Qinzhou), and the other three for both genders will be held in Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Japan (Tokyo). The event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. One event in Qinzhou, China in September-October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The two-star events have a purse of $25,000 or $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 three will be in China (Jinjiang), Singapore, and Morocco (Agadir). Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women’s-only events. · The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender, with the first single-gender event played in France (Montpellier) in September, 2017 for men only. The other single-gender events for women will be held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan), while the events for men-only were 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, Manavgat, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), Austria (Baden), Russia (Anapa), Croatia (Porec), Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). Two events in Hungary (Siofok) and France (Montpellier) will be part of the 2019 Tour. · 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 10-15. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. · France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men’s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, 2017. The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands

November 22-25 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O’Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November 23-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia

January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February 20-24 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands March 14-17 Oman One-Star Men Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany March 15-18 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Women Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, United States April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Men Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Mastikova, Russia

May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men Ilya Leshukov/, Russia May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Women Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Women Ayumi Kusano/Takemi Nishibori, Japan May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider, Germany May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men Yusuke Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Women Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough, United States May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Women Mailen Deliz/Leila Martinez, Cuba May 24-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men Luciano Ferreira/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil May 25-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Women Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Women Sarah Schneider/Viktoria Seeber, Germany

June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Women Teresa Mersmann/Cinja Tillmann, Germany June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Men Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria June 14-17 Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June 20-23 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men Oscar Brandao/Luciano Ferreira, Brazil June 20-23 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Women Satono/Ishitsubo/Asami Shiba, Japan June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Women Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE

June 21-24 Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Men Pen Gao/Yang Li, China June 21-24 Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Women Reika Murakami/Chiyo Suzuki, Japan June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Women Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

July 3-7 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia July 3-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Women Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, RUS July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Men Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Women Emily Sonny/Torrey Van Winden, United States July 9-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July 10-15 Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls July 13-15 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July 17-22 Haiyang, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 19-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $10,000 July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 26-29 Agadir, Morocco Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000

August 3-5 Ljubljana, Slovenia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Vaduz, Liechtenstein One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August 15-19 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000

2019 FIVB World Tour August 23-26 Siofok, Hungary One-Star Men & Women $10,000 Aug 28-Sept 1 Montpellier, France One-Star Men & Women $10,000

Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000

October 10-14 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results

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

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

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

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

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of July 2, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 15*, 5,760 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 15*, 4,880 3, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 13*, 4,400 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 13*, 4,400 5, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 7, 4,320 6, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 4,260 7, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11*, 4,020 8, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 12*, 3,820 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10*, 3,780 10, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 13*, 3,640 10, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,640 12, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 17*, 3,380 12, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9*, 3,380 14, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 10*, 3,320 15, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 7, 3,240 16, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 3,180 17, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 9*, 3,120 18, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 3,040 18, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 11*, 3,040 20, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 11*, 2,980 20, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 15*, 2,980 22, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 11*, 2,940 23, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9*, 2,920 24, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 12*, 2,800 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 17*, 2,580 25, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 6, 2,580

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 10*, 5,040 1, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 12*, 5,040 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 11*, 4,560 4, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 10*, 4,480 5, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 9*, 4,400 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 11*, 4,300 7, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 8, 4,280 8, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 13*, 3,640 8, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 10*, 3,640 10, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 14*, 3,600 11, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 14*, 3,560 12, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 16*, 3,460 13, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 16*, 3,340 14, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10*, 3,240 15, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 12*, 3,060 15, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8, 3,060 17, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9*, 3,020 18, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 11*, 2,940 19, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 8, 2,840 20, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 7, 2,780 21, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 4, 2,720 22, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9*, 2,700 22, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12*, 2,700 24, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 10*, 2,640 25, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 14*, 2,500

* 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 July 8, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 9, 5,080 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 8, 4,980 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 9, 4,960 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 9, 4,220 5, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 10, 4,060 6, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 10, 3,780 7, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 3,760 8, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 10, 3,500 9, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 9, 3,420 10, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 3,180 11, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9, 3,060 12, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 10, 2,860 12, Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany, 10, 2,860 14, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 8, 2,840 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 6, 2,840 16, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 8, 2,800 17, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 8, 2,780 18, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 2,580 18, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 6, 2,580 20, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,540 20, Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania, 10, 2,540 22, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 2,500 23, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 2,440 24, Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 7, 2,420 25, Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland, 9, 2,330

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 8, 4,480 2, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 8, 4,120 3, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10, 4,020 4, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 7, 3,960 5, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 7, 3,940 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 3,760 7, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 10, 3,580 8, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 9, 3,500 9, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12, 3,460 10, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 6, 3,340 11, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 6, 3,280 12, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 6, 3,200 13, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 7, 3,140 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 6, 3,120 15, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 3,020 16, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 2,880 17, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 7, 2,860 18, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 7, 2,660 19, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 6, 2,640 20, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 6, 2,620 21, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 7, 2,580 22, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9, 2,540 23, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 11, 2,500 24, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 7, 2,460 24, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 6, 2,460

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through July 8, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 8, 1, $92,000 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 9, 3, $87,000 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 9, 1, $79,000 4, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 9, 1, $63,000 5, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 1, $59,000 6, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 1, $56,000 7, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 6, 1, $54,000 8, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 10, 0, $53,500 9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 4, 0, $43,000 10, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 3, 1, $42,000 10, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $42,000 12, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 10, 1, $41,500 13, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 10, 0, $35,500 14, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 6, 0, $35,000 15, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 6, 0, $34,000 16, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 8, 1, $33,000 17, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 9, 0, $31,500 18, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 0, $31,000 19, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 8, 0, $30,200 20, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 3, 0, $30,000 20, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 5, 0, $30,000 22, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 8, 0, $28,500 23, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 7, 1, $27,740 23, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $27,500 25, Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 7, 1, $27,100

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 2, $80,000 2, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 8, 0, $76,000 3, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 7, 1, $69,000 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 7, 1, $64,000 5, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 8, 4, $63,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 6, 1, $55,000 7, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 6, 1, $52,000 8, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 6, 0, $48,000 9, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 10, 0, $46,100 10, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 6, 0, $46,000 11, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 6, 0, $43,000 12, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 7, 0, $40,000 13, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 9, 0, $38,000 14, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 10, 0, $37,790 15, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 12, 1, $34,318 16, Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 5, 0, $34,000 16, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 4, 1, $34,000 18, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 7, 0, $33,000 18, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 6, 0, $33,000 18, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 6, 0, $33,000 21, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 8, 1, $32,320 22, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 0, $31,000 23, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 7, 0, $29,000 24, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 7, 0, $28,500 25, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 0, $28,000

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 196 144 138 ...... 478 105 ...... 583 United States 75 61 53 ...... 189 46 ...... 235 Germany 20 35 30 ...... 85 38 ...... 123 Switzerland 9 23 22 ...... 54 20 ...... 74 Netherlands 18 13 11 ...... 42 16 ...... 58 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15 ...... 52 Russia 10 12 13 ...... 35 15 ...... 50 Latvia 13 9 9 ...... 31 10 ...... 41 Italy 7 12 11 ...... 30 14 ...... 44 Norway 8 7 14 ...... 29 15 ...... 44 Spain 5 9 14 ...... 28 11 ...... 39 Canada 3 10 13 ...... 26 12 ...... 38 Poland 4 10 11 ...... 25 11 ...... 36 Australia 2 3 12 ...... 17 11 ...... 28 China 4 7 6 ...... 17 4 ...... 21 Austria 2 8 4 ...... 14 11 ...... 25 France 3 3 6 ...... 12 10 ...... 22 Cuba 2 2 3 ...... 7 2 ...... 9 Mexico 0 2 4 ...... 6 0 ...... 6 Qatar 1 2 1 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Iran 0 2 2 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Estonia 1 1 1 ...... 3 3 ...... 6 Turkey 0 1 2 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6 ...... 8 Czech Republic 0 2 0 ...... 2 5 ...... 7 Serbia 1 1 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Japan 1 0 1 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Chile 0 2 0 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 New Zealand 0 0 2 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Ukraine 1 0 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Indonesia 0 1 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Thailand 1 0 1 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Slovenia 1 0 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Denmark 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 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 Oman 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 399 399 400 ...... 1,198 398 ...... 1,596

There have been 399 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 309 events: . Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32 . Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 . Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 . Austria vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 . Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Tied 6-6 . Austria vs. Russia Austria leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 6-5 . Austria vs. Ukraine Ukraine leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 6-3 . Brazil vs. Denmark Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1 . Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Latvia Latvia leads 4-3 . Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3 . Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1 . Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-2 . Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0 . Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1 . Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . China vs. Estonia China leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2 . Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Germany leads 2-1 . Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1 . France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1 . France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-0 . France vs. Spain France leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Iran Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0 . Indonesia vs. Thailand Thailand leads 1-0 . China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0 . Iran vs. Serbia Serbia leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0 . Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 . Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . China vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Russia Netherlands leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Poland Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Poland vs. Spain Spain leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Turkey Russia leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0 . Serbia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. United StatesGermany United vs. RussiaStates leadsTied 1-0 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 164 134 129 ...... 427 93 ...... 520 United States 110 77 77 ...... 264 72 ...... 336 China 23 37 27 ...... 87 22 ...... 109 Germany 21 31 31 ...... 83 36 ...... 119 Australia 8 13 23 ...... 44 22 ...... 66 Netherlands 5 8 7 ...... 20 20 ...... 40 Switzerland 6 5 9 ...... 20 7 ...... 27 Japan 6 7 5 ...... 18 9 ...... 27 Canada 6 6 6 ...... 18 8 ...... 26 Italy 1 7 8 ...... 16 12 ...... 28 Russia 4 4 8 ...... 16 4 ...... 20 Czech Republic 5 2 7 ...... 14 12 ...... 26 Austria 1 5 5 ...... 11 8 ...... 19 Spain 0 7 2 ...... 9 4 ...... 13 Greece 1 4 3 ...... 8 9 ...... 17 Norway 0 2 3 ...... 5 2 ...... 7 Slovakia 0 0 4 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Cuba 1 2 0 ...... 3 2 ...... 5 Poland 0 2 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Thailand 0 2 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Turkey 0 1 2 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Ukraine 0 2 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Lithuania 0 0 2 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Argentina 0 1 0 ...... 1 4 ...... 5 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 3 ...... 4 Sweden 0 0 1 ...... 1 2 ...... 3 Belgium 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Finland 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Paraguay 0 0 1 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Romania 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Chinese Taipei 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Indonesia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Israel 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Latvia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Vanuatu 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 363 363 364 ...... 1,090 362 ...... 1,452

There have been 363 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic & Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 273 events: . Brazil vs. United States United States leads 52-44 . Brazil vs. Japan Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 18-7 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 14-8 . Brazil vs. Romania Romania leads 1-0 . China vs. United States United States leads 11-6 . Brazil vs. Ukraine Brazil leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 7-3 . Canada vs. United States 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. Italy Brazil leads 4-0 . Chinese Taipei vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 3-1 . Cuba vs. Russia Cuba leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Germany Canada 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 . Australia vs. China Australia leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Japan Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil 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 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Germany vs. Japan Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Spain Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Germany leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Turkey Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Netherlands Russia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Switzerland Italy leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Greece Tied 1-1 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Czech Republic Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Spain Japan leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Thailand Japan leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Japan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Canada Canada leads 1-0 . Kazakhstan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Poland Australia leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Netherlands Austria 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 . Belgium vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Thailand vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 1-0 . Ukraine vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Czech Republic Czech Republic leads 1-0