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[email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – Québec Open Jeep 2011 Externat St-Jean-Berchmans de Québec, chemin Saint-Louis, Sillery, Québec Canada July 19 – July 24, 2011 Updated on July 17, 2011, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour. The 2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour is scheduled over an eight-month period starting in April in Brazil and ending in November in Thailand. The US$380,000 Québec Open Jeep 2011 is the eighth of twelve double gender events on the 2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour calendar. The FIVB Swatch World Tour returns to Canada for the 7th time after a three year absence. Toronto hosted three double gender events from 1998-2000 and Montreal hosted four double gender events in 2002, and 2005-2007. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org. · July 19 - 24, Québec Open Jeep 2011, Men and Women, $380,000 - This is the first time Québec has hosted the FIVB Swatch World Tour. The event will be held at the Externat St-Jean-Berchmans de Québec, chemin Saint-Louis, Sillery. This will be Canada’s 15th and 16th FIVB Swatch World Tour events, including 7 previous men’s and 7 women’s events. Host country Canada has just two previous medals – both silver in the Toronto men’s events in 1999 and 2000. · The Québec Open Jeep 2011 starts July 19 and concludes July 24. The winning teams in each gender will share the $30,000 first-place prizes.