Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam, Parco del Foro Italico, Rome, May 17-23, 2010

Updated on May 12, 2010, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The US$6.83-million SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled over an eight-month period starting in April in Brazil and ending in November in Thailand. The US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam is the third of 12 double gender events on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org or www.beachvolleyroma.com.

· The SWATCH FIVB World Tour will visit to the Rome for the second-straight season as the international Beach Volleyball circuit stages its first of six Grand slam events in 2010. Rome will also host the 2011 SWATCH FIVB World Championships June 17-26 at the Parco del Foro Italico. The Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam is one of two new SWATCH Grand Slam stops in 2010 along with Stare Jablonki, Poland. The $3.6-million SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will also return to Austria (Klagenfurt), Norway (Stavanger), Russia (Moscow) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The 2010 will mark the 15th men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Italy while the women will be competing in the European country for ninth-time with the last event being in 2006 at Modena. Roma

· The Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam starts May 17 and concludes May 23. The winning teams in each gender will share the $43,500 first-place prizes. Here is the tentative schedule:

· Monday, May 17...... Women’s Country Quota Playoffsand Qualification Tournament · Tuesday, May 18...... Men’s Qualification Tournament, Women’s Main Draw · Wednesday, May 19...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw · Thursday, May 20...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw · Friday, May 21 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw · Saturday, May 2 ...... Women’s Semi-finals and Medal matches, Men’s Main Draw · Sunday, May 23 ...... Men’sSemi-final and Medal matches

· A total of 98 men’s and 83 women’s teams from 35 countries have entered the Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam (as of May 12, 2010), including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine, the United States and Venezuela.

· The Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam will be the 246th men’s and 205th women’s event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.

TABLE OF CONTENTS...... Page · Past SWATCH FIVB World Tour Results in Italy...... 2 · FIVB Officials, Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams...... 3 · Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Men’s Updated Entries through May 12, 2010...... 4 · Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Women’s Updated Entries through May 12, 2010 ...... 5 · 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights, Results and Schedule...... 6 · 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders, Final 4s, Medals, MOPs, Wild Card Results, SWATCH Serving ...... 7 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results...... 10 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders...... 11 · Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...... 12 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...... 13 · SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slams Facts and Figures...... 14-18

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Past Italian Men’s Medals - Brazil 22, USA 9, Argentina 4, Switzerland 3, Germany 2, Norway 2, Canada 1, Italy 1, Russia 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Jesi 1989 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, USA Giovanni Errichiello/Dio Lequaglie, ITA Karch Kiraly/Steve Timmons, USA 2. Lignano 1990 Tim Hovland/Kent Steffes, USA Eddo/Sean Fallowfield, USA Eduardo Garrido/Roberto Moreira, BRA 3. Cattolica 1991 Smith/Stoklos, USA John Eddo/Leif Hanson, USA Guilherme Marques/Andre Lima, BRA 4. Lignano 1992 Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA Eduardo/Roberto, BRA Scott Friederichsen/Tim Walmer, USA 5. Lignano 1995 Paulao/Paulo Emilio, BRA Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA 6. Lignano 1996 Emanuel Rego/Ze Marco de Melo, BRA Carl Henkel/Smith, USA Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR 7. Lignano 1997 Conde/Martinez, ARG Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR 8. Lignano 1998 Guilherme/Para Ferreira, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 9. Lignano 1999 Emanuel/Loiola, BRA Guilherme/Para, BRA Conde/Martinez, ARG 10. Lignano 2000 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 11. Lignano 2001 Mariano Baracetti/Conde, ARG Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA 12. Roseto 2006 Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, BRA 13. Roseto 2007 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUS 14. Roseto 2008 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA 15. Rome 2009 Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER Pedro Cunha/Salgado, BRA Alison Cerutti/Harley, BRA Past Italian Women’s Medals - Brazil 13, USA 5, China 2, Australia 1, Czech Republic 1, Germany 1, Greece 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Pescara 1997 Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 2. Vasto 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Monica Rodrigues/Silva, BRA Pires/Adirana Samuel, BRA 3. Cagliari 2000 Ana Paula Connelly/Monica, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 4. Cagliari 2001 Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, USA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS Shelda/Adriana, BRA 5. Milan 2003 Tian Jia/Wang Fei, CHN Shelda/Adriana, BRA Nancy Mason/Dianne DeNecochea, USA 6. Milan 2004 Shelda/Adiriana, BRA Shaylyn Bede/Renta Ribeiro, BRA Eva Celbova/Sona Novakova, CZE 7. Milan 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa França, BRA Vasso Karadassiou/Vassiliki. Arvaniti, GRE Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, GER 8. Modena 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN

· MEN’S SEASON OPENING EVENTS - Reigning Olympic champions Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States won the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour season opening event April 25 in Brasília by defeating Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego of Brazil 21-16 and 21-12 in the 38-minute finale. With Dalhausser and Rogers finishing fourth in the second 2010 event in China after losing in the bronze medal match to Alison and Emanuel, Harley Marques and Pedro Salgado reunited to win their third Shanghai gold medal together in the last four years by defeating Germany’s Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann 21-15, 13-21 and 17-15 in the 62-minute title match on May 8. · WOMEN’S SEASON OPENING EVENTS- For the fifth-time in the last six years, Brazilians Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca netted the title at the season’s first SWATCH FIVB World Tour event by capturing the gold medal April 24 in Brasília by defeating Germans Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig in the finals 21-15 and 21-19 in 41 minutes. After placing fourth in the season opener, 2009 world champions Jen Kessy and April Ross of the United States rebounded to win the women’s Shanghai stop by scoring a 15-21, 21-16 and 15-12 victory in 56 minutes over Juliana and Larissa on May 9. · After the Rome stop, the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar when Seoul (women) and Myslowice (men) stage single-gender events May 25-30. After a week break, Moscow hosts the second grand slam event on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour June 7-14 followed by a men’s-only event in Prague June 15-20. · A new Mikasa ball, the VLS 300, will be used after being introduced at 2009 season-ending events in Sanya and Phuket.  The television coverage for the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour will feature 55 broadcast companies across the world. The coverage covers six macro-regions ( Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and the, Middle East) with IMG the FIVB’s partner for TV distribution and production. A total of 134 “live” matches and 21 highlight programs have been and will be produced and distributed throughout the season offering increased access to each SWATCH FIVB World Tour event. The 2009 international Beach Volleyball season saw an increase in international broadcasters from 24 in 2008 to 39 in 2009 when more than 1,600 total hours of primary footage of events were broadcast around the world. Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam FIVB Officials · Peter Hreszczuk, Australia ...... Technical Supervisor · Mauro deSanctis, Italy ...... Photographer · José Casanova, Portugal...... Referee Delegate · Tim Simmons, United States ...... Press Delegate · Olly Harding, England...... Television Delegate Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam International Referees · Marc Berard, France · Jose Maria Padron, Spain · Lejiun Wang, China · Rui Carvalho, Portugal · Drago Peslac, Australia · Daryl Friesen, Canada · Wang Searle, England

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Men ...... Olympic Champions...... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States...... Atlanta 1996 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ...... Sydney 2000 ...... Natalie Cook/Kerri Potthatrst, 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 July 27-August 12, Horse Guards Parade...... London 2012 ...... www.london2012.com Copacabana...... Rio 2016 ...... www.rio2016.org.br

Men ...... SWATCH FIVB World Championships...... 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 June 17-26...... Rome 2011 ...... www.beachvolleyroma.com

Men ...... SWATCH FIVB Junior (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 Salgado, 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 September 14-19 ...... Alanya 2010...... Alanya, Turkey

Men ...... SWATCH FIVB Youth (U-18/19) World Champions ...... Women Ian Borges/Pedro Salgado, 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...... Alanya 2009#...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany July 27-August 1 ...... Porto 2010# ...... Porto, Portugal *For players under the age of 18 ...... #for players under the age of 19 About the FIVB - The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball and Beach Volleyball on a global level. Working closely with the National Federations and private enterprises, the FIVB promotes Volleyball and Beach Volleyball competitions and development activities as entertainment and promotional factors for the enjoyment of spectators and participants while satisfying sponsors' needs. It aims to develop Volleyball and Beach Volleyball as a major world media and entertainment sport through world-class planning and organization of competitions, marketing and promotional activities. The FIVB is part of the Olympic Movement, contributing to the success of the Olympic Games.

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Men’s Qualification Tournament Notes · A total of 11 countries have advanced from a men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for two events in 2010. · Brazil ...... 2 · Poland ...... 2 · Estonia ...... 1 · Spain ...... 1 · Czech Republic...... 2 · Venezuela ...... 2 · France ...... 1 · Switzerland...... 1 · Germany ...... 2 · Denmark...... 1 · Norway ...... 1 · Leon Colina/Fernando Ramos of Venezuela are the lowest seeded team (24th, Brasília) to advance from the qualifier to the Main Draw. · No. 1...... 1 · No. 4...... 2 · No. 8...... 1 · No. 17 ...... 1 · No. 2...... 1 · No. 5...... 1 · No. 10...... 2 · No. 18 ...... 1 · No. 3...... 2 · No. 6...... 2 · No. 12...... 1 · No. 24 ...... 1

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Main Draw, Country Qualification Tournament, Country  Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia  Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany  Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria  Rieke Brink-Abeler/Angelina Grun, Germany  Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria  Karla Borger/Britta Büthe, Germany  Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium  Chiara Ferretti/Laura Giombini, Italy  Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil  Barbara Campanari/Silvia Fanella, Italy  Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil  Sayaka Mizoe/Shinako Tanaka, Japan  Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil  Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia  Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China  Elodi Li Yuk Lo/Natacha Rigobert, Mauritius  Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic  Madelein Meppelink/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands  Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany  Merel Mooren/Margo Wiltens, Netherlands  Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany  Roos Van der Hoeven/Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands  Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany  Janne Kongshavn/Ingrid Torlen, Norway  Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece  Susan Blundell/Anna Scarlett, New Zealand  Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy  Karolina Sowala/Katarzyna Urban, Poland  Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy  Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland  Elisa Cella/Valeria Rosso, Italy  Ekaterina Khomyakova/Anastasia Vasina, Russia  Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico  Erika Fabjan/Simona Fabjan, Slovenia  Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands  Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland  Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands  Tora Hansson/Camilla Nilsson, Sweden  Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia  Viktoriya Lavrenchenko/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine  Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland  Svitlana Baburina/Viktoriia Smetaniuk, Ukraine  Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor, United States  Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States  Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States  Brooke Hanson/Lisa Rutledge, United States  Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States Reserve Teams, Country Qualification Tournament, Country  Agatha Bednarczuk/Raquel Pellucci, Brazil  Kerstin Pichler/Cornelia Rimser, Austria  Eva Stoilova/Eva Tcholakova, Bulgaria  Vanilda Leao/Angela Vieira, Brazil  Julie Rodrigue/Katherine Zakrzewski, Canada  Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil  Anastasia Danilova/Kristina Valjas, Canada  Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil  Karolina Rehácková/Michaela Vorlová, Czech Republic  Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada  Olaya Pazo/Alejandra Simon, Spain  Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China  Laura Menon/Giulia Toti, Italy  Linjun Ji/Jieqiong Jin, China  Elisa Carraro/Laura Cavalluzzi, Italy  Lenka Hajeckova Felbabova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic  Alessia Lombardi/Cristina Parente, Italy  Charlotte Dyhr/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark  Mara Di Martile/Daniela Stabile, Italy  Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain  Debora Allegretti/Jessica Allegretti, Italy  Nadia Campisi/Cristina Hopf, Spain  Gaia Cicola/Daniela Scarpellino, Italy  Ester Catalina Pol Borrás/Ester Ribera Boter, Spain  Rita Eritsland/Cindy Treland, Norway  Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland  Martyna Wardak/Agnieszka Woloszyn, Poland  Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain  Juliana Antunes/Ana Freches, Portugal  Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, Great Britain  Martina Jakob/Andreja Vodeb, Slovenia  Helen Brown/Liane Herbert, Great Britain  Natalia Dubovcova/Dominika Nestarcova, Slovak Republic  Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia  Kelly Irvin/Ashley Lee, United States  Chantal Laboureur/Claudia Lehmann, Germany 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Women’s Qualification Tournament Notes · A total of 14 countries have advanced from a women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for one event in 2010. · Brazil ...... 2 · Finland ...... 1 · Latvia...... 1 · Switzerland...... 1 · Netherlands...... 2 · Germany ...... 1 · Poland ...... 1 · United States...... 1 · Belgium ...... 1 · Great Britain...... 1 · Puerto Rico ...... 1 · China...... 1 · Italy...... 1 · Spain ...... 1 · Brazilians Izabel Bezerra and Luiza Amelia Ramos are the lowest seeded team (33rd, Brasília) to advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw. · No. 1...... 1 · No. 7...... 1 · No. 13...... 1 · No. 33 ...... 1 · No. 2...... 2 · No. 8...... 1 · No. 19...... 1 · No. 3...... 1 · No. 11...... 2 · No. 25...... 1 · No. 4...... 1 · No. 12...... 2 · No. 26...... 1 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Women’s Lucky Losers If a team(s) withdraw from the Main Draw of an event after the start of the Country Quota playoff matches, a lucky loser” draw will be held among the top-seeded teams losing in the final round of the Qualification Tournament. · Brasília - Erika Nystrom/Emilia Nystrom of Finland (fifth) and Claudia Lehmann/Chantal Laboureur of Germany (25th). Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 5 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights & Schedule The 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar is highlighted by six Grand Slam events as the international Beach Volleyball schedule started in April and will conclude in November. · The international Beach Volleyball circuit will visit 17 sites in 14 countries over an eight-month period. · With the 2010 calendar will feature 15 women’s and 14 men’s events within the Asian, European and South American confederations, the SWATCH FIVB World Tour will offer $6.83-million in prize money. · Twelve of the tournaments will be combined men’s and women’s events, including all six Grand Slam stops. · Women’s-only stops will be in China (Sanya), Korea (Seoul) and Thailand (Phuket). · After a year’s absence, the Czech Republic capital of Prague returns to the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar and will stage the second of two men’s-only events in June following the Polish stop in Myslowice in late May. · With Rome scheduled to host the 2011 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, the Italian capital will be one of two new Grand Slam events on this year’s calendar along with Stare Jablonki, Poland. · The $3.6-million SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam series will also return to Austria (Klagenfurt), Norway (Stavanger), Russia (Moscow) and Switzerland (Gstaad). · Klagenfurt, Gstaad and Stavanger have each staged 10 or more FIVB-sanctioned Beach Volleyball events. Each site has hosted the SWATCH FIVB World Championships (Klagenfurt in 2001, Gstaad in 2007 and Stavanger in 2009). · The opening event on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar was a double gender event in Brasília as the Brazilian capital celebrated its 50th anniversary on the third day of competition. Brazil has staged a SWATCH FIVB World Tour event every year since the start of the international circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992. · China and Norway join Poland in each staging two SWATCH FIVB World Tour stops in 2010. · Mariehamn in the Finnish islands of Åland and The Hague in The Netherlands are also on the 2010 calendar. The two events will conclude the men’s international schedule in late August while the women’s competition will end in October and November with events in Sanya and Phuket, respectively. 2010 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site Gender ...... Gold Medal Teams or Prize Money (US dollars) April 20-25 Brasília, Brazil ...... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States May 3-8 Shanghai, China ...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May 18-23 Rome, Italy Grand Slam...... $300,000 May 25-30 Myslowice, Poland ...... $190,000 June 8-14 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam...... $300,000 June 15-20 Prague, Czech Republic ...... $190,000 June 29-July 4 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam...... $300,000 July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam...... $300,000 July 20-25 Marseille, France ...... $190,000 July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...... $300,000 August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam...... $300,000 August 10-15 Kristiansand, Norway ...... $190,000 August 17-22 Aland, Finland ...... $190,000 August 24-29 The Hague, Netherlands ...... $190,000 2010 Women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site Gender ...... Gold Medal Teams or Prize Money (US dollars) April 19-24 Brasília, Brazil ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May 4-9 Shanghai, China ...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States May 17-22 Rome, Italy Grand Slam...... $300,000 May 25-30 Seoul, Korea ...... $190,000 June 7-13 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam...... $300,000 June 28-July 3 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam,...... $300,000 July 5-10 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam...... $300,000 July 19-25 Marseille, France ...... $100,000 July 26-31 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...... $300,000 August 2-7 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam...... $300,000 August 9-14 Kristiansand, Norway ...... $190,000 August 16-21 Aland, Finland ...... $190,000 August 23-28 The Hague, Netherlands ...... $190,000 October 26-31 Sanya, China ...... $190,000 November 2-7 Phuket, Thailand ...... $190,000 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders (through May 8) Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 1,020 1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2, 1, $41,200 1, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 1,020 2, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 2, 0, $36,000 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 840 3, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1, 1, $30,000 3, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 840 4, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 2, 0, $28,600 5, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 600 5, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2, 0, $24,100 5, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 600 6, Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 2, 0, $15,450 5, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 600 7, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2, 0, $15,100 8, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 540 8, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2, 0, $13,600 9, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, 480 9, Casey Jennings/Brad Keenan, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 9, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 480 9, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 9, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 480 11, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 2, 0, $11,900 12, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 360 12, Pedro Salgado/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 1, 0, $9,100 13, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 300 13, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 0, $8,800 13, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 300 14, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1, 0, $7,600 13, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 300 14, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1, 0, $7,600 16, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 270 16, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, 2, 0, $7,050 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 240 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2, 0, $6,250 17, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 240 17, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 2, 0, $6,250 17, Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 240 19, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 2, 0, $6,000 17, Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev , Russia, 240 20, Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 2, 0, $5,600 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 198 20, Yury Bogatov/Serguei Prokopiev , Russia, 2, 0, $5,600 22, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 180 22, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 2, 0, $4,250 22, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 180 22, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1, 0, $4,250 22, Dmitri Barsouk/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 180 22, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1, 0, $4,250 22, Dmitri Barsouk/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 1, 0, $4,250 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders (through May 9) Women’s Team Rank, points Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 1,140 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 2, 1, $51,000 2, Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States, 1,020 2, Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States, 2, 1, $41,200 3, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 720 3, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 2, 0, $23,000 4, Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor, United States, 660 4, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $21,000 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 660 5, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2, 0, $17,800 6, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 600 6, Nicole Branagh/Misty May-Treanor, United States, 2, 0, $17,200 6, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 600 7, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2, 0, $16,700 8, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 540 8, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 2, 0, $13,600 9, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 480 9, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2, 0, $12,000 9, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 480 10, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 2, 0, $11,900 11, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 420 11, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 2, 0, $10,250 12, Brooke Hanson/Lisa Rutledge, United States, 390 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $9,600 13, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 360 13, Brooke Hanson/Lisa Rutledge, United States, 2, 0, $9,100 13, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 360 13, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 1, 0, $9,100 13, Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, 360 15, Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, 2, 0, $8,800 16, Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 300 16, Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 2, 0, $8,000 16, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 300 17, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 1, 0, $7,600 16, Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 300 18, Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 2, 0, $7,050 16, Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, 300 18, Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, 2, 0, $7,050 20, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 240 20, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 0, $5,600 21, Madelein Meppelink/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 180 21, Madelein Meppelink/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands, 2, 0, $4,800 21, Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain, 180 21, Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain, 2, 0, $4,800 21, Andrezza Martins/Cristine Santanna, Georgia, 180 21, Andrezza Martins/Cristine Santanna, Georgia, 2, 0, $4,800 21, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 180 24, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 1, 0, $4,250 21, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Austria, 180 24, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Austria, 1, 0, $4,250 21, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 180 24, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 1, 0, $4,250 21, Vanilda Leao/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 180 24, Vanilda Leao/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 1, 0, $4,250 21, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 180 24, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 1, 0, $4,250

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 7 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Four” Results Brazil - Brasília, April 20-25, $190,000 China - Shanghai, May 3-8, $190,000 1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30,000 1. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $30,000 2. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $21,000 2. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $21,000 3. Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $15,000 3. Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $15,000 4. Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, $11,200 4. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $11,200 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-15, 21-12 (38 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-15, 13-21, 17- minutes) 15 (62) Bronze - Benjamin/Bruno def. Cunha/Thiago, 21-18, 21-12 (43) Bronze - Alison/Emanuel def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-16, 12-21, MOP - Dalhausser 15-13 (50) SWATCH Serve - Iver Horrem, Norway, 86.5 km/h MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 99.1 km/h 2010 MEN’S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through May 8, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 1 1 2 ...... 4 1 ...... 5 Germany 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 United States 1 0 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Totals 2 2 2 ...... 6 2 ...... 8 2010 Most Outstanding Player Awards - Men  Phil Dalhausser, United States...... Brasília  Harley Marques, Brazil ...... Shanghai 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men’s Wild Card Teams, by finishes Site Team Seed Rank Site Team Seed Rank Brasília Pedro Cunha/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil 11 4th Shanghai Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 23 9th Brasília Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States 14 9th Shanghai Young Liu/Cheng Chen, China 32 25th 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders(km/h, 2 events, through May 8) Rank Player Country Speed...... Site Rank Player Country Speed ...... Site 1 Pablo Herrera ESP 99.1...... Shanghai 10 Thiago Santos Barbosa BRA 88.2 ...... Shanghai 2 Jefferson Bellaguarda SUI 95.2...... Shanghai 11 Stefan Windscheif GER 87.8 ...... Shanghai 3 Harley Marques BRA 94.0...... Shanghai 12 Yong Liu CHN 87.7 ...... Shanghai 4 Julius Brink GER 93.8...... Shanghai 13 Emmanouil Xenakis GRE 87.2 ...... Shanghai 5 Alexey Yutvalin RUS 93.6...... Shanghai 14 Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 86.8 ...... Shanghai 6 Jonathan Erdmann GER 91.7...... Shanghai 15 Iver Horrem NOR 86.5 ...... Brasília 7 Jian Li CHN 90.9...... Shanghai 16 Linyin Xu CHN 86.4 ...... Shanghai 8 Alison Cerutti BRA 89.6...... Shanghai 17 Bo Soderberg DEN 86.3 ...... Shanghai 9 Phil Dalhausser USA 89.4...... Shanghai 18 Michal Kadziola POL 86.1 ...... Shanghai Top SWATCH World Tour Servers Since 2005 (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed, km/h Site...... Season 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 114.0 Italy...... 2008 2 Eric Koreng GER 109.4 Austria...... 2007 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 105.0 Austria...... 2007 4 Conrad Leinemann CAN 104.4 Austria...... 2005 5 Linyin Xu CHN 104.0 Italy...... 2008 5 Julius Brink GER 104.0 Czech Republic...... 2008 7 Jonas Reckermann GER 103.2 Austria...... 2007 8 Dominik Witczak POL 103.0 Poland...... 2007 9 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 102.5 Moscow...... 2009 10 Pablo Herrera ESP 102.4 Australia...... 2008 11 Vegard Hoidalen NOR 102.0 Poland...... 2004 11 Serguei Prokopiev RUS 102.0 Russia...... 2008 13 Harley Marques BRA 101.3 Norway...... 2005 14 Dmitri Barsouk RUS 101.0 Croatia...... 2007 15 Kristjan Kais EST 100.8 Poland...... 2005 16 Richard Schuil NED 100.0 Norway...... 2007 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s “Final Four” Results Brazil - Brasília, April 19-24, $190,000 China - Shanghai, May 4-9, $190,000 1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $30,000 1. Kessy/Ross, United States, $30,000 2. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $21,000 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $21,000 3. Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, $15,000 3. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, $15,000 4. Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States, $11,200 4. Misty May-Treanor/Nicole Branagh, United States, $11,200 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Goller/Ludwig, 21-15, 21-19 (41 Gold - Kessy/Ross def. Juliana/Larissa, 15-21, 21-16, 15-12 (56) minutes) Bronze - Antonelli/Talita def. May-Treanor/Branagh, 21-19, 17- Bronze - Salgados def. Kessy/Ross, 21-16, 21-16 (43) 21, 15-11 (51) MOP - Juliana MOP - Kessy SWATCH Serve - Erika Nystrom, Finland, 77.0 km/h SWATCH Serve - Ross, United States, 82.2 km/h

2010 WOMEN’S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through May 9, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 1 1 2 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 United States 1 0 0 ...... 1 2 ...... 3 Germany 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Totals 2 2 2 ...... 6 2 ...... 8 2010 Most Outstanding Player Awards - Women  Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil...... Brasília  Jen Kessy, United States...... Shanghai 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men’s Wild Card Teams, by finishes Site Team Seed Rank Site Team Seed Rank Brasília Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil 9 3rd Shanghai Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil 21 17th Brasília Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States 12 17th Shanghai Ana Hu/Jieqiong Jin, China 32 25th 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Serving Leaders(km/h, 2 events, through May 9) Rank Player Country Speed...... Site Rank Player Country Speed...... Site 1 April Ross USA 82.2 ...... Shanghai 8 Jieqiong Jin CHN 75.0...... Brasília 2 Larissa Franca BRA 81.7 ...... Shanghai 9 Yuan Yue CHN 74.2...... Shanghai 3 Maria Clara Salgado BRA 78.8 ...... Shanghai 9 Erika Fabjan SLO 74.2...... Brasília 4 Maria Antonelli BRA 77.7 ...... Shanghai 11 Ayumi Kusano JPN 74.0...... Brasília 5 Erika Nystrom FIN 77.0 ...... Brasília 12 Jen Kessy USA 73.9...... Shanghai 6 Tyra Turner USA 76.2 ...... Shanghai 12 Vasiliki Arvaniti GRE 73.3...... Shanghai 7 Nicole Branagh USA 75.9 ...... Shanghai Top SWATCH World Tour Servers Since 2005 (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed, km/h Site...... Season 1 Maria Clara Salgado BRA 86.5 Stavanger...... 2009 2 April Ross USA 85.7 Berlin...... 2008 3 Marie-Christine Mondor CAN 85.5 Thailand...... 2007 3 Larissa Franca BRA 85.5 Klagenfurt...... 2009 5 Nadia Campisi ESP 85.4 China...... 2007 6 Maloes Wesselink NED 84.1 Stare Jablonki...... 2009 7 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 83.9 Aland...... 2009 8 Katerina Nikolaidou GRE 83.8 Greece...... 2005 9 Yuan Yue CHN 83.2 Shanghai...... 2009 10 Sara Goller GER 83.0 Portugal...... 2007 10 Maria Antonelli BRA 83.0 Seoul...... 2009 12 Nicole Branagh USA 82.8 Moscow...... 2008 13 Laura Ludwig GER 81.4 Shanghai...... 2009 14 Marleen Van Iersel NET 80.9 Osaka...... 2009 14 Kadri Puri EST 80.9 Osaka...... 2009 16 Fei Wang CHN 80.8 Japan...... 2005 16 Kerri Walsh USA 80.8 Paris...... 2007

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 9 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights Highlighted by the SWATCH FIVB World Championships and four Grand Slam events, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar began in April and concluded in November. Here are 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour highlights. · The total prize money for 2009 was US$7.2-million. · The calendar featured 18 sites in 15 countries within three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). · The 2009 calendar included 12 double gender events. · Italy (Rome) and Poland (Myslowice) hosted men’s only events. · Japan (Osaka), Korea (Seoul), Spain (Barcelona) and Thailand (Phuket) hosted women’s only events. · The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships were held June 25-July 5 in Stavanger, Norway. It marked the fifth-time that a European country has hosted the event. · The 2009 calendar included four SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $2.4-million. The Swiss Alps village of Gstaad, which hosted the 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, was the first Grand Slam event followed by stops in Moscow, Marseille and Klagenfurt. · The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar featured three new sites, including Brasília (Brazil), Rome (Italy) and The Hague (Netherlands). · The Finnish event in Aland returned to the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar after not being held in 2008 due to the Beijing Olympic Games. · Myslowice hosted a men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in 2009 after staging a women’s event in 2008. · Barcelona hosted a women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour in 2009 after staging a double gender stop in 2008. · The FIVB sanctioned two world championships for players under the age of 21. England hosted the ninth annual SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Blackpool September 16-20. Turkey hosted the eighth edition of the SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships for players under the age of 19 in Alanya August 19-23. 2009 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site ...... Gold Medal Team 1. April 21-26 Brasília, Brazil ...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2. April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China ...... Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil 3. May 12-17 Rome, Italy ...... Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 4. May 26-31 Myslowice, Poland ...... Alison/Harley, Brazil 5. June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway World Championships...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 6. July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 7. July 14-19 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 8. July 21-26 Marseille, France Grand Slam...... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States 9. July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...... Dalhausser Rogers, United States 10. August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 11. August 11-16 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia 12. August 18-23 Aland, Finland ...... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 13. August 25-30 The Hague, Netherlands ...... Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands 14. October 26-31 Sanya, China ...... Schuil/Nummerdor, Netherlands 2009 Women’s SWATCHFIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site ...... Gold Medal Team 1. April 20-25 Brasília, Brazil ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 2. April 28-May 2 Shanghai, China ...... Talita Antunes/Maria Antonelli, Brazil 3. May 19-24 Osaka, Japan ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 4. May 26-31 Seoul, Korea ...... Talita/Antonelli, Brazil 5. June 25-July 4 Stavanger, Norway World Championships...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States 6. July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam...... Talita/Antonelli, Brazil 7. July 13-18 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 8. July 20-26 Marseille, France Grand Slam...... Kessy/Ross, United States 9. July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 10. August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 11. August 10-15 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Talita/Antonelli, Brazil 12. August 17-22 Aland, Finland ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 13. August 24-29 The Hague, Netherlands ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 14. September 8-13 Barcelona, Spain ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 15. October 27-November 1 Sanya, China ...... Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland 16. November 3-8 Phuket, Thailand ...... Kessy/Ross, United States

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 10 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Final 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders* Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6,140* 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 10, 4, $274,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,760 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 13, 2, $253,400 3, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4,920 3, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 10, 3, $171,600 4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,420 4, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 11, 0, $163,900 5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780 5, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 2, $145,900 6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 6, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 8, 1, $135,900 7, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3,480 7, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $109,750 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 10, 1, $107,300 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 3,360 9, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 11, 0, $94,300 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 10, 0, $75,450 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,960 11, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $73,500 11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,564 12, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 8, 0, $71,100 12, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,520 13, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 11, 0, $69,300 13, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2,500 14, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 6, 0, $67,600 13, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2,500 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11, 0, $67,150 15, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340 16, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 10, 0, $66,900 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,280 17, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 11, 0, $65,350 17, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2,240 18, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $64,100 18, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,220 19, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia, 13, 0, $62,550 19, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,140 20, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 0, $54,550 20, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,880 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 12, 0, $52,150 21, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860 22, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $49,950 22, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,820 23, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 13, 0, $46,150 23, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,780 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 7, 0, $38,900 24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,464

Final 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders* Women’s Team Rank, points Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 7,600* 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 13, 8, $368,100 2, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 7,020 2, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 14, 4, $308,950 3, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 6,540 3, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 12, 3, $278,200 4, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 5,060 4, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 14, 0, $155,150 5, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 4,420 5, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 11, 0, $128,900 6, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 4,080 6, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 14, 0, $117,800 7, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 3,940 7, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 12, 0, $113,700 8, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3,880 8, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 12, 0, $110,500 9, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 10, 0, $104,450 9, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 3,660 10, Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 12, 0, $92,750 10, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 3,380 11, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 13, 0, $88,300 11, Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 3,120 11, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 5, 0, $88,300 12, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 3,060 13, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 12, 1, $86,150 13, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 3,030 14, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 12, 0, $85,400 14, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 2,780 15, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 13, 0, $83,900 15, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 2,700 16, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 10, 0, $66,800 16, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,500 17, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 12, 0, $62,850 17, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 2,460 18, Andrezza Martins/Cristine Santanna, Georgia, 14, 0, $62,450 18, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 2,380 19, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Rep. 14, 0, $61,150 19, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic, 2,280 20, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 11, 0, $59,800 20, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 2,200 21, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden, 14, 0, $55,800 21, Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China, 2,000 22, Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China, 10, 0, $53,600 22, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 1,960 23, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 12, 0, $51,300 23, Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada, 1,894 24, Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada, 12, 0, $48,300 24, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden, 1,880

NOTE - The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions will be determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 10 men and 12 women finishes based on 75 percent of the 14 men’s and 16 women’s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down..

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 11 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through May 8, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 153 110 112 ...... 375 80...... 455 United States 37 37 33 ...... 107 28...... 135 Germany 12 24 17 ...... 53 20...... 73 Switzerland 9 22 15 ...... 46 15...... 61 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15...... 52 Norway 8 5 12 ...... 25 13...... 38 Canada 1 6 9 ...... 16 10...... 26 Spain 2 5 7 ...... 14 3...... 17 Australia 1 1 10 ...... 12 9...... 21 Netherlands 6 3 3 ...... 12 5...... 17 Russia 2 3 4 ...... 9 7...... 16 China 0 6 2 ...... 8 2...... 10 France 1 2 2 ...... 5 9...... 14 Cuba 1 2 1 ...... 4 2...... 6 Italy 0 2 1 ...... 3 6...... 9 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6...... 8 Austria 0 0 2 ...... 2 4...... 6 Estonia 1 0 0 ...... 1 3...... 4 Japan 0 0 1 ...... 1 2...... 3 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 1...... 2 Latvia 0 1 0 ...... 1 0...... 1 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ...... 0 2...... 2 Poland 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0...... 2 Totals 245 245 246 ...... 736 244...... 980 · There have been 245 men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first SWATCH- FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · There have been 52 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. The last time was the 2009 season finale in China. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 232 FIVB events. · Brazil’s streak of 114-straight “final fours” ended at the France 2005 event (Event No. 171). Prior to France, Brazil’s last non-semi-final appearance was Portugal 1996 (Event No. 56). · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 49 events. · Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 23 different events · Brazil has had a team(s) in 203 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 60 events. · United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in nine events, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. · Germany has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · Switzerland has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · There have been 174 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. United States ...... Brazil leads 24-19 · Germany vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands lead 2-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 17-7 · Argentina vs. Norway...... Norway leads 1-0 · Argentina vs. Brazil...... Brazil leads 14-8 · Australia vs. Switzerland ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland ...... Brazil leads 16-4 · Brazil vs. Australia ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Norway...... Tied 5-5 · Brazil vs. Russia ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Canada ...... Brazil leads 4-1 · Canada vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Spain ...... Brazil leads 3-2 · Canada vs. Switzerland...... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Switzerland ...... Tied 2-2 · China vs. United States ...... United States leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China...... Brazil leads 3-0 · Cuba vs. United States...... Cuba leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Netherlands...... Brazil leads 2-1 · Estonia vs. Switzerland ...... Estonia leads 1-0 · Germany vs. United States ...... United States leads 2-1 · France vs. Norway...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba...... Brazil leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Russia ...... Germany leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal...... Portugal leads 2-0 · Latva vs. Russia...... Russia leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States...... United States leads 2-0 · Netherlands vs. Spain...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. France...... Tied 1-1 · Netherlands vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Russia vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1 · Norway vs. United States ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Switzerland vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1 · Spain vs. United States ...... United States leads 1-0 · China vs. Netherlands ...... Netherlands leads 2-0

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· There have been 204 women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. · There have been only 17 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals. The last time was the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in Marseille, France (United States, Greece, Germany and Brazil). · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 187 times. · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 37 events. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 18 different events. · Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths three times. · Brazil has had a team(s) in 157 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 42 times. · The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 149 times. · The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 16 events. · The United States captured all three podium places twice (Norway 2004, France 2008). · The United States has had a team(s) in 117 Gold Medal matches. · The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 20 events. · China has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 50 times. · China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. · China has advanced two teams to a semi-final 11 times. · China has had a team(s) in 24 Gold Medal matches. · China has advanced two teams to a gold medal match three times. · Australia has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 49 times. · Australia has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. · Germany has advanced two teams to a semi-final once. · There have been 139 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. USA ...... United States leads 45-34 · Brazil vs. Cuba ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China ...... Brazil leads 9-3 · Brazil vs. Japan ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · China vs. United States ...... USA leads 8-1 · Brazil vs. Norway...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Australia...... Brazil leads 7-2 · Brazil vs. Ukraine ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 7-1 · China vs. Cuba...... China leads 1-0 · Australia vs. USA ...... United States leads 5-1 · China vs. Norway ...... China leads 1-0 · Greece vs. United States...... United States leads 3-0 · Germany vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Greece...... Tied 1-1 · Japan vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Australia vs. China ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Switzerland vs. United States ...... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Austria...... Brazil leads 1-0 TOP SEVEN - Six Brazilian women tandems finished among the top seven finishes in the 2004 Rio de Janeiro event. This was a “first” in SWATCH-FIVB World Tour history for either men or women teams.

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 13 of 18 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 3, Men’s Round 3 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slams Since the start of SWATCH FIVB World Tour competition, there has been 48 men’s and 41 women’s Grand Slam stops. As listed below, the Grand Slam totals include the World Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. Men Women 1. Spain - Almeria (8/12-15/1992), $200,000 1. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/28-3/3/1996), $150,000 2. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/1-6/1994), $200,000 2. Puerto Rico - Carolina Beach (9/6-8/1996), $300,000 3. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/16-19/1995), $200,000 3. USA - Los Angeles World Championships (9/10-13/1997), $300,000 4. France - La Baule (8/24-26/1995), $200,000 4. France - Marseille World Championships (7/19-24/1999), $300,000 5. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/8-11/1996), $200,000 5. United States - Chicago (6/30-7/4/2000), $200,000 6. France - Pornichet (8/9-11/1996), $400,000 6. France - Marseille (7/16/-22/2001), $225,000 7. Portugal - Espinho (8/16-18/1996), $400,000 7. Austria - Klagenfurt World Championships (8/1-4/2001), $250,000 8. Portugal - Espinho (8/8/-10/1997), $300,000 8. France - Marseille (7/16-20/2002), $200,000 9. USA - Los Angeles World Championships (9/10-13/1997), $300,000 9. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/31-8/3/2002), $200,000 10. Portugal - Espinho (8/7-9/1998), $200,000 10. Germany - Berlin (6/24-28/2003), $300,000 11. France - Marseille World Championships (7/20-25/1999), $300,000 11. France - Marseille (7/15-20/2003), $270,000 12. United States - Chicago (6/28-7/2/2000), $200,000 12. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/30-8/2/2003), $260,000 13. United States - Los Angeles (9/18-21/2003), $300,000 13. France - Marseille (7/17-22/2001), $225,000 14. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Worlds (10/7-12/2003), $400,000 14. Austria - Klagenfurt World Championships (8/1-5/2001), $250,000 15. Germany - Berlin (6/22-26/2004), $300,000 15. France - Marseille (7/17-21/2002), $200,000 16. France - Marseille (7/13-18/2004), $280,000 16. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/1-4/2002), $200,000 17. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/28-31/2004), $270,000 17. Germany - Berlin (6/25-29/2003), $300,000 18. Germany - Berlin World Championships (6/21-25/2005), $500,000 18. France - Marseille (7/16-20/2003), $270,000 19. Norway - Stavanger (6/28-7/2/2005), $280,000 19. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/31-8/3/2003), $260,000 20. France - Paris (7/26-30/2005), $280,000 20. United States - Los Angeles (9/18-21/2003), $300,000 21. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/3-6/2005), $280,000 21. Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Worlds (10/14-19/2003), $400,000 22. Switzerland - Gstaad (6/20-24/2006), $290,000 22. Germany - Berlin (6/23-27/2004), $300,000 23. Norway - Stavanger (6/27-7/1/2006), $290,000 23. France - Marseille (7/13-18/2004), $280,000 24. France - Paris (7/25-29/2006), $290,000 24. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/28-8/1/2004), $270,000 25. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/2-5/2006), $290,000 25. Germany - Berlin World Championships (6/22-26/2005), $500,000 26. France - Paris (6/19-24/2007), $300,000 26. Norway - Stavanger (6/29-7/3/2005), $280,000 27. Norway - Stavanger (6/26-30/2007), $300,000 27. France - Paris (7/27-7/31/2005), $280,000 28. Germany - Berlin (7/10-14/2007), $300,000 28. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/3-7/2005), $280,000 29. Switzerland - Gstaad Worlds (07/24-28/2007), $500,000 29. Switzerland - Gstaad (6/21-25/2006), $290,000 30. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/1-4/2007), $300,000 30. Norway - Stavanger (6/28-7/2/2006), $290,000 31. Germany - Berlin (6/9-14/2008), $300,000 31. France - Paris (7/26-30/2006), $290,000 32. France - Paris (6/16-22/2008), $300,000 32. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/2-6/2006), $290,000 33. Norway - Stavanger (6/23-28/2008), $300,000 33. France - Paris (6/20-24/2007), $300,000 34. Russia - Moscow (6/30-7/5/2008), $300,000 34. Norway - Stavanger (6/27-7/1/2007), $300,000 35. Switzerland - Gstaad (7/21-26/2008), $300,000 35. Germany - Berlin (7/10-15/2007), $300,000 36. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/28-8/2/2008), $300,000 36. Switzerland - Gstaad Worlds (7/24-29/2007), $500,000 37. Austria - Klagenfurt (8/1-5/2007), $300,000 37. Norway - Stavanger Worlds (6/25-7/4/2009), $500,000 38. Germany - Berlin (6/9-14/2008), $300,000 38. Switzerland - Gstaad (7/6-11/2009), $300,000 39. France - Paris (6/16-22/2008), $300,000 39. Russia - Moscow (7/13-18/2009), $300,000 40. Norway - Stavanger (6/23-28/2008), $300,000 40. France - Marseille (7/20-26/2009), $300,000 41. Russia - Moscow (6/30-7/5/2008), $300,000 41. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/27-8/1), $300,000 42. Switzerland - Gstaad (7/21-26/2008), $300,000 43. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/28-8/2/2008), $300,000

44. Norway - Stavanger Worlds (6/26-7/5/2009), $500,000 45. Switzerland - Gstaad (7/7-12/2009), $300,000 46. Russia - Moscow (7/14-19/2009), $300,000 47. France - Marseille (7/21-26/2009), $300,000 48. Austria - Klagenfurt (7/28-8/2), $300,000

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Team Entries Winnings Gold Silver Bronze 4th Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 29 $766,200 10 4 3 2 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States 17 $481,400 7 1 2 0 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 23 $413,600 4 2 2 1 Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 22 $318,200 2 1 2 3 Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland 22 $248,200 0 3 1 1 David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany 17 $238,250 0 2 2 2 Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia 15 $237,700 1 1 0 3 Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland 20 $233,350 1 1 2 0 John Child/Mark Heese, Canada 19 $225,975 0 1 3 0 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 15 $225,400 0 3 2 2 Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, Brazil 10 $222,400 1 1 2 0 Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, Brazil 13 $222,200 3 1 1 0 Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany 14 $211,400 0 0 2 5 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil 11 $205,600 2 0 1 2 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway 12 $198,050 1 0 1 3 Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 7 $196,400 1 3 0 0 Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia 28 $189,075 0 0 0 0 Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China 14 $186,550 0 1 1 0 Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 15 $185,650 1 0 0 2 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 5 $176,000 3 0 1 0 Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany 12 $165,750 1 0 1 1 Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States 16 $164,850 0 1 0 0 Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia 23 $152,450 0 0 1 0 Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway 23 $147,300 0 0 2 0 Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, Argentina 10 $145,800 0 0 1 1 Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain 17 $139,300 0 0 1 0 Joao Brenha/Miguel Maia, Portugal 29 $135,900 0 0 0 1 Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland 14 $130,500 0 0 0 0 Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 11 $129,300 0 1 0 0 Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 3 $129,000 3 0 0 0 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 11 $127,300 1 0 0 1 Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil 10 $117,500 0 0 1 1 Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil 10 $116,600 0 1 0 1 Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland 13 $111,850 0 2 0 0 Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil 5 $107,100 0 2 0 0 Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria 14 $105,450 0 0 0 0 Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 4 $104,000 2 1 0 0 Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, Switzerland 8 $101,550 0 1 0 1 Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States 15 $101,300 0 0 0 0 Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 20 $99,900 0 0 0 0 Todd Rogers/Sean Scott, United States 12 $99,800 0 0 0 2 Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 18 $99,100 0 0 0 0 Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria 13 $97,950 0 0 0 1 Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, Australia 13 $97,900 0 0 0 0 Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain 5 $90,200 0 1 1 0 Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand 27 $90,200 0 0 0 1 Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, Cuba 12 $89,550 0 1 0 0 Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil 7 $85,450 0 1 1 0 Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria 13 $85,200 0 0 0 0 Iver Horrem/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway 23 $84,950 0 0 0 0

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Player Entries Winnings GoldSilver Bronze 4th Player Entries Winnings GoldSilver Bronze 4th Emanuel Rego, Brazil 46 $595,125 14 8 5 3 Sean Rosenthal, United States 17 $84,175 0 1 0 0 Ricardo Santos, Brazil 36 $448,350 12 6 3 2 Julien Prosser, Australia 30 $83,750 0 0 0 0 Marcio Araujo, Brazil 35 $309,600 6 2 3 3 Markus Egger, Switzerland 24 $82,200 0 2 0 0 Todd Rogers, United States 33 $302,700 7 1 2 2 Kevin Wong, United States 23 $81,150 0 1 1 0 Franco Neto, Brazil 41 $261,050 4 3 1 1 Joshua Slack, Australia 27 $81,100 0 0 1 0 Martin Conde, Argentina 37 $250,050 2 1 3 4 Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil 19 $80,250 0 0 2 1 Jonas Reckermann, Germany 32 $249,775 4 1 1 2 Francisco Alvarez, Cuba 23 $79,650 0 1 0 0 Phil Dalhausser, United States 19 $243,950 7 1 2 0 Andrew Schacht, Australia 29 $78,725 0 0 1 0 Julius Brink, Germany 31 $233,750 3 0 5 5 Peter Gartmayer, Austria 32 $77,288 0 0 0 0 Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 30 $212,675 4 2 2 1 Eduardo Martinez, Argentina 12 $75,525 0 0 1 1 Mariano Baracetti, Argentina 42 $205,325 2 1 2 4 Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 20 $72,625 0 1 0 0 Harley Marques, Brazil 32 $203,575 2 3 1 1 Iver Horrem, Norway 32 $71,475 0 0 0 0 Christoph Dieckmann, Germany 30 $193,925 1 0 3 6 Sinjin Smith, United States 13 $70,625 1 0 0 1 Martin Laciga, Switzerland 40 $188,375 0 3 2 1 Miguel Maia, Portugal 34 $68,850 0 0 0 1 Benjamin Insfran, Brazil 31 $183,075 2 1 2 2 Joao Brenha, Portugal 29 $67,950 0 0 0 1 Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland 35 $181,925 1 1 2 0 Pedro Cunha, Brazil 16 $66,550 0 1 0 1 Paul Laciga, Switzerland 30 $174,875 0 4 1 2 Tande Ramos, Brazil 15 $65,650 0 2 1 0 Sascha Heyer, Switzerland 37 $171,950 0 3 0 1 Alison Cerutti, Brazil 7 $65,050 0 2 1 0 Stein Metzger, United States 26 $157,400 0 4 2 0 Nikolas Berger, Austria 23 $63,175 0 0 0 1 David Klemperer, Germany 31 $151,025 0 2 2 2 Paulao Moreira, Brazil 13 $62,250 0 0 1 1 Dmitri Barsouk, Russia 29 $145,750 1 1 0 3 Sean Scott, United States 19 $61,525 0 0 0 2 Bjorn Maaseide, Norway 35 $141,500 1 0 1 3 Dax Holdren, United States 14 $60,550 0 1 0 0 Mark Heese, Canada 35 $135,238 0 1 3 0 Conrad Leinemann, Canada 35 $58,925 0 0 0 0 Eric Koreng, Germany 24 $131,725 0 2 2 2 Jose Salema, Argentina 22 $58,900 0 0 0 1 Pablo Herrera, Spain 26 $127,625 0 1 2 0 Matt Fuerbringer, United States 21 $58,325 0 0 0 0 Ze Marco de Melo, Brazil 13 $127,200 1 4 1 0 Kjell Schneider, Germany 22 $57,900 0 0 2 0 Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil 26 $126,650 1 1 2 0 Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 30 $55,575 0 0 0 0 Jose Loiola, Brazil 11 $123,875 5 1 0 0 Javier Bosma, Spain 28 $55,200 0 0 0 1 Jorre Kjemperud, Norway 42 $123,200 0 0 2 0 Emiel Boersma, Netherlands 25 $55,063 0 0 0 1 John Child, Canada 21 $121,863 0 1 3 0 Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain 9 $53,700 0 1 1 0 Guilherme Marques, Brazil 11 $119,700 1 1 3 0 Eric Fonoimoana, United States 15 $53,225 0 0 0 1 Igor Kolodinsky, Russia 15 $118,850 1 1 0 3 Florian Gosch, Austria 29 $52,500 0 0 0 0 Stefan Kobel, Switzerland 20 $116,675 1 1 2 0 Casey Jennings, United States 15 $50,650 0 0 0 0 Roberto Lopes, Brazil 15 $113,550 3 1 1 0 Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 20 $49,950 0 0 0 0 Richard Schuil, Netherlands 15 $112,700 0 3 2 2 Renato "Geor" Gomes, Georgia 20 $49,950 0 0 0 0 Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands 15 $112,700 0 3 2 2 Lee Zahner, Australia 13 $48,950 0 0 0 0 Linyin Xu, China 25 $109,550 0 1 1 0 Juan Rossell, Cuba 16 $48,275 0 1 0 0 Clemens Doppler, Austria 32 $108,700 0 0 0 1 Carl Henkel, United States 17 $47,475 0 0 0 1 Jake Gibb, United States 19 $106,800 0 2 0 0 Riccardo Lione, Italy 20 $47,200 0 0 0 0 Penggen Wu, China 22 $101,175 0 1 1 0 Alexander Horst, Austria 16 $46,475 0 0 0 0 Jan Kvalheim, Norway 13 $100,275 1 0 1 3 Kirk Pitman, New Zealand 28 $45,100 0 0 0 1 Markus Dieckmann, Germany 19 $98,175 1 0 0 2 Jason Lochhead, New Zealand 27 $45,100 0 0 0 1 Kristjan Kais, Estonia 31 $94,538 0 0 0 0 Mike Dodd, United States 2 $45,100 1 0 0 0 Rivo Vesik, Estonia 28 $94,538 0 0 0 0 Guilherm Deulofeu, France 31 $44,200 0 0 0 0 Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany 20 $93,250 1 0 1 1 Yannick Salvetti, France 28 $42,538 0 0 0 0 Mike Whitmarsh, United States 6 $90,350 1 2 1 0 Matteo Varnier, Italy 13 $41,725 0 0 0 0 Dain Blanton, United States 18 $88,200 0 0 2 2 Jochem De Gruijter, Netherlands 23 $41,500 0 0 0 0 Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 39 $87,100 0 0 2 0 Rich VanHuizen, Canada 26 $40,650 0 0 0 0 Pedro Salgado, Brazil 18 $86,800 1 0 0 1 Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands 24 $40,550 0 0 0 0 Raul Mesa, Spain 28 $85,713 0 0 1 0 Kevin Ces, France 31 $40,463 0 0 0 0

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Team Entries Winnings Gold Silver Bronze 4th Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States 24 $845,400 16 2 1 1 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 24 $615,550 4 9 3 1 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil 27 $588,750 4 6 5 3 Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China 14 $327,600 1 5 3 1 Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany 34 $285,950 0 0 1 1 Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States 14 $277,900 3 0 2 1 Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece 18 $239,450 1 1 0 1 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China 14 $226,100 1 0 1 3 Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States 13 $216,400 0 2 2 0 Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil 11 $213,600 2 0 0 2 Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba 22 $195,950 0 1 0 1 Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany 20 $181,150 0 0 3 1 Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway 30 $177,550 0 0 0 0 Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States 10 $171,000 0 2 1 1 Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China 13 $163,750 0 0 4 1 Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, Brazil 7 $162,500 1 3 0 0 Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs, United States 9 $160,400 1 1 2 2 Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil 17 $155,150 0 0 0 1 Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria 26 $147,850 0 0 0 0 Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil 23 $145,400 0 0 0 0 Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway 28 $143,175 0 0 0 0 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil 3 $139,500 2 1 0 0 Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil 13 $138,200 0 0 2 1 Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 24 $137,975 0 0 0 0 Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy 28 $129,950 0 0 0 0 Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova, Czech Republic 15 $122,950 0 0 1 0 Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia 13 $122,850 0 0 2 1 Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany 20 $122,700 0 0 0 0 Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil 5 $121,700 1 0 1 1 Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands 17 $119,500 0 0 0 0 Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia 8 $106,100 0 1 1 2 Simone Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland 17 $105,300 0 0 0 0 Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States 4 $98,750 0 1 2 0 Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States 9 $97,800 0 1 1 0 Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece 17 $96,200 0 0 0 0 Susanne Lahme/Danja Musch, Germany 13 $94,100 0 0 0 1 Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria 22 $92,850 0 0 0 0 Rachel Wacholder/Elaine Youngs, United States 6 $88,700 0 1 0 1 Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia 8 $87,800 0 0 0 1 Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria 17 $84,450 0 0 0 0 Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany 11 $83,800 0 0 1 1 Rachel Wacholder/Kerri Walsh, United States 2 $82,000 2 0 0 0 Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany 18 $79,550 0 0 0 0 Simone Kuhn/Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 12 $79,000 0 0 0 0 Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland 27 $77,600 0 0 0 0 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands 11 $77,000 0 0 0 0 Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium 14 $76,700 0 0 0 0 Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia 16 $75,500 0 0 0 1 Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia 15 $64,100 0 0 0 0 Angela Clarke/Kylie Gerlic, Australia 11 $63,900 0 0 0 0

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SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Top Women’s Grand Slam Individual Totals Player Entries Winnings Gold Silver Bronze 4th Player Entries Winnings Gold Silver Bronze 4th Kerri Walsh, United States 26 $463,700 18 2 1 1 Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil 23 $72,700 0 0 0 0 Misty May-Treanor, USA 25 $438,700 17 2 1 1 Lucilla Perrotta, Italy 31 $72,100 0 0 0 0 Shelda Bede, Brazil 38 $401,175 6 6 5 5 Susanne Glesnes, Norway 28 $71,588 0 0 0 0 Juliana F. Silva, Brazil 26 $314,525 4 9 3 1 Sara Montagnolli, Austria 35 $70,550 0 0 0 1 Larissa Franca, Brazil 26 $310,275 4 9 3 1 Merel Mooren, Netherlands 26 $70,150 0 0 0 0 Adriana Behar, Brazil 29 $307,125 4 6 5 4 Lisa Arce, United States 9 $68,625 0 1 2 0 Elaine Youngs, USA 33 $277,250 2 4 5 4 Kerri Pottharst, Australia 12 $67,050 0 1 1 2 Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil 35 $272,900 3 3 2 3 Daniela Gattelli, Italy 29 $66,975 0 0 0 0 Jia Tian, China 30 $249,175 1 5 7 2 Nicole Sanderson, Australia 16 $64,425 0 0 2 1 Sandra Pires, Brazil 20 $206,800 3 5 1 1 Eva Celbova Rysava, Czech 18 $63,175 0 0 1 0 Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece 31 $170,950 1 2 0 1 Hella Jurich, Germany 20 $61,350 0 0 0 0 Natalie Cook, Australia 32 $169,175 0 1 3 4 Rieke Brink-Abeler, GER 24 $61,350 0 0 0 0 Holly McPeak, USA 24 $168,400 2 2 4 3 Danja Musch, Germany 19 $60,900 0 0 0 1 Jie Wang, China 17 $163,800 1 5 3 1 Lu Wang, China 21 $57,900 0 0 0 0 Jennifer Kessy, USA 21 $155,175 3 0 2 1 Lea Schwer, Switzerland 20 $54,275 0 0 0 0 Vasso Karadassiou, Greece 32 $150,225 1 1 0 1 Helke Claasen, Germany 26 $54,275 0 0 0 0 Rachel Wacholder, USA 21 $148,250 2 2 1 1 Sanne Keizer, Netherlands 25 $54,150 0 0 0 1 Stephanie Pohl, Germany 36 $144,475 0 0 1 1 Susanne Lahme, Germany 22 $53,950 0 0 0 1 Okka Rau, Germany 34 $142,975 0 0 1 1 Mayra Garcia, Mexico 25 $52,950 0 0 0 0 April Ross, United States 14 $138,950 3 0 2 1 Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands 25 $52,100 0 0 0 0 Talita Antunes, Brazil 22 $138,425 1 0 1 2 Chiaki Kusuhara, Japan 28 $51,950 0 0 0 1 Xi Zhang, China 24 $137,200 1 0 1 3 Barbra Fontana, USA 10 $51,250 1 0 0 1 Chen Xue, China 19 $127,100 1 0 1 3 Angela Clarke, Australia 19 $49,900 0 0 0 0 Nicole Branagh, USA 16 $115,400 0 2 2 0 Tamsin Barnett, Australia 13 $49,475 0 0 0 1 Renata Ribeiro, Brazil 26 $111,950 0 1 0 1 Tatiana Minello, Brazil 9 $48,750 0 1 0 0 Rebekka Kadijk, NED 31 $106,600 0 0 0 0 Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria 26 $46,425 0 0 0 0 Dalixia F. Grasset, Cuba 27 $105,025 0 1 0 1 Lina Yanchulova, Bulgaria 23 $46,425 0 0 0 0 Tamara L. Peraza, Cuba 24 $102,975 0 1 0 1 Annie Martin, Canada 28 $46,150 0 0 0 0 Simone Kuhn, Switzerland 32 $102,200 0 0 0 0 Sabine Swoboda, Austria 28 $45,225 0 0 0 0 Sara Goller, Germany 23 $92,575 0 0 3 1 Nancy Mason, USA 15 $44,425 0 0 0 1 Laura Ludwig, Germany 20 $90,575 0 0 3 1 Ilka Semmler, Germany 13 $43,650 0 0 1 1 Nila Ann Hakedal, Norway 31 $88,775 0 0 0 0 Antje Roder, Germany 21 $43,525 0 0 0 0 Ingrid Torlen, Norway 32 $88,775 0 0 0 0 Katrin Holtwick, Germany 13 $41,900 0 0 1 1 Maria Antonelli, Brazil 11 $87,200 1 0 1 1 Vanilda Leao, Brazil 10 $41,100 0 1 0 0 Jackie Silva, Brazil 8 $86,250 2 1 0 0 Nicole Schnyder, SUI 13 $39,500 0 0 0 0 Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA 10 $85,500 0 2 1 1 Emilia Nystrom, Finland 27 $38,800 0 0 0 0 Annett Davis, United States 10 $85,500 0 2 1 1 Erika Nystrom, Finland 27 $38,800 0 0 0 0 Tyra Turner, United States 17 $85,050 0 1 1 0 Kylie Gerlic, Australia 20 $38,450 0 0 0 0 Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece 30 $84,888 0 1 0 0 Liesbet Van Breedam, BEL 15 $38,350 0 0 0 0 Kathrine Maaseide, Norway 36 $83,713 0 0 0 0 Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium 14 $38,350 0 0 0 0 Fei Wang, China 13 $81,875 0 0 4 1 Andrezza Martins, Georgia 16 $37,750 0 0 0 1 Leila Barros, Brazil 18 $78,350 0 0 2 1 Cristine Santanna, Georgia 16 $37,750 0 0 0 1 Imara E. Ribalta, Cuba 27 $75,038 0 0 0 0 Marie-Andree Lessard, CAN 33 $36,800 0 0 0 0 Milagros Crespo, Cuba 26 $73,988 0 0 0 0 Liz Masakayan, USA 7 $36,500 0 0 1 0 Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria 26 $73,925 0 0 0 0 Barbara Hansel, Austria 25 $36,400 0 0 0 1 Doris Schwaiger, Austria 26 $73,925 0 0 0 0 Virginie Sarpaux, France 17 $36,225 0 0 0 0 Sona Novakova, CZE 17 $73,575 0 0 1 0 Laura Bruschini, Italy 19 $36,063 0 0 0 0 Thalia Koutroumanidou, GRE 28 $73,425 0 0 0 0 Shaylyn Bede, Brazil 17 $34,825 0 0 0 1 Carolina Salgado, Brazil 23 $72,700 0 0 0 0 Marleen Van Iersel, NED 12 $34,800 0 0 0 1

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