Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 China Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Garden, Sanya Bay Sanya, China, November 10-16, 2008 Updated on November 11, 2008, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled over a nine-month period starting in March in Australia and ending this week in Sanya, China. The US$350,000 China Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Garden competition started Tuesday (November 11) for men and Wednesday for women with Qualification Tournament matches. The Main Draw begins Wednesday for men and Thursday for women. The medal matches will be Saturday for men and Sunday for women. After opening the season in South Australia for the inaugural Adelaide Australia Open (March 25-30), the SWATCH FIVB World Tour ends the season in Sanya. In addition to Adelaide and Sanya, other new sites on the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour were Prague (Czech Republic), Osaka (Japan), Myslowice (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Barcelona and Mallorca (Spain), Guarujà (Brazil) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...... Page · FIVB Officials ...... 2 · Olympic, World Championship Gold Medal Teams, SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions ...... 3 · China Sanya Open men’sUpdated Entries through November 11, 2008...... 4 · China Sanya Open women’s Updated Entries through November 11, 2008...... 5 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Gold Medal Teams & Leaders through November 9, 2008...... 6 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Four” Results ...... 8 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s “Final Four” Results...... 10 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Most Outstanding Players, Serving Leaders...... 12 · 2008 FIVB Challenger/Satellite Results ...... 13 · Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - All-time Country Medals & Final Fours, through November 1 ...... 14 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - All-time Country Medals & Final Fours, through November 9 ...... 15

· A total of 39 men’s and 33 women’s teams from 27 countries have enterd the China Sanya Open (as of November 11, 2008), including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Venezuela.

· The China Sanya Open is the 186th women’s and 229th event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. The first SWATCH FIVB World Tour tournament was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2008 Men’s Medals & Final Four Finishes* 2008 Women’s Medals & Final Four Finishes* Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals 4ths F4s Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals 4ths F4s Brazil 10 2 8 20 8 28 Brazil 9 6 7 22 8 30 Germany 1 6 6 13 3 16 United States 7 5 3 15 2 17 United States 5 2 3 10 1 11 China 2 4 5 11 1 12 Netherlands 2 2 0 4 2 6 Germany 1 1 2 4 1 5 China 0 5 0 5 0 5 Norway 0 1 1 2 0 2 Spain 1 1 1 3 0 3 Greece 0 1 0 1 1 2 Russia 1 1 0 2 1 3 Austria 0 0 1 1 1 2 France 0 1 0 1 1 2 Ukraine 0 1 0 1 0 1 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 1 2 Australia 0 0 0 0 3 3 Australia 0 0 1 1 0 1 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 1 1 Austria 0 0 0 0 1 1 Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 1 Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 1 *including Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Poland 0 0 0 0 1 1 FIVB Officials · Peter Hreszczuk, Australia ...... Technical Supervisor · Keith Lee, Great Britain...... Television Delegate · José Casanova, Portugal...... Referee Delegate · Jingyu Wang, China...... Press Delegate Referees · Rui Carvalho,Portugal · Stephen Giugni, Australia · Anton Pevc, Slovenia · Richard Casutt, New Zealand · Kritsada Panaseri, Thailand · Thomas Chang, Hong Kong · Cha. Papadogoulas, Greece Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more news visit www.fivb.org Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 November 10-16, Sanya Open, China, Men & Women, $350,000 - The China Sanya Open is the seventh men’s and 14 women’s event to be held in the Asian country. The “ABCs” of Beach Volleyball have claimed 45 of the 57 men’s and women’s medals awarded in China to date, including nine titles. Brazilian pairs have won 24 medals, including 11 men and 13 by women. Brazilian men have won three of China men’s events and the South American women have six gold medal finishes in the Asian country. Two of the 11 American podium placements were captured this past August with Olympic gold medals. Nine of the 10 medals for Chinese teams on the “home sand” have been won by the women, including two titles.

SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - MEN'S CHINA PODIUM PLACEMENTS Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para, BRA 2. Shanghai 2005 C. Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI 3. Shanghai 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Cunha/Franco, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 4. Shanghai 2007 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI 5. Shanghai 2008 Harley/Salgado, BRA Wu/Xu, CHN Cunha/Franco, BRA 6. Beijing (OG) 2008 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA

SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - WOMEN'S CHINA PODIUM PLACEMENTS Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Dalian 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Arce/McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Pottharst, AUS 2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Fontana, USA 3. Dalian 2000 Masakayan/, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN 4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra, BRA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Musch, GER Cook/Sanderson, AUS 7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula/Shaylyn Bede, BRA 9. Shanghai 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 10. Shanghai 2007 Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR Talita/Renata, BRA 11. Singapore 2007 TalitaRenata, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN 12. Shanghai 2008 TalitaRenata, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN 13. Beijing (OG) 2008 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN The FIVB & CHINESE BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The development of the Chinese Beach Volleyball teams has improved greatly as neither the men or women had earned a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour podium placement until August 2000.

CHINESE WOMEN - At the 2000 Dalian event in China (FIVB women’s event No. 68 of the 185played to date through Phuket 2008), Zi Xiong and Rong Chi became the first Chinese team to win a SWATCH FIVB World Tour medal by placing third in the final women’s Olympic qualifying event before Sydney 2000 Summer Games. From 2000 through 2005, Jia Tian and Fei Wang captured seven medals, including China’s first two titles by winning 2003 gold medals in Bali and at Milan, Italy. Tian and Fei Wang also captured the bronze medal at the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Chinese women have captured 41 FIVB medals led by Tian/Jie Wang (25) and Chen Xue/Xi Zhang (17). The two Chinese teams captured podium placements at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with Tian and Jie Wang dropping the gold medal match to Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Xue and Zhang, who lost to Tian and Jie Wang in the Beijing semi-final, defeated Brazilians Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro for the Olympic bronze medal.

CHINESE MEN - Prior to 2006, the Chinese men had never placed higher than 12th in a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event (1990 by Cheng Lu and Meng Qi in Enoshima, Japan). After posting a ninth in the 2006 season opening event in Shanghai event, the Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu claimed China's first-ever men's medal in Poland by defeating Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil (FIVB Men's event No. 189 of the 229 stops completed to date). Wu and Xu added a second medal in 2007 by upsetting Russia’s Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky for the bronze medal at the Norwegian Grand Slam in Stavanger. At the 2008 FIVB season opener in Adelaide, Australia, Wu and Xu became the first Chinese men’s team to compete in a SWATCH gold medal match. Since the Adelaide opener, Wu and Xu have competed in four more SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal matches, but have the lost the finals in Shanghai, Zagreb, Moscow and Marseille.

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Men...... SWATCH FIVB 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 ...... Behar/Bede, 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 June 26-July 5 ...... Stavanger 2009 ...... www.wtstavanger.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 2008Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands

Men...... SWATCH-FIVB Youth (U- 18/19) World Champions...... Women Ian Borges/Pedro Salgado, Brazil ...... Greece 2002* ...... /Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany.Thailand 2003* ...... Jana Kohler/, 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 *For players under the age of 18 ...... #for players under the age of 19 SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONS Season...... Women’s World Tour Points Champions Season ...... Men’s World Tour Points Champions 1992-93 ...... Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, United States 1989-90 ...... Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States 1993-94 ...... Kirby/Liz Masakayan, United States 1990-91 ...... Smith/Stoklos, United States 1994-95 ...... Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil 1991-92 ...... Smith/Stoklos, United States 1995-96 ...... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil 1992-93 ...... Smith/Stoklos, United States 1996 ...... Pires/Silva, Brazil 1993-94 ...... Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil 1997 ...... Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil 1994-95 ...... Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway 1998 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 1995-96 ...... Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil 1999 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 1996 ...... ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 2000 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 1997 ...... ZeMarco/Emanuel, Brazil 2001 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 1998 ...... Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil 2002 ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States 1999 ...... Emanuel/Jose Loiola, Brazil 2003 ...... Ana Paula Connelly/Pires, Brazil 2000 ...... ZeMarco/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2004 ...... Shelda/Adriana, Brazil 2001 ...... Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil 2005 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 2002 ...... Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 2006 ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 2003 ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2007 ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 2004 ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2008 ...... Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil 2005 ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2006 ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2007 ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2008 ...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil

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Main Draw Seeds, Teams, Country, Qualification Qualification Seeds, Teams, Country 1, Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques. Brazil 1, Stefan Windscheif/Sebastian Dollinger, Germany 2, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces. France 2, Shun Zhou/Wei Liu, China 3, Stefan Windscheif/Sebastian Dollinger. Germany, 3, Gianluca Casadei/Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy Q3 4, Martin Reader/Ray Sewell, Canada 4, Raul Mesa/Adrian Gavira Collado. Spain 5, Peter Varga/Michal Litva, Slovak Republic 5, Roberta Pitta/Pedro Cunha. Brazil 6, Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite, Norway 6, Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema. Argentina 7, Farid Mussa/Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela 7, Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger. Switzerland 8, Morais Abreu/Mario Silva, Angola 8, Jorre Kjemperud/Vegard Hoidalen. Norway 9, Jody Gooding/Tom Lord, Great Britain 9, Linyin Xu/Jialu Li. China 10, Khalfan Hamd Khadayam Al Jabri/Badar Said 10, Penggen Wu/Minmin Zhou. China Abdullah Al Subhi, Oman 11, Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek. Poland 11, Ahmed Khadoum Al hosni/Haitham Khalfan 12, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz. Poland Abdulla AL Shereiqi, Oman 13, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori. Japan 12, Yasuo Nakaya/Shinya Inoue, Japan 14, Martin Spinnangr/Tarjei Skarlund. Norway 13, Weizai Jin/Jian Bao, China 15, Jesus Villafañe/Igor Hernandez. Venezuela 14, Tarou Suzuki/Masakazu Ushio, Japan 16, Ahren Cadieux/Rich VanHuizen. Canada 15, Zhida Lim/Mohamad Fitri Salim, Malaysia 17, Gianluca Casadei/Riccardo Bizzotto. Italy, Q3 16, Shinpei Aoki/Yoshiumi Hasegawa, Japan 18, Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem. Norway 17, Shibo Zhong/Jingrong Ma, China 19, Martin Reader/Ray Sewell. Canada, Q4, LL 20, Peter Varga/Michal Litva. Slovak Republic, Q5 LUCKY LOSERS - Due to late withdrawals, the 21, Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite. Norway, Q6 teams of Martin Reader/Ray Sewell of Canada and 22, Steve Grotowski/Gregg Weaver. Great Britain Yasuo Nakaya/Shinya Inoue of Japan won “lucky 23, Paul Schroffenegger/Daniel Hupfer. Austria loser draws over Morais Abreu/Mario Silva of 24, Stefan Gunnarsson/Hannes Brinkborg. Sweden Angola. 25, Jody Gooding/Tom Lord. Great Britain, Q9 26, Cheng Chen/Jian Li. China 27, Shun Zhou/Wei Liu. China, Q2 28, Farid Mussa/Jackson Henriquez. Venezuela, Q7 29, Sam Boehm/Christopher McHugh. Australia 30, Yasuo Nakaya/Shinya Inoue. Japan, Q12, LL 31, Weizai Jin/Jian Bao. China, Q13 32, Damon Haenga/Sam Wallace-Boyd. New Zealand

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Main Draw, Teams, Country Qualification Seeds, Teams, Country · Tamsin Barnett/Becchara Palmer, Australia 1, Lu Wang/Ying Li. China · Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria 2, Ragnhild Aas/Siri Bjorkesett. Norway · Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil 3, Camilla Nilsson/Tora Hansson. Sweden · Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada 4, Rosario Reyes/Xitlali Herrera. Mexico · Elizabeth Maloney/Katherine Zakrzewski, 5, Micah Brown/Hayley Griffiths. New Zealand Canada 6, Luk Teck Hua/Beh Shun Thing. Malaysia · Natalie Lukiw/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada 7, Luk Teng Kee/Manokharan Iswari. Malaysia · Jie Wang/Man Zuo, China 8, Chunmei Huang/Jingxian Situ. China · Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China 9, Stacy Rouwenhorst/Whitney Pavlik. United States · Chen Xue/Ying Zhang, China · Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China · Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark · Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia · Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany · Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany · Denise Johns/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain · Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy · Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands · Susan Blundell/Anna Scarlett, New Zealand · Monika Brzostek/Karolina Sowala, Poland · Muriel Graessli/isabelle Forrer, Switzerland · Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden · Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States · Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, United States · /Ashley Ivy, United States

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Highlighted by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and six Grand Slam events, the 2008 SWATCH FIVB Tour calendar began in March and concludes in November. · The total prize money for 2008 is US$8,325-million. · The calendar features 24 sites in 20 countries in three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). · The 2008 calendar features 16 double gender events, including the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. · Men’s single gender events will be in the Czech Republic (Prague), Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi), Croatia (Zagreb), Mallorca and Bahrain (Manama). Women’s single gender stops will be in Korea (Seoul), Japan (Osaka), Poland (Myslowice) and Thailand (Phuket). · With the addition of an event in Moscow, the 2008 calendar contained six SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $3.6-million. Other Grand Slams were staged in Berlin, Paris, Stavanger, Gstaad and Klagenfurt.

Dates Men’s Tournament ...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil April 28-May 3 Shanghai, China...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil May 6-11 Prague, Czech Republic...... /, United States May 13-18 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil May 20-25 Zagreb, Croatia ...... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 27-June 1 Barcelona, Spain ...... Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany June 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 10-15 Berlin, Germany ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 17-22 Paris, France ...... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States June 24-29 Stavanger, Norway...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States July 1-6 Moscow, Russia ...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States July 15-20 Marseille, France...... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil July 22-27 Gstaad, Switzerland ...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil July 29-August 3 Klagenfurt, Austria...... Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia August 9-22 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States August 26-31 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain September 2-7 Mallorca...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil September 16-21 Guarujà, Brazil...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil October 6-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands October 27-November 1 Manama, Bahrain ...... Alison Cerutti/Pedro Cunha November 10-15 Sanya, China...... $175,000

Dates Women’s Tournament...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil April 29-May 4 Shanghai, China...... Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil May 13-18 Seoul, Korea...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China May 20-25 Osaka, Japan ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil May 26-31 Barcelona, Spain ...... Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States June 2-7 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil June 9-14 Berlin, Germany ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June 16-22 Paris, France ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 23-28 Stavanger, Norway...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 30-July 5 Moscow, Russia ...... Xue/Zhang, China July 14-20 Marseille, France...... Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany July 21-26 Gstaad, Switzerland ...... Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria...... Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil August 9-21 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States August 25-30 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil September 2-7 Myslowice, Poland...... Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil September 15-20 Guarujà, Brazil...... Vivian Cunha/Larissa Franca, Brazil October 6-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... Branagh/Walsh, United States November 4-9 Phuket, Thailand ...... Jen Boss/April Ross, United States November 11-16 Sanya, China...... $175,000

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Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings* 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 7,420# 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 18, 6, $293,600 2, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 5,440 2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 7, 4, $188,000 3, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 5,340 3, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 12, 1, $183,000 4, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 5,080 4, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 12, 0, $172,800 5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 4,820 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 11, 2, $169,200 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,820 6, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 11, 2, $168,200 7, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 4,300 7, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 13, 0, $148,100 8, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4,080 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 12, 1, $142,700 9, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 4,040 9, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 14, 1, $116,200 10, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 3,860 10, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 15, 1, $114,700 11, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 11, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $112,200 12, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 19, 0, $85,500 12, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 3,420 13, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 9, 1, $85,300 13, Benjamin Insfran/Franco Neto, Brazil, 3,260 14, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 16, 0, $84,500 14, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 3,080 15, Benjamin Insfran/Franco Neto, Brazil, 10, 0, $84,200 15, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,900 16, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 9, 0, $73,400 16, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2,840 17, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 13, 0, $71,100 17, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,760 18, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA, 8, 0, $70,700 18, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 2,700 19, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 12, 0, $67,600 19, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 2,580 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 15, 0, $66,700 19, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 2,580 21, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 13, 0, $65,800 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 2,540 22, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 0, $62,500 22, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,320 23, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 7, 0, $62,000 23, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 2,120 24, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 15, 0, $50,900 24, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, 1,980

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders, Through November 9, 19 events* Women’s Team Rank, points Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings* 1, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 6,980# 1, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 14, 3, $249,800 2, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 5,100 2, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 13, 1, $157,800 3, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 5,060 3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 10, 2, $150,600 4, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 4,700 4, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 11, 1, $146,600 5, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 4,160 5, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 18, 1, $145,700 6, Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, 4,140 6, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 10, 0, $144,400 7, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 4,100 7, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 8, 2, $139,700 8, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 4,060 8, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 9, 1, $136,900 9, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 3,840 9, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 4, 4, $130,500 10, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3,340 10, Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, 13, 1, $125,000 11, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 3,160 11, Tyra Turner/, United States, 9, 0, $93,600 12, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 3,120 12, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 11, 0, $89,600 12, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 3,120 13, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 10, 1, $87,900 14, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,960 14, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 15, 0, $86,100 15, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 2,940 15, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 12, 0, $85,300 16, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 2,920 16, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 10, 0, $81,900 17, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 2,620 17, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 7, 0, $75,100 18, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, 2,590 18, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 19, 0, $74,800 19, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 10, 0, $68,200 19, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 2,500 20, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, 13, 0, $64,600 20, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 2,400 21, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 11, 0, $59,400 20, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 2,400 22, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 9, 0, $59,100 22, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 2,340 23, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 12, 0, $54,600 23, Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba, 2,140 24, Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba, 11, 0, $53,600 24, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba, 2,120

NOTE: The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions will be determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 14 women and 15 men finishes based on 75 percent of the 19 women’s and 20 men’s events (Open and Grand Slam events only) staged this season and rounded down. Although part of the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games does not reward world ranking points for the competition. #Clinched 2008 titles.

*The above earning rankings for men and women do count the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games participations where no points or money were awarded.

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Australia, Adelaide, March 25-30, $175,000 Spain, Barcelona, May 27-June 1, $175,000 1. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 1. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $28,000 2. Penggen Wu/Linyin Wu, China, $19,500 2. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $19,500 3. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $14,000 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $14,000 4. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $10,500 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Wu/Xu, 23-21, 21-12 (46 minutes) Gold - Brink/Dieckmann def. Barsouk/kolodinsky, 22-20, 13-21, Bronze - Dalhause/Rogers def. Gibb/Rosenthal, 21-18, 14-21, 16-14 (63) 15-11 (50) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Harley/Salgado, 21-13, 21-18 SWATCH MOP - Harley (42) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 99.2 km/h SWATCH MOP - Brink SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 112.6 km/h China, Shanghai, April 28-May 3, $175,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 Poland, Stare Jablonki, June 3-8, $175,000 2. Wu/Wu, China, $19,500 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $28,000 3. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $14,000 2. Inocencio Lario/Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain, $19,500 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $10,500 3. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, $14,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Wu/Xu, 21-16, 21-16 (44) 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 23-21, 21-15 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Lario/Gavira Collado, 21-18, 21-15 (49) (39) SWATCH MOP - Harley Bronze - Schacht/Slack def. Harley/Salgado, 21-16, 15-21, 15- SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Xu, 96.4 km/h 13 (60) SWATCH MOP - Lario Czech Republic, Prague, May 6-11, $175,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Stefan Uhmann, Germany 98.9, 1. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $28,000 km/h 2. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 3. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $14,000 Germany, Berlin, June 11-15, $300,000 4. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $10,500 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $43,500 Gold - Gibb/Rosenthal def. Brink/Dieckmannn, 21-13, 23-21 2. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $29,500 (47) 3. Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, $23,000 Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-18, 19- 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 21, 15-11 (61) Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 25-27, 21-19, SWATCH MOP - Rosenthal 15-13 (73) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Igor Kolodinsky, 111.0 km/h Bronze - Herrera/Messa def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-19, 21-16 (49) Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 13-18, $175,000 SWATCH MOP - Emanuel 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.4 km/h 2. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 3. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $14,00 France, Paris, June 17-22, $300,000 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $10,500 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 20-22, 21-18, 15- 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 8 (62) 3. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $23,000 Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 24-22, 26- 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $18,400 24 (63) Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-15, 21- SWATCH MOP - Harley 17 (47) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 114.0 km/h (the fastest Bronze - Klemperer/Koreng def. Harley/Salgado, 21-18, 16-21, serve in SWATCH FIVB World Tour history) 15-12 (75) SWATCH MOP - Rogers Croatia, Zagreb, May 20-25, $175,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.5 km/h 1. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $28,000 2. Wu/Xu, China, $19,500 Norway, Stavanger, June 24-29, $300,000 3. Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, $14,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $10,500 2. Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, $29,500 Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Wu/Xu, 17-21, 21-17, 15-11 (50) 3. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $23,000 Bronze - Fuerbringer/Jennings def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-19, 4. Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, $18,400 21-17 (46) Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 29-27, SWATCH MOP - Schuil 21-15 (56) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 113.7 km/h Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Boersma/Ronnes, 21-16, 21-11 (42) SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Linyin Xu, China, 97.5 km/h

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Russia, Moscow, July 2-6, $300,000 Norway, Kristiansand, August 26-31, $175,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 1. Herrera/Mesa, Spain, $28,000 2. Wu/Wu, China, $29,500 2. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $19,500 3. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $23,000 3. Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand, $14,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 4. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, $10,500 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Wu/Xu, 16-21, 21-19, 15-11 (60) Gold - Herrera/Mesa def. Maciel/Bruno, 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 Bronze - Klemperer/Koreng def. Brink/Dieckmann, (3) 21-18, (65) 21-15 (47) Bronze - Lochhead/Pitman def. Gosch/Horst, 21-19, 22-24, SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser 15-12 (73) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h SWATCH MOP - Herrera France, Marseille, July 15-20, $175,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 95.6 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhães, Brazil, $28,000 km/h 2. Wu/Xu, China, $19,500 Mallorca, Palma, September 2-7, $175,000 3. Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, Germany, $14,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 2. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $19,500 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Wu/Xu, 21-16, 21-16 (46) 3. Benjamin Insfran/Franco, Poland, $14,000 Bronze - Matysik/Uhmann def. Harley/Salgado, 16-21, 21-17, 4. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $10,500 16-14 (62) Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-18, 21-18 SWATCH MOP - Fabio SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marcio Araujo, 96.0 km/h (42) Bronze - Benjamin/Franco def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 17- Switzerland, Gstaad, July 22-27, $300,000 21, 25-23, 15-13 (75) 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $43,500 SWATCH MOP - Salgado 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koreng, 102.1 km/h 3. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil $23,00 Brazil, Guarujà, September 18-21, $175,000 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia $18,400 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-16, 22-24, 2. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 15-13 (71) Bronze - Alison/Emanuel def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-17, 21- 3. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $14,000 16 (37) 4. Maciel/Bruno, Brazil, $10,500 SWATCH MOP - Salgado Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 24-26, 21-19, SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.6 km/h 15-13 (68) Bronze - Reckermann/Urbatzka def. Maciel/Bruno, 21-23, Austria, Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3, $300,000 13-21 (45) 1. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $43,500 SWATCH MOP - Harley 2. Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, $29,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 94.0 km/h 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $23,000 United Arab Emirates, Dubai, October 7-11, $175,000 4. Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, $18,400 Gold - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Metzger/Williams, 21-19, 21-15 1. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $19,500 (45) 2. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $19,500 Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Lochhead/Pitman, 21-13, 14- 3. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 21, 19-17 (61) 4. Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, $10,500 SWATCH MOP - Kolodinsky Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 12- SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 108.1 km/h 21, 21-16, 15-10 (58) Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. A. Ces/K. Ces, 21-18, 19-21, China, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9-22 15-13 (61) 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States SWATCH MOP - Nummerdor 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil SWATCH TOP SERVICE - K. Ces, 97.5 km/h 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 4. Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia Bahran, Manama, October 28-November 1, $175,000 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 23-21, 17- 1. Alison/Cunha, Brazil, $28,000 21, 15-4 (67) 2. A. Ces/K. Ces, France, $19,500 Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Geor/Gia, 21-15, 21-10 (36) 3. Stefan Windscheif/Sebastian Dollinger, Germany, SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser $14,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.8 km/h 4. Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, $10,500 Gold - Alison/Cunha def. A. Ces/K. Ces, 22-20, 21-19 (44) Bronze - Windscheif/Dollinger def. Prudel/Fijalek, 21-14, 21-14 (39) SWATCH MOP - Cunha SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Raul Mesa, Spain, 94.0 km/h

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Australia, Adelaide, March 25-30, $175,000 Poland, Stare Jablonki, June 2-7, $175,000 1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $28,000 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $28,000 2. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $19,500 2. Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, $19,500 3. Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $14,000 3. Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, $14,000 4. Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, $10,500 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Talita/Renata, 21-13, 18-21, 15- Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula, def. Turner/Wacholder, 21-19, 21- 12 (57 minutes) 16 (39) Bronze - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Branagh/Youngs, 21-19, Bronze - Carolina/Maria Clara def. Talita/Renata, 21-19, 22- 21-13 (39) 20 (46) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH MOP - Shelda SWATCH TOP SERVICE - , Netherlands, SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 86.0 km/h 80.4 km/h Germany, Berlin, June 10-14, $300,000 China, Shanghai, April 30-May 3, $175,000 1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $43,500 1. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $28,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $19,500 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $23,000 3. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $14,000 4. Jen Boss/April Ross, United States, $18,400 4. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Tian/Wang, 21-18, 22-20 Gold - Talita/Renata def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-18, 22-20 (41) (45) Bronze - Chen Xue/Xi Zhang def. Shelda/Ana Paula, 23-21, Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Boss/Ross, 21-11, 21-19 (41) 21-18 (41) SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH MOP - Talita SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 85.7 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Yuan Yue, China, 80.9 km/h France, Paris, June 16-22, $300,000 Korea, Seoul, May 13-18, $175,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 1. Xue/Zhang, China, $28,000 2. Turner/Wacholder, United States, $29,500 2. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $19,500 3. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $23,000 3. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $14,000 4. Tian/Wang, China, $18,400 4. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Turner/Wacholder, 21-13, Gold - Xue/Zhang def. Shelda/Ana Paula, 21-15, 21-12 (41) 21-13 (36) Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-19, 13- Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Tian/Wang, 21-15, 21-18 21, 15-7 (49) (45) SWATCH MOP - Zhang SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - April Ross, United States, 81.7 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 82.3 km/h km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 23-28, $300,000 Japan, Osaka, May 20-25, $175,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $43,500 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $28,000 2. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece, $29,500 2. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $19,500 3. Boss/Ross, United States, $23,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $14,000 4. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $18,400 4. Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21-13, Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Tian/Wang, 21-16, 21-9 (36) 21-14 (37) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Barnett/Cook, 21-17, 21-17 (43) Bronze - Boss/Ross def Shelda/Ana Paula, 21-14, 21-18 SWATCH MOP - Juliana (43) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marie-Christine Mondor, SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor Canada, 84.2 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.9 km/h

Spain, Barcelona, May 26-30, $175,000 Russia, Moscow, July 1-5, $300,000 1. Branagh/Youngs, United States,$28,000 1. Xue/Zhang, China, $43,500 2. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $19,500 2. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $29,500 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $14,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $23,000 4. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece $10,500 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - Branagh/Youngs def. Talita/Renata, 21-18, 21-14 Gold - Xue/Zhang def. Branagh/Youngs, 21-8, 21-18 (42) (40) Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Talita/Renata, 21-16, 23-21 (41) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21-14, SWATCH MOP - Zhang 21-14 (36) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 84.4 km/h SWATCH MOP - Branagh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Branagh, 82.1 km/h

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France, Marseille, July 14-20, $175,000 Poland, Myslowice, September 2-7, $175,000 1. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $28,000 1. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 2. Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, $19,500 2. Holtwick/Semmler, Germany, $19,500 3. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $14,000 3. Hakedal/Torland, Norway, $14,000 4. Helke Classen/Antje Roder, Germany, $10,500 4. Sona Novakova/Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic, Gold - Pohl/Rau def. Antonelli/Leão, 21-17, 20-22, 15-9 (63) $10,500 Bronze - Salgados def. Claasen/Roder, 21-17, 25-23 (53) Gold - Salgados def. Holtwick/Semmler, 21-17, 19-21, 15-7 SWATCH MOP - Pohl (56) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.5 km/h Bronze - Hakedal/Torlen def. Novakova/Tobiasova, 14-21, 21-16, 15-10 (58) Switzerland, Gstaad, July 21-26, $300,000 SWATCH MOP - Maria Clara 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $43,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.4 km/h 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $23,000 Brazil, Guarujà, September 15-20, $175,000 4. Barnett/Cook, Australia, $18,400 1. Vivian Cunha/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $28,000 Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Tian/Wang, 21-15, 21-15 (39) 2. Agatha Bednarczuk/Shaylyn Bede, Brazil, $19,500 Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Barnett/Cook, 21-18, 21-13 (39) 3. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $14,000 SWATCH MOP - Ana Paula 4. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.2 km/h Gold - Vivian/Larissa def. Agatha/Shaylyn, 21-13, 29-27 (49) Bronze - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Salgados, 21-17, 21-18 Austria, Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3, $300,000 (37) 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $43,500 SWATCH MOP - Larissa 2. Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine, $29,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 83.0 km/h 3. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $23,000 4. Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, October 5-11, $175,000 Georgia, $18,400 1. Branagh/Walsh, United States, $28,000 Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Baburina/Osheyko, 21-10, 21- 2. Boss/Ross, United States, $19,500 11 (33) 3. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Bronze - Holtwick/Semmler def. Saka/Rtvelo, 21-18, 21-18 4. D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger, Austria, $10,500 (38) Gold - Branagh/Walsh def. Boss/Ross, 21-18, 21-19 (46) SWATCH MOP - Shelda Bronze - Salgados def. Schwaigers, 20-22, 21-18, 15-7 (54) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Sanne Keizer, Netherlands, 80.7 SWATCH MOP - Walsh km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.8 km/h

China, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9-21 Thailand, Phuket, November 5-9, $175,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States 1. Boss/Ross, United States, $28,000 2. Tian/Wang, China 2. Branagh/Turner, United States, $19,500 3. Xue/Zhang, China 3. Geeske Banck/Anja Günther, Germany, $14,000 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil 4. Barnett/ Becchara Palmer, Australia, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Tian/Wang, 21-18, 21-18 Gold - Boss/Ross def. Branagh/Turner, 18-21, 21-14, 15-12 (42) (63) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Talita/Renata, 21-19, 21-17 (39) Bronze - Banck/Günther def. Barnett/Palmer, 21-14, 21-18 SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor (43) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Sara Goller, Germany, 81.8 SWATCH MOP - Ross km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 82.5 km/h

Norway, Kristiansand, August 25-30, $175,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $28,000 2. Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlan, Norway, $19,500 3. Doris Schwaiger/Stephanie Schwaiger, Austria, $14,000 4. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Hakedal/Torlen, 21-16, 21-16 (43) Bronze - Schwaigners def. Salgados, 21-17, 20-22, 15-9 (58) SWATCH MOP - Antonelli SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 81.3 km/h

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Event ...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Event ...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Adelaide...... Harley Marques, Brazil Gstaad...... Pedro Salgado, Brazil Shanghai ...... Harley, Brazil Klagenfurt...... Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Prague...... Sean Rosenthal, United States Beijing ...... Dalhausser, United States Roseto degli Abruzzi...... Harley, Brazil Kristiansand...... Pablo Herrera, Spain Zagreb ...... Richard Schuil, Netherlands Mallorca...... Salgado, Brazil Barcelona ...... Julius Brink, Germany Guarujà...... Harley, Brazil Stare Jablonki...... Inocencio Lario, Spain Dubai...... Reindeer Nummerdor, Netherlands Berlin ...... Emanuel Rego, Brazil Bahrain...... Pedro Cunha, Brazil Paris ...... Todd Rogers, United States Sanya ...... to be determined Stavanger ...... Phil Dalhausser, United States Moscow ...... Dalhausser, United States 2008 Season ...... to be determined Marseille ...... Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders, 20 events (km/h)

Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 114.0 Roseto 10 Yannick Salvetti FRA 98.7 Paris 2 Linyin Xu CHN 104.0 Roseto 12 Yaroslav Koshkarev RUS 98.2 Moscow 2 Julius Brink GER 104.0 Prague 13 Grzegorz Fijalek POL 98.0 Prague 4 Eric Koreng GER 103.0 Beijing 14 Kevin Ces FRA 97.5 Dubai 5 Serguei Prokopiev RUS 102.0 Moscow 15 Iver Horrem NOR 97.4 Stavanger 6 Clemens Doppler AUT 99.9 Beijing 16 Jonas Reckermann GER 97.2 Stavanger 7 Richard Schuil NED 99.4 Beijing 17 Harley Marques BRA 97.0 Prague 8 Pablo Herrera ESP 99.2 Adelaide 18 Roman Arkaev RUS 96.9 Moscow 9 Stefan Uhmann GER 98.9 Stare Jablonki 19 Emanuel Rego BRA 96.8 Beijing 10 Joshua Slack AUS 98.7 Beijing 19 Inocencio Lario ESP 96.8 Mallorca

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Most Outstanding Players

Event ...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Event...... SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Adelaide...... Juliana Felisberta Silva, Brazil Gstaad...... Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil Shanghai ...... Talita Antunes, Brazil Klagenfurt ...... Shelda, Brazil Seoul ...... Xi Zhang, China Beijing...... May-Treanor, United States Osaka ...... Juliana, Brazil Kristiansand ...... Maria Antonelli, Brazil Barcelona ...... Nicole Branagh, United States Myslowice ...... Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Stare Jablonki...... Shelda Bede, Brazil Guarujà ...... Larissa, Brazil Berlin ...... Misty May-Treanor, United States Dubai ...... Kerri Walsh, United States Paris ...... May-Treanor, United States Phuket ...... April Ross, United States Stavanger ...... May-Treanor, United States Sanya...... to be determined Moscow ...... Zhang, China 2008 Season...... to be determined Marseille ...... Stephanie Pohl, Germany

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Serving Leaders, 19 events (km/h)

Rank Name Nation Speed Site Rank Name Nation Speed Site 1 Maria Clara Salgado BRA 86.0 Stare Jablonki 11 Janne Kongshavn NOR 80.3 Stavanger 2 April Ross USA 85.7 Berlin 12 Chiaki Kusuhara JPN 79.9 Berlin/Stavanger 3 Marie-Christine Mondor CAN 84.2 Osaka 13 Larissa Franca BRA 79.7 Seoul 4 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 83.0 Guarujà 14 Tyra Turner USA 79.3 Moscow 5 Maria Antonelli BRA 82.9 Guarujà 14 Becchara Palmer AUS 79.3 Phuket 6 Nicole Branagh USA 82.8 Moscow 16 Jen Boss USA 78.7 Seoul 7 Sara Goller GER 82.2 Myslowice 17 Kerri Walsh USA 78.6 Dubai 8 Yuan Yue CHN 80.9 Shanghai 18 Alice Rohkamper AUS 77.2 Kristiansand 9 Sanne Keizer NED 80.7 Klagenfurt 18 Renata Ribeiro BRA 77.2 Moscow 10 Marleen Van Iersel NED 80.4 Adelaide 18 Carolina Salgado BRA 77.2 Myslowice 18 Deborah Giaoui FRA 77.2 Paris

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Switzerland, Lausanne, July 10-13, $15,000 India, Chennai, July 17-20, $40,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $3,400 1. Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, $6,400 2. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $2,400 2. Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, $4,400 3. Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, $1,700 3. Chrisi Gschweidl /Barbara Hansel, Austria, $3,200 4. Sebastian Dollinger/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany, $1,300 4. Gisela Rodriguez/Moran Zur, Israel, $2,400

Estonia, Pärnu, July 17-20, $30,000 Poland, Gdansk, July 25-27, $15,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $4,800 1. Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia, $3,400 2. Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, $3,900 2. Courtney Guerra/Janelle Ruen, United States, $2,400 3. Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, $3,000 3. Magdalena Michon/Agnieszka Woloszyn, Poland, $1,700 4. Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia, $2,300 4. Martyna Wardak/Ilona Zielinska, Poland, $1,300

India, Chennai, July 17-20 Cyprus, Geroskipou, July 31-August 2, $30,000 1. Luizao Correa/Klepper Feitosa, Brazil, $6,400 1. Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, $4,800 2. Andrea Tomatis/Ivan Zaytsev, Italy, $4,400 2. Katarina Juhart/Tadeja Veit, Slovenia, $3,900 3. Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada, $3,200 3. Ekaterina Khomyakova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia, $3,000 4. Mike DiPierro/Mark Van Zwieten, United States, $2,400 4. Zinayida Lyubymova/Yuliya Nozhyna, Ukraine, $2,300 Liechtenstein, Vaduz, August 6-9, $10,000 Russia, Vladivostok, August 1-3, $3,000 1. Lauren Fendrick /Ashley Ivy, United States, $2,000 1. Vasiliy Buralev/Egor Moliboga, Russia, $5,000 2. Claudia Lehmann /Julia Sude, Germany, $1,500 2. Pavel Karpukhin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia, $4,000 3. Frederike Fischer /Julia Grossner, Germany, $1,200 3. Leonid Kalinine/Alexander Samoshkin, Russia, $3,100 4. Martina Grossen /Romana Kayser, Switzerland, $800 4. Dmitry Karpov /Evgeny Vasilyev, Russia, $2,500 Egypt, Hacienda Bay Beach, August 22-23, $30,000 Liechtenstein, Vaduz, August 7-10 1. Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States, $5,000 1. David Kufa/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic, $2,000 2. Margherita Chiavaro/Diletta Lunardi, Italy, $3,000 2. Martin Tichy/Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic, $1,500 3. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $3,100 3. Thomas Kaczmarek/Matthias Pompe, Germany, $1,200 4. Alona Malysheva/Natalya Shumeyko, Ukraine, $2,500 4. 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Final 4s Brazil 147 101 106...... 354 76...... 430 United States 34 36 31 ...... 101 26...... 127 Switzerland 9 22 14 ...... 45 15...... 60 Germany 8 21 14 ...... 43 17...... 60 Argentina 8 15 13 ...... 36 15...... 51 Norway 8 5 12 ...... 25 13...... 38 Canada 1 6 9 ...... 16 10...... 26 Australia 1 1 10 ...... 12 9...... 21 Spain 2 3 4 ...... 9 3...... 12 Russia 1 3 4 ...... 8 5...... 13 Netherlands 3 3 2 ...... 8 3...... 11 China 0 5 2 ...... 7 1...... 8 France 1 2 2 ...... 5 8...... 13 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 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0...... 2 Japan 0 0 1 ...... 1 2...... 3 Estonia 1 0 0 ...... 1 1...... 2 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 1...... 2 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ...... 0 2...... 2 Poland 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 228 228 229...... 685 227...... 912 · There have been 228 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 46 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics. Six 2008 events (Czech Republic, Croatia, Berlin, Paris, Klagenfurt, Kristiansand, Dubai, Bahrain) featured four different countries. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 217 FIVB events, including 18 appearances in 2008 in 20 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 46 events, including Shanghai 2008. · Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times, including Portugal 2007. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 22 different events, including Portugal 2007. · Brazil has had a team(s) in 191 Gold Medal matches, including 12 appearances in 2008 in 19 events. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 57 events, including the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. · 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 160 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal, including 20 in 2008. · Brazil vs. United States...... Brazil leads 23-17 · Switzerland vs. United States...... Tied 1-1 · Argentina vs. Brazil ...... Brazil leads 14-8 · Argentina vs. Norway ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland...... Brazil leads 16-4 · Australia vs. Switzerland ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany...... Brazil leads 15-3 · 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...... USA 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. Netherlands ...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China...... Brazil leads 3-0 · China vs. United States ...... United States leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Netherlands ...... Brazil leads 2-1 · Cuba vs. United States...... Cuba leads 1-0 · Germany vs. United States ...... United States leads 2-1 · Estonia vs. Switzerland ...... Estonia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba...... Brazil leads 2-0 · France vs. Norway...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal ...... Portugal leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands lead 1-0 · Italy vs. United States ...... USA leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Russia ...... Germany 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

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 14 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 WOMEN’S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINAL 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through November 9, 2008 Country Gold Silver Bronze...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 92 87 78 ...... 257 60...... 317 United States 77 51 51 ...... 179 47...... 226 China 9 19 21 ...... 49 12...... 61 Australia 4 11 17 ...... 32 19...... 51 Germany 1 7 6 ...... 14 13...... 27 Greece 1 3 2 ...... 6 7...... 13 Japan 0 2 2 ...... 4 4...... 8 Czech Republic 0 0 4 ...... 4 3...... 7 Norway 0 2 2 ...... 4 1...... 5 Cuba 0 2 0 ...... 2 2...... 4 Netherlands 1 0 0 ...... 1 5...... 6 Italy 0 0 1 ...... 1 3...... 4 Switzerland 0 0 1 ...... 1 3...... 4 Ukraine 0 1 0 ...... 1 0...... 1 Australia 0 0 1 ...... 1 1...... 2 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Russia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Canada 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 185 185 186...... 556 184...... 740 · There have been 185 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 16 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the 2005 SWATCH¬FIVB World Championships (United States, Brazil, China and Cuba). In 2008, the Austrian Grand Slam (Brazil, Georgia, Germany and the Ukraine) and the Myslowice (Poland) stop (Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany and Norway) have featured four different teams. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 171 times with 17 appearances in 2008 in 18 events (Paris only non-Final Four). · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 33 events, including three times in 2008. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 17 different events, including twice in 2008 · Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths three times, including once in 2008. · Brazil has had a team(s) in 142 gold medal matches, including 12 times in 2008. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 37 times, including three times in 2008. · The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 135 times, including 10 times in 2008. · The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 15 events, including once in 2008. · The United States captured all three podium places twice (Norway 2004 and Paris 2008). · The United States has had a team(s) in 109 Gold Medal matches. · The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 19 events, including the 2008 finales in Paris, Dubai and Phuket · China has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 48 times, including six times in 2008. · China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. · China has advanced two teams to a semi-final 10 times, including four times in 2008. · China has had a team(s) in 22 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 48 times, including twice in 2008. · Australia has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. · There have been 126 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal, including 13 in 2008. · Brazil vs. USA ...... United States leads 43-30 · Brazil vs. Cuba ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China ...... Brazil leads 8-3 · Brazil vs. Japan...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Australia...... Brazil leads 6-2 · Brazil vs. Norway ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · China vs. United States...... USA leads 7-1 · Brazil vs. Ukraine ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Australia vs. USA ...... USA leads 5-1 · China vs. Cuba...... China leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany...... Brazil leads 6-1 · China vs. Norway ...... China leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Greece...... Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Greece vs. United States ...... USA leads 2-0 · Japan vs. United States ...... USA leads 1-0 · Australia vs. China ...... Australia leads 1-0

TOP SEVEN - Six Brazilian women tandems finished among the top seven finishers in the 2004 Rio de Janeiro event. This was a “first” in SWATCH-FIVB World Tour history for either men or women teams.

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