2008 Championship Notes Fédération Internationale de [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Updated on August 26, 2008, this fact sheet provides information on the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21. The eighth annual event will be staged September 3-7 at the Nivea Sun Nellowave facility in Brighton, England.

SWATCH-FIVB JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - With the London 2012 in the future, Great Britain will host its first-ever international event. The gold medal teams at the 2008 SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21.will be rewarded a “wild card” by the FIVB for a future SWATCH FIVB World Tour event during the final two months of the 2008 season or during the 2009 campaign.

BRIGHTON - Brighton will be the sixth European site to host the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships. With a population of more than 250,000, Brighton is located 45 minutes from London on the south coast of England and is one of the most famous cities by the sea in the United Kingdom with over eight million tourists each year. With its hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment facilities, Brighton additionally serves a substantial business conference industry. The City of Brighton and Hove is also an educational centre with two universities and many English language schools. For comprehensive listings of places to eat, drink, sleep and enjoy, go to www.visitbrighton.com.

NIVEA SUN YELLOWAVE - The first permanent beach venue in the United Kingdom, the Nivea Sun Yellowave offers beach sports activities to all ages and to all abilities, from beginners through to pros. Sports offered include Beach Volleyball, , Footvolley, , Frisbee and Bouldering. Nivea Sun Yellowave also has a fantastic south-westerly facing decked area with the Barefoot Bar/cafe, where the beach backdrop makes this the perfect place to hang out. For more information on the Yellowave Beach Sports Centre, please visit www.yellowave.co.uk.

ENTRIES - A total of 44 men’s and 37 women’s teams from 31 countries have entered the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships presented by Nivea Sun (as of August 25, 2008), including Andorra, Australia, , , Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, , Finland, , Germany, Great Britain, , Guatemala, , Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mexico, the , New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Slovak Republic, , Switzerland, the Ukraine and the United States

IN THE 2008 FIELD - Francesco Giontella and Paolo Nicolai of Italy are back to defend their SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championship after winning the title last year in Modena, Italy. At the 2006 U19 in Bermuda, Giontella and Paolo Nicolai lost the gold medal match to Germany’s Jonathan Erdmann and Marvin Klass while compatriots Matteo and Paolo Ingrosso were third. Australia’s Becchara Palmer and Alice Rohkamper also return after claiming a women’s silver in Modena. Palmer and Rohkamper also won the 2006 U19 title in Bermuda where they defeated Marleen Van Iersel and Daniëlle Remmers of the Netherlands in the finals Other Modena podium placers in the 2008 junior worlds are Erdmann (men’s bronze) and Van Iersel of the Netherlands (women’s bronze). Poland’s Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz won the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB Youth World Championships for players under the age of 19. Kadziola and Szalankiewicz also won the 2008 European U20 gold medal early in August at San Salvo, Italy. Other 2008 European U20 podium placers in the Brighton field are the Dutchmen Christiaan Varenhorst/Alexander Brouwer (silver) and Russians Sergey Kostyukhin/Alexey Pastukhov (bronze).

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OLYMPIC TRAINING GROUND - Three teams and four players competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games had posted “final four’ finishes the past seven years at the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships. The men’s teams of Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa of Spain (2001 silver and 2002 gold) and Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs of Latvia (2005 gold) won junior world titles while the Austrian Schwaiger sisters (Doris and Stephanie) claimed a 2005 bronze medal. Alexandra Shiryaeva of Russia (2003 gold) and Talita Antunes of Brazil (2002 bronze) also won medals while Vassiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou placed fourth in 2002 for Greece.

2008 SWATCH-FIVB YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - The Netherlands staged the seventh edition of the SWATCH-FIVB Youth World Championships for players under the age of 19 in The Hague July 30-August 3. Germany's Chantal Laboureur and Levke Springer defeated Rimke Braakman and Sophie van Gestel of the Netherlands 10-21 and 21-16 and 15-11 to win the women's gold medal. Estonians Kristo Kollo and Oliver Venno defeated Americans Jeff Carslon and Tony Ciarelli 21-17 and 21-16 to earn the men's gold medal.

SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships Schedule

· Wednesday, September 3...... Men’s & Women’s Qualification Tournaments · Thursday-Saturday, September 4-6...... Men’s & Women’s Main Draws · Sunday, September 7 ...... Men’s & Women’s semi-finals and Medal matches

FIVB Officials Sara Seravalli, Italy ...... Technical Supervisory Tim Simmons, United States ... Press Delegate Stefano Cesare, Italy ...... Referee Delegate

Referees Vassilis Vassiliadis, Greece Julien Bruxelles, France Maria Ferreira, Rene Petton, Germany

Promoter - Urban Event Management Tim Cantle-Jones...... Tournament Director Telephone...... 0044 (0) 191 222 0440 Mark Kontopoulos ...... Competition Director Mobile ...... 0044 (0) 771118385 Mel Berry ...... Press Director Fax...... 0044 (0) 1922 211128 Gemma Nunnerley...... Administrative Director E-mail ...... [email protected] Ian Taylor ...... Financial Director Website...... www.urbanevent.co.uk WGT (Alistair Howard) ...... Accomodation & Transport

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Of the seven previous SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships for players under 21 years old, Brazilians have captured three men’s and six women’s titles. Modena hosted the 2007 event where the teams of Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai of Italy and Lili Maestrini/Barbara Seixas of Brazil captured the men’s and women’s titles, respectively. With Giontella being named the top men’s player in Modena, the U-21 title was the first-ever youth Beach Volleyball gold medal for Italy. At the 2006 U-19 in Berumda, Giontella and Nicolai claimed the silver medal with compatriots Matteo and Paolo Ingrosso placing third for Italy. Seixas successfully defended her U-21 crown after winning the 2006 gold medal in Poland with Carolina Aragao at Myslowice. The young Brazilians also won the 2005 U-19 title at Saint Quay Portrieux, France.

Men’s U-21 Final 4s Gold Silver Bronze Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 3 1 1 5 1 ...... 6 Spain 2 2 0 4 0 ...... 4 Germany 0 1 2 3 1 ...... 4 Latvia 1 1 0 2 1 ...... 3 Poland 0 1 1 2 0 ...... 2 Russia 0 0 2 2 0 ...... 2 Italy 1 0 0 1 0 ...... 1 Czech Republic 0 0 1 1 0 ...... 1 Venezuela 0 1 0 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 San Marino 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1

Women’s U-21 Final 4s Gold Silver Bronze Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 6 0 2 8 1 ...... 9 Germany 0 3 0 3 0 ...... 3 Netherlands 0 0 2 2 1 ...... 3 Czech Republic 0 0 2 2 0 ...... 2 Russia 1 1 0 2 0 ...... 2 Switzerland 0 1 0 1 2 ...... 3 Australia 0 1 0 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 1 0 1 0 ...... 1 Austria 0 0 1 1 0 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 Mexico 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1 Spain 0 0 0 0 1 ...... 1

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, ...... 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

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Men Women Italy, Modena (September 5-9, 2007) Italy, Modena (September 5-9, 2007) 1. Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy 1. Lili Maestrini/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil 2. Adrián Gavira/Alejandro Rojas, Spain 2. Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia 3. Jonathan Erdmann/Stefan Windscheif, Germany 3. Marleen Van Iersel/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands 4. Marco Daalmeijer/Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands 4. Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Steiner, Spain Gold - Giontella/Nicolai def. Gavira/Rojas, 13-21, 21-17, 15-13 (50 Gold - Lili-Seixas def. Palmer/Rohkamper, 25-27, 21-17, 15-7 (71 minutes) minutes) Bronze - Erdmann/Windscheif def. Daalmeije/Oude Elferink, 21-14, Bronze - Van Iersel/Wesselink def. Baquerizo/Liliana, 21-16 21-19 21-16 (43) (43) Poland, Myslowice (August 24-27, 2006) Poland, Myslowice (August 24-27, 2006) 1. Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 1. Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil 2. Tomasz Sinczak/Rafal Szternel, Poland 2. Julia Sude/Jana Kohler, Germany 3. Piotr Marciniak/Krzysztof Orman, Poland 3. Marleen Van Iersel/Mraloes Wesselink, Netherlands 4. Janis Smedins-Toms Smedins, Latvia 4. Carolina Salgado/Julia Caldas, Brazil Gold - Bruno/Pedro def. Sinczak Sternel 21-11 and 21-13 (31) Gold –Seixas/Aragao def. Sude/Kohler, 21-13, 20-22, 15-6 (55 Bronze - Marciniak/Orman def. Smedins/Smedins 21-13, 17-21, minutes) 15-13 (56) Bronze - Van Iersel-Wesselink def. Carol-Julia 19-21, 21-12, 18-16 (58) Brazil, (September 7-11, 2005) 1. Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (September 7-10, 2005) 2. Jackson Henriquez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela 1. Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil 3. Serguei Prokopiev/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia 2. Ruth Flemig/Ilka Semmler, Germany 4. Salgado/Tiago Santos, Brazil 3. Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria Gold - Plavins/Samoilovs def. Henriquez/Villafane, 21-15 and 21-9 4. Nadine Zumkehr/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland (39) Gold - Carolina/Camillinha def. Flemig/Semmler, 11-21, 21-17, 17- Bronze - Prokopiev/Koshkarev def. Salgado/Tiago, 21-16 and 29- 15 (58) 27 (48) Bronze - Schwaigers def. Zumkehr/Graessli, 21-18, 21-19 (34) Portugal, Porto Santo (September 16-19, 2004) Portugal, Porto Santo (September 16-19, 2004) 1. Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain 1. Taiana Lima/Carolina, Brazil 2. Valters Ramma/Toms Smedins, Latvia 2. Marion Castelli/Eva Hamzaoui, France 3. Mois Santos/Salgado, Brazil 3. Sarka Nakladalova/Veronika Opravilova, Czech Republic 4. Tom Gotz/Stefan Uhmann, Germany 4. Arjanne Stevens/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands Gold - Amo/Lario def. Ramma/Smedins, 21-19, 21-12 (32) Gold - Taiana/Carolina def. Castelli/Hamzaoui, 21-11, 21-12 (29) Bronze - Santos/Salgado def. Gotz/Uhmann, 21-17, 25-23 (39) Bronze - Nakladalova/Opravilova def. Stevens/Van Iersel, 21-16, 21-17 (38) France, Saint Quay Portrieux (August 7-10, 2003) 1. Pedro Cunha/Salgado, Brazil France, Saint Quay Portrieux (August 7-10, 2003) 2. Daniel Krug/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 1. Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia 3. Ravel Rotreki/Pavel Kolar, Czech Republic 2. Katrin Holtwick/Maria Kleefisch, Germany 4. Gregoire Capitaine/Damien Quoirin, France 3. Carolina/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Gold - Cunha/Salgado def. Krug/Urbatzka, 21-12, 21-18 (34) 4. Tanya Schmocker/Melanie Schoneberger, Switzerland Bronze - Rotreki/Kolar, def. Capitaine/Quoirin, 21-15, 21-16 (39) Gold - Morozova/Shiryaeva def. Holtwick/Kleefisch, 21-19, 21-16 (37) Italy, Catania (July 10-14, 2002) Bronze - Carolina/Maria def. Schmocker/Schoneberger 21-12, 21- 1. Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain 18 (34) 2. Cunha/Adriano Fonseca, Brazil 3. Matthias Karger/Maarten Lammens, Germany Italy, Catania (July 10-14, 2002) 4. Andreas Gortsianouk/Georgios Knapek, Greece 1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana, Brazil Gold - Herrera/Mesa def. Cunha/Fonseca, 21-21-11, 21-19 (29) 2. Isabelle Forrer/Melanie Schoneberger, Switzerland Bronze - Karger/Lammens def. Gortsianouk/Knapek, 17-21, 21-19, 3. Talita Antunes/Maria Clara, Brazil 15-11 (53) 4. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece Gold - Juliana/Lima def. Forrer/Schoneberger, 21-18, 21-15 (34) France, Le Lavandou (August 24-26, 2001) Bronze - Rocha/Maria def. Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, 21-15, 21-9 1. Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil (33) 2. Herrera/Mesa, Spain 3. Anton Koulinovski/Alexei Verbov, Russia France, Le Lavandou (August 24-26, 2001) 4. Alfredo Tabarini/Francesco Tabarini, San Marino 1. Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara, Brazil Gold - Cunha/Sigoli def. Herrera/Mesa, 17-21, 21-17, 15-13 (55) 2. Anna Bobrova/Anna Morozova, Russia Bronze - Koulinovski/Verbov def. Tabarini/Tabarini, 22-20, 21-17 3. Katerina Tychnova/Markiea Tychnova, Czech Republic (37) 4. Jeaqueline Alvares/Norma Perez, Mexico Gold - Shaylyn/Maria def. Bobrova/Morozova, 21-16, 21-10 (29) Bronze - Tychnova/Tychnova def. 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Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Teams, Country · Sam Boehm/Christopher McHugh, Australia · Xavier Folguera/Christian Salvador, Andorra · Manuel Schnell/Michael Leeb, Austria · Jörg Wutzl/Alexander Berger, Austria · Levi/Gregório Ícaro Nascimento, Brazil · Jefferson Santos Pereira/Gabriel Pereira, Brazil · Filip Habr/Milan Monik, Czech Republic · Tom Podstawka/Jeremy Groenveld, Canada · Petri Parviainen/Miika Manninen, Finland · Ivan Djordjevic/Matej Mudri Mudrovcic, Croatia · Brice Thesee /Oscar Dupouy, France · Vincent Lacombe /Nicolas Aubrun, France · Jake Sheaf /Luke Sheaf, Great Britain · Matthias Penk/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany · Josh Randall/Adam Smth, Great Britain · Ioannis Roumeliotakis/Konstantinos Karpathakis, Greece · Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany · Julio Recinos Ocaña/Andy Leonardo Blanco, Guatemala · Chris Gregory/Tristan Dampney, Great Britain · Asaf Alkoby/Ofir Alkoby, Israel · Francesco Giontella /Paolo Nicolai, Italy · Roy Eppsztein/Gay Ben Gal, Israel · Ralfs Ozolins/Vanags Toms, Latvia · Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy · Christiaan Varenhorst/Alexander Brouwer, Netherlands · Jon Stiekema/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands · Yngve Are Antonsen/Cedric Aubry, Norway · Ayo Deji Fayomi/Kazeem Tosin Abdulahi, Nigeria · Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland · Gøran Rønneberg /Morten Kvamsdal, Norway · Sergey Kostyukhin/Alexey Pastukhov, Russia · Edwin O'Dea/Sam O'Dea, New Zealand · Sergio Del Pino/Diego Mahia, Spain · Damian Wojtasik/Marek Leznicki, Poland · Roman Sutter/Constantin Quadt, Switzerland · Ilya Goremykin/Anton Safonov, Russia · Miroslav Krajcik/Matej Hukel, Slovak Republic · Gennari Alessandro/Elia Lazzarini, San Marino · Jeremy Casebeer/Andrew McGuire, United States · Andrea Lazzarini/Ivo Mattia Valentini, San Marino · Jonas Kissling/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland · Jan Namesansky/Matej Patak, Slovak Republic · Vitalii Didukh/Mykhailo Pronin, Ukraine · Chase Ross/Christopher Hilling, United States 2008 Women’s SWATCH FIVB Junior World Tour A total of 37 women’s teams from 25 countries have entered the SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships presented by Nivea Sun (as of August 25, 2008), including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, the Ukraine and the United States

Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Teams, Country · Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia · Hannah Ross/Jordan Mowen, Australia · Teresa Andessner/Madita Knöppel, Austria · Julia Chukwuma/Laura Horvath, Austria · Amanda Maltez/Natasha Paula Borges, Brazil · Júlia Beatriz Schmidt/Fabiane Aires Boogaerdt, Brazil · Victoria Cowley/Kaila Janssen, Canada · Majic Maja/Dijana Crnic, Croatia · Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic · Kristel Kiens/Kertti Kulm, Estonia · Oksana Bosjanok/Kadri Puri, Estonia · Camille Clavreul/Hélèna Wierre, France · Emma Larche/Laura Longuet, France · Lisa Mittenzwei/Anni Schumacher, Germany · Karla Borger/Britta Büthe, Germany · Nizan Gepstein/Yael Yellin, Israel · Susan Hoare/Jessoca Grimson, Great Britain · Laura Giombini/Chiara Ferretti, Italy · Kim Smith/Pheobe Jeffery, Great Britain · Tatyana Mashkova/Alexandra Turichsheva, Kazakhstan · Gilda Lombardo/Marta Menegatti, Italy · Sophie Van Gestel/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands · Karla Martinez/Perez Nimbe, Mexico · Kjersti Hansen/Eline Landsnes, Norway · Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands · Simone Head/Kate Sherriff, New Zealand · Hannah Croad/julia Tilley, New Zealand · Daria Paszek/Beata Galek, Poland · Vilde Solvoll/Elin Kristina Westerlund, Norway · Ksenia Sukhareva/Maria Ushkova, Russia · Monika Brzostek/Karolina Sowala, Poland · Terezia Hinzellerova/Natalia Dubovcova, Slovak Republic · Marta Garcia/Nuria Bouza, Spain · Julia Mailander/Lydia Mailander, United States · Tanja Goricanec/Taryn Sciarini, Switzerland · Zhanna Khmel/Ksenia Chekmaryova, Ukraine · Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States

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