July 20 Update Fédération Internationale de [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights & Schedule Highlighted by the SWATCH FIVB World Championships and four Grand Slam events, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar began in April and concludes in November. Here are 2009 SWATCH SWATCH FIVB World Tour highlights. · The total prize money for 2009 is US$7.39-million. · The calendar features 19 sites in 15 countries within three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). · The 2009 calendar includes 12 double gender events. · Italy (Rome and Roseto degli Abruzzi) and, Poland (Myslowice) have hosted or will stage men’s only events. · Japan (Osaka), Korea (Seoul), (Barcelona) and Thailand (Phuket) have hosted or will stage 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 includes 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 lists three new sites, including Brasília (Brazil), Rome (Italy) and The Hague (). · The Finnish event in Aland returns to the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar after not being held in 2008 due to the Olympic Games. · Myslowice hosted a men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in 2009 after staging a women’sevent in 2008. · Barcelona will host a women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour in 2009 after staging a double gender stop in 2008. · The FIVB will sanction two world championships for players under the age of 21. England will host the ninth annual SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Blackpool September 16-20. Turkey will host 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 (as of July 6, 2009, *to be confirmed) Dates Site ...... Gold Medal Team or Men’s PrizeMoney (US dollars) 1. April 21-26 Brasília, Brazil ...... /Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2. April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China ...... /Harley Marques, Brazil 3. May 12-17 Rome, Italy ...... /, 4. May 26-31 Myslowice, Poland ...... Alison/Harley, Brazil 5. June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway ...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 6. July 7-12 Gstaad, ...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 7. July 14-19 Moscow, Russia ...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 8. July 21-26 Marseille, France ...... $300,000 9. July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria ...... $300,000 10. August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... $190,000 11. August 11-16 Kristiansand, Norway* ...... $190,000 12. August 18-23 Aland, Finland ...... $190,000 13. August 25-30 The Hague, Netherlands ...... $190,000 14. September 1-6 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy ...... $190,000 15. October 26-31 Sanya, China ...... $190,000

2009 Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule (as of July 6, 2009, *to be confirmed) Dates Site .Gold Medal Team or Women’s PrizeMoney (US dollars) 1. April 20-25 Brasília, Brazil ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 2. April 28-May 2 Shanghai, China ...... /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 ...... Jen Kessy/, United States 6. July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland ...... Talita/Antonelli, Brazil 7. July 13-18 Moscow, Russia ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil 8. July 20-26 Marseille, France ...... $300,000 9. July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria ...... $300,000 10. August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... $190,000 11. August 10-15 Kristiansand, Norway* ...... $190,000 12. August 17-22 Aland, Finland ...... $190,000 13. August 24-29 The Hague, Netherlands ...... $190,000 14. September 8-13 Barcelona, Spain ...... $190,000 15. October 27-November 1 Sanya, China ...... $190,000 16. November 3-8 Phuket, Thailand ...... $190,000

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Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 4,100 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6, 4, $203,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 3,920 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 7, 2, $162,200 3, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,300 3, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 6, 1, $124,200 4, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2,240 4, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 5, 0, $71,100 5, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 2,140 5, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $64,100 6, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,100 6, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 5, 0, $62,600 7, Kristjan Kais/, , 2,000 7, /, United States, 3, 0, $59,400 8, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,880 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 7, 0, $56,900 9, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1,740 9, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA, 4, 0, $53,000 10, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 1,700 10, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 6, 0, $51,800 10, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 1,700 11, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 6, 0, $45,250 12, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 1,524 12, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 7, 0, $43,250 13, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 1,360 13, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4, 0, $39,000 14, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1,300 14, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 3, 0, $38,200 15, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,220 15, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 6, 0, $35,400 16, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 1,180 16, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 4, 0, $35,350 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 1,160 17, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 4, 0, $32,100 18, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,024 18, Michal Biza/Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic, 6, 0, $27,550 19, Michal Biza/Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic, 960 19, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 4, 0, $27,000 19, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 960 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 5, 0, $26,800 21, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 950 21, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 7, 0, $25,850 22, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 900 22, Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China, 4, 0, $25,400 23, Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China, 810 23, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 6, 0, $23,500 24, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 800 24, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $21,200 24, Paolo Nicolai/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 3, 0, $21,200

2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders, seven events (through July 18)

Women’s Team Rank, points Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 4,000 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 6, 3, $185,600 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 3,920 2, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 7, 3, $176,950 3, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 2,960 3, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 5, 1, $123,200 4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 2,880 4, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 7, 0, $87,000 5, Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 2,220 5, Vanilda Leão/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 6, 0, $70,300 6, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,220 6, /Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 5, 0, $63,400 7, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2,120 7, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 7, 0, $59,800 8, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,020 8, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 6, 0, $56,500 9, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 1,680 9, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 4, 0, $53,450 10, /Elaine Youngs, United States, 1,660 10, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 3, 0, $52,200 11, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 1,660 11, Angie Akers/Tyra Turner, United States, 4, 0, $47,500 12, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 1,540 12, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 4, 0, $46,200 13, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 1,440 13, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 6, 0, $39,900 14, Chen Xue/Ying Zhang, China, 1,440 14, Chen Xue/Ying Zhang, China, 6, 0, $39,050 15, Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China, 1,400 15, Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, China, 6, 0, $37,300 16, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 1,320 16, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 5, 0, $34,900 17, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic, 1,170 17, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic, 6, 0, $34,550 18, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 1,140 18, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 5, 0, $30,750 19, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 1,120 19, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 6, 0, $30,000 20, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 1,080 20, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden, 7, 0, $29,450 21, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 1,068 21, Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, Germany, 5, 0, $29,250 22, Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada, 1,050 22, Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, 7, 0, $28,900 23, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 7, 0, $28,600 23, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundqvist, Sweden, 980 24, Marie-Andree Lessard/Annie Martin, Canada, 6, 0, $27,800 24, Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, 980

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Brazil - Brasília, April 21-26, $190,000 Norway - Stavanger, June 26-July 5, $500,000 1. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $30,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $60,000 2. Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $21,000 2. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $45,000 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $15,000 3. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $35,000 4. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $11,200 4. David KlempererEric Koreng, Germany, $28,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Alison/Harley, 21-19, 22-20 (56 minutes) Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Alison/Harley, 21-16, 21-19 (50) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 19-21, 21-19, 15-11 (66) Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-11, 21-16 (42) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH MOP - Brink SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 100.3 km/h SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 103.5 km/h

China - Shanghai, April 29-May 3, $190,000 Switzerland - Gstaad, July 7-12, $300,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $30,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $18,400 2. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $21,000 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $18,400 3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $15,000 3. Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $18,400 4. Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $11,200 4. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $18,400 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Cunha/Salgado, 21-14, 21-15 (40) Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-15, 17-21, 15-11 (60) Bronze - Brink/Reckermann def. Kais/Vesik, 1-17, 21-9 (37) Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 23-21, 14-21, 15-13 (57) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH MOP - Reckermann SWATCH Serve - Kais, 95.6 km/h SWATCH Serve - Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 98.3 km/h

Italy - Rome, May 12-17, $190,000 Russia - Moscow, July 13-18, $300,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $30,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $43,500 2. Cunha/Salgado, Brazil, $21,000 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $29,500 3. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $15,000 3. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, $23,000 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $11,200 4. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Cunha/Salgado, 28-26, 20-22, 15-13 (83) Gold –Brink/Reckerman def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 24-26, 21-18, 16-14 Bronze - Alison/Harley def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-12, 23-21 (42) (74) SWATCH MOP - Reckermann Bronze –Bellaguarda/Laciga def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-16, 21-13 (40) SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 104.2 km/h SWATCH MOP - Laciga SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, Russia, 113.7 km/h Poland - Myslowice, May 26-31, $190,000 1. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $30,000 2. Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, $21,000 3. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $15,000 4. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $11,200 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Fuerbringer/Jennings, 25-23, 21-17 (42) Bronze - Gibb/Rosenthal def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-16, 21-19 (50) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 101.1 km/h

Men’s Medals Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 3 6 2 ...... 11 1...... 12 Germany 4 0 1 ...... 5 3...... 8 United States 0 1 2 ...... 3 1...... 4 Spain 0 0 1 ...... 1 0...... 1 Switzerland 0 0 1 ...... 1 0...... 1 Estonia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Netherlands 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 7 7 7 ...... 21 7...... 28

2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders(seven events, through July 19)

Rank Player Country Speed...... Site Rank Player Country Speed ...... Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 113.7 ...... Moscow 13 Grzegorz Fijalek POL 94.5...... Brasilia 2 Julius Bring GER 102.7 ...... Moscow 14 Jonathan Erdmann GER 94.3...... Myslowice 3 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 102.5 ...... Moscow 15 Richard Schuil NED 94.3...... Stavanger 4 Eric Koreng GER 100.5 ...... Rome 16 Marcio Araujo BRA 94.0...... Brasilia 5 Jonas Reckermann GER 99.1 ...... Stavanger 17 Kirk Pitman NZL 93.9...... Myslowic 6 Paolo Nicolai ITA 97.9 ...... Moscow 18 Alexei Prawdzic SUI 93.1...... Myslowic 7 Pablo Herrera ESP 96.4 ...... Gstaa 19 Bram Ronnes NED 93.0...... Stavangr 8 Michal Biza CZE 96.2 ...... Stavanger 19 Farid Mussa VEN 93.0...... Stavangr 9 Kristjan Kais EST 95.6 ...... Shanghai 21 Harley Marques BRA 92.9...... Brasilia 10 Yury Bogatov RUS 95.1 ...... Myslowice 22 Joao Maciel BRA 92.3...... Moscow 11 Patrick Heuscher SUI 94.7 ...... Stavanger 23 Alison Cerutti BRA 92.1...... Shanghai 11 Raul Mesa ESP 94.7 ...... Stavanger 24 Ruslan Dayanov RUS 91.9...... Shangh 25 Jefferson Bellaguarda SUI 91.8...... Gstaad

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Rank Player Country Speed...... Site Rank Player Country Speed ...... Site 1 Maria Clara Salgado BRA 86.5...... Stavanger 14 Katrin Holtwick GER 80.0 ...... Moscow 2 April Ross USA 85.3...... Stavanger 15 Susan Blundell NZL 79.4 ...... Gstaad 3 Yuan Yue CHN 83.2...... Shanghai 16 Becchara Palmer AUS 78.9 ...... Osaka 4 Maria Antonelli BRA 83.0...... Seoul 17 Karla Borger GER 78.5 ...... Seoul 5 Maloes Wesselink NED 82.1...... Moscow 18 Sanne Keizer NED 78.4 ..Gstaad, Osaka 6 Laura Ludwig GER 81.4...... Shanghai 19 Elaine Youngs USA 78.2 ...... Gstaad 7 Kadri Puri EST 80.9...... Osaka 20 Ying Huang CHN 78.0 ...... Stavanger 7 Sara Goller GER 80.9...... Shanghai 21 Rieke Brink-Abeler GER 78.0 ...... Osaka 9 Marleen Van Iersel NED 80.9...... Osaka 22 Alice Rohkamper AUS 76.9 ...... Seoul 10 Ana Paula Connelly BRA 80.6...... Brasília 23 Vanilda Leao BRA 76.8 ...... Seoul 11 Larissa Franca BRA 80.5...... Moscow 23 Polina Bratuhhina EST 76.8 ...... Shanghai 12 Angie Akers USA 80.1...... Osaka 25 Lucy Boulton GBR 76.7 ...... Moscow 12 Jen Kessy USA 80.1...... Stavanger 25 Hiroyo Kaneda JPN 76.7 ...... Osaka

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