10000 FIVB Bangkok One Star Bangkok, Thailand, May 10-13, 2018
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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $10,000 FIVB Bangkok One Star Bangkok, Thailand, May 10-13, 2018 Updated on May 6, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two- star events, and 21 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. Two events held in September- October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The double-gender $10,000 FIVB Bangkok One Star is the 19th men’s and the 16th women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to Thailand for the tenth time and the second time this season. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · May 10-13, Bangkok, Thailand, Men and Women, $10,000 – Thailand has hosted nine previous FIVB World Tour events, eight of which were for women only. Satun hosted a double-gender event last month. Phuket hosted the first event in 2006 and has hosted all but two of the events, the one in Satun and another in Bang Saen. Thailand has never won two medals on its country’s soil; a men’s gold and a women’s bronze medal, both in the Satun event last month. · The FIVB Bangkok One Star starts May 10 and concludes May 13. The winning teams from each gender will share the $1,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Wednesday, May 9 ....................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Playoffs (if necessary) · Thursday, May 10 .................................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Friday, May 11 ........................................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Saturday, May 12 .............................................................................Men’s and Women’s Main Draw and Quarterfinal Matches · Sunday, May 13 ........................................................................................Men’s and Women’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches · A total of 56 teams from 19 countries (37 men’s teams from 19 countries and 19 women’s teams from 13 countries) are entered into the FIVB Bangkok One Star (as of May 6, 2018), including Australia (3 men’s teams, 0 women’s team), Austria (3,0), Canada (4,2), Cuba (0,1), Germany (3,2), Hong Kong (1,1), Israel (1,0), Italy (1,0), Japan (4,2), Latvia (0,1), Lithuania (1,1), Malaysia (2,0), Norway (1,1), Oman (1,0), Poland (1,0), Russia (2,0), South Africa (1,1), Spain (1,1), Sweden (1,2), Thailand (5,3), Turkey (1,0), and the United States (0,2). · The FIVB Bangkok One Star is the 387th men’s and the 348th women’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... Page · Past FIVB World Tour Results in Thailand (2018 for men, 2006 to present for women) ............................................................. 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · FIVB Bangkok One Star Men’s Entries (through May 6) ................................................................................................................ 4 · FIVB Bangkok One Star Women’s Entries (through May 6) .......................................................................................................... 4 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 6 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ................................................................................................................................... 9 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 10 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 11 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 12 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 13 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ............................................................................................................. 14 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ....................................................................................................... 15 Past Thailand Men’s Medals – Indonesia 1, Iran 1, Thailand 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Satun 2018 Sedtawat Padsawud, THA Mohammed Ashfiya/Candra Rachmawan, IND Abolhamed Mirzaali/Rahman Raoufi, IRN Past Thailand Women’s Medals - USA 12, China 5, Brazil 3, Italy 2, Russia 2, Germany 1, Kazakhstan 1, Thailand 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 2. Phuket 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Tian/Jie Wang, CHN May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 3. Phuket 2007 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN 4. Phuket 2008 Jen Kessy/April Ross, USA Branagh/Tyra Turner, USA Geeske Banck/Anja Gunther, GER 5. Phuket 2009 Kessy/Ross, USA Angie Akers/Turner, USA Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, RUS 6. Phuket 2010 Branagh/Kerri Walsh, USA Marta Menegatti/Valeria Rosso, Italy Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA 7. Phuket 2011 Xue/Zhang, CHN Kessy/A. Ross, USA Greta Cicolari/Menegatti, ITA 8. Bang Saen 2012 Kessy/A. Ross, USA Ekaterina Khomyakova/Ukolova, RUS Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, BRA 9. Phuket 2013 Xinyi Xia/Xue, CHN Emily Day/Summer Ross, USA Salgado/Salgado, BRA 10. Satun 2016 Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, USA Tatyana Mashkova/Irina Tsimbalova, KAZ Khanittha Hongpak/Rumpaipruet Numwong, THA FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships 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 Pottharst, 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 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ................. London 2012 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ..................... Rio 2016 .................................... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ................................................................ Youth Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ............... Nanjing 2014 .................................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October 6-18 .......................................................... Buenos Aires 2018 ............................................. olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men ...................................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions .............................................................. Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ................ Los Angeles 1997 ............................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ............................