2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
[email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour With 17 tournaments for both men and women, the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar was highlighted by the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland along with four Grand Slams events in France, Norway, Germany and Austria. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour featured 21 events on four continents with prize money at US$8.15-million. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour schedule also featured 13 double gender stops. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Gstaad featured $1-millon in prize money while Paris, Stavanger, Berlin and Klagenfurt hosted Grand Slam stops where the combined prize money was $2.4-million for the combined men’s and women’s events. Event sites hosting international Beach Volleyball events for the first-time included Manama, Bahrain (men), Singapore (women), Seoul, Korea (women), Kristiansand, Norway (men women) and Aland, Finland (men and women). Here are the 2007 results. 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Results Dates Tournament ......................................................................................................................Gold Medal Team May 1-6 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.............................................................. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May 8-12 Bahrain Open, Manama........................................................ Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 23-27 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo,