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FACT SHEET – $10,000 FIVB Ljubljana One Star Ljubljana, , August 3-5, 2018

Updated on July 29, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB 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, nine four-star events, six three- star events, seven two-star events, and 22 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 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. Four events held in August-October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour.

· The double-gender $10,000 FIVB Ljubljana One Star is the 40th men’s and the 41st women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. In conjunction with the CEV, the FIVB visits Slovenia for the first time. The CEV played a double-gender masters event in Ljubljana in 2017. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com.

· August 3-5, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Men and Women, $10,000 – This is the first time that Slovenia has hosted an FIVB World Tour Event. The qualification matches will be held at the Sports Park Ludus Crnuce and the main draw will be held in Congress Square in Ljubljana.

· The FIVB Ljubljana One Star starts August 3 and concludes August 5. The winning teams for each gender will share the $1,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Thursday, August 2...... Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Friday, August 3 ...... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Saturday, August 4 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Sunday, August 5 ...... Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal, Semi-Final, and Medal Matches

· A total of 82 teams from 28 countries (41 men’s teams from 20 countries and 41 women’s teams from 23 countries) are entered into the FIVB Ljubljana One Star (as of July 29, 2018), including Australia (0 men’s teams and 2 women’s teams), (3,2), Belgium (0,1), Brazil (2,0), Bulgaria (0,2), Canada (2,1), Croatia (2,3), Czech Republic (3,4), Germany (2,1), Greece (1,1), Hungary (2,3), Israel (1,1), Italy (4,0), Japan (0,1), Latvia (1,0), Netherlands (3,1), New Zealand (0,1), Norway (1,0), Poland (1,2), Portugal (0,1), Russia (1,0), Serbia (2,1), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (6,6), South Africa (0,1), Switzerland (1,2), Ukraine (2,2), and the United States (1,1).

· The FIVB Ljubljana One Star is the 406th men’s and the 372nd 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 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ...... 2 · FIVB Vienna Major Men’s Entries (through July 29)...... 3 · FIVB Vienna Major Women’s Entries (through July 29) ...... 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 ...... 16

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/, Brazil ...... Rio 2016 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ...... Youth Olympic Champions ...... Girls /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 ...... Marseille 1999...... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina ...... Klagenfurt 2001 ...... Adriana/Shelda, 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 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ...... Stavanger 2009 ...... Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ...... Rome 2011 ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ...... Netherlands 2015 ...... Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ...... Austria 2017 ...... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ...... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Poland 2013 ...... Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ...... Poland 2014 ...... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball 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 Solberg, 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 2008 ...... Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ...... Great Britain 2009 ...... Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada ...... Alanya 2010 ...... Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Canada 2011 ...... Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Canada 2012 ...... Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ...... Croatia 2013 ...... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2014 ...... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Switzerland 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil ...... China 2017 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ...... Girls Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, 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, 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, ...... Netherlands 2008 ...... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...... Turkey 2009 ...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ...... Portugal 2010 ...... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ...... Croatia 2011 ...... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ...... Cyprus 2012 ...... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ...... Portugal 2013 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ...... Portugal 2014 ...... Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ...... Cyprus 2016 ...... Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil Denis Shekunov/Dmitrii Veretiuk, Russia ...... China 2018 ...... Mariia Bocharova/Maria Voronina, Russia *For players under the age of 18 through 2004 Boys ...... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions ...... Girls Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland ...... Mexico 2014 ...... Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Ljubljana One Star Men’s Entries (as of July 29, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Marcio Guadie/Arthur Mariano, Brazil Peter Eglseer/Thomas Kunert, Austria Marcel Myslivecek/Martin Pihera, Czech Republic Moritz Kindl/Marian Klaffinger, Austria Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany Simon Fecteau-Botin /Sergiy Grabovskyy, Canada Mihails Samoilovs/Kristaps Smits, Latvia Dallas Keith/Hugo Rosso-Bonneau, Canada Ruben Penninga/Tom van Steenis, Netherlands Josip Pribanic/Filip Silic, Croatia Tadej Bozenk/Danijel Pokersnik, Slovenia Martin Tichy/Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic Sergej Drobnic/Gasper Plahutnik, Slovenia Robin Sowa/Eric Stadie, Germany Ziga Kumer/Rok Mozic, Slovenia Shani Cohen/Netanel Ohana, Israel Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia Antonio Basti/Emanuele Monduzzi, Italy Oleksii Denin/Denys Denysenko, Ukraine Mees Blom/Yorick de Groot, Netherlands Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine Jorn Olav Gamlemoen/Christian Helland, Norway Troy Field/Adam Roberts, United States Mateusz Lysikowski/Mateusz Paszkowski , Poland Taras Myskiv/Valeriy Samoday, Russia Djordje Klasnic/Marko Plavsic, Serbia Jure Bedra/Iztok Novak, Slovenia Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland

Reserve Entries Simon Baldauf/Jakob Reiter, Austria Juliano Melo/ Everson Smider, Brazil Kresimir Karaula/Marko Simac, Croatia Jakub Gala/David Kufa, Czech Republic Angelos Mandilaris/Vasileios Mandilaris, Greece Balazs Benko/Botond Olah, Hungary Artur Hajos/Bence Streli, Hungary Manuel Alfieri/Mauro Sacripanti, Italy Filippo Boesso/Giacomo De Fabritiis, Italy Matteo Galli/Davis Krumis, Italy Stef Hofman/Thijs Nijeboer, Netherlands Aleksandar Gavrilov/Milos Milic, Serbia Urh Port/Denis Robida, Slovenia

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Ljubljana One Star Women’s Entries (as of July 29, 2018)

Main Draw Entries Qualifier Entries Martina Bonnerova/Martina Maixnerova, Czech Republic Rebecca Ingram/Stefanie Weiler, Australia Sara Olivova/Tereza Pluharova, Czech Republic Brittany Kendall/Nicole Laird, Australia Dimitra Manavi/Konstantina Tsopoulou, Greece Sarah Cools/Lisa Van Den Vonder, Belgium Anita Deev/Sofia Starikov, Israel Luna Becic/Mirna Becic, Croatia Annemieke Driessen/Ilke Meertens, Netherlands Michaela Knoblochova/Karolina Rehackova, Czech Agata Ceynowa/Martyna Kloda, Poland Republic Gabriela Coelho/Vanessa Paquete, Portugal Tereza Kotlasova/Daniela Resova, Czech Republic Katarina Bulc/Nina Zdesar, Slovenia Leonie Kortzinger/Anika Krebs, Germany Tjasa Jancar/Tjasa Kotnik, Slovenia Brigitta Denesi/Panna Gyori, Hungary Nina Lovsin/Tajda Lovsin, Slovenia Dominika Hafra/Dorottya Szabo, Hungary Jelena Pesic/Ana Skarlovnik, Slovenia Eszter Lutter/Szandra Szombathelyi, Hungary Inna Makhno/Iryna Makhno, Ukraine Marta Lodej/Aleksandra Wachowicz, Poland Nika Bevc/Kaja Kersnik, Slovenia Luciana Pierangeli/Simone Sittig, South Africa Esmee Bobner/Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland Tatjana Greber/Kim Huber, Switzerland Lindsey Fuller/Kaley Melville, United States

Reserve Entries Saria Gschopf/Marilena Preiml, Austria Viktoria Mair/Sophie Weber, Austria Svetla Angelova/Slavina Koleva, Bulgaria Asya Dinova/Irena Mishonova, Bulgaria Molley McBain/Lea Monkhouse, Canada Dorotea Cosic/Ivana Ovcina, Croatia Maja Rosko/Valentina Vrbanc, Croatia Hiroko Matsuyama/Marie Wada, Japan Francesca Kirwan/Olivia MacDonald, New Zealand Katarina Raicevic/Natasa Savovic, Serbia Magdalena Kovacikova/Jana Simanicova, Slovakia Katarina Fabjan/Klara Kregar, Slovenia Diana Lunina/Maryna Samoday, Ukraine

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.54 million in prize money, with three Major Series five-star events, nine four-star events, six three-star events, seven two-star events, and 22 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One age-group FIVB World Championships, for players under the age of 19 will also be played. The 2018 FIVB World Tour began in September of 2017 and concludes in August, 2018. Four events being played in August-October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90.

· The international beach volleyball circuit visits 47 sites in 29 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, 2018. · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 42 men’s and 43 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.54 million in prize money. · All three five-star events and the FIVB World Tour Season Final will be for both genders. The combined purse for each of the five-star events is $600,000 and the total purse will be $800,000 for the FIVB World Tour Season Final. · The three five-star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2017 sites in United States (Fort Lauderdale) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 is Vienna, Austria. · The showcase event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour is the FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August 15-19. · Eight of the nine four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar was for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), China (Xiamen), the United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Espinho), and will be played in Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. One event in Yangzhou, China in October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The events for both genders were in China (Qinzhou), Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Japan (Tokyo). The event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. One event in Qinzhou, China in September-October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The two-star events have a purse of $25,000 or $50,000 each, either split between two genders or paid to a single gender. The double-gender events were held in Australia (Sydney) China (Jinjiang), Singapore, and Morocco (Agadir). Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China held women’s-only events. · The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender. Events in collaboration with the CEV will be paid in Euros. The single-gender events for men were played in France (Montpellier), Oman, and the Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and single-gender events for women were held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan). Aalsmeer also hosted a double-gender one-star event in October, 2017. The other double-gender events were held in Australia (Shepparton), Thailand (Satun and Bangkok), Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Manila), Turkey (Aydin, Alanya, Manavgat, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), Austria (Baden), Russia (Anapa), Croatia (Porec), and will be held in Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). Two events in Hungary (Siofok) and France (Montpellier) will be part of the 2019 Tour. · The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 in China (Nanjing) from July 10-15. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23. · France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men’s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, 2017. The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands

November 22-25 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O’Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November 23-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia

January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February 20-24 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands March 14-17 Oman One-Star Men Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany March 15-18 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Women Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, United States April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Men Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Simon Fruhbauer/Jorg Wutzl, Austria April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Mastikova, Russia

May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands May 1-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men Ilya Leshukov/, Russia May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Women Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men Max-Jonas Karpa/Milan Sievers, Germany May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Women Ayumi Kusano/Takemi Nishibori, Japan May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women Anna Behlen/Sarah Schneider, Germany May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 8-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men Yusuke Ishijima/Takumi Takahashi, Japan May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Women Aurora Davis/Bree Scarbrough, United States May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men Stefan Basta/Lazar Kolaric, Serbia May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Women Mailen Deliz/Leila Martinez, Cuba May 24-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men Luciano Ferreira/Vinicius Rezende, Brazil May 25-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Women Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men Trevor Crabb/John Mayer, United States May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Women Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men Ruslan Bykanov/Maksim Hudyakov, Russia May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Women Sarah Schneider/Viktoria Seeber, Germany

June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Women Teresa Mersmann/Cinja Tillmann, Germany June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Men Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria June 14-17 Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Josemari Alves/Liliana Maestrini, Brazil June 20-23 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men Oscar Brandao/Luciano Ferreira, Brazil June 20-23 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Women Satono/Ishitsubo/Asami Shiba, Japan June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Women Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, CZE

June 21-24 Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Men Pen Gao/Yang Li, China June 21-24 Sentosa, Singapore Two-Star Women Reika Murakami/Chiyo Suzuki, Japan June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Women Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

July 3-7 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia July 3-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Women Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, RUS July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Men Vladyslav Iemelianchyk/Sergiy Popov, Ukraine July 4-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China July 4-8 Porec, Croatia One-Star Women Emily Sonny/Torrey Van Winden, United States July 9-14 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway July 9-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada July 10-15 Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys Denis Shekunov/Dmitrii Veretiuk, Russia July 10-15 Nanjing, China U19 WC Girls Mariia Bocharova/Maria Voronina, Russia July 13-15 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Phoebe Bell/Jessyka Ngauamo, Australia July 17-22 Haiyang, China Three-Star Men Robin Seidl/Phillip Waller, Austria July 17-22 Haiyang, China Three-Star Women Emily Day/Betsi Flint, United States July 19-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Nai-Han Kou/Pi Hsin Liu, Chinese Taipei July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Three-Star Men Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Three-Star Women Teresa Mersmann/Cinja Tillmann, Germany July 26-29 Agadir, Morocco Two-Star Men $25,000 July 26-29 Agadir, Morocco Two-Star Women $25,000 July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men Donovan Dzavoronok/Jindrich Weiss, CZE July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Women Carolina Ferraris/Francesca Michieletto, Italy July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000

August 3-5 Ljubljana, Slovenia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Vaduz, Liechtenstein One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August 15-19 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000

2019 FIVB World Tour August 23-26 Siofok, Hungary One-Star Men & Women $10,000 Aug 28-Sept 1 Montpellier, France One-Star Men & Women $10,000

Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000

October 10-14 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results

Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US) February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil February 15-18 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men /Nikita Liamin, Russia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada March 17-19 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil June 16-18 Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States June 17-18 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil June 23-25 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China

June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada

June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil

July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil July 14-16 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany July 20-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany July 28-30 Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of July 23, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 14*, 5,400 2, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 13*, 5,240 3, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 17*, 5,200 4, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 15*, 5,060 5, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 14*, 4,840 6, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 15*, 4,380 7, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 10*, 4,320 8, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 12*, 4,260 9, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 8, 4,020 10, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11*, 3,900 11, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,860 12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,760 13, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 17*, 3,620 14, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 5, 3,600 15, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 14*, 3,400 16, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 13*, 3,360 17, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 15*, 3,320 17, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 10*, 3,320 19, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 12*, 3,280 20, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 7, 3,240 21, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 8, 3,200 22, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 10*, 3,080 22, Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland, 15*, 3,080 24, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 11*, 2,980 25, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 2,960

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 10*, 5,320 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 10*, 5,280 3, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 10*, 4,920 3, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 12*, 4,920 5, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 10*, 4,780 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 11*, 4,720 7, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 12*, 4,560 8, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 13*, 4,080 8, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 7, 4,080 10, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 16*, 3,860 11, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 16*, 3,800 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 14*, 3,680 13, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 15*, 3,500 13, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 13*, 3,500 13, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 10*, 3,500 16, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 10*, 3,480 17, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 13*, 3,420 17, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 11*, 3,420 19, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 14*, 3,280 20, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 7, 3,240 21, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 9*, 3,200 22, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 7, 3,100 23, Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States, 7, 2,920 24, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 15*, 2,820 25, Josemari Alves/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, 9*, 2,700 25, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 5, 2,700

* Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through July 29, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 10, 5,800 2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 5,580 3, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 10, 5,560 4, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 11, 5,260 5, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 10, 4,940 6, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 8, 4,840 7, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 12, 4,340 8, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 12, 4,260 9, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 10, 3,900 10, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 7, 3,660 11, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 11, 3,580 12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 7, 3,440 13, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 9, 3,400 14, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 5, 3,220 15, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 3,180 16, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 5, 3,160 17, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 10, 3,120 18, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 7, 3,060 19, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 8, 3,020 19, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 3,020 21, Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria, 14, 2,960 22, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 7, 2,940 23, Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland, 10, 2,930 24, Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania, 12, 2,880 25, Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany, 10, 2,860

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 9, 5,080 2, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 13, 5,040 3, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 4,920 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 8, 4,780 5, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9, 4,720 6, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 7, 4,480 7, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 7, 4,280 8, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 7, 4,060 8, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 11, 4,060 10, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 10, 3,860 11, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 13, 3,820 12, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 3,760 13, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 8, 3,740 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 7, 3,720 15, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9, 3,620 16, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8, 3,480 17, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 8, 3,460 18, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 13, 3,280 19, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 7, 3,240 20, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 8, 3,140 21, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 7, 3,100 22, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 3,060 23, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain, 8, 2,940 23, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 7, 2,940 25, Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States, 7, 2,920

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through July 29, 2018) Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 1, $100,000 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 10, 3, $99,000 3, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 11, 1, $93,500 4, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 8, 1, $91,000 5, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 10, 1, $87,000 6, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 10, 1, $75,000 7, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 5, 1, $68,000 8, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 5, 0, $63,000 9, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 7, 1, $60,000 10, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 10, 0, $48,000 11, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 12, 0, $44,500 12, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 12, 1, $43,000 13, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 3, 1, $42,000 13, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 7, 0, $42,000 15, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 7, 0, $39,500 16, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 7, 0, $39,000 17, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 9, 0, $38,200 18, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 11, 0, $37,600 19, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $36,000 20, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 1, $35,740 21, Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves, Brazil, 4, 0, $34,000 22, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 8, 0, $33,500 23, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1, $33,000 24, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 10, 0, $31,500 25, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 5, 0, $31,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 7, 2, $92,000 2, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 1, $89,000 3, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 9, 0, $84,000 4, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 6, 2, $80,000 4, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 8, 1, $80,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 7, 0, $80,000 7, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9, 4, $71,500 8, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 7, 1, $67,000 9, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 13, 0, $55,100 10, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 7, 0, $52,000 11, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 7, 0, $51,000 12, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 8, 0, $48,000 13, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 5, 1, $46,000 14, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 11, 0, $43,790 15, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 10, 0, $42,000 16, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 8, 0, $41,000 16, Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States, 7, 0, $41,000 18, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 9, 1, $40,320 19, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 8, 0, $39,000 19, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 7, 0, $39,000 21, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 13, 1, $38,318 22, Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands, 8, 0, $35,000 23, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $34,500 24, Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States, 6, 0, $34,000 24, Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States, 7, 0, $34,000

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180 1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180 3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650 5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440 6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320 7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280 8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100 9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900 10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800 11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720 12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480 13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400 14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160 14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160 16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050 18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020 19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960 21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940 22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910 23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900 24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680 25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390

25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500 24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500

Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 196 145 138 ...... 479 106 ...... 585 United States 75 61 54 ...... 190 47 ...... 237 Germany 20 35 30 ...... 85 39 ...... 124 Switzerland 9 23 22 ...... 54 20 ...... 74 Netherlands 18 13 12 ...... 43 16 ...... 59 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15 ...... 52 Russia 10 12 13 ...... 35 15 ...... 50 Italy 7 12 12 ...... 31 14 ...... 45 Latvia 13 9 9 ...... 31 10 ...... 41 Norway 9 7 14 ...... 30 15 ...... 45 Spain 5 10 14 ...... 29 11 ...... 40 Canada 3 10 13 ...... 26 12 ...... 38 Poland 4 10 11 ...... 25 11 ...... 36 China 4 7 7 ...... 18 4 ...... 22 Australia 2 3 12 ...... 17 11 ...... 28 Austria 3 8 4 ...... 15 12 ...... 27 France 3 3 6 ...... 12 10 ...... 22 Cuba 2 2 3 ...... 7 2 ...... 9 Mexico 0 2 4 ...... 6 0 ...... 6 Czech Republic 1 3 0 ...... 4 5 ...... 9 Qatar 1 2 1 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Iran 0 2 2 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Estonia 1 1 1 ...... 3 3 ...... 6 Chile 1 2 0 ...... 3 2 ...... 5 Serbia 1 2 0 ...... 3 2 ...... 5 Turkey 0 1 2 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6 ...... 8 Japan 1 0 1 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 New Zealand 0 0 2 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Ukraine 1 0 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Indonesia 0 1 1 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Thailand 1 0 1 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Slovenia 1 0 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Denmark 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Belgium 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Greece 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Morocco 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Oman 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Lithuania 0 0 0 ...... 0 0 ...... 1 Totals 404 404 405 ...... 1,213 403 ...... 1,616

There have been 404 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries battling for the gold medal in 313 events: . Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32 . Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8 . Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8 . Austria vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4 . Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Tied 6-6 . Austria vs. Ukraine Ukraine leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 6-5 . Brazil vs. Denmark Brazil leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 6-3 . Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1 . Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Latvia Latvia leads 4-3 . Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3 . Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1 . Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-2 . Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0 . Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1 . Chile vs. Serbia Chile leads 1-0 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . China vs. Estonia China leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1 . China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2 . Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-1 . Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Germany leads 2-1 . Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1 . France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1 . France vs. Spain France leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Russia Austria leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Iran Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0 . Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0 . Indonesia vs. Thailand Thailand leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0 . Iran vs. Serbia Serbia leads 1-0 . China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0 . Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0 . Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Russia Netherlands leads 1-0 . China vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0 . Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. Spain Norway leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Poland Tied 1-1 . Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0 . Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Poland vs. Spain Spain leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Turkey Russia leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0 . Serbia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. United StatesGermany United vs. RussiaStates leadsTied 1-0 1

Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 164 134 129 ...... 427 94 ...... 521 United States 111 77 78 ...... 266 73 ...... 339 China 23 37 27 ...... 87 22 ...... 109 Germany 22 33 31 ...... 86 36 ...... 122 Australia 9 13 23 ...... 45 22 ...... 67 Japan 6 8 7 ...... 21 10 ...... 31 Netherlands 5 8 7 ...... 20 20 ...... 40 Canada 7 6 7 ...... 20 8 ...... 28 Switzerland 6 5 9 ...... 20 7 ...... 27 Italy 2 7 8 ...... 17 13 ...... 30 Russia 4 4 8 ...... 16 4 ...... 20 Czech Republic 5 2 7 ...... 14 13 ...... 27 Austria 1 7 5 ...... 13 8 ...... 21 Spain 0 7 2 ...... 9 4 ...... 13 Greece 1 4 3 ...... 8 9 ...... 17 Norway 0 2 3 ...... 5 3 ...... 8 Slovakia 0 0 4 ...... 4 0 ...... 4 Cuba 1 2 0 ...... 3 2 ...... 5 Poland 0 2 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Thailand 0 2 1 ...... 3 1 ...... 4 Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Turkey 0 1 2 ...... 3 0 ...... 3 Sweden 0 0 2 ...... 2 2 ...... 4 Finland 0 2 0 ...... 2 1 ...... 3 Ukraine 0 2 0 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Lithuania 0 0 2 ...... 2 0 ...... 2 Argentina 0 1 0 ...... 1 4 ...... 5 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 3 ...... 4 Belgium 0 1 0 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Latvia 0 0 1 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Paraguay 0 0 1 ...... 1 1 ...... 2 Romania 1 0 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 France 0 0 1 ...... 1 0 ...... 1 Israel 0 0 0 ...... 0 2 ...... 2 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Indonesia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Vanuatu 0 0 0 ...... 0 1 ...... 1 Totals 370 370 371 ...... 1,111 369 ...... 1,480

There have been 370 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic & Goodwill) with two different countries battling for the gold medal in 280 events: . Brazil vs. United States United States leads 52-44 . Austria vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 18-7 . Belgium vs. Japan Japan leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 14-8 . Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 1-0 . China vs. United States United States leads 11-6 . Brazil vs. Czech Republic Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 7-3 . Brazil vs. Japan Brazil leads 1-0 . Germany vs. United States United States leads 6-1 . Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 1-0 . Australia vs. United States United States leads 5-1 . Brazil vs. Romania Romania leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Germany Canada leads 4-1 . Brazil vs. Ukraine Brazil leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 4-0 . Canada vs. United States Canada leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-0 . China vs. Cuba China leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 3-1 . China vs. Norway China leads 1-0 . China vs. Germany China leads 3-1 . China vs. Spain China leads 1-0 . Australia vs. China Australia leads 3-0 . Cuba vs. Russia Cuba leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Germany Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Greece vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. Japan Czech Republic leads 1-0 . Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-0 . Czech Republic vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Japan Germany leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Switzerland Germany leads 2-1 . Germany vs. Spain Germany leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Italy Austria leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Turkey Germany leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0 . Finland vs. Germany Germany leads 2-0 . Italy vs. Switzerland Italy leads 1-0 . Russia vs. Netherlands Russia leads 2-0 . Italy vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Brazil vs. Greece Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Spain Japan leads 1-0 . Canada vs. Czech Republic Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Chinese Taipei vs. Japan Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. Thailand Japan leads 1-0 . Czech Republic vs. Italy Tied 1-1 . Japan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1 . Kazakhstan vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Netherlands vs. United States Tied 1-1 . Poland vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Argentina vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Russia vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Austria Australia leads 1-0 . Spain vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Canada Canada leads 1-0 . Switzerland vs. United States Switzerland leads 1-0 . Australia vs. Poland Australia leads 1-0 . Thailand vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0 . Ukraine vs. United States United States leads 1-0 . Austria vs. Netherlands Austria leads 1-0