Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Round 13 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 The Hague, Netherlands Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 Hommerson Beach Stadion on Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, August 24-30, 2009

Updated on August 26, 2009, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2009 men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour started in April at Brasília and will conclude at the end of October in Sanya, China. The US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 is the 11th of 12 double gender events to be staged on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org. · After hosting the youth world championships for players under the age of 19, The Netherlands will host its first SWATCH FIVB World Tour event for the world's elite Beach Volleyball performers at The Hague. Teams from Estonia and Germany won the FIVB youth titles after The Hague completed a three-season run of staging European Tour events, including the 2006 continental championships. The Hague, the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam with a population of nearly 500,000, is the largest Dutch city on the North Sea and comprises two distinct beach towns. The main beach resort Scheveningen, in the northwestern part of the city, is a popular destination for tourists and young people with 10 million visitors a year. The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 for women starts August 24 and concludes August 29 at the Hommerson Beach Stadion on Scheveningen. The winning team will share the $30,000 first-place prize. Here is the schedule: · Monday, August 24...... Women’s Country Quota Playoffs · Tuesday, August 25...... Women’s Qualification Tournament & Men’s Country Quota Playoffs · Wednesday, August 26...... Women’s Main Draw & Men’s Qualification Tournament · Thursday, August 27...... Women’s and Men’s Main Draws · Friday, August 28...... Women’sMain Draw, Men’s Main Draws · Saturday, August 29 ...... Women’s semi-finals & medal matches, Men’s Main Draws · Sunday, August 30 ...... Men’s semi-finals & medal matches A total of 63 men’s teams from 25 countries have competed or will be competing in the PAF Open (as of August 26, 2009), including, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and Venezuela. · The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 will be the 242nd men’s event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 concludes the string of SWATCH FIVB World Tour double gender events in Europe that started with the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships at the end of June and continued with events in Switzerland, Russia, France, Austria, Poland, Norway and last week in Finland. · The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour features $7.2-million in prize money and continues through the end of October for the men’s with a double-gender stop in Sanya, China. After the Sanya stop, the women’sseason finale is the first week of November in Phuket, Thailand. The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 FIVB Officials · Dirk Decher, Switzerland ...... Technical Supervisor · Neil Bowker, England...... Television Delegate · Stefano Cesare, Italy ...... Referee Delegate · Tim Simmons, United States ...... Press Delegate The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 Referees · Daniel Bischofberger, · Jonas Personeni, Switzerland · Pietro Sacco, Italy Switzerland · Drago Peslac, Croatia · António Vaz De Castro, · José Maria Padron, Spain · Anton Pevc, Slovenia Portugal TABLE OF CONTENTS...... Page · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams, 2009 Medals, 2009 SWATCH MOPs...... 2 · The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 Men’s Entries, as of August 26, 2009, Qualifying ...... 3 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights, Schedule ...... 4 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders ...... 5 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour “Final Fours”...... 6 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...... 7

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 7 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Round 13 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 The Hague, Netherlands Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 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 Potthatrst, 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 July 27-August 12, Horse Guards Parade ...... London 2012...... www.london2012.com Men ...... SWATCH FIVB World Championships...... 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 Men ...... SWATCH FIVB Junior (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 Salgado, 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 September 16-20...... Great Britain 2009...... 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, 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, Estonia...... Netherlands 2008#...... Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine...... Alanya 2009# ...... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany *For players under the age of 18 ...... #for players under the age of 19 SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Awards Men ...... Event  Harley Marques, Brazil...... Shanghai, Myslowice, Klagenfurt  Jonas Reckermann, Germany...... Rome, Gstaad  Julius Brink, Germany ...... Stavanger  Emanuel Rego, Brazil...... Brasília  Martin Laciga, Switzerland...... Moscow  Phil Dalhausser, United States...... Marseille  Igor Kolodinsky, Russia...... Kristiansand  Pedro Salgado, Brazil...... Stare Jablonki  Richard Schuil, Netherlands...... Aland

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· A total of 55 teams from 29 countries have advanced from a men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for 10 events in 2009. · Brazil ...... 13  Australia ...... 4  France...... 2  Denmark...... 1  Czech Republic ...... 9  Great Britain ...... 4  Georgia ...... 2  Japan ...... 1  Germany ...... 8  Portugal...... 4  Italy ...... 2  Kazakhstan ...... 1  Latvia ...... 6  Sweden ...... 4  Netherlands...... 2  Spain...... 1  Poland...... 6  Switzerland...... 4  Norway...... 2  United States...... 1  Canada...... 5  Austria...... 3  Argentina...... 1  Russia ...... 5  Mexico...... 3  Bulgaria...... 1  Venezuela ...... 5  Ukraine...... 3  China...... 1 · Russians Ruslan Dayanov/Yury Bogatov team (25th, Rome) and Giorgio Domenghini/Ivan Zaytsev of Italy team (25th, Marseille) were the lowest seeded teams to advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw. · No. 1 ...... 10 · No. 8 ...... 6 · No. 15 ...... 4 · No. 22 ...... 2 · No. 2 ...... 8 · No. 9 ...... 2 · No. 16 ...... 1 · No. 23 ...... 1 · No. 3 ...... 5 · No. 10 ...... 5 · No. 17 ...... 2 · No. 24 ...... 3 · No. 4 ...... 5 · No. 11 ...... 4 · No. 18 ...... 1 · No. 25 ...... 2 · No. 5 ...... 7 · No. 12 ...... 4 · No. 19 ...... 4 · No. 6 ...... 7 · No. 13 ...... 5 · No. 20 ...... 3 · No. 7 ...... 6 · No. 14 ...... 4 · No. 21 ...... 2 · Brasília - With a late withdrawal from the Main Draw, Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy of the Czech Republic won the Lucky Loser draw over Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem of Norway. Dumek and Tichy placed 17th in Brasília. · Marseille - With two withdrawals from the Main Draw, the teams of Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins of Latvia and Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite of Norway won the “lucky loser” draws for the vacant Main Draw berths over Dumek/Tichy. Plavins and Smedins placed 17th in Marseille. · Stare Jablonki - Due to a late withdrawal from the Main Draw, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti of France won the Lucky Loser draw over Vegard Holidalen/Jorre Kjemperud of Norway. Dugrip and Salvetti placed 25th in Stare Jablonki · Kristiansand - With thre withdrawals from the Main Draw by pairs from Canada, Estonia and Italy, the teams of Ahren Cadieux/Martin Reader of Canada, Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy of the Czech Republic and Daniel Hupfer/Paul Schroffenegger of Austria won the “lucky loser” draws for the vacant Main Draw berths. The Canadians won the first draw of the Austrians. The Czech pair won the second draw of the Austrians, who won the last draw over Serguei Prokopiev/Yury Bogatov of Russia.

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2009 Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule (as of July 27, 2009)

Dates Site Note ...... Prize Money (US dollars) or Gold Medal Team 1. April 21-26 Brasília, Brazil Double gender...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 2. April 29- May 3 Shanghai, China Double gender...... Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil 3. May 12-17 Rome, Italy Men only...... Julius Brink/Jonas Brink, Germany 4. May 26-31 Myslowice, Poland Men only...... Alison/Harley, Brazil 5. June 26-July 5 Stavanger, Norway Double gender World Championships...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 6. July 7-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Double gender Grand Slam...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 7. July 14-19 Moscow, Russia Double gender Grand Slam...... Brink/Reckermann, Germany 8. July 21-26 Marseille, France Double gender Grand Slam...... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA 9. July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Double gender Grand Slam...... Dalhausser Rogers, United States 10. August 4-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland Double gender...... Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 11. August 11-16 Kristiansand, Norway Double gender...... Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia 12. August 18-23 Aland, Finland Double gender...... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 13. August 25-30 The Hague, Netherlands Double gender...... $190,000 14. October 26-31 Sanya, China Double gender...... $190,000

Women’s Only SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Events Dates Site Note ...... Prize Money (US dollars) May 19-24 Osaka, Japan Women only ...... $190,000 May 26-31 Seoul, Korea Women only ...... $190,000 September 8-13 Barcelona, Spain Women only ...... $190,000 November 3-8 Phuket, Thailand Women only ...... $190,000 2009 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam & Olympic stops through August 23, 2009

Men’s Medals Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 4 7 3 ...... 14 3...... 17 Germany 4 2 3 ...... 9 3...... 12 United States 2 1 2 ...... 5 1...... 6 Spain 0 1 2 ...... 3 0...... 3 Netherlands 1 0 1 ...... 2 2...... 4 Switzerland 0 0 1 ...... 1 0...... 1 Russia 1 0 0 ...... 1 1...... 2 Latvia 0 1 0 ...... 1 0...... 1 Estonia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 France 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 11 11 11 ...... 33 11...... 44

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Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6,140 1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 10, 4, $274,200 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,700 2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 12, 2, $238,400 3, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4,140 3, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 5, 2, $145,900 4, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780 4, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 8, 1, $135,900 5, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 5, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $127,900 6, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 3,360 6, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 8, 1, $111,600 7, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 7, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $109,750 7, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3,300 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 10, 1, $107,300 9, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 3,220 9, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 10, 0, $83,100 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,840 10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,650 11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,564 11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 11, 0, $69,300 12, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340 12, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA, 6, 0, $67,600 13, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,280 13, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 7, 0, $63,500 14, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2,260 14, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 9, 0, $60,900 15, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2,200 15, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 10, 0, $59,350 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,100 16, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 10, 0, $58,050 17, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,020 17, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 12, 0, $56,550 18, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9, 0, $51,750 17, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,020 19, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $49,950 19, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 10, 0, $45,100 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,620 21, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 7, 0, $38,900 21, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,540 22, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 11, 0, $37,350 22, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,464 23, Michal Biza/Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic, 7, 0, $33,550 23, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 1,240 24, Jialu Li/Linyin Xu, China, 6, 0, $32,900 24, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France, 1,210

2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Serving Leaders(12 events, through August 23)

Rank Player Country Speed...... Site Rank Player Country Speed ...... Site 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 113.7 ...... Moscow 13 Raul Mesa ESP 94.7...... Stavanger 2 Julius Brink GER 102.7 ...... Moscow 13 Patrick Heuscher SUI 94.7...... Stavanger 3 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 102.5 ...... Moscow 15 Grzegorz Fijalek POL 94.5...... Brasilia 4 Pablo Herrera ESP 102.4 ...... Aland 16 Jonathan Erdmann GER 94.3...... Myslowice 5 Eric Koreng GER 100.5 ...... Rome 17 Daniel Hupfer AUT 94.1...... Klagenfurt 6 Jonas Reckermann GER 99.1 ...... Stavanger 18 Marcio Araujo BRA 94.0...... Brasilia 7 Paolo Nicolai ITA 97.9 ...... Moscow 19 Kirk Pitman NZL 93.9...... Myslowice 8 Kristjan Kais EST 97.0 ...... Aland 20 Grzegorz Klimek POL 93.8..... Stare Jablonki 9 Michal Biza CZE 96.2 ...... Stavanger 21 Nalbert Bitencourt BRA 93.6...... Klagenfurt 10 Richard Schuil NED 95.7 ...... Klagenfurt 22 Alexei Prawdzic SUI 93.1...... Myslowice 11 Yury Bogatov RUS 95.1 ...... Myslowice 23 Bram Ronnes NED 93.0...... Stavanger 12 Anssi Hakala FIN 94.9 ...... Aland 23 Farid Mussa VEN 93.0...... Stavanger Top SWATCH World Tour Servers Since 2005 (km/h) Rank Name Nation Speed, km/h Site...... Season 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 114.0 Italy...... 2008 2 Eric Koreng GER 109.4 Austria...... 2007 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 105.0 Austria...... 2007 4 Conrad Leinemann CAN 104.4 Austria...... 2005 5 Linyin Xu CHN 104.0 Italy...... 2008 5 Julius Brink GER 104.0 Czech Republic...... 2008 7 Jonas Reckermann GER 103.2 Austria...... 2007 8 Dominik Witczak POL 103.0 Poland...... 2007 9 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 102.5 Moscow...... 2009 10 Pablo Herrera ESP 102.4 Australia...... 2008 11 Vegard Hoidalen NOR 102.0 Poland...... 2004 11 Serguei Prokopiev RUS 102.0 Russia...... 2008 13 Harley Marques BRA 101.3 Norway...... 2005 14 Dmitri Barsouk RUS 101.0 Croatia...... 2007 15 Kristjan Kais EST 100.8 Poland...... 2005 16 Richard Schuil NED 100.0 Norway...... 2007

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Brazil - Brasília, April 21-26, $190,000 Russia - Moscow, July 14-19, $300,000 1. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $30,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $43,500 2. Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $21,000 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $29,500 3. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $15,000 3. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, $23,000 4. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $11,200 4. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Alison/Harley, 21-19, 22-20 (56 Gold - Brink/Reckerman ndef. Emanuel/Ricardo, 24-26, 21-18, 16- minutes) 14 (74) Bronze - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 19-21, 21- Bronze –Bellaguarda/Laciga def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-16, 21-13 19, 15-11 (66) (40) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH MOP - Laciga SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 100.3 km/h SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, Russia, 113.7 km/h

China - Shanghai, April 29-May 3, $190,000 France - Marseille, July 21-26, $300,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, $30,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,000 2. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $21,000 2. Gavira/Herrera, Spain, $28,000 3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $15,000 3. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $21,000 4. Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, $11,200 4. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $16,800 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Cunha/Salgado, 21-14, 21-15 (40) Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gavira/Herrera, 21-8, 21-14 (35) Bronze - Brink/Reckermann def. Kais/Vesik, 1-17, 21-9 (37) Bronze –Brink/Reckermann def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-13, 23-21 SWATCH MOP - Harley (45) SWATCH Serve - Kais, 95.6 km/h SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH Serve - Yannick Salvetti, France, 96.3 km/h Italy - Rome, May 12-17, $190,000 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $30,000 Austria - Klagenfurt, July 28-August 2, $300,000 2. Cunha/Salgado, Brazil, $21,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 3. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $15,000 2. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $29,500 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $11,200 3. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $23,000 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Cunha/Salgado, 28-26, 20-22, 15-13 4. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 (83) Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers vs. Alison/Harley, 21-19, 12-21, 15-12 Bronze - Alison/Harley def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-12, 23-21 (42) (64) SWATCH MOP - Reckermann Bronze - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-19, 21-17 SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 104.2 km/h (42) SWATCH MOP - Harley Poland - Myslowice, May 26-31, $190,000 SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, 103.6 km/h 1. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $30,000 2. Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, $21,000 Poland - Stare Jablonki, August 4-9, $190,000 3. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $15,000 1. Benjamin Insfran/Salgado, Brazil, $30,000 4. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $11,200 2. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $21,000 Gold - Alison/Harley def. Fuerbringer/Jennings, 25-23, 21-17 (42) 3. Gavira/Herrera, Spain, $15,000 Bronze - Gibb/Rosenthal def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-16, 21-19 (50) 4. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $11,200 SWATCH MOP - Harley Gold –Benjamin/Insfran def. Brink/Dieckmann, 23-21, 21-16 (55) SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 101.1 km/h Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Alison/Harley, 22-24, 21-18, 17-15 (63) Norway - Stavanger, June 26-July 5, $500,000 SWATCH MOP - Salgado 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $60,000 SWATCH Serve - Grzegorz Klimek, Poland, 93.8 km/h 2. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $45,000 3. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $35,000 Norway - Kristiansand, August 11-16, $190,000 4. David KlempererEric Koreng, Germany, $28,000 1. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $30,000 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Alison/Harley, 21-16, 21-19 (50) 2. Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, $21,000 Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-11, 21-16 3. Alison/Harley, Brazil, $15,000 (42) 4. Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, $11,200 SWATCH MOP - Brink Gold - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Samoilovs/Sorokins, 21-13, 21-16 SWATCH Serve - Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 103.5 km/h (38) Bronze - Alison/Harley def. A. Ces/K. Ces, 21-18, 15-21, 15-8 (65) Switzerland - Gstaad, July 7-12, $300,000 SWATCH MOP - Kolodinsky 1. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $43,500 SWATCH Serve - Kolodinsky, 96.9 km/h 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $29,500 3. Adrian Gavira/Pablo 29, Spain, $23,000 Finland - Aland, August 18-23, $190,000 4. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $18,400 1. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $30,000 Gold - Brink/Reckermann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-15, 17-21, 15- 2. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $21,000 11 (60) 3. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $15,000 Bronze - Gavira/Herrera def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 23-21, 14-21, 15- 4. Salgado/Ricardo, Brazil, $11,200 13 (57) Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Brink/Reckermann, 21-23, 21-15, 15-11 SWATCH MOP - Reckermann (69) SWATCH Serve - Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 98.3 km/h Bronze - Klemperer/Koreng def. Salgado/Ricardo, 21-19, 16-21, 15-13 (65) SWATCH MOP - Schuil SWATCH Serve - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 102.4, km/h

Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 6 of 7 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Round 13 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009 The Hague, Netherlands Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals &Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through August 23, 2009 Country Gold Silver Bronze ...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 152 109 109 ...... 370 79...... 449 United States 36 37 33 ...... 106 27...... 133 Germany 12 23 17 ...... 52 20...... 72 Switzerland 9 22 15 ...... 46 15...... 61 Argentina 8 15 14 ...... 37 15...... 52 Norway 8 5 12 ...... 25 13...... 38 Canada 1 6 9 ...... 16 10...... 26 Australia 1 1 10 ...... 12 9...... 21 Spain 2 4 6 ...... 12 3...... 15 Netherlands 4 3 3 ...... 10 5...... 15 Russia 2 3 4 ...... 9 6...... 15 China 0 5 2 ...... 7 2...... 9 France 1 2 2 ...... 5 9...... 14 Cuba 1 2 1 ...... 4 2...... 6 Italy 0 2 1 ...... 3 6...... 9 Portugal 2 0 0 ...... 2 6...... 8 Austria 0 0 2 ...... 2 4...... 6 Vacated 1 1 0 ...... 2 0...... 2 Estonia 1 0 0 ...... 1 2...... 3 Japan 0 0 1 ...... 1 2...... 3 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 1...... 2 Latvia 0 1 0 ...... 1 0...... 1 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ...... 0 2...... 2 Poland 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 241 241 242 ...... 724 240...... 964 · There have been 241 men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · There have been 50 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics. · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 229 FIVB events. · Brazil’s streak of 114-straight “final fours”ended at the France 2005 event (Event No. 171). Prior to France, Brazil’s last non-semi-final appearance was Portugal 1996 (Event No. 56). · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 48 events. · Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 23 different events · Brazil has had a team(s) in 201 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 60 events, including the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. · United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in nine events, including the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. · Germany has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · Switzerland has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in one event. · There have been 170 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. United States...... Brazil leads 24-18 · Argentina vs. Norway ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 16-7 · Australia vs. Switzerland ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Argentina vs. Brazil...... Brazil leads 14-8 · Brazil vs. Australia...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland ...... Brazil leads 16-4 · Brazil vs. Russia...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Norway...... Tied 5-5 · Canada vs. United States...... USA leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Canada ...... Brazil leads 4-1 · Canada vs. Switzerland...... Switzerland leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Spain...... Brazil leads 3-2 · China vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Switzerland...... Tied 2-2 · China vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China ...... Brazil leads 3-0 · Cuba vs. United States...... Cuba leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Netherlands...... Brazil leads 2-1 · Estonia vs. Switzerland ...... Estonia leads 1-0 · Germany vs. United States...... United States leads 2-1 · France vs. Norway ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Cuba ...... Brazil leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Russia...... Germany leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal...... Portugal leads 2-0 · Latvia vs. Russia...... Russia leads 1-0 · Germany vs. Netherlands ...... Netherlands lead 2-0 · Netherlands vs. United States ...... United States leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States...... USA leads 2-0 · Norway vs. United States ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. France...... Tied 1-1 · Spain vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Russia vs. United States...... Tied 1-1 · Switzerland vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1

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