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Fédération Internationale de [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Brasília, Brazil, April 20-26, 2009

Updated on April 22, 2009, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled over an eight-month period starting in April in Brazil and ending in November in Thailand. The US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open is the first of 13 double gender events on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar, including the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips in Stavanger, Norway. The SWATCH FIVB World Tour returns to Brazil for the 23rd-straight year with Rio de Janeiro hosting the first-ever international event for men in 1987. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org.

· April 20-26, Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open, Men & Women, $380,000 - Brasília is one of three new sites on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar along with Rome (Italy) and The Hague (Netherlands). Brazil has hosted the most SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, including 30 men’s and 25 women’s events. The 2009 Brasilia stop also marks the 17th-straight season staging a women’s event. Except for the 2004 men’s event in Rio de Janeiro, teams from the South American country have medaled for host Brazil in every tournament.

· The Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open starts April 20 and concludes April 26. The winning teams in each gender will share the $30,000 first-place prizes. Here is the tentative schedule:

· Monday, April 20 ...... Women’s Country Quota Playoffs · Tuesday, April 21 ...... Women’s Qualification Tournament, Men’s Country Quota Playoffs · Wednesday, April 22 ...... Women’s Main Draw, Men’s Qualification Tournament · Thursday, April 23 ...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw · Friday, April 24...... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw, Women’s Semi-final matches · Saturday, April 25...... Women’s Medal matches, Men’s Main Draw and semi-finals · Sunday, April 26...... Men’s Medal matches

· A total of 58 men’s and 44 women’s teams from 29 countries from all five FIVB confederations have entered the Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open (as of April 16, 2009), including Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States and Venezuela.

· The Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open will be the 187th women’s and 230th 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 first women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.

TABLE OF CONTENTS...... Page · Past Banco do Brasil presents the KIA OpenResults ...... 2 · FIVB Officials, Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams...... 3 · Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open Men’sUpdated Entries through April 22, 2009, 2008 Qualification Notes ...... 4 · Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open Women’s Updated Entries through April 22, 2009, 2008 Qualification Notes ...... 5 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights and Schedule...... 6 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results...... 7 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders...... 8 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Four” Results...... 9 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s “Final Four” Results...... 11 · 2008 FIVB Challenger/Satellite Results ...... 13 · Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ...... 14 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours...... 15 · Season Opening SWATCH FIVB World Tour events...... 16

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 PAST BRAZILIAN MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Medals - Brazil 53, USA 19, Switzerland 6, Argentina 4, Germany 4, Canada 2, Cuba 1, Norway 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Rio de Janeiro 1987 /, USA /Pat Powers, USA Renan Dal Zotto/Jose Montanaro, BRA 2. Rio de Janeiro 1988 Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA Bernard/Luis Amerigo, BRA Renan/Montanaro, BRA 3. Rio de Janeiro 1989 Stoklos/Smith, USA Eduardo Tinoco/Edinho de Mattos, BRA /Tim Hovland, USA 4. Rio de Janeiro 1990 Stoklos/Smith, USA Dodd/Hovland, USA Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA 5. Rio de Janeiro 1991 Stoklos/Smith, USA Kent Steffes/Tim Hovland, USA Guilherme Marques/Andre Lima, BRA 6. Rio de Janeiro 1992 Stoklos/Smith, USA Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA Eduardo Garrido/Roberto Moreira, BRA 7. Rio de Janeiro 1993 Adam Johnson/Steffes, USA Eduardo Bacil/Jose Loiola, BRA Stoklos/Smith, USA 8. Rio de Janeiro 1994 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA Ze Marco de Melo/Paulo Emilio, BRA 9. Fortaleza 1994 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Guilherme/Para Ferreria, BRA 10. Rio de Janeiro 1995 Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 11. Fortaleza 1995 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Juan Rosell/Francisco Alvarez, CUB Guilherme/Para, BRA 12. Rio de Janeiro 1996 Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 13. Joao Pessoa 1996 Paulao/Paulo Emilio, BRA Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA 14. Fortaleza 1996 Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh, USA Guilherme/Para, BRA Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA 15. Rio de Janeiro 1997 Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA Bacil/Loiola, BRA Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, CAN 16. Fortaleza 1997 Emanuel Ze Marco, BRA Eduardo Garrido/Guilherme, BRA Martinez/Conde, ARG 17. Rio de Janeiro 1998 Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA Loiola/Emanuel, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 18. Vitoria 1998 Guilherme/Para, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA Jose Salema/Mariano Baracetti, ARG 19. Vitoria 1999 Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA Jose Loiola/, BRA Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA 20. Guaruja 2000 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI Loiola/Emanuel, BRA 21. Vitoria 2000 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI 22. Vitoria 2001 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, BRA M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI 23. Fortaleza 2002 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 24. Rio de Janeiro 2003* Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Holdren/Metzger, USA Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA 25. Salvador 2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI Baracetti/Conde, ARG 26. Rio de Janeiro 2004 M. Dieckmann/J. Reckerman, GER Heuscher/Kobel, SUI Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, SUI 27. Salvador 2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA 28. Vitoria 2006 Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA 29. Fortaleza 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA 30. Guarajà 2008 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Brink/C. Dieckmann, GER Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, GER *FIVB World Championships

PAST BRAZILIAN WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Medals - Brazil 47, USA 24, Australia 3, Japan 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Rio de Janeiro 1993 Nancy Reno/, USA Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA /Karina Silva, BRA 2. Santos 1993 Liz Masakayan/Kirby, USA Isabel Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA /Magda Lima, BRA 3. Santos 1994 Samuel/Monica, BRA Masakayan/Kirby, USA Salgado/Timm, BRA 4. Rio de Janeiro 1995 /Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA Kirby/Deb Richardson, USA 5. Santos 1995 Linda Hanley/Barbra Fontana, USAHolly McPeak/Angela Rock, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 6. Maceio 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA /Adriana, BRA 7. Recife 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Samuel/Monica, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Rio de Janeiro 1996 Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA /, AUS Shelda/Adriana, BRA 9. Salvador 1996 Samuel/Monica, BRA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 10. Rio de Janeir 1997 Samuel/Monica, BRA McPeak/Lisa Arce, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 11. Salvador 1997 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Holly McPeak/Arce, USA Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 12. Rio de Janeiro 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Pottharst/Pauline Manser, AUS Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 13. Salvador 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Hanley/Fontana, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA 14. Salvador 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA 15. Fortaleza 2000 McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA Pires/Samuel, BRA Leanne McSorley/Nancy Mason, USA 16. Vitoria 2000 Masakayan/Youngs, USA Pires/ Samuel, BRA Mika Teru Saiki/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN 17. Fortaleza 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA McPeak/Kerri Walsh, USA Masakayan/Dianne DeNecochea, USA 18. Vitoria 2002 Youngs/McPeak, USA May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Ana Paula Connelly/Tatiana Minello, BRA 19. Rio de Janeiro 2003* May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS 20. Fortaleza 2004 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Juliana Felisberta Silva/ Larissa Franca, BRA 21. Rio de Janeiro 2004 Ana Paula/Pires, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA 22. Salvador 2005 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Rachel Wacholder/Youngs, USA 23. Vitoria 2006 Juliana/Larissa, BRA /Ana Paula, BRA May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 24. Fortaleza 2007 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA 25. Guarajà 2008 Vivian Cunha/Larissa, BRA Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, BRA Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA *FIVB World Championships

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· After the Brasília stop, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar continues with a double gender event in Shanghai (April 28-May 3) followed by single gender stops in Rome (men, May 12-17), Osaka (women, May 19-24), Seoul (women, May 26-31) and Myslowice (men, May 26-31). After a three-week break the 41-million SWATCH FIVB World Championships will be held June 25-July 5 in Stavanger.

Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open FIVB Officials · Lori Okimura, United States ...... Technical Supervisor · Amanda Baska, Australia ...... Television Delegate · André Trottier, Canada...... Referee Delegate · Tim Simmons, United States ...... Press Delegate Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open International Referees · Lucie Guillemette, Canada · Miguel Ramirez, Mexico · Catriona Tweedie, Australia · Keith Murlless, United States · Glenn Sapp, United States · Cesário Rama, Portugal · Osvaldo Sumavil, Argentina

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...... Behar/Bede, 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 June 26-July 5...... Stavanger 2009...... www.wtstavanger.com 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 2-6 ...... Monterrey 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 August19-23...... Alanya 2009#...... *For players under the age of 18 ...... #for players under the age of 19

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2009 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open Entries

Main Draw Seeds, Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Seeds, Teams, Country 1, Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser, United States 1, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil 2, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 2, Benjamin Insfran/Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil 3, Ricardo Santos/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 3, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France 4, Alison CeruttI/Harley Marques, Brazil 4, Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem, Norway 5, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil 5, Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic 6, Igor Kolodinsky/Dmitri Barsouk, Russia 6, Paul Schroffenegger/Daniel Hupfer, Austria 7, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France 7, Farid Mussa/Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela 8, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 8, Sebastian Dollinger/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany 9, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, Q1 9, Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico 10, Christoph Dieckmann/Kay Matysik, Germany 10, Martin Reader/Ray Sewell, Canada 11, Casey Jennings/Matt Fuerbringer, United States 11, Pavel Rotrekl/Michal Biza, Czech Republic 12, Benjamin Insfran/Hevaldo Moreira, Brazil, Q2 12, Magne Kobbevik/Trygve Leite, Norway 13, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States 13, Rodrigo Monteiro/Bernardo Romano, Brazil 14, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland 14, Andrey Belov/Vladimir Moroz, Russia 15, Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz,, Poland 15, Morais Abreu/Mario Silva, Angola 16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia 16, Jody Gooding/Luke Sheaf, Great Britain 17, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia 17, Tom Lord/Robin Miedzybrodzki, Great Britain 18, Alexandr Dyachenko/Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan 18, Pavel Karpukhin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia 19, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria 19, Dmitry Karpov/Evgeny Vasilyev, Russia 20, Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland 20, Sam Boehm/Christopher McHugh, Australia 21, Igor Hernandez/Jesus Villafane, Venezuela 21, Nick Lucena/Brad Keenan, United States 22, Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland 22, Tim Oude Elferink/Jon Stiekema, Netherlands 23, Pavel Rotrekl/Michal Biza, Czech Republic, Q11 23, Steve Corothers/Ben Feist, Canada 24, Jorre Kjemperud/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 24, Fernando Ramos/Leon Colina, Venezuela 25, Mischa Urbatzka/Florian Huth, Germany 25, Greg Lindsay/Brendon Heath, New Zealand 26, Fabien Dugrip/Yannick Salvetti, France, Q3 27, Joppe Paulides/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands CQ, Franco Neto/Nalbert Bitencourt, Brazil 28, Rodrigo Monteiro/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, Q13 CQ, Bruno de Paula/Fernando Magalhaes, Brazil 29, Farid Mussa/Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela, Q7 CQ, Thiago Santos Barbosa/Jan Ferreira, Brazil 30, Sebastian Dollinger/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany, Q8 CQ, Rhooney Ferramenta/Fabio Guerra, Brazil 31, Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy, Czech Republic, Q5, LL CQ, Roman Arkaev/Alexander Likholetov, Russia 32, Nick Lucena/Brad Keenan, United States, Q21 CQ, Ruslan Dayanov/Yury Bogatov, Russia

NOTE - Jan Dumek/Martin Tichy of the Czech Republic won the Lucky Loser draw over Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem of Norway.

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Men’s Qualification Tournament Notes

· A total of 68 teams from 32 countries advanced from a men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for 19 events in 2008. There was no men’s qualifier for the Brazilian event in September. · The team of Pedro Rosas/Jose Pedrosa of Portugal advanced to the Main Draw seven times. Andy and Kevin Ces of France also advanced from the qualifier to the Main Draw seven times after compiling six Main Draw advancements in 2007. Advancing five times have been the teams of Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen of Mexico, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg of Denmark, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil, Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs of Latvia and Yaroslav Koshkarev/Serguei Prokopiev of Russia. · France has had three different teams advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw 13 times. · France...... 13 · Portugal...... 7 · Kazakhstan ...... 4 · Norway ...... 2 · Russia ...... 10 · China ...... 6 · New Zealand...... 4 · Slovak Republic ...... 2 · Brazil ...... 9 · Denmark...... 6 · Japan...... 3 · Spain ...... 2 · Czech Republic...... 9 · Austria ...... 5 · Netherlands...... 3 · Switzerland...... 2 · Italy...... 8 · Germany ...... 5 · Poland ...... 3 · Angola ...... 1 · United States ...... 8 · Latvia...... 5 · Sweden ...... 3 · Argentina ...... 1 · Venezuela ...... 8 · Mexico...... 5 · Ukraine...... 3 · Belarus ...... 1 · Canada...... 7 · Great Britain...... 4 · Cuba...... 2 · Georgia...... 1 · Poland’s Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel were the lowest seeded team (43rd, Prague) to advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw.

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Main Draw Seedings, Teams, Country, Qualifying Seed Qualification Tournament Seedings, Teams, Country 1, April Ross/Jennifer Kessy, United States 1, Renata Ribeiro/Vanilda Leao, Brazil 2, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States 2, Denise Johns/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain 3, Ana Paula Connelly/Shelda Bede, Brazil 3, Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain 4, Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado, Brazil 4, Cornelia Rimser/Magdalena Jirak, Austria 5, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 5, Liliana Fernandez Steiner/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain 6, Renata Ribeiro/Vanilda Leao, Brazil, Q1 6, Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil 7, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil 7, Katherine Zakrzewski/Elizabeth Maloney, Canada 8, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Tørlen, Norway 8, Anastasia Vasina/Galina Boyko, Russia 9, Stefanie Schwaiger/Doris Schwaiger, Austria 9, Tora Hansson/Camilla Nilsson, Sweden 10, Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States 10, Rosario Reyes/Xitlali Herrera, Mexico 11, Laura Ludwig/Sara Goller, Germany 11, Susana Monteiro/Raquel Sousa Lacerda, Portugal 12, Liesbet Van Breedam/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium 12, Ana Rita Gomes/Ana Catarina , Portugal 13, Marleen Van Iersel/Sanne Keizer, Netherlands 13, Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil 14, Karin Lundquist/Angelica Ljungquist, Sweden 14, Carla Scott/Larni Dibben, Australia 15, Maria Tsiartsiani/Vassiliki Arvaniti, Greece 16, Danielle Remmers/Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands Country Quota Playoff Teams, Country 17, Cristine "Saka" Santanna/Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins, Georgia · Claudinere Bento Sabino/Barbara Seixas, Brazil 18, Mayra Garcia/Bibiana Candelas, Mexico · Izabel Bezerra/Tathiana Soares, Brazil 19, Annie Martin/Marie-Andree Lessard, Canada · Erica Leticia Freitas Almeida/Maria Aparecida Santos, Brazil 20, Claudia Lehmann/Julia Sude, Germany · Elize Secomandi/Taiana Lima, Brazil 21, Vivian Cunha/Angela Vieira, Brazil, Q6 22, Stine Andreasen/Lotte Vestergaard, Denmark 23, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland 24, Kathrine Maaseide/Janne Kongshavn, Norway 25, Sara Montagnolli/Barbara Hansel, Austria 26, Denise Johns/Lucy Boulton, Great Britain, Q2 27, Liliana Fernandez Steiner/Elsa Baquerizo, Spain, Q5 28, Maria Bratkova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia 29, Zara Dampney/Shauna Mullin, Great Britain, Q3 30, Anastasia Vasina/Galina Boyko, Russia, Q8 31, Rosario Reyes/Xitlali Herrera, Mexico, Q10 32, Luana Madeira/Liliane Maestrini, Brazil, Q13

2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour - Women’s Qualification Tournament Notes · A total of 56 teams from 29 countries have advanced from a women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw for 18 events in 2008 through November 12. There was no women’s qualifier for the Brazilian event in September. · Canadians Dana Cooke and Annie Martin Canada have advanced from the qualifiers to the Main Draws six times. Advancing five times each were the teams of Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão of Brazil, Cristine "Saka" Santanna/Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins of Georgia, Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta of Italy, Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki of Japan, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide of Norway, Heidi Ilustre/Diane Pascua of Philippines and Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist of Sweden. · Brazil (10 qualifiers, three teams) and the Netherlands (10, three) had the most tandems from Qualification Tournaments to the Main Draws. · Brazil ...... 10 · Estonia ...... 1 · Latvia ...... 2 · Slovak Republic ...... 1 · Australia ...... 1 · Finland...... 3 · Mexico ...... 4 · Spain...... 4 · Austria ...... 4 · France ...... 2 · Netherlands ...... 10 · Sweden...... 6 · Belgium ...... 1 · Georgia...... 5 · New Zealand...... 2 · Switzerland ...... 7 · Brazil ...... 10 · Germany...... 7 · Norway ...... 8 · Ukraine...... 4 · Canada...... 7 · Great Britain ...... 2 · Philippines ...... 5 · United States ...... 3 · Czech Republic ...... 7 · Italy...... 7 · Poland ...... 1 · Denmark...... 1 · Japan...... 7 · Russia...... 3 · Russians Galina Boyko and Anna Markova are the lowest seeded team (26th, Moscow) to advance from the Qualification Tournament to the Main Draw.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights & Schedule

Highlighted by the SWATCH FIVB World Championships and four Grand Slam events, the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar is scheduled to begin in April and conclude in November. Here are 2009 SWATCH SWATCH FIVB World Tour highlights. · The total prize money for 2008 is US$7.770-million. · The calendar features 20 sites in 17 countries within three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). · The 2009 calendar will include 13 double gender events. · Men’s single gender events will be in the Italy (Rome and Roseto degli Abruzzi) and, Poland (Myslowice). · Women’s single gender stops will be in Japan (Osaka), Korea (Seoul), Spain (Barcelona) and Thailand (Phuket). · The 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships will be held July 26-July 5 in Stavanger, Norway. It marks the fifth-time that a European country has hosted the event. · The 2009 calendar will contain four SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $2.4-million. The Swiss Alps village of Gstaad, which hosted the 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, is the first Grand Slam event followed by events in Moscow, Marseille and Klagenfurt. · There are four new sites on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar, including Brasilia (Brazil), Rome (Italy), The Hague (Netherlands) and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). · The Finnish event in Aland returns to the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar after not being held in 2008 due to the Beijing . · Myslowice will host the men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop in 2009 after staging a women’s event in 2008. · Barcelona will host a women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour in 2009 after staging a double gender stop in 2008. · The FIVB will sanction two world championships for players under the age of 21. Mexico will host the ninth annual SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Monterrey September 2-6. Mexico will host the eighth edition of the SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 19 in Alanya August 19-23.

2009 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule (as of March 24, 2009, *to be confirmed) Dates Site Gender...... Prize Money (US dollars) April 20-26 Brazilia, Brazil Women & Men ...... $380,000 April 28- May 3 Shanghai, China Women & Men ...... $380,000 May 12-17 Rome, Italy Men...... $190,000 May 19-24 Osaka, Japan Women ...... $190,000 May 26-31 Seoul, Korea Women ...... $190,000 May 26-31 Myslowice, Poland Men...... $190,000 June 25-July 5 Stavanger, Norway Women & Men World Championships ...... $1,000,000 July 6-12 Gstaad, Switzerland Women & Men Grand Slam...... $600,000 July 13-19 Moscow, Russia Women & Men Grand Slam...... $600,000 July 20-26 Marseille, France Women & Men Grand Slam...... $600,000 July 27-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria Women & Men Grand Slam...... $600,000 August 3-9 Stare Jablonki, Poland Women & Men ...... $380,000 August 10-16 Kristiansand, Norway* Women & Men ...... $380,000 August 17-23 Aland, Finland Women & Men ...... $380,000 August 24-30 The Hague, Netherlands Women & Men ...... $380,000 September 1-6 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Men...... $190,000 September 8-13 Barcelona, Spain Women ...... $190,000 October 18-24 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates* Women & Men ...... $380,000 October 27-November 1 Sanya, China Women & Men ...... $380,000 November 3-8 Phuket, Thailand Women ...... $190,000

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights & Results Highlighted by the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and six Grand Slam events, the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar began in March and concluded in November with total prize money of US$8,325-million. The calendar featured 25 sites in 19 countries in three FIVB confederations (Asia, Europe and South America). The 2008 calendar featured 16 double gender events, including the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. With the addition of an event in Moscow, the 2008 calendar contained six SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events with total prize money of $3.6-million. Other Grand Slams were staged in Berlin, Paris, Stavanger, Gstaad and Klagenfurt. A total of US$8.615-million in prize money was available in 2008 as the FIVB sanctioned 12 Challenger/Satellite events. Overall, the 2008 campaign featured 53 combined tournaments for men and women, including the Olympics, 39 major events and 12 FIVB Challenger/Satellite events. In addition, the FIVB sanctioned the “youth” and “junior” world championships for men and women in Netherlands and Great Britain, respectively. The 57 events attracted competitors from 67 countries from all five FIVB confederations as the total participation number featured 1,287 players, including 730 men and 557 women. Leading the way was the SWATCH FIVB World Tour where 911 competitors from 59 countries vied for a record $8.325-million in prize money at 20 men’s and 19 women’s events. The FIVB sanctioned six men’s and six women’s Challenger/Satellite stops where 424 players from 41 countries competed for $290,000 in prize money. The “youth” and “junior” events in The Hague and Brighton attracted 265 players from 31 countries. Dates Men’s Tournament ...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil April 28-May 3 Shanghai, China...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil May 6-11 Prague, Czech Republic...... Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States May 13-18 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil May 20-25 Zagreb, Croatia ...... Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 27-June 1 Barcelona, Spain ...... Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany June 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 10-15 Berlin, Germany ...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 17-22 Paris, France...... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States June 24-29 Stavanger, Norway...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States July 1-6 Moscow, Russia ...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States July 15-20 Marseille, France...... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil July 22-27 Gstaad, Switzerland ...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil July 29-August 3 Klagenfurt, Austria...... Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia August 9-22 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ...... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States August 26-31 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain September 2-7 Mallorca...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil September 16-21 Guarujà, Brazil...... Harley/Salgado, Brazil October 6-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands October 27-November 1 Manama, Bahrain ...... Alison Cerutti/Pedro Cunha, Brazil November 10-15 Sanya, China...... Benjamin Insfran/Harley, Brazil Dates Women’s Tournament...... Prize Money (US dollars)/Gold Medal Team March 25-30 Adelaide, Australia ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil April 29-May 4 Shanghai, China...... Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil May 13-18 Seoul, Korea...... Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China May 20-25 Osaka, Japan ...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil May 26-31 Barcelona, Spain ...... Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States June 2-7 Stare Jablonki, Poland ...... Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil June 9-14 Berlin, Germany ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June 16-22 Paris, France...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 23-28 Stavanger, Norway...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 30-July 5 Moscow, Russia ...... Xue/Zhang, China July 14-20 Marseille, France...... Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany July 21-26 Gstaad, Switzerland ...... Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil July 28-August 2 Klagenfurt, Austria...... Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil August 9-21 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States August 25-30 Kristiansand, Norway ...... Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil September 2-7 Myslowice, Poland...... Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil September 15-20 Guarujà, Brazil...... Vivan Cunha/Larissa, Brazil October 6-11 Dubai, United Arab Emirates...... Branagh/Walsh, United States November 4-9 Phuket, Thailand ...... Jen Boss/April Ross, United States November 11-16 Sanya, China...... Boss/Ross, United States

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Final 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders* Men’s Team Rank, points Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings* 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 7,420 1, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 18, 6, $293,600 2, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 5,440 2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 7, 4, $188,000 3, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 5,340 3, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 12, 1, $183,000 4, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 5,080 4, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 12, 0, $172,800 5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 4,820 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 11, 2, $169,200 5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,820 6, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 11, 2, $168,200 7, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 4,300 7, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 13, 0, $148,100 8, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4,080 8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 12, 1, $142,700 9, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 4,040 9, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 14, 1, $116,200 10, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 15, 1, $114,700 10, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 3,860 11, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 9, 0, $112,200 11, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700 12, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 17, 0, $91,500 12, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 3,420 13, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 19, 0, $85,500 13, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 3,320 14, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 9, 1, $85,300 14, Benjamin Insfran/Franco Neto, Brazil, 3,260 15, Benjamin Insfran/Franco Neto, Brazil, 10, 0, $84,200 15, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,900 16, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 9, 0, $73,400 16, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2,840 17, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 13, 0, $71,100 17, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,760 18, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA, 8, 0, $70,700 18, Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, 2,700 19, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 12, 0, $67,600 19, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 2,580 20, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 15, 0, $66,700 19, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 2,580 21, Martin Laciga/Jan Schnider, Switzerland, 13, 0, $65,800 21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 2,540 22, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 10, 0, $62,500 22, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,320 23, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 7, 0, $62,000 23, Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, Argentina, 2,210 24, Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, 2,120 Final 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s Leaders* Women’s Team Rank, points Women’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings* 1, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 6,980 1, Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, 14, 3, $249,800 2, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 5,300 2, Jennifer Boss/April Ross, United States, 12, 1, $174,600 3, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 5,100 3, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, 13, 1, $157,800 4, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 5,060 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 10, 2, $150,600 5, Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, 4,500 5, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 18, 1, $145,700 6, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 4,160 6, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, 10, 0, $144,400 7, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 4,100 7, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 8, 2, $139,700 8, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 4,060 8, Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, 9, 1, $136,900 9, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 3,840 9, Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, 14, 1, $133,500 10, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3,500 10, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA, 4, 4, $130,500 11, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 3,160 11, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 9, 0, $93,600 12, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 3,120 12, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 16, 0, $91,600 12, Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, 3,120 13, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece, 11, 0, $89,600 14, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 3,020 14, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 10, 1, $87,900 15, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 2,960 15, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway, 12, 0, $85,300 16, Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, 2,940 16, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, 10, 0, $81,900 17, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 2,620 17, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 20, 0, $78,700 18, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 7, 0, $75,100 18, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, 2,590 19, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany, 10, 0, $68,200 19, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 2,500 20, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany, 13, 0, $64,600 20, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 2,400 21, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 11, 0, $59,400 20, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium, 2,400 22, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 9, 0, $59,100 22, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 2,340 23, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden, 19, 0, $55,600 23, Angelica Ljungquist/Karin Lundquist, Sweden, 2,220 24, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway, 12, 0, $54,600 24, Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba, 2,140

NOTE: The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions will be determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 14 women and 15 men finishes based on 75 percent of the 19 women’s and 20 men’s events (Open and Grand Slam events only) stagedthis season and rounded down. Although part of the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games does not reward world ranking points for the competition. *The above earning rankings for men and women do count the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games participations where no points or money were awarded.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Four” Results Australia, Adelaide, March 25-30, $175,000 Spain, Barcelona, May 27-June 1, $175,000 1. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 1. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $28,000 2. Penggen Wu/Linyin Wu, China, $19,500 2. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, $19,500 3. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $14,000 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $14,000 4. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $10,500 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Wu/Xu, 23-21, 21-12 (46 minutes) Gold - Brink/Dieckmann def. Barsouk/kolodinsky, 22-20, 13-21, Bronze - Dalhause/Rogers def. Gibb/Rosenthal, 21-18, 14-21, 16-14 (63) 15-11 (50) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Harley/Salgado, 21-13, 21-18 (42) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH MOP - Brink SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Pablo Herrera, Spain, 99.2 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 112.6 km/h

China, Shanghai, April 28-May 3, $175,000 Poland, Stare Jablonki, June 3-8, $175,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $28,000 2. Wu/Wu, China, $19,500 2. Inocencio Lario/Adrian Gavira Collado, Spain, $19,500 3. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $14,000 3. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, Australia, $14,000 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $10,500 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Wu/Xu, 21-16, 21-16 (44) Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Lario/Gavira Collado, 21-18, 21-15 Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 23-21, 21-15 (39) (49) Bronze - Schacht/Slack def. Harley/Salgado, 21-16, 15-21, 15-13 SWATCH MOP - Harley (60) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Xu, 96.4 km/h SWATCH MOP - Lario SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Stefan Uhmann, Germany 98.9, km/h Czech Republic, Prague, May 6-11, $175,000 Germany, Berlin, June 11-15, $300,000 1. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $28,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $43,500 2. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 2. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $29,500 3. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $14,000 3. Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, $23,000 4. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $10,500 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 Gold - Gibb/Rosenthal def. Brink/Dieckmannn, 21-13, 23-21 (47) Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 25-27, 21-19, Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-18, 19-21, 15-13 (73) 15-11 (61) Bronze - Herrera/Messa def. Brink/Dieckmann, 21-19, 21-16 (49) SWATCH MOP - Rosenthal SWATCH MOP - Emanuel SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Igor Kolodinsky, 111.0 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.4 km/h Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, May 13-18, $175,000 France, Paris, June 17-22, $300,000 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 2. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 3. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $14,00 3. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $23,000 4. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $10,500 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $18,400 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 20-22, 21-18, 15-8 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-15, 21-17 (62) (47) Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 24-22, 26-24 Bronze - Klemperer/Koreng def. Harley/Salgado, 21-18, 16-21, (63) 15-12 (75) SWATCH MOP - Harley SWATCH MOP - Rogers SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 114.0 km/h (the fastest SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.5 km/h serve in SWATCH FIVB World Tour history) Norway, Stavanger, June 24-29, $300,000 Croatia, Zagreb, May 20-25, $175,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 1. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $28,000 2. Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, $29,500 2. Wu/Xu, China, $19,500 3. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $23,000 3. Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, $14,000 4. Emiel Boersma/Bram Ronnes, Netherlands, $18,400 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 29-27, 21- Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Wu/Xu, 17-21, 21-17, 15-11 (50) 15 (56) Bronze - Fuerbringer/Jennings def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-19, Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Boersma/Ronnes, 21-16, 21-11 21-17 (46) (42) SWATCH MOP - Schuil SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 113.7 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Linyin Xu, China, 97.5 km/h

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Russia, Moscow, July 2-6, $300,000 Mallorca, Palma, September 2-7, $175,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 2. Wu/Wu, China, $29,500 2. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $19,500 3. Klemperer/Koreng, Germany, $23,000 3. Benjamin Insfran/Franco, Brazil, $14,000 4. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $18,400 4. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $10,500 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Wu/Xu, 16-21, 21-19, 15-11 (60) Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Klemperer/Koreng, 21-18, 21-18 (42) Bronze - Klemperer/Koreng def. Brink/Dieckmann, (3) 21-18, 21-15 (47) Bronze - Benjamin/Franco def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 17-21, 25- SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser 23, 15-13 (75) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 110.0 km/h SWATCH MOP - Salgado France, Marseille, July 15-20, $175,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Koreng, 102.1 km/h 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhães, Brazil, $28,000 2. Wu/Xu, China, $19,500 Brazil, Guarujà, September 18-21, $175,000 3. Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, Germany, $14,000 0. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 4. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 0. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $19,500 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Wu/Xu, 21-16, 21-16 (46) 0. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $14,000 Bronze - Matysik/Uhmann def. Harley/Salgado, 16-21, 21-17, 16-14 (62) 0. Maciel/Bruno, Brazil, $10,500 SWATCH MOP - Fabio Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Brink/Dieckmann, 24-26, 21-19, 15-13 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marcio Araujo, 96.0 km/h (68) Bronze - Reckermann/Urbatzka def. Maciel/Bruno, 23-21, 21-13 Switzerland, Gstaad, July 22-27, $300,000 (45) 1. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $43,500 SWATCH MOP - Harley 2. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $29,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 94.0 km/h 3. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil, $23,00 4. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $18,400 United Arab Emirates, Dubai, October 7-11, $175,000 Gold - Harley/Salgado def. Nummerdor/Schuil, 21-16, 22-24, 15-13 (71) 0. Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands, $19,500 Bronze - Alison/Emanuel def. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, 21-17, 21-16 (37) SWATCH MOP - Salgado 0. Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany, $19,500 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.6 km/h 0. Harley/Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 0. Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, $10,500 Austria, Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3, $300,000 Gold - Nummerdor/Schuil def. Reckermann/Urbatzka, 12-21, 21- 1. Barsouk/Kolodinsky, Russia, $43,500 16, 15-10 (58) 2. Stein Metzger/Mark Williams, United States, $29,500 Bronze - Harley/Salgado def. A. Ces/K. Ces, 21-18, 19-21, 15-13 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $23,000 (61) 4. Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, $18,400 SWATCH MOP - Nummerdor Gold - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Metzger/Williams, 21-19, 21-15 (45) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - K. Ces, 97.5 km/h Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Lochhead/Pitman, 21-13, 14-21, 19-17 (61) SWATCH MOP - Kolodinsky Bahran, Manama, October 28-November 1, $175,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 108.1 km/h 0. Alison/Cunha, Brazil, $28,000 China, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9-22 0. A. Ces/K. Ces, France, $19,500 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0. Stefan Windscheif/Sebastian Dollinger, Germany, $14,000 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil 0. Mariusz Prudel/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, $10,500 3. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Gold - Alison/Cunha def. A. Ces/K. Ces, 22-20, 21-19 (44) 4. Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia Bronze - Windscheif/Dollinger def. Prudel/Fijalek, 21-14, 21-14 Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 23-21, 17-21, 15-4 (67) (39) Bronze - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Geor/Gia, 21-15, 21-10 (36) SWATCH MOP - Cunha SWATCH MOP - Dalhausser SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Raul Mesa, Spain, 94.0 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Kolodinsky, 109.8 km/h Norway, Kristiansand, August 26-31, $175,000 China, Sanya, November 11-15, $175,000 1. Herrera/Mesa, Spain, $28,000 5. Benjamin Insfran/Harley, Brazil, $28,000 2. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $19,500 5. Cunha/Roberto Pitta, Brazil, $19,500 3. Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand, $14,000 5. Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, Argentina, $14,000 4. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, $10,500 5. Xu/Jialu Li, China, $10,500 Gold - Herrera/Mesa def. Maciel/Bruno, 21-18, 15-21, 15-13 (65) Gold - Benjamin/Harley def. Cunha/Pitta, 21-17, 21-19 (49) Bronze - Lochhead/Pitman def. Gosch/Horst, 21-19, 22-24, 15-12 (73) Bronze - Baracetti/Salema def. Xu/Li, 21-12, 21-17 (41) SWATCH MOP - Herrera SWATCH MOP - Salema SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 95.6 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Jian Li, China, 93.8 km/h

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s “Final Four” Results Australia, Adelaide, March 25-30, $175,000 Poland, Stare Jablonki, June 2-7, $175,000 4. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $28,000 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $28,000 4. Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil, $19,500 2. Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder, United States, $19,500 4. Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil, $14,000 3. Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, $14,000 4. Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, United States, $10,500 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Talita/Renata, 21-13, 18-21, 15-12 (57 Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula, def. Turner/Wacholder, 21-19, 21-16 minutes) (39) Bronze - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Branagh/Youngs, 21-19, 21-13 Bronze - Carolina/Maria Clara def. Talita/Renata, 21-19, 22-20 (39) (46) SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH MOP - Shelda SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 80.4 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 86.0 km/h km/h Germany, Berlin, June 10-14, $300,000 China, Shanghai, April 30-May 3, $175,000 1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $43,500 1. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $28,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $19,500 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $23,000 3. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $14,000 4. Jen Boss/April Ross, United States, $18,400 4. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Tian/Wang, 21-18, 22-20 (45) Gold - Talita/Renata def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-18, 22-20 (41) Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Boss/Ross, 21-11, 21-19 (41) Bronze - Chen Xue/Xi Zhang def. Shelda/Ana Paula, 23-21, 21- SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor 18 (41) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 85.7 km/h SWATCH MOP - Talita SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Yuan Yue, China, 80.9 km/h France, Paris, June 16-22, $300,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 Korea, Seoul, May 13-18, $175,000 2. Turner/Wacholder, United States, $29,500 1. Xue/Zhang, China, $28,000 3. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $23,000 2. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $19,500 4. Tian/Wang, China, $18,400 3. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $14,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Turner/Wacholder, 21-13, 21-13 4. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $10,500 (36) Gold - Xue/Zhang def. Shelda/Ana Paula, 21-15, 21-12 (41) Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Tian/Wang, 21-15, 21-18 (45) Bronze - Branagh/Youngs def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-19, 13-21, 15- SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor 7 (49) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 82.3 km/h SWATCH MOP - Zhang SWATCH TOP SERVICE - April Ross, United States, 81.7 km/h Norway, Stavanger, June 23-28, $300,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States $43,500 Japan, Osaka, May 20-25, $175,000 2. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece, $29,500 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $28,000 3. Boss/Ross, United States, $23,000 2. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China, $19,500 4. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $18,400 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $14,000 Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21-13, 21- 4. Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia, $10,500 14 (37) Gold - Juliana/Larissa def. Tian/Wang, 21-16, 21-9 (36) Bronze - Boss/Ross def Shelda/Ana Paula, 21-14, 21-18 (43) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Barnett/Cook, 21-17, 21-17 (43) SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH MOP - Juliana SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.9 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 84.2 km/h Russia, Moscow, July 1-5, $300,000 1. Xue/Zhang, China, $43,500 Spain, Barcelona, May 26-30, $175,000 2. Branagh/Youngs, United States, $29,500 1. Branagh/Youngs, United States,$28,000 3. Tian/Wang, China, $23,000 2. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $19,500 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil, $18,400 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $14,000 Gold - Xue/Zhang def. Branagh/Youngs, 21-8, 21-18 (42) 4. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Vasso Karadassiou, Greece $10,500 Bronze - Tian/Wang def. Talita/Renata, 21-16, 23-21 (41) Gold - Branagh/Youngs def. Talita/Renata, 21-18, 21-14 (40) SWATCH MOP - Zhang Bronze - Juliana/Larissa def. Arvaniti/Karadassiou, 21-14, 21-14 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 84.4 km/h (36) SWATCH MOP - Branagh SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Branagh, 82.1 km/h

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France, Marseille, July 14-20, $175,000 Poland, Myslowice, September 2-7, $175,000 1. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany, $28,000 1. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $28,000 2. Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leão, Brazil, $19,500 2. Holtwick/Semmler, Germany, $19,500 3. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $14,000 3. Hakedal/Torland, Norway, $14,000 4. Helke Classen/Antje Roder, Germany, $10,500 4. Sona Novakova/Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic, $10,500 Gold - Pohl/Rau def. Antonelli/Leão, 21-17, 20-22, 15-9 (63) Gold - Salgados def. Holtwick/Semmler, 21-17, 19-21, 15-7 (56) Bronze - Salgados def. Claasen/Roder, 21-17, 25-23 (53) Bronze - Hakedal/Torlen def. Novakova/Tobiasova, 14-21, 21-16, SWATCH MOP - Pohl 15-10 (58) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.5 km/h SWATCH MOP - Maria Clara SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.4 km/h Switzerland, Gstaad, July 21-26, $300,000 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $43,500 Brazil, Guarujà, September 15-20, $175,000 2. Tian/Wang, China, $29,500 4. Vivian Cunha/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $28,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $23,000 4. Agatha Bednarczuk/Shaylyn Bede, Brazil, $19,500 4. Barnett/Cook, Australia, $18,400 4. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $14,000 Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Tian/Wang, 21-15, 21-15 (39) 4. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Barnett/Cook, 21-18, 21-13 (39) Gold - Vivian/Larissa def. Agatha/Shaylyn, 21-13, 29-27 (49) SWATCH MOP - Ana Paula Bronze - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Salgados, 21-17, 21-18 (37) SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 83.2 km/h SWATCH MOP - Larissa SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ana Paula, 83.0 km/h Austria, Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3, $300,000 1. Shelda/Ana Paula, Brazil, $43,500 United Arab Emirates, Dubai, October 5-11, $175,000 2. Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine, $29,500 4. Branagh/Walsh, United States, $28,000 3. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $23,000 4. Boss/Ross, United States, $19,500 4. Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, 4. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $14,000 Georgia, $18,400 4. D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger, Austria, $10,500 Gold - Shelda/Ana Paula def. Baburina/Osheyko, 21-10, 21-11 Gold - Branagh/Walsh def. Boss/Ross, 21-18, 21-19 (46) (33) Bronze - Salgados def. Schwaigers, 20-22, 21-18, 15-7 (54) Bronze - Holtwick/Semmler def. Saka/Rtvelo, 21-18, 21-18 (38) SWATCH MOP - Walsh SWATCH MOP - Shelda SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 80.8 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Sanne Keizer, Netherlands, 80.7 km/h Thailand, Phuket, November 5-9, $175,000 China, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 9-21 4. Boss/Ross, United States, $28,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States 4. Branagh/Turner, United States, $19,500 2. Tian/Wang, China 4. Geeske Banck/Anja Günther, Germany, $14,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China 4. Barnett/ Becchara Palmer, Australia, $10,500 4. Talita/Renata, Brazil Gold - Boss/Ross def. Branagh/Turner, 18-21, 21-14, 15-12 (63) Gold - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Tian/Wang, 21-18, 21-18 (42) Bronze - Banck/Günther def. Barnett/Palmer, 21-14, 21-18 (43) Bronze - Xue/Zhang def. Talita/Renata, 21-19, 21-17 (39) SWATCH MOP - Ross SWATCH MOP - May-Treanor SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 82.5 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Sara Goller, Germany, 81.8 km/h China, Sanya, November 12-16, $175,000 Norway, Kristiansand, August 25-30, $175,000 4. Boss/Ross, United States, $28,000 1. Antonelli/Leão, Brazil, $28,000 4. Ying Huang/Zhang. China, $19,500 2. Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlan, Norway, $19,500 4. Branagh/Turner, United States, $14,000 3. Doris Schwaiger/Stephanie Schwaiger, Austria, $14,000 4. Jie Wang/Man Zuo, China, $10,500 4. C. Salgado/M. C. Salgado, Brazil, $10,500 Gold - Boss/Ross def. Huang/Zhang, 21-17, 23-21 (xx) Gold - Antonelli/Leão def. Hakedal/Torlen, 21-16, 21-16 (43) Bronze - Branagh/Turner def. Wang/Zuo, 19-21, 21-16, 15-9 (49) Bronze - Schwaigners def. Salgados, 21-17, 20-22, 15-9 (58) SWATCH MOP - Zhang SWATCH MOP - Antonelli SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Ross, 82.1 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Maria Clara, 81.3 km/h

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2008 FIVB Challenger & Satellite Results Men’s Team Rank, Team, Country, Points Women’s Team Rank, Team, Country, Points 1, Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, 194 1, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, 136 2, Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, 172 2, Alona Malysheva/Natalya Shumeyko, Ukraine, 104 3, Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada, 142 3, Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States, 100 4, Andrea Tomatis/Ivan Zaytsev, Italy, 120 4, Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 90 5, Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, 112 5, Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, 80 6, Pavel Karpukhin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia, 88 6, Charlotte Dyhr/Tine Rose Eriksen, Denmark, 76 7, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 86 7, Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, 72 7, David Kufa/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic, 86 7, Margherita Chiavaro/Diletta Lunardi, Italy, 72 9, Jessi Lelliott/Matt Zbyszewski, Canada, 82 7, Katarina Juhart/Tadeja Veit, Slovenia, 72 10, Luizao Correa/Klepper Feitosa, Brazil, 80 10, Helen Brown/Rachel Turner, Great Britain, 66 10, Vasiliy Buralev/Egor Moliboga, Russia, 80 11, Chrisi Gschweidl/Barbara Hansel, Austria, 64 12, Alexey Sidorenko/Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan, 76 11, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia, 64 Men’s Team Rank, Country, Events, Earnings Women’s Team Rank, Team, Country, Events, Earnings 1, Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, 3, 3, $13,000 1, Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States, 2, 2, $7,000 2, Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, 4, 0, $9,100 2, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, 4, 1, $6,950 3, Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada, 3, 0, $6,800 3, Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, 1, 1, $6,400 4, Luizao Correa/Klepper Feitosa, Brazil, 1, 1, $6,400 4, Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, 2, 1, $5,250 5, Andrea Tomatis/Ivan Zaytsev, Italy, 2, 0, $5,900 5, Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, 1, 0, $4,400 6, Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, 2, 0, $5,100 6, Alona Malysheva/Natalya Shumeyko, Ukraine, 2, 0, $4,000 7, Vasiliy Buralev/Egor Moliboga, Russia, 1, 1, $5,000 6, Margherita Chiavaro/Diletta Lunardi, Italy, 1, 0, $4,000 8, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2, 0, $4,700 8, Katarina Juhart/Tadeja Veit, Slovenia, 1, 0, $3,900 9, Pavel Karpukhin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia, 2, 0, $4,000 8, Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia, 2, 1, $3,900 10, David Kufa/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic, 4, 1, $3,900 10, Chrisi Gschweidl/Barbara Hansel, Austria, 1, 0, $3,200 11, Leonid Kalinine/Alexander Samoshkin, Russia, 2, 0, $3,100 11, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia, 1, 0, $3,000 12, Jessi Lelliott/Matt Zbyszewski, Canada, 3, 0, $2,600 12, Patricia Barrio Cendoya/Veronica Zamora , Spain, 2, 0, $2,650 Czech Republic, Brno, July 3-6, $30,000 Spain, Laredo, June 27-29, $10,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $4,800 1. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $2,000 2. Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, $3,900 2. Catalina Pol Borras/Alejandra Simon, Spain, $1,500 3. Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada, $3,000 3. Frederike Fischer/Julia Grossner, Germany, $1,200 4. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $2,300 4. Amanda Moppett/Joanna Niemczewska, Canada, $800 Switzerland, Lausanne, July 10-13, $15,000 India, Chennai, July 17-20, $40,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $3,400 1. Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, $6,400 2. Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $2,400 2. Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Phokongploy, Thailand, $4,400 3. Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, $1,700 3. Chrisi Gschweidl /Barbara Hansel, Austria, $3,200 4. Sebastian Dollinger/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany, $1,300 4. Gisela Rodriguez/Moran Zur, Israel, $2,400 Estonia, Pärnu, July 17-20, $30,000 Poland, Gdansk, July 25-27, $15,000 1. Alison Cerutti/Bernardo Romano, Brazil, $4,800 1. Natalja Bratuhhina/Mari-Liis Graumann, Estonia, $3,400 2. Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland, $3,900 2. Courtney Guerra/Janelle Ruen, United States, $2,400 3. Roberto Pitta/Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil, $3,000 3. Magdalena Michon/Agnieszka Woloszyn, Poland, $1,700 4. Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia, $2,300 4. Martyna Wardak/Ilona Zielinska, Poland, $1,300 India, Chennai, July 17-20, $40,000 Cyprus, Geroskipou, July 31-August 2, $30,000 1. Luizao Correa/Klepper Feitosa, Brazil, $6,400 1. Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada, $4,800 2. Andrea Tomatis/Ivan Zaytsev, Italy, $4,400 2. Katarina Juhart/Tadeja Veit, Slovenia, $3,900 3. Jason Kruger/Chris Simek, Canada, $3,200 3. Ekaterina Khomyakova/Daria Yarzutkina, Russia, $3,000 4. Mike DiPierro/Mark Van Zwieten, United States, $2,400 4. Zinayida Lyubymova/Yuliya Nozhyna, Ukraine, $2,300 Russia, Vladivostok, August 1-3, $30,000 Liechtenstein, Vaduz, August 6-9, $10,000 1. Vasiliy Buralev/Egor Moliboga, Russia, $5,000 1. Lauren Fendrick /Ashley Ivy, United States, $2,000 2. Pavel Karpukhin/Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia, $4,000 2. Claudia Lehmann /Julia Sude, Germany, $1,500 3. Leonid Kalinine/Alexander Samoshkin, Russia, $3,100 3. Frederike Fischer /Julia Grossner, Germany, $1,200 4. Dmitry Karpov /Evgeny Vasilyev, Russia, $2,500 4. Martina Grossen /Romana Kayser, Switzerland, $800 Liechtenstein, Vaduz, August 7-10, $10,000 Egypt, Hacienda Bay Beach, August 22-23, $30,000 1. David Kufa/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic, $2,000 1. Lauren Fendrick/Ashley Ivy, United States, $5,000 2. Martin Tichy/Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic, $1,500 2. Margherita Chiavaro/Diletta Lunardi, Italy, $3,000 3. Thomas Kaczmarek/Matthias Pompe, Germany, $1,200 3. Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland, $3,100 4. Andreas Sutter/Jonas Weingart, Switzerland, $800 4. Alona Malysheva/Natalya Shumeyko, Ukraine, $2,500

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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 November 15, 2008 Country Gold Silver Bronze...... Medals 4ths ...... Final 4s Brazil 148 102 106 ...... 356 76...... 432 United States 34 36 31 ...... 101 26...... 127 Switzerland 9 22 14 ...... 45 15...... 60 Germany 8 21 14 ...... 43 17...... 60 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 3 4 ...... 9 3...... 12 Russia 1 3 4 ...... 8 5...... 13 Netherlands 3 3 2 ...... 8 3...... 11 China 0 5 2 ...... 7 2...... 9 France 1 2 2 ...... 5 8...... 13 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 Japan 0 0 1 ...... 1 2...... 3 Estonia 1 0 0 ...... 1 1...... 2 New Zealand 0 0 1 ...... 1 1...... 2 Czech Republic 0 0 0 ...... 0 2...... 2 Poland 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0 ...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 229 229 230 ...... 688 228...... 916 · There have been 229 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 46 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 218 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 46 events. · Brazil has advanced four teams to the semi-finals seven times. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 22 different events · Brazil has had a team(s) in 192 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 58 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 160 events where two different countries battled for a FIVB Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. United States ...... Brazil leads 23-17 · Argentina vs. Norway...... Norway leads 1-0 · Argentina vs. Brazil...... Brazil leads 14-8 · Australia vs. Switzerland ...... Australia leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Switzerland ...... Brazil leads 16-4 · Brazil vs. Australia ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 15-3 · 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. Netherlands...... Netherlands lead 1-0 · Brazil vs. Portugal...... Portugal leads 2-0 · Germany vs. Russia ...... Germany leads 1-0 · Italy vs. United States...... USA leads 2-0 · Netherlands vs. United States...... United States leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. France...... Tied 1-1 · Norway vs. United States ...... Norway leads 1-0 · Russia vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1 · Switzerland vs. United States ...... Tied 1-1

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Women’sSWATCH FIVB World Tour - Country Medals &Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through November 16, 2008 Country Gold Silver Bronze...... Medals 4ths...... Final 4s Brazil 92 87 78...... 257 60...... 317 United States 78 51 52...... 181 47...... 228 China 9 20 21...... 50 13...... 63 Australia 4 11 17...... 32 19...... 51 Germany 1 7 6...... 14 13...... 27 Greece 1 3 2...... 6 7...... 13 Japan 0 2 2...... 4 4...... 8 Czech Republic 0 0 4...... 4 3...... 7 Norway 0 2 2...... 4 1...... 5 Cuba 0 2 0...... 2 2...... 4 Netherlands 1 0 0...... 1 5...... 6 Italy 0 0 1...... 1 3...... 4 Switzerland 0 0 1...... 1 3...... 4 Austria 0 0 1...... 1 1...... 2 Ukraine 0 1 0...... 1 0...... 1 Georgia 0 0 0...... 0 1...... 1 Portugal 0 0 0...... 0 1...... 1 Russia 0 0 0...... 0 1...... 1 Canada 0 0 0...... 0 1...... 1 Totals 186 186 187...... 559 185...... 744 · There have been 186 women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. · There have been only 16 events that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the 2005 SWATCH¬FIVB World Championships (United States, Brazil, China and Cuba). · Brazil has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 171 times. · Brazil has had three teams advance to the semi-finals in 33 events. · Brazil has captured all three podium finishes at 17 different events. · Brazil has captured all four semi-final berths three times. · Brazil has had a team(s) in 142 Gold Medal matches. · Brazil has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match 37 times. · The United States has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 136 times. · The United States has advanced three teams to the semi-finals in 15 events. · The United States captured all three podium places twice (Norway 2004, France 2008). · The United States has had a team(s) in 110 Gold Medal matches. · The United States has advanced two teams to the Gold Medal match in 19 events. · China has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 49 times. · China has advanced three teams to a semi-final once. · China has advanced two teams to a semi-final 11 times. · China has had a team(s) in 23 Gold Medal matches. · China has advanced two teams to a gold medal match three times. · Australia has advanced a team(s) to a FIVB semi-final 48 times. · Australia has advanced two teams to a semi-final twice. · Germany has advanced two teams to a semi-final once. · There have been 127 events where two different countries competed for the Gold Medal. · Brazil vs. USA ...... United States leads 43-30 · Brazil vs. Cuba ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. China ...... Brazil leads 8-3 · Brazil vs. Japan ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · China vs. United States ...... USA leads 8-1 · Brazil vs. Norway...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Australia...... Brazil leads 6-2 · Brazil vs. Ukraine ...... Brazil leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Germany ...... Brazil leads 6-1 · China vs. Cuba...... China leads 1-0 · Australia vs. USA ...... USA leads 5-1 · China vs. Norway ...... China leads 1-0 · Brazil vs. Greece...... Tied 1-1 · Germany vs. Netherlands...... Netherlands leads 1-0 · Greece vs. United States...... USA leads 2-0 · Japan vs. United States...... USA leads 1-0 · Australia vs. China ...... Australia leads 1-0 TOP SEVEN - Six Brazilian women tandems finished among the top seven finishes in the 2004 Rio de Janeiro event. This was a “first” in SWATCH-FIVB World Tour history for either men or women teams.

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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 MEN’S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR SEASON OPENING EVENTS - Of the 22 season opening events, 10 have been staged in Brazil with host country teams winning four times. Overall, Brazilian teams have won 10 season-opening events. American men’s teams won the first seven season-opening events and eight overall. Teams from Norway, Switzerland, Argentina and Germany have also won season opening events. As for season-opening event podium placements, Brazil has claimed 34 medals (10 gold, 15 silver and nine bronze) followed by the United States 14 (8, 3, 3), Argentina 5 (1, 2, 2), Switzerland 4 (1, 1, 2), Germany 3 (1, 0, 2), Canada 2 (0, 0, 2), Australia 1 (0, 0, 1), Austria 1 (0, 0, 1), China 1 (0, 1, 0) and Norway 1 (1, 0, 0). Season Site (Date), Prize Money, FIVB Event Gold Medal Team Seed Silver Medal Team Seed Bronze Medal Team Seed 1987 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/17-22), $21,757, No. 1 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, USA Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA Renan Dal Zotto/Jose Montanaro, BRA 1988 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/20-28), $51,500, No. 2 Kiraly/Powers, USA Luis Amerigo/, BRA Renan/Montanaro, BRA 1989 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/18-26), $50,000 , No. 3 Smith/Stoklos, USA Edinho Goncalves /Edoardo Tinoco, BRA Mike Dodd/Tim Hovland, USA 1990 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/13-18), $50,000, No. 6 Smith/Stoklos, USA Dodd/Hovland, USA Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA 1991 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/19-23), $50,000, No. 10 Smith/Stoklos, USA Hovland/Kent Steffes, USA Andrè Lima/Guilherme Marquez, BRA 1992 Australia - Sydney (1/15-19), $50,000, No. 16 Smith/Stoklos, USA Andrè/Guilherme, BRA Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA 1993 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/9-14), $100,000 , No. 21 Adam Johnson/Steffes, USA Eduard Bacil/Jose Loiola, BRA 8 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA 5 1994 USA- Miami Beach (1/18-22), $100,000, No. 23 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR 12 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA 5 Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA 3 1995 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/16-19), $200,000, No. 30 Andre Gomes/Alemao Loss, BRA 11 Emanuel Rego/Zé Marco de Melo, BRA 7 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA 1 1996 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/8-11), $200,000, No. 47 Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA 1 Emanuel/Zé Marco, BRA 2 John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 5 1997 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/20-23), $150,000, No. 63 Emanuel/Zé Marco, BRA 1 Bacil/Loiola, BRA 32 Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, CAN 12 1998 Argentina - Mar del Plata (1/16-18), $170,000, No. 74 Martin Laciga/Paul. Laciga, SUI 7 Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA 2 Emanuel/Loiola, BRA 1 1999 Argentina - Mar del Plata (1/15-17), $170,000, No. 88 Emanuel/Loiola, BRA 1 Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG 3 Guilherme/Para Ferreira, BRA 6 2000 Argentina - Mar del Plata (1/12-16), $150,000, No. 101 Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, ARG 10 Ricardo Santos/Zé Marco, BRA 1 Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS 4 2001 Spain - Canary Islands (6/13-17), $180,000, No. 116 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA 1 M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI 4 Baracetti/Conde, ARG 22 2002 Germany - Berlin (6/12-16), $150,000, No. 128 Harley Marques Silva/Pará, BRA 7 Baracetti/Conde, ARG 3 Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER 6 2003 Greece - Rhodes (6/4-8), $150,000, No. 138 Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, USA 24 Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA 1 ikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, AUT 14 2004 Brazil - Salvador (3/16-21), $180,000, No. 148 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 1 Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI 6 Baracetti/Conde, ARG 11 2005 China - Shanghai (5/18-22), $200,000, No. 163 Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER 3 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 1 Markus Egger/M. Laciga, SUI 6 2006 China - Shanghai (5/23-27), $200,000, No. 178 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA 2 Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA 5 Julius Brink/C. Dieckmann, GER 6 2007 China - Shanghai (5/1-57), $200,000, No. 192 Harley/Pedro Salgado, BRA 7 Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA 3 Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI 8 2008 Australia - Adelaide (3/25-30), $175,000, No. 209 Harley/Salgado, BRA 4 Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN 7 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA 2 WOMEN’S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR SEASON OPENING EVENTS - Of the 17 season opening women’s events, six have been staged in Brazil with host country teams winning three times. Overall, Brazilian teams have won 10 season-opening events, including last year’s first event in Australia. As for season-opening event podium placements, Brazil has claimed 27 medals (10 gold, eight silver and nine bronze) followed by the United States 14 (5, 5, 4), Australia 6 (1, 3, 2), China 2 (1, 0, 1), Japan 1 (0, 0, 1) and Norway 1 (0, 1, 0). Season Site (Date), Prize Money, FIVB Event Gold Medal Team Seed Silver Medal Team Seed Bronze Medal Team Seed 1992 Spain - Almeria (8/14-16), $50,000, No. 1 Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, USA Linda Chisholm/Angela Rock, USA Rose Moreira/Roseli Timm, BRA 1993 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/9-14), $50,000, No. 2 Kirby/Reno, USA Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA Karina Silva/Jackie. Silva, BRA 1994 USA- Miami Beach (1/15-22), $50,000, No. 4 Isabel Salgado/Timm, BRA Barbra Fontana/Lori Forsythe, USA Kirby/Liz Masakayan, USA 1995 Chile - LaSerena (2/9-12/95), $50,000, No. 10 Sandra Pires/Jackie. Silva, BRA 12 Kirby/Deb Richardson, USA 6 Fontana/Forsythe, USA 5 1996 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/28-3/2/96), $150,000, No. 21 Pires/Jackie, BRA 1 Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 5 Adriana Behar /Shelda Bede, BRA 15 1997 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/13-16/97), $120,000, No. 33 Rodrigues/Samuel, BRA 4 Lisa Arce/Holley McPeak, USA 3 Sandra/Jackie, BRA 1 1998 Brazil - Rio de Janeiro (2/26-3/1/98), $170,000, No. 42 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 2 Pauline Manser/Pottharst, AUS 13 Sandra/Jackie, BRA 4 1999 Mexico - Acapulco (4/9-11/99), $170,000, No. 51 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 1 Manser/Pottharst, AUS 4 Cook/Angela Clarke, AUS 15 2000 Brazil - Vitoria (2/3-6/00), $150,000, No. 58 Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA 2 Sandra/Samuel, BRA 4 Yukiko Takahashi/Mika Teru Saiki, JPN 7 2001 Macau - Macau (4/4-8/01), $180,000, No. 71 Cook/Pottharst, AUS 2 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 3 Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA 1 2002 Spain - Madrid (6/5-9/02), $150,000, No. 83 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA 2 Ana Paula Connelly/Tatiana Minello, BRA 18 Cook/Pottharst, AUS 3 2003 Greece - Rhodes (6/11-15/03), $150,000, No. 94 Ana Paula/Sandra, BRA 5 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 2 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 1 2004 Brazil - Fortaleza (3/9-14/04), $180,000, No. 106 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 1 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 2 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA 28 2005 China - Shanghai (5/17-21 /05), $200,000, No. 119 Juliana/Larissa, BRA 2 Adriana/Shelda, BRA 1 Shaylyn Bedê/Ana Paula, BRA 5 2006 Italy - Modena (5/10-14/06), $200,000, No. 135 Juliana/Larissa, BRA 2 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA 1 Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN 22 2007 China - Shanghai (5/2-6/07), $200,000, No. 150 Tian/Wang, CHN 1 Hakedal/Torlen, NOR 5 Talita Antunes /Renata Ribeiro, BRA 4 2008 Australia - Adelaide (3/25-30/08), $175,000, No. 167 Juliana/Larissa, BRA 1 Talita/Renata, BRA 5 Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA 11 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 16 of 16 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org