Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $5,000 FIVB Oman One Star Muscat, Oman, March 14-17, 2018 Updated on March 11, 2018, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour continues with the starred classification of its events, with three five-star events, all of which are the Major Series, ten four-star events, five three-star events, six two-star events, and 21 one-star events, along with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 will also be held. The 2018 World Tour began in September of 2017 in France and concludes in August in Germany. 2018 marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Four events played in 2017: France (Montpellier), China (Qinzhou), Netherlands (Aalsmeer), and Australia (Sydney), are part of the 2018 FIVB World Tour. One event held in October, 2018 in China (Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The men’s-only $5,000 FIVB Oman One Star is the tenth men’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The women have played six events. The FIVB is holding a World Tour event in Oman for the first time. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · March 14-17, Muscat, Oman, Men Only, $5,000 – Oman is hosting an FIVB World Tour event for the first time. The venue is the Millennium Resort Mussanah in Muscat. The format is a 16-team qualification tournament with four teams advancing to the main draw. The 16-team main draw will consist of modified pool play followed by single elimination. · The FIVB Oman One Star starts March 14 and concludes March 17. The winning team will share the $1,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Wednesday, March 14 ...................................................................................................................... Qualification Matches · Thursday, March 15 ............................................................................................. Main Draw Modified Pool Play Matches · Friday, March 16 ................................................................................................................................ Quarterfinal Matches · Saturday, March 17 .......................................................................................................... Semi-Final and Medal Matches · A total of 42 teams from 18 countries are entered into the FIVB Oman One Star (as of March 11, 2018), including Austria (3 teams), Canada (3), Croatia (1), Czech Republic (2), Denmark (1), England (2), France (1), Germany (2), Hong Kong (2), Iran (3), Israel (2), Italy (4), Japan (1), Oman (9), Qatar (1), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (3), and the United States (1). · The FIVB Oman One Star is the 376th men’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The women have played 338 events. The first men’s FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the first women’s event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... Page · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 2 · FIVB Oman One Star Entries (through March 11)........................................................................................................................... 3 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 5 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ................................................................................................................................... 7 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................... 8 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................... 9 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 10 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 11 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ............................................................................................................. 12 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ....................................................................................................... 13 FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men ....................................................................... Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States ...................... Atlanta 1996 ................................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ............ Sydney 2000 ....................................... Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ................................... Athens 2004 .......................... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ............... Beijing 2008 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ................. London 2012 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ..................... Rio 2016 .................................... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ................................................................ Youth Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ............... Nanjing 2014 .................................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October 6-18 .......................................................... Buenos Aires 2018 ............................................. olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men ...................................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions .............................................................. Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ................ Los Angeles 1997 ............................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ............................. Marseille 1999........................................... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina .............. Klagenfurt 2001 ............................................................. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ............................. Rio de Janeiro 2003 .................... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil ......................... Berlin 2005 ............................................. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ............... Gstaad 2007 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ............... Stavanger 2009 ........................................ Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ....................................... Rome 2011 ............................ Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ................................................ Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ................. Netherlands 2015 ........................ Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ........................ Austria 2017 ............................. Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ......................................................... Women Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................. Poland 2013 ............................ Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ............................ Poland 2014 ...................................... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 21 World Champions ........................................................