2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour With 17 tournaments for both men and women, the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar was highlighted by the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Switzerland along with four Grand Slams events in France, Norway, Germany and Austria. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour featured 21 events on four continents with prize money at US$8.15-million. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour schedule also featured 13 double gender stops. The 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Gstaad featured $1-millon in prize money while Paris, Stavanger, Berlin and Klagenfurt hosted Grand Slam stops where the combined prize money was $2.4-million for the combined men’s and women’s events. Event sites hosting international Beach Volleyball events for the first-time included Manama, Bahrain (men), Singapore (women), Seoul, Korea (women), Kristiansand, Norway (men women) and Aland, Finland (men and women). Here are the 2007 results. 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Results Dates Tournament ......................................................................................................................Gold Medal Team May 1-6 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.............................................................. Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May 8-12 Bahrain Open, Manama........................................................ Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands May 23-27 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy..............Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil June 6-10 VIP Open, Zagreb, Croatia.............................................................................Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia June 13-17 Open of Portugal, Espinho ..................................................................... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 19-24 Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France ..............................................................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 26-July 1 ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway ..................................................... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil July 4-8 Montréal Open, Canada..............................................................................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July 11-15 Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany ...................................................................... Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil July 18-22 World Series 13, Marseille, France................................................................ Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil July 24-29 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland ......... Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States Aug. 1-5 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria ..............................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Aug. 8-12 Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway ..............................................................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Aug. 15-19 PAF Open, Aland, Finland ............................................................................................ Harley/Salgado, Brazil Aug. 29-Sept. 2 St. Petersburg Open, Russia......................................................................................... Harley/Salgado, Brazil Sept. 5-9 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders, Stare Jablonki, Poland................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Sept. 27-30 Banco do Brasil Open, Brazil ......................................................................................Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Results Dates Tournament ......................................................................................................................Gold Medal Team May 1-6 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.................................................................................. Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China May 23-27 Singapore Open, Sentosa......................................................................Talita Antunes/Renata Antunes, Brazil May 30-June 3 Seoul Open, Korea.............................................................................. Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia June 6-10 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open, Poland ..................................... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil June 12-16 Open of Portugal, Espinho ............................................................................................. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil June 20-24 Henkel Grand Slam, Paris, France .............................................Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June 26-July 1 ConocoPhilips Grand Slam, Stavanger, Norway ......................................... Jen Boss/April Ross, United States July 4-8 Montréal Open, Canada..............................................................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 11-14 Smart Grand Slam, Berlin, Germany ...........................................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 17-21 World Series 13, Marseille, France................................................................................... Talita/Renata, Brazil July 24-28 SWATCH FIVB World Championships, Gstaad, Switzerland ........................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Aug. 1-5 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, Klagenfurt, Austria ..............................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Aug. 7-11 Otera Open, Kristiansand, Norway ................................................................................. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Aug. 14-18 PAF Open, Aland, Finland ............................................................................................. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Aug. 28-Sept. 1 St. Petersburg Open, Russia.......................................................................................... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil Sept. 25-29 Banco do Brasil Open, Brazil ......................................................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Phuket Thailand Open, Phuket, Thailand.....................................................May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Beijing 2008 Olympic Games · The qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started with the China Shanghai Jinshan Open and concludes July 20, 2008 at a site to be determined. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals). Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 14 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org 2007 Tour Notes November 12 Update Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Men’s Leaders, Through September 30, 17 events Men’s Team Rank, points (based on best 12 finishes) Men’s Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 6,940 1, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 15, 7, $347,700 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 6,340 2, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 15, 3, $270,900 3, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 5,610 3, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 16, 3, $206,200 4, Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5,160 4, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 13, 0, $198,200 5, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 5,040 5, Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, 12, 1, $179,900 6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4,680 6, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 11, 1, $144,000 7, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 4,160 7, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 13, 0, $140,200 8, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,060 8, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, 15, 0, $138,100 9, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 4,000 9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 6, 1, $136,500 10, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 3,830 10, Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany, 13, 0, $120,700 11, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 3,540 11, Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, 12, 0, $116,100 12, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 3,500 12, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 10, 0, $110,700 13, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia, 3,300 13, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 10, 0, $105,400 14, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria, 15, 0, $101,100 13, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 3,060 15, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 17, 0, $92,100 16, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 7, 0, $90,000 16, Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain, 2,920 17, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 9, 1, $87,100 17, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,750 18, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain, 12, 0, $77,800 18, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2,680 19, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 16, 0, $77,700 19, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 2,540 20, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 13, 0, $75,700 20, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway, 2,440 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 15, 0, $66,500 21, Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands, 2,210 22, Riccardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, 13, 0,