CONTACT / CREDITS CREDITS Project Manager FIVB Press Department Editorial Dominic Clark – FIVB Beach Volleyball Media Operations Delegate Design amethys.ch Layout Samuel Chesaux Data FIVB and BVB Info Photos © FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball I «Château Les Tourelles» I Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 I CH-1006 Lausanne/Switzerland Tel: +41 21 345 35 35 I Fax: +41 21 345 35 45 I [email protected] I www.fivb.org TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Highlights 2 Men’s Final Fours Results 166 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball Season Calendar 3 Women’s Final Fours Results 167 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Review 4 Past Entries 168 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results 5 Top Men’s & Women’s Events, Money, Points & Final Fours 169 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Rankings, World Tour Point and Money Leaders 6 Men’s & Women’s Entries, Earnings, Finishes by Country 175 FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships Highlights/Results 10 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD TOUR GRAND SLAMS FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships Highlights 11 Men’s & Women’s All-Time Grand Slams 176 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships Past Results 12 Men’s Final Fours Results, Team, Individual, Team, Country & Individual Totals 178 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships Highlights 15 Women’s Final Fours Results, Team, Individual, Team, FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships Past Results 16 Country & Individual Totals 186 FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships Highlights 19 Men’s & Women’s Grand Slams Leaders 194 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Site Medal Recaps 20 BEACH VOLLEYBALL AT OLYMPIC GAMES FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL Men’s Participants, Matches, Wins, Participations & Placements 196 The FIVB 34 Men’s Match Results - Atlanta 1996 202 FIVB Representatives 35 Men’s Match Results - Sydney 2000 203 FIVB Confederations 36 Men’s Match Results - Athens 2004 204 FIVB Federations 37 Men’s Match Results - Beijing 2008 206 FIVB & Beach Volleyball History 39 Men’s Match Results - London 2012 208 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Olympics and ECO Friendly History 40 Women’s Participants, Matches, Wins, Participations & Placements 210 Frequently Asked Questions 41 Women’s Match Results - Atlanta 1996 216 Beach Volleyball Court Layout & Rules, Rule Changes 42 Women’s Match Results - Sydney 2000 217 Beach Volleyball Information Graphics 44 Women’s Match Results - Athens 2004 218 Referee Delegates and Commissioner 46 Women’s Match Results - Beijing 2008 220 2013 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD TOUR Women’s Match Results - London 2012 222 Men’s Country Medals, Final Fours & Point Champs 48 Referees & Medal Match Referees 224 Men’s MOPs & Entries by Event 49 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGER & SATELLITE EVENTS Men’s Final Four Review 50 Men’s Final Fours 226 Men’s Match, Set Records, Ratio/Set, Match & Duration 52 Men’s Medals, Podiums & Final Fours 230 Men’s Awards, Qualifying & Wild Card Facts & Figures 54 Men’s Recaps 231 Women’s Country Medals, Final Fours & Point Champs 55 Women’s Final Fours 232 Women’s MOPs & Entries by Event 56 Women’s Medals, Podiums & Final Fours 234 Women’s Final Four Review 57 Women’s Recaps 235 Women’s Match, Set Records, Ratio/Set, Match & Duration 59 YOUNGEST & OLDEST Women’s Awards, Qualifying & Wild Card Facts & Figures 61 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - Individual “Open” Event Winners 236 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL EVENTS - HISTORY FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger/Satellite - Individual Event Winners 237 Through the Years, Top Event Purses & Entries 62 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - Team “Major” Event Winners 240 Beach Volleyball Olympic and World Champions 66 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger/Satellite - Team Event Winners 242 Locations 68 HIGHEST SCORING & LONGEST MATCHES Men’s Award Winners 69 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - Men’s All-Time 244 Women’s Award Winners 70 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - Women’s All-Time 246 Participation 71 FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger/Satellite - Men’s All-Time 248 Men’s Country, Individual, Team Medals & Final Fours, Match Records, FIVB Beach Volleyball Challenger/Satellite - Women’s All-Time 249 Yearly Final Fours, Leaders, Gold Medals by Country 72 MISCELLANEOUS Women’s Country, Individual, Team Medals & Final Fours, Match Records, World Tour Events by Confederation 250 Yearly Final Fours, Leaders, Gold Medals by Country 121 Beach Volleyball Terms 264 Men’s & Women’s All-Time Annual Gold Medals, Win Streaks 165 1 INTRODUCTION 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS 2014 HIGHLIGHTS The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour calendar will feature a FIVB record $10.2 million in prize money, 10 Grand Slam events, and inaugural FIVB Grand Slam Final, 11 Open tournaments and four age-group FIVB World Championships including the first U17 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The schedule starts in April and concludes in December. This year marks the 27th anniversary of the first FIVB beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90. − The international beach volleyball circuit will visit 20 sites in 16 countries over an eight-month period − With the 2014 calendar featuring 21 men’s and 23 women’s events within the African, Asian, European and South American confederations, the FIVB international calendar will offer $10.2 million in prize money − All 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events and the Grand Slam Final will be combined events for women and men. Seven of the FIVB Open events will be double-gender and two will be men only and two will be women only. − For the first time in FIVB beach volleyball history, two FIVB Grand Slam events have been assigned total prize money of $1 million each. The two 2014 FIVB Grand Slam with $1 million purses will be the events in The Hague, the Netherlands and in Long Beach, California, USA. − Women’s only Open tournaments will be in the Czech Republic (Prague) and Thailand (Phuket). The Men’s only Open tournaments will be in Qatar (Doha) and France (La Reunion). − The only new Grand Slam venue this year will be in Brazil (location and date TBC in second half of season) − The FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events will return to 2013 venues in China (Shanghai), Russia (Moscow), Germany (Berlin), Switzerland (Gstaad), the Netherlands (The Hague) and Poland (Stare Jablonki) − Gstaad has staged 14 FIVB women’s and 13 FIVB men’s beach volleyball events as well as hosting the FIVB World Championships in 2007. The Hague will host the 2015 FIVB World Championships while Berlin hosted the event in 2005, Gstaad hosted in 2007 and Stare Jablonki presented in the FIVB World Championships in 2013. − The FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events will also return to former venues in Norway (Stavanger) and Austria (Klagenfurt) − Stavanger has hosted 13 men’s and 10 women’s FIVB events up to 2011 including the 2009 FIVB World Championships while Klagenfurt has hosted 16 men and 12 women’s FIVB events up to 2012 including the 2001 FIVB World Championships − The opening event on the 2014 FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in tour history will be the double-gender FIVB Fuzhou Open on April 22-27. The first 2014 FIVB Grand Slam event will be the Shanghai Grand Slam on April 29-May as China will host four FIVB international tournaments in 2013, including the FIVB World Tour Open in Xiamen on October 7-12 and the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. − The 2014 FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events will conclude in Poland (Stare Jablonki Grand Slam on August 19-24 to be followed by the inaugural $1 million FIVB Grand Slam Final (date and location TBC). The FIVB Open schedule will end for the second straight year in South Africa (Durban Open) with a double gender event on December 9-14. − For the first time in beach volleyball history, the FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar will also feature FIVB World Championships in four age-groups for players under the age of 23, under the age of 17, under the age of 21 and under the age of 19. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, but 2014 will be the second for U23 and first for U17. Myslowice, Poland will again host the 2013 FIVB U23 World Championships June 10-15, while Acapulco, Mexico will host the FIVB U17 World Championships July 15-20, Larnaka, Cyprus will host the FIVB U21 World Championships July 23-27 and Porto, Portugal will host the 2014 FIVB U19 World Championships July 29-August 3. − IMG Sports Media will continue to have the exclusive distribution media rights for the 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour − For the fifth straight year, the tour will exclusively use the Mikasa VLS 300 ball 2 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE INTRODUCTION 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL SEASON CALENDAR 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL CALENDAR (AS OF APRIL 9, 2014) Dates Site Type Gender Prize Money (US dollars) April 22-27 Fuzhou, China Open Women & Men $150,000 April 29-May 4 Shanghai, China Grand Slam Women & Men $800,000 May 6-11 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Open Women & Men $150,000 May 21-25 Prague, Czech Republic Open Women $75,000 May 27-June 1 Anapa, Russia Open Women & Men $150,000 June 10-15 Myslowice, Poland U23 World Championships Women & Men N/A June 11-15 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam Women & Men $800,000 June 17-22 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam Women & Men $800,000 June 24-29 Stavanger, Norway