Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $600,000 FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, February 26- March 4, 2018 Updated on February 25, 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, five two-star events, and 16 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 double-gender $600,000 FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major is the eighth men’s event and sixth women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to the United States for the sixth straight year and 13th season overall. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · February 26-March 4, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, Men and Women, $600,000 – The United States has hosted 34 previous FIVB World Tour events, every season from 1995 through 1998, including the 1996 Olympic Games, 1997 World Championships, and 1998 Goodwill Games, then 2000 and 2003 before the previous five seasons. Fort Lauderdale has hosted the World Tour Finals in 2015 and a Major Series event in 2017. Host country United States has won 36 previous medals on its home soil, 20 men’s and 16 women’s including five men’s gold and six women’s gold. · The FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major starts February 26 and concludes March 4. The winning teams will share the $40,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Monday, February 26................................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches · Tuesday, February 27.................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Wednesday, February 28 ................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Thursday, March 1 ................. Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches and Women’s Round of 24 Matches · Friday, March 2 .................... Men’s Round of 24 and 16 Matches and Women’s Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Matches · Saturday, March 3 ............. Men’s Quarterfinals and Semi-Final Matches and Women’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches · Sunday, March 4 .............................................................................................................................. Men’s Medal Matches · A total of 120 teams from 34 countries (59 men’s teams from 25 countries and 61 women’s teams from 29 countries) are entered into the FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major (as of February 25, 2018), including Australia (1 men’s team, 1 women’s team), Austria (4,2), Belgium (1,0), Brazil (5,6), Canada (4,4), Chile (1,0), China (3,3), Colombia (0,1), Czech Republic (1,3), England (1,1), Estonia (1,0), Finland (0,2), France (1,1), Germany (4,4), Italy (2,1), Japan (0,4), Latvia (2,0), Lithuania (1,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), New Zealand (0,1), Norway (2,1), Poland (4,1), Romania (0,1), Russia (3,1), Scotland (0,1), Serbia (1,1), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (1,1), Spain (2,2), Switzerland (3,4), Thailand (0,2), Ukraine (0,1), and the United States (8,6). · The FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major is the 375th men’s event and 338th women’s event on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). 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 · Past FIVB World Tour Results in the United States (1994 to present for men and women) ....................................................... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major Men’s Entries (through February 25) ............................................................................................... 4 · FIVB Fort Lauderdale Major Women’s Entries (through February 25) ......................................................................................... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 7 · 2017 FIVB World Tour Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking ................................................................................................................................... 9 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 10 · 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 11 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders ............................................................................................................. 12 · 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders ............................................................................................................. 13 · Men’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ............................................................................................................. 14 · Women’s FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours ....................................................................................................... 15 Past United States Men’s Medals – Brazil 18, United States 18, Argentina 2, Canada 2, Norway 2, Spain 2, Switzerland 2, Italy 1, Latvia 1, Netherlands 1, Poland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Miami 1994 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA 2. Clearwater 1995 Lopes/Neto, BRA Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, BRA Bruk Vandeweghe/Williams, USA 3. Hermosa 1995 Vacated Vacated Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA 4. Hermosa 1996 Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR Lopes/Neto, BRA Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG 5. Atlanta 1996** Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, USA Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh, USA John Child/Mark Heese, CAN 6. Los Angeles 1997* Rogerio Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, BRA Canyon Ceman/Whitmarsh, USA Paulao Moreira/Paulo Silva, BRA Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, USA 7. New York 1998*** Ferreira/Marques, BRA Adam Johnson/Kiraly, USA Conde/Martinez, ARG 8. Chicago 2000 Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI 9. Carson 2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, SUI Ceman/Whitmarsh, USA 10. Long Beach 2013 Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal, USA Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP Daniel Lupo/Paulo Nicolai, ITA 11. Long Beach 2014 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, USA Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, POL Theo Brunner/Todd Rogers, USA 12. St. Petersburg 2015 Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, NED Brunner/Nick Lucena, USA 13. Long Beach 2015 Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Dalhausser/Lucena, USA Gavira/Herrera, ESP 14. Ft. Lauderdale 2015**** Alison/Bruno, BRA Dalhausser/Lucena, USA Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, BRA 15. Cincinnati 2016 Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo Carvalhaes, BRA Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter, CAN Dalhausser/Lucena, USA 16. Long Beach 2016 Evandro/Pedro, BRA Dalhausser/Lucena, USA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT 17. Ft. Lauderdale 2017 Saymon/Alvaro Filho, BRA Evandro/Andre Loyola, BRA Dalhausser/Lucena, USA *FIVB World Championships (two teams awarded the bronze medal) ** Olympic Games *** Goodwill Games **** FIVB World Tour Finals Past United States Women’s Medals – Brazil 24, United States 16, Germany 5, Australia 3, Spain 2, China 1, Slovak Republic 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Miami 1994 Isabel Barroso Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA Barbra Fontana/Lori Forsythe, USA Karolyn Kirby/Liz Masakayan, USA 2. Clearwater 1995 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA Kirby/Masakayan, USA Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA 3. Hermosa 1995 McPeak/Reno, USA Pires/Silva, BRA Kirby/Masakayan, USA 4. Hermosa 1996 Pires/Silva, BRA Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA McPeak/Reno, USA 5. Atlanta 1996** Pires/Silva, BRA Rodrigues/Samuel, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst,