MEN’S “FINAL FOUR” SWATCH-FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS June 22-26, 2005 at Berlin - Semi-Finals - Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, Switzerland (No. 8-seeded team) def. Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany (13), 21-16, 19-21, 15-13 (69 minutes); Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil (2) def. Marvin Polte/Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43), 21-18, 21-14 (53). Bronze Medal - Brink/Schneider, Germany (13) def. Polte/Schoen, Germany (43), 16-21, 21-17, 15-10 (65), Gold Medal - Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil (2) def. Heyer/P. Laciga, Switzerland (8), 22-20, 21-12 (42). October 14-19, 2003 at Rio de Janeiro - Semi-Finals - Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1) won by forfeit over Joao Brenha/Luis Maia, Portugal (13); Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, United States (15) def. Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2), 21-19 and 21-14 (46). Bronze Medal - Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, Brazil (2) won by forfeit over Brenha/Maia, Portugal (13), Gold Medal - Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil (1) def. Holdren/Metzger, United States (15), 21-18 and 21-15 (44). August 1-5, 2001 at Klagenfurt, Austria - Semi-Finals - Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina (4) def. Rob Heidger/Chip McCaw, United States (4), 21-16 and 21-16 (44), Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, Brazil (10) def. Jorre Kjemperud/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (6), 29-31, 21-19 and 15-12 (69). Bronze Medal - Kjemperud/Hoidalen, Norway (6) def. Heidger/McCaw, United States (18), 21-16 and 21-14 (37), Gold Medal - Baracetti/Conde, Argentina (4) def. Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil (10), 25-23, 12-21 and 20-18 (69). July 20-25, 1999 at Marseille, France - Semi-Finals –Emanuel Rego /Jose Loiola, Brazil (2) def. Javier Bosma/Fabio Diez, Spain (8), 15-11 (53), Paul Laciga/Martin Laciga, Switzerland (6) def. Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3), 15-11 (56), Bronze Medal - Para/Guilherme, Brazil (3) def. Bosma/Diez, Spain (8), 15-7 (35), Gold Medal - Emanuel/Loiola, Brazil (2) def. P. Laciga/M. Laciga, Switzerland (6), 15-8 (50). September 10-13, 1997 at Los Angeles - Semi-Finals -Guilherme Marques/Para Ferreira, Brazil (9) def. Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (4, Q1), 10-12, 12-9 and 15-13 (136), Canyon Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh, United States (3) def. Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, United States (2), 12-5 ad 12-8 (68), No Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal - Guilherme/Para, Brazil (9) def. Ceman/Whitmarsh, United States (3), 5-12, 12-8 and 12-10 (90). WOMEN’S “FINAL FOUR” SWATCH-FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS June 21-25, 2005 at Berlin - Semi-Finals - Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca Brazil (No. 1-seeded team) def. Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (13), 21-15, 21-16 (38 minutes); Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States (19) def. Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China (5) 21-16, 19-21, 5-4 retired (52). Bronze Medal - Jia Tian/Fei Wang, China (5) def. Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba (13), 21-13, 21-17 (40), Gold Medal - May-Treanor/Walsh, United States (19) def. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil (1), 21-17, 21-17 (40). October 7-12, 2003 at Rio de Janeiro - Semi-Finals - Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States (1) def. Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia (5), 19-21, 21-19 and 18-16 (61), Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil (3) def. Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (7), 21-16 and 21-16 (40), Bronze Medal - Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia (5) def. Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (7), 21-16 and 21-17 (35), Gold Medal –May- Treanor/Walsh, United States (1) def. Shelda/Adriana, Brazil (3), 21-19 and 21-19 (40). August 1-4, 2001 at Klagenfurt, Austria - Semi-Finals - Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (1) def. Eva Celbova/Sona Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (12), 21-15 and 21-16 (37), Sandra Pires/Tatiana Minello, Brazil (3) def. Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (2), 21-19, 13-21 and 15-13 (61), Bronze Medal - Celbova/Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (12) def. Fontana/Youngs, United States (2), 21-17 and 21-19 (39), Gold Medal - Adriana/Shelda, Brazil (1) def. Pires/Minello, Brazil (3), 21-16 and 21-18 (39). July 19-24, 1999 at Marseille, France - Semi-Finals - Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (8) def. Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, United States (13), 15-11 (50), Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil (1) wo by forfeit over Sandra Pires/Adriana Samuel, Brazil (3), Bronze Medal - Masakayan/Youngs, United States (13) won by forfeit over Pires/Samuel, Brazil (3), Gold Medal -Shelda/Adriana, Brazil (1) def. Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States (8), 15-11 (30). September 10-13, 1997 at Los Angeles - Semi-Finals - Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States (1) def. Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, United States (12), 12-4 and 12-9 (77), Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil (3) def. Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil (2), 12-11, 4-12 ad 12-3 (116), No Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal - Pires/Silva, Brazil (3) def. Arce/McPeak, United States (1), 12-11, 1-12 and 12-10 (89). PAST SWATCH-FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES Men Team Women Team Men Team Women Team Country Entries Entries .......... Overall Country Entries Entries...........Overall American Samoa 1 0 ......................... 1 Indonesia 2 1..........................3 Angola 1 0 ......................... 1 Italy 10 16.......................26 Argentina 9 0 ......................... 9 Japan 11 13.......................24 Australia 14 14 ...................... 28 Kazakhstan 2 0..........................2 Austria 17 11 ...................... 28 Latvia 1 1..........................2 Belgium 3 0 ......................... 3 Lithuania 1 3..........................4 Brazil 29 23 ...................... 52 Mexico 2 9........................11 Bulgaria 0 5 ......................... 5 Netherlands 4 6........................10 Canada 14 17 ...................... 31 New Zealand 2 2..........................4 Chile 1 0 ......................... 1 Norway 16 8........................24 China 1 10 ...................... 11 Poland 3 0..........................3 Costa Rica 1 0 ......................... 1 Portugal 6 4........................10 Cuba 4 5 ......................... 9 Puerto Rico 7 0..........................7 Czech Republic 8 7 ....................... 15 Russia 10 0........................10 Denmark 1 1 ......................... 2 South Africa 0 1..........................1 England 0 3 ......................... 3 Spain 10 4........................14 Estonia 2 0 ......................... 2 Sweden 9 3........................12 Finland 0 1 ......................... 1 Switzerland 14 11.......................25 France 19 18 ...................... 37 Thailand 0 2..........................2 Germany 21 19 ...................... 40 United States 29 30.......................59 Greece 2 8 ....................... 10 Total 287 258....................545 Hungary 0 2 ......................... 2 Men Entries 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Earnings Points Women Entries 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Earnings Points 1. American Samoa 1 0 0 0 0 $0 42 1. Australia 14 0 0 1 0 $99,900 2,780 2. Angola 1 0 0 0 0 $1,875 80 2. Austria 11 0 0 0 0 $17,000 572 3. Argentina 9 1 0 0 0 $93,300 1,910 3. Brazil 23 3 3 1 1 $474,200 9,210 4. Australia 14 0 0 0 0 $45,950 1,440 4. Bulgaria 5 0 0 0 0 $19,500 554 5. Austria 17 0 0 0 0 $34,000 1,158 5. Canada 17 0 0 0 0 $46,175 1,560 6. Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 $0 30 6. China 10 0 0 1 0 $91,000 2,486 7. Brazil 29 4 1 3 0 $488,400 9,348 7. Cuba 5 0 0 0 1 $49,375 1,440 8. Canada 14 0 0 0 0 $57,725 1,818 8. Czech Republic 7 0 0 1 0 $50,850 1,360 9. Chile 1 0 0 0 0 $0 24 9. Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 $0 48 10. China 1 0 0 0 0 $5,500 100 10. England 3 0 0 0 0 $7,500 306 11. Costa Rica 1 0 0 0 0 $0 24 11. Finland 1 0 0 0 0 $3,750 50 12. Cuba 4 0 0 0 0 $28,750 850 12. France 18 0 0 0 0 $30,125 980 13. Czech Republic 8 0 0 0 0 $3,400 326 13. Germany 19 0 0 0 0 $119,850 3,726 14. Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 $0 18 14. Greece 8 0 0 0 0 $50,875 1,628 15. Estonia 2 0 0 0 0 $21,875 680 15. Hungary 2 0 0 0 0 $1,875 120 16. France 19 0 0 0 0 $40,300 1,266 16. Indonesia 1 0 0 0 0 $3,400 120 17. Germany 21 0 0 1 1 $163,200 4,528 17. Italy 16 0 0 0 0 $59,125 1,836 18. Greece 2 0 0 0 0 $1,875 120 18. Japan 13 0 0 0 0 $45,675 1,342 19. Indonesia 2 0 0 0 0 $0 12 19. Latvia 1 0 0 0 0 $0 40 20. Italy 10 0 0 0 0 $18,250 768 20. Lithuania 3 0 0 0 0 $0 18 21. Japan 11 0 0 0 0 $14,125 498 21. Mexico 9 0 0 0 0 $25,750 912 22. Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 0 $0 12 22. Netherlands 6 0 0 0 0 $44,950 1,440 23. Latvia 1 0 0 0 0 $0 18 23. New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0 $0 88 24. Lithuania 1 0 0 0 0 $0 42 24. Norway 8 0 0 0 0 $25,750 748 25. Mexico 2 0 0 0 0 $3,000 84 25. Portugal 4 0 0 0 0 $9,150 298 26. Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 $19,875 540 26. South Africa 1 0 0 0 0 $5,000 160 27. New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0 $8,500 160 27.