Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $300,000 FIVB Poland Four Star Warsaw, Poland, June 27-July 1, 2018 Updated on June 24, 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, nine four-star events, six three- star events, seven two-star events, and 23 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. Four events held in August-October, 2018 in Hungary (Siofok), France (Montpellier), and China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The double-gender $300,000 FIVB Poland Four Star is the 29th men’s and the 28th women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to Poland for the 15th-straight season but just the second time in the capital city of Warsaw. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · June 27-July 1, Warsaw, Poland, Men and Women, $300,000 – Poland has hosted 31 previous FIVB World Tour events, including seven men’s-only Open events in Stare Jablonki from 2004 through 2007 and Myslowice in 2009, 2010, and 2012, four women’s only Open events in Warsaw in 2006 and 2007 and Myslowice in 2008 and 2011, two double-gender Opens in 2008 and 2009 and six double-gender Grand Slams in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 in Stare Jablonki, and 2015 and 2016 in Olsztyn, a four-star double-gender event in Olsztyn in 2017 and the double-gender World Championships in 2013, in Stare Jablonki. Host country Poland has won just two medals on its home soil, a men’s silver in 2011 and women’s bronze in 2015. · The FIVB Poland Four Star starts June 27 and concludes July 1. The winning teams for each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Tuesday, June 26 ................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Wednesday, June 27 ...................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Thursday, June 28 ............................................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Friday, June 29 ................................................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Saturday, June 30 .................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal and Semi-Final Matches · Sunday, July 1 .......................................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Medal Matches · A total of 134 teams from 37 countries (70 men’s teams from 31 countries and 64 women’s teams from 27 countries) are entered into the FIVB Poland Four Star (as of June 24, 2018), including Argentina (0 men’s team and 1 women’s team), Australia (1,1), Austria (4,2), Belarus (1,0), Belgium (1,1), Brazil (6,6), Canada (3,4), Chile (1,0), China (3,2), Cuba (1,0), Czech Republic (5,4), Estonia (1,0), Finland (1,1), France (1,0), Germany (3,4), Hungary (0,2), Italy (4,1), Japan (0,2), Latvia (4,3), Lithuania (1,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (3,2), Norway (3,2), Poland (5,5), Qatar (1,0), Romania (0,1), Russia (4,2), Slovakia (0,2), Slovenia (1,0), South Africa (1,0), Spain (1,1), Sweden (1,2), Switzerland (2,4), Thailand (0,2), Ukraine (1,2), United States (4,4), and Venezuela (1,0). · The FIVB Poland Four Star is the 396th men’s and the 360th 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 Poland (2004 to present for men and 2006 to present for women) ....................................... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · FIVB Poland Four Star Men’s Entries (through June 24) ............................................................................................................... 4 · FIVB Poland Four Star Women’s Entries (through June 24) ......................................................................................................... 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 Polish Men’s Medals - Brazil 19, USA 9, Germany 6, Spain 4, Latvia 3, Argentina 1, Australia 1, Austria 1, Canada 1, China 1, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Switzerland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Stare Jablonki 2004 Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santo, BRA Franco Neto/Tande Ramos, BRA Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR 2. Stare Jablonki 2005 Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA 3. Stare Jablonki 2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN 4. Stare Jablonki 2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, ARG Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA 5. Stare Jablonki 2008 Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Adrian Gavira Collado/Inocencio Lario, ESP Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack, AUS 6. Myslowice 2009 Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, BRA Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, USA Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA 7. Stare Jablonki 2009 Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Solberg, BRA Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP 8. Myslowice 2010 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Gavira/Pablo Herrera, ESP Brink/Reckermann, GER 9. Stare Jablonki 2010 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Brink/Reckermann, GER Marcio Araujo/Ricardo, BRA 10. Stare Jablonki 2011 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Gregorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, POL Alison/Emanuel, BRA 11. Myslowice 2012 Cunha/Ricardo, BRA Araujo/Pedro Salgado, BRA Gavira/Herrera, ESP 12. Stare Jablonki 2012 Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, LAT Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, AUT Dalhausser/Rogers, USA 13. Stare Jablonki 2013* Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED Alvaro Filho/Ricardo, BRA Johnathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, GER 14. Stare Jablonki 2014 Alvaro/ Pedro Solberg, BRA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA 15. Olsztyn 2015 Alison/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Gibb/Patterson, USA Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, CAN 16. Olsztyn 2016 Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT Alison/Bruno, BRA Saymon Barbosa/Gustavo “Guto” Carvalhaes, BRA 17. Olsztyn 2017 Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, GER Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, USA Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, MEX Past Polish Women’s Medals - Brazil 19, Germany 6, China 5, USA 3, Italy 2, Netherlands 2, Australia 1, Canada 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Slovak Republic 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Warsaw 2006 Wang Jie/Tian Jia, CHN Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, CHN Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, BRA 2. Warsaw 2007 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN 3. Stare Jablonki 2008 Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA Tyra Turner/Rachel Wacholder,