WORLDTOUR HONOURS MEN’S FIVB 2001 MEN’S TEAM RANKINGS FIVB 2003 MEN’S TEAM RANKINGS Rank Team Country Points Rank Team Country Tournaments Played Points Earnings (US$) 1 Emanuel Rego - Tande Ramos Brazil 3658 1 Ricardo-Emanuel BRA 10 3’752 237’000 2 Martin Laciga - Paul Laciga Switzerland 3054 2 Benjamin-Marcio Araujo BRA 10 3’236 173’500 3 Martin Conde - Mariano Baracetti Argentina 3038 3 Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 10 2’690 103’500 4 Jose Loiola - Ricardo Santos Brazil 2584 4 Heuscher-Kobel SUI 10 2’330 90’000 5 Stein Metzger - Kevin Wong United States 1968 5 Dieckmann M.-Reckermann GER 9 2’296 95’000 6 Jorre Kjemperud - Vegard Hoidalen Norway 1922 6 Harley-Franco BRA 10 2’214 101’500 7 Mikhail Kouchnerev - Sergey Ermishin Russia 1658 7 Berger-Doppler AUT 10 2’158 82’000 8 Stefan Kobel - Patrick Heuscher Switzerland 1534 8 Hoidalen-Kjemperud NOR 12 2’092 80’750 9 Julien Prosser - Lee Zahner Australia 1478 9 Baracetti-Conde ARG 9 2’066 92’000 10 Rogerio Para - Ze Marco de Melo Brazil 1442 10 Heyer-Egger M. SUI 11 2’032 82’500 11 Dain Blanton - Eric Fonoimoana United States 1336 11 Blanton-Nygaard USA 8 1’996 87’500 12 John Child - Mark Heese Canada 1288 12 Dieckmann Ch.-Scheuerpflug GER 8 1’702 60’500 13 Josh Slack - Jarrod Novosel Australia 1144 13 Maia-Brenha POR 7 1’542 55’000 14 Jody Holden - Conrad Leinemann Canada 1108 14 Berg B.-Dahl SWE 10 1’416 50’500 15 Franco Neto - Roberto Lopes Brazil 1054 15 Rogers-Scott USA 8 1’384 45’500 16 Markus Dieckmann - Jonas Reckermann Germany 1038 16 Alvarez-Rosel CUB 8 1’156 39’000 17 Dax Holdren - Todd Rogers United States 1012 17 Metzger-Wong USA 6 1’116 51’000 18 Luis Maia - Joao Brenha Portugal 966 18 Holdren-Metzger USA 2 1’080 53’000 19 Oliver Stamm - Nikolas Berger Austria 966 19 Schacht-Slack AUS 9 1’060 44’750 20 Bjorn Berg - Simon Dahl Sweden 946 20 Prosser-Williams AUS 10 1’034 41’500 FIVB 2002 MEN’S TEAM RANKINGS Rank Team Country Points 1 Martin Conde - Mariano Baracetti Argentina 2030 2 Marcio Araujo - Benjamin Insfran Brazil 1964 3 Jose Loiola - Ricardo Santos Brazil 1820 4 Martin Laciga - Paul Laciga Switzerland 1510 5 Emanuel Rego - Tande Ramos Brazil 1500 6 Jorre Kjemperud - Vegard Hoidalen Norway 1320 7 Stefan Kobel - Patrick Heuscher Switzerland 1194 8 Rogerio Para - Harley Marques Brazil 1148 9 Nikolas Berger - Clemens Doppler Austria 1090 10 Jody Holden - Conrad Leinemann Canada 1080 11 Juan Rosel - Francisco Alvarez Cuba 1076 12 Andrew Schacht - Josh Slack Australia 1070 13 Bjorn Berg - Simon Dahl Sweden 1000 14 Franco Neto - Roberto Lopes Brazil 970 15 Markus Egger - Sascha Heyer Switzerland 970 16 Bjorn Maaseide - Iver Horrem Norway 968 17 Julien Prosser - Lee Zahner Australia 910 18 Markus Dieckmann - Jonas Reckermann Germany 890 124 125 WORLDTOUR HONOURS WOMEN’S FIVB 2001 WOMEN’S TEAM RANKINGS FIVB 2003 WOMEN’S TEAM RANKINGS Rank Team Country Points Rank Team Country Tournaments Played Points Earnings (US$) 1 Shelda Bede - Adriana Behar Brazil 4002 1 Ana Paula-Sandra Pires BRA 10 3’864 230’000 2 Sandra Pires - Tatiana Minello Brazil 2880 2 Walsh-May USA 8 3’690 252’000 3 Elaine Youngs - Barbra Fontana United States 2852 3 Adriana Behar-Shelda BRA 10 3’578 180’000 4 Kerri-Ann Pottharst - Natalie Cook Australia 2172 4 Cook-Sanderson AUS 11 2’906 124’500 5 Misty May - Kerri Walsh United States 2010 5 Tian Jia-Wang Fei CHN 12 2’388 110’500 6 Tamara Larrea Peraza - Dalixia Fernandez Grasset Cuba 1802 6 McPeak-Youngs USA 7 2’170 88’000 7 Rong Chi - Zi Xiong China 1594 7 Jordan-Davis USA 7 2’144 77’500 8 Holly McPeak - Lisa Arce United States 1540 8 Novakova-Celbova CZE 10 1’976 72’500 9 Jackie Silva - Claudia Oliveira Brazil 1408 9 Kadijk R.-Leenstra NED 11 1’950 82’000 10 Vasso Karadassiou - Efi Sfyri Greece 1310 10 Pohl-Rau GER 11 1’948 70’500 11 Jia Tian - Fei Wang China 1276 11 Benoît-Kuhn SUI 11 1’900 68’250 12 Daniela Gattelli - Lucilla Perrotta Italy 1226 12 Alexandra-Minello BRA 10 1’646 60’500 13 Eva Celbova - Sona Dosoudilova Czech Republic 1184 13 Mason-DeNecochea USA 7 1’644 58’000 14 Liz Masakayan - Dianne DeNecochea United States 1136 14 W.H. You-L.Wang CHN 12 1’642 57’500 15 Teresa Galindo - Mayra Huerta Mexico 1118 15 Lahme-Müsch GER 11 1’572 56’000 16 Lina Yanchulova - Petia Yanchulova Bulgaria 1090 16 Sfyri-Karadassiou GRE 11 1’486 55’000 17 Laura Bruschini - Annamaria Solazzi Italy 1074 17 Arvaniti-Koutroumanidou GRE 11 1’386 47’500 18 Rebekka Kadijk - Marrit Leenstra Netherlands 1036 18 Larrea Peraza-Fernandez Grasset CUB 9 1’354 55’000 18 Stephanie Pohl - Okka Rau Germany 1036 19 Gaxiola-Garcia MEX 11 1’248 46’500 20 Susanne Glesnes - Kathrine Maaseide Norway 894 20 Ahmann-Vollmer GER 11 1’246 47’000 FIVB 2002 WOMEN’S TEAM RANKINGS Rank Team Country Points 1 Misty May - Kerri Walsh United States 3070 2 Shelda Bede - Adriana Behar Brazil 2740 3 Kerri-Ann Pottharst - Natalie Cook Australia 2370 4 Elaine Youngs - Holly McPeak United States 2310 5 Ana Paula Connelly - Tatiana Minello Brazil 2280 6 Daniela Gattelli - Lucilla Perrotta Italy 1640 7 Sandra Pires - Leila Barros Brazil 1630 8 Monica Rodrigues - Alexandra Fonseca Brazil 1400 9 Rebekka Kadijk - Marrit Leenstra Netherlands 1390 10 Stephanie Pohl - Okka Rau Germany 1200 11 Jia Tian - Fei Wang China 1150 12 Barbra Fontana - Dianne DeNecochea United States 1100 13 Susanne Glesnes - Kathrine Maaseide Norway 1090 14 Vasso Karadassiou - Efi Sfyri Greece 1060 15 Lina Yanchulova - Petia Yanchulova Bulgaria 1020 16 Carrie Busch - Leanne McSorley United States 1010 17 Eva Celbova - Sona Dosoudilova Czech Republic 950 17 Chiaki Kusuhara - Ryo Tokuno Japan 950 19 Nicole Benoit - Simone Kuhn Switzerland 920 20 Angela Clarke - Tania Gooley Australia 900 126 127 RULES OF THE GAME PLAYERS REACHING BEYOND THE NET There are two players on each side In blocking, a blocker may touch the ball beyond the net, provided that he/she does not interfere with the opponent’s play, before or during the latter’s attack-hit. TO WIN A MATCH A player is permitted to pass his/her hand beyond the net after his/her attack-hit, The match is won by the team that wins two sets. provided that his/her contact has been made within his/her own playing space. In the case of a 1-1 tie, the deciding set (the 3rd) is A player may enter into the opponent’s space, court and/or free zone, provided that played to 15 points with a minimum lead of 2 points. this does not interfere with the opponent’s play. A set (except the deciding third set) is won by the It is forbidden to touch any part of the net or the antennae. team that first scores 21 points with a minimum lead of two points. SERVICE ORDER In the case of a 20-20 tie, play is continued until a two After the first service in a set, the player to serve is determined as follows: point lead is reached (22-20, 23-21 etc). a) when the serving team wins the rally, the player who served before, serves again The teams switch after every 7 points (Set 1 and 2) b) when the receiving team wins the rally, it gains the right to serve and the player and 5 points (Set 3) played. who did not serve last time will serve. TO WIN A RALLY SCREENING Whenever a team fails in its service or fails to return The teammate of the server must not prevent either opponent, through screening, the ball, or commits any other fault, the opposing from seeing the server or the path of the ball. On the opponent’s request, they must team wins the rally, with one of the following move sideways. consequences: - If the opposing team served, it scores a point and NUMBER OF TIME-OUTS continues to serve. Each team is entitled to a maximum of one 30 second time-out per set. - If the opposing team received the service, it gains For FIVB World Competitions, in sets 1 and 2, one additional 30 seconds Technical the right to serve and also scores a point. Time-out is automatically allocated when the sum of the points scored by the teams equals 21 points. COIN TOSS The first service of a set is executed by the team determined by the coin toss. TEAM HITS Each team is entitled to a maximum of three hits for returning the ball over the net. Team hits include not only intentional hits by the player, but also unintentional contacts with the ball. Two players may touch the ball at the same moment. When two teammates touch the ball simultaneously, it is counted as two hits except at blocking. The ball may touch any part of the body. The ball must be hit, not caught or thrown. It can rebound in any direction. BALL CROSSING THE NET The ball sent to the opponent’s court must go over the net within the crossing space. While crossing the net the ball may touch the net. A ball driven into the net may be recovered within the limits of the three team hits.