Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $800,000 FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam Olsztyn, Poland, August 25-30, 2015 · Updated on August 23, 2015, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour schedule features five FIVB Grand Slams, three Swatch FIVB Major Series, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the Swatch FIVB World Tour Season Final, and 10 FIVB Open events. The schedule started in April in China and concludes in December in South Africa. 2015 marks the 29th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · The double-gender $800,000 FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam is the final of five FIVB Grand Slams on the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The FIVB returns to Poland for the 12th-straight season but the first time in Olsztyn. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.org. · August 25-30, Olsztyn, Poland, Men and Women, $800,000 – Poland has hosted 25 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 four double-gender Grand Slams from 2010 through 2012 and 2014, and the double-gender World Championships in 2013, all in Stare Jablonki. Host country Poland has won just one medal on its home soil, a men’s silver in 2011. · The FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam starts August 25 and concludes August 30. The winning teams in each gender will share the $57,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Monday, August 24 ............................................................................... Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Tuesday, August 25 ......................... Men’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) and Women’s Qualification Matches · Wednesday, August 26 ............................... Men’s Qualification Matches and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Thursday, August 27......................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Friday, August 28 .................. Men’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches and Women’s Elimination and Quarterfinal Matches · Saturday, August 29 ............ Men’s Elimination and Quarterfinal Matches and Women’s Semifinals and Medal Matches · Sunday, August 30 ................................................................................................. Men’s Semifinals and Medal Matches · A total of 127 teams from 36 countries (70 men’s teams from 28 countries and 57 women’s teams from 28 countries) have entered the FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam (as of August 23, 2015), including Argentina (0 men’s teams, 1 women’s team), Australia (1,1), Austria (6,2), Belarus (1,0), Belgium (1,0), Brazil (6,6), Canada (3,2), Chile (1,0), China (0,2), Croatia (1,1), Czech Republic (3,1), Finland (0,1), France (2,0), Germany (4,4), Greece (1,1), Iran (3,0), Italy (4,2), Japan (0,1), Kazakhstan (2,1), Latvia (6,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Norway (3,1), Poland (4,5), Qatar (1,0), Russia (2,2), Slovak Republic (0,1), Spain (2,2), Sweden (1,1), Switzerland (3,3), Thailand (0,3), Turkey (1,0), Ukraine (0,1), United States (4,6), Vanuatu (0,1), and Venezuela (1,1). · The FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam is the 325th men’s and the 289th 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 Olsztyn Grand Slam Men’s Updated Entries through August 15, 2015 ............................................................................... 4 · FIVB Olsztyn Grand Slam Women’s Updated Entries through August 15, 2015 ......................................................................... 5 · 2015 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 · 2015 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 7 · 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s Points and Money Leaders ................................................................................ 8 · 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Women’s Points and Money Leaders........................................................................... 9 · 2014 FIVB World Tour Highlights .................................................................................................................................................. 10 · 2014 FIVB World Tour Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 · 2014 FIVB World Tour Rankings .................................................................................................................................................... 12 · 2014 FIVB 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 This week the ventures to Europe for the final grand slam of the 2015 season in Olsztyn, Poland from August 25-30. The following week, the tour moves to South America for the FIVB Rio Open in Brazil from September 1-6 before returning to Europe for the FIVB Sochi Open in Russia from September 8-13 and then to China for the FIVB Xiamen Open from September 22-27. Past Polish Men’s Medals - Brazil 16, USA 7, Germany 5, Spain 4, Latvia 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, Austria 1, China 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 Past Polish Women’s Medals - Brazil 15, China 5, Germany 5, USA 3, Italy 2, Australia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 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, USA Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA 4. Myslowice 2008 Carolina/Maria Clara, BRA Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR 5. Stare Jablonki 2009 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, AUS Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA 6. Stare Jablonki 2010 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN Antonelli/Talita, BRA 7. Myslowice 2011 Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, NEDGreta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, ITA Kessy/Ross, USA 8. Stare Jablonki 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Kessy/Ross, USA Antonelli/Antunes, BRA 9. Stare Jablonki 2012 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Cicolari/Menegatti, ITA Holtwick/Semmler, GER 10. Stare