Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $10,000 FIVB Ljubljana One Star Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 3-5, 2018 Updated on July 29, 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 22 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 $10,000 FIVB Ljubljana One Star is the 40th men’s and the 41st women’s event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour. In conjunction with the CEV, the FIVB visits Slovenia for the first time. The CEV played a double-gender masters event in Ljubljana in 2017. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com. · August 3-5, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Men and Women, $10,000 – This is the first time that Slovenia has hosted an FIVB World Tour Event. The qualification matches will be held at the Sports Park Ludus Crnuce and the main draw will be held in Congress Square in Ljubljana. · The FIVB Ljubljana One Star starts August 3 and concludes August 5. The winning teams for each gender will share the $1,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Thursday, August 2.............................................................. Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Friday, August 3 .............................................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Saturday, August 4 ........................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Matches · Sunday, August 5 ..................................................... Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal, Semi-Final, and Medal Matches · A total of 82 teams from 28 countries (41 men’s teams from 20 countries and 41 women’s teams from 23 countries) are entered into the FIVB Ljubljana One Star (as of July 29, 2018), including Australia (0 men’s teams and 2 women’s teams), Austria (3,2), Belgium (0,1), Brazil (2,0), Bulgaria (0,2), Canada (2,1), Croatia (2,3), Czech Republic (3,4), Germany (2,1), Greece (1,1), Hungary (2,3), Israel (1,1), Italy (4,0), Japan (0,1), Latvia (1,0), Netherlands (3,1), New Zealand (0,1), Norway (1,0), Poland (1,2), Portugal (0,1), Russia (1,0), Serbia (2,1), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (6,6), South Africa (0,1), Switzerland (1,2), Ukraine (2,2), and the United States (1,1). · The FIVB Ljubljana One Star is the 406th men’s and the 372nd 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 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 2 · FIVB Vienna Major Men’s Entries (through July 29)....................................................................................................................... 3 · FIVB Vienna Major Women’s Entries (through July 29) ................................................................................................................. 4 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Highlights ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 · 2018 FIVB World Tour Schedule and Results ................................................................................................................................. 6 · 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 ....................................................................................................... 16 FIVB Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men ....................................................................... Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States ...................... Atlanta 1996 ................................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ............ Sydney 2000 ....................................... Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ................................... Athens 2004 .......................... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ............... Beijing 2008 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ................. London 2012 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ..................... Rio 2016 .................................... Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Boys ................................................................ Youth Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ............... Nanjing 2014 .................................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil October 6-18 .......................................................... Buenos Aires 2018 ............................................. olympic.org/buenos-aires-2018 Men ...................................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions .............................................................. Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ................ Los Angeles 1997 ............................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil ............................. Marseille 1999........................................... Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina .............. Klagenfurt 2001 ............................................................. Adriana/Shelda, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil ............................. Rio de Janeiro 2003 .................... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil ......................... Berlin 2005 ............................................. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ............... Gstaad 2007 ............................................ May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany ............... Stavanger 2009 ........................................ Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States Alison Cerutti/Emanuel, Brazil ....................................... Rome 2011 ............................ Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands Stare Jablonki 2013 ................................................ Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil ................. Netherlands 2015 ........................ Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil ........................ Austria 2017 ............................. Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 23 World Champions ........................................................