Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 FACT SHEET – $150,000 FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, October 6-11, 2015 · Updated on October 4, 2015, this fact sheet provides information on the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The 2015-6 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 Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals, and nine FIVB Open events. The schedule started in April in China and concludes in November in Qatar. 2015 marks the 29th anniversary of the first FIVB Beach Volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first event for 2016 points. · The double-gender $150,000 FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open is the first event on the 2015 portion of the 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar. The FIVB returns to Mexico for the second-straight year after a seven-year absence. Acapulco hosted the first double-gender events in 1999 along with the double-gender events in 2005 and 2006. Rosarito also hosted a double-gender event in 2000. Puerto Vallarta hosted a double- gender event in 2014. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.org. · October 6-11, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Men and Women, $150,000 – Puerto Vallarta is hosting an FIVB World Tour event for the second time. The event will be held at Player Camarones in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Mexico has hosted ten previous FIVB World Tour events, all double gender tournaments. Host country Mexico won its only FIVB World Tour medal, a bronze, at last season’s Puerto Vallarta Open. · The FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open starts October 6 and concludes October 11. The winning teams in each gender will share the $11,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule: · Monday, October 5 ..................................................................................... Men’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Tuesday, October 6 ......................... Men’s Qualification Matches and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Wednesday, October 7 ................................ Men’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches and Women’s Qualification Matches · Thursday, October 8 ................ Men’s Pool Play and Elimination Matches and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Friday, October 9 ............. Men’s Quarterfinal and Semifinal Matches and Women’s Pool Play and Elimination Matches · Saturday, October 10................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinal and Semifinal Matches · Sunday, October 11 .................................................................................................. Men’s and Women’s Medal Matches · A total of 94 teams from 28 countries (49 men’s teams from 20 countries and 45 women’s teams from 21 countries) are entered into the FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open (as of October 4, 2015), including Argentina (2 men’s teams, 1 women’s team), Austria (5,3), Belgium (1,0), Brazil (2,3), Canada (3,2), Chile (1,0), Costa Rica (0,1), Czech Republic (0,3), Ecuador (0,1), Finland (0,1), France (2,1), Germany (3,4), Iran (3,0), Israel (2,0), Italy (1,2), Japan (0,1), Latvia (1,0), Mexico (6,6), Netherlands (2,2), Norway (2,1), Poland (2,0), Russia (0,1), South Africa (0,1), Spain (1,0), Switzerland (2,2), United States (4,6), Vanuatu (0,1), and Venezuela (4,2). · The FIVB Puerto Vallarta Open is the 330th men’s and the 294th 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 Mexico (1999 to present for men and women) ........................................................................ 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · Men’s FIVB Puerto Vallarta Entries (through October 4) ............................................................................................................... 4 · Women’s FIVB Puerto Vallarta Entries (through October 4) ......................................................................................................... 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 Past Mexican Men’s Medals - Brazil 7, United States 5, Italy 1, Latvia 1, Mexico 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Acapulco 1999 Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark, USA Rogerio Para/Guilherme Marques, BRA Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, BRA 2. Rosarito 2000 Dax Holdren/Todd Rogers, USA Rob Heidger/Kevin Wong, USA Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA 3. Acapulco 2005 Emanuel Rego/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA Benjamin/Harley Marques, BRA 4. Acapulco 2006 Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Phil Dalhausser/Rogers, USA 5. Puerto Vallarta 2014 Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Matteo and Paulo Ingrosso, ITA Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, MEX Past Mexican Women’s Medals – Brazil 6, United States 5, Australia 2, China 1, Norway 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Acapulco 1999 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Pauline Manser/Kerri Pottharst, AUS Angela Clarke/Natalie Cook, AUS 2. Rosarito 2000 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Misty May-Treanor/Holly McPeak USA Annett Davis/Jenny Jordan, USA 3. Acapulco 2005 Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, BRA May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Rachel Scott/Elaine Youngs, USA 4. Acapulco 2006 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Renata Ribeiro/Talita Rocha, BRA Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR 5. Puerto Vallarta 2014 Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, BRA Maria Antonelli/Juliana, BRA Xinyi Xia/Chen Xue, CHN 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 Copacabana .................................................................... Rio 2016 ....................................................................... www.rio2016.org.br Boys ................................................................ Youth Olympic Champions ............................................................................... Girls Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia ............... Nanjing 2014 .................................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil Men ...................................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions .............................................................. Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ................ Los Angeles 1997 ............................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva,