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FACT SHEET – $300,000 FIVB Xiamen Four Star Xiamen, China, April 18-22, 2018

Updated on April 15, 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, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 21 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. Two events held in September-October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. · The double-gender $300,000 FIVB Xiamen Four Star is the 13th men’s event and the eighth women’s event on the 2018

FIVB World Tour. The FIVB returns to China for the 21st-straight year with Dalian hosting the first women’s event in 1998 and Lianyungang hosting the first men’s event in 2004. For more information regarding the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, please visit fivb.com.

· April 18-22, Xiamen, China, Men and Women, $300,000 – Xiamen is hosting an FIVB Beach Volleyball event for sixth straight season. The event will be held at the Guanyinshan Gold Beach in the Siming District of the Fujian Province. China has hosted 63 previous FIVB World Tour events including 26 men’s and 37 women’s tournaments. Qinzhou hosted a double-gender Three-Star event in October as part of the 2018 World Tour. Jinjiang will host a double-gender two star in June, Nantong and Nanjing will host women’s-only Two-Star events in June, and Haiyang will host a double-gender three star tournament in July. Qinzhou and Yangzhou will host double-gender three star and four star events, respectively, in September-October as part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. Host country China has won 23 previous medals on its country’s soil, including two men’s silver medals, six women’s gold medals, ten women’s silver medals, and five women’s bronze medals.

· The FIVB Xiamen Four Star starts April 18 and concludes April 22. The winning teams for each gender will share the $20,000 first-place prize. Here is the tentative schedule:

· Tuesday, April 17 ...........................................................................Men’s and Women’s Country Quota Matches (if necessary) · Wednesday, April 18 ................................................................................................ Men’s and Women’s Qualification Matches · Thursday, April 19 ...................................................................................... Men’s and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Friday, April 20 ............................... Men’s Main Draw Pool Play and Elimination and Women’s Main Draw Pool Play Matches · Saturday, April 21 .............. Men’s Quarterfinal and Semi-Final matches and Women’s Elimination and Quarterfinal Matches · Sunday, April 22 .............................................................. Men’s Medal Matches and Women’s Semi-Final and Medal Matches

· A total of 117 teams from 33 countries (60 men’s teams from 26 countries and 57 women’s teams from 24 countries) are entered into the FIVB Xiamen Four Star (as of April 15, 2018), including Australia (0 men’s teams, 1 women’s team), Austria (3,1) Belgium (1,0), Brazil (3,4), Canada (4,4), China (5,4), Cuba (1,0), Czech Republic (1,1), Estonia (1,0), Finland (0,2), France (2,2), Germany (5,4), Israel (1,2), Italy (3,1), Japan (0,4), Latvia (3,0), Lithuania (1,1), Mexico (1,0), Netherlands (2,3), Norway (1,2), Paraguay (0,1), Poland (4,3), Qatar (1,0), Russia (4,3), Slovakia (0,1), Slovenia (2,0), Spain (1,2), Sweden (1,0), Switzerland (2,4), Thailand (0,1), Ukraine (2,1), United States (4,5), and Venezuela (1,0).

· The FIVB Xiamen Four Star is the 380th men’s and the 340th 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 China (2004 to present for men and 1998 to present for women) ......................................... 2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams and Schedule ............................................................................................. 3 · FIVB Xiamen Four Star Men’s Entries (through April 15) ............................................................................................................ 4 · FIVB Xiamen Four Star Women’s Entries (through April 15) ...................................................................................................... 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 Chinese Men’s Medals - Brazil 24, USA 10, Germany 9, Italy 7, Netherlands 6, Spain 5, Switzerland 3, China 2, France 2, Latvia 2, Mexico 2, Russia 2, Argentina 1, Austria 1, Cuba 1, Poland 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal

1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para Ferreira, BRA

2. Shanghai 2005 C. Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI

3. Shanghai 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER

4. Shanghai 2007 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI

5. Shanghai 2008 Harley/Salgado, BRA Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN Cunha/Franco, BRA

6. Beijing Olympics 2008 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA

7. Sanya 2008 Benjamin Insfran/Harley, BRA Cunha/Roberto Pitta, BRA Mariano Baracetti/Jose Salema, ARG

8. Shanghai 2009 Alison Cerutti/Harley, BRA Cunha/Salgado, BRA Brink/Jonas Reckermann, GER

9. Sanya 2009 Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED Wu/Xu, CHN Adrian Gavira Collado/Herrera, ESP

10. Shanghai 2010 Harley/Salgado, BRA Brink/Reckermann, GER Benjamin/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA

11. Shanghai 2011 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA Brink/Reckermann, GER

12. Beijing 2011 Alison/Emanuel, BRA Brink/Reckermann, GER Jefferson Bellaguarda/Heuscher, SUI

13. Shanghai 2012 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Gibb/Rosenthal, USA Marcio/Salgado, BRA

14. Beijing 2012 Nummerdor/Schuil, NED Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, ITA Alison/Emanuel, BRA

15. Fuzhou 2013 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, USA Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Alexander Huber/Robin Seidl, AUT

16. Shanghai 2013 Gibb/Casey Patterson, USA Salgado/Schmidt, BRA Alvaro Filho/Ricardo, BRA

17. Xiamen 2013 Alison/Vitor Felipe, BRA Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED Lupo/Nicolai, ITA

18. Fuzhou 2014 Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Alison/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, NED

19. Shanghai 2014 Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, GER

20. Xiamen 2014 Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, FRAChristian Garcia/Francisco Marco, ESP Dmitri Barsouk/Nikita Liamin, RUS

21. Fuzhou 2015 Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, GER Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED Krou/Rowlandson, FRA

22. Xiamen 2015 Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA Bockermann/Fluggen, GER Samoilovs/J. Smedins, LAT

23. Xiamen 2016 Gavira/Herrera, ESP Tri Bourne/John Hyden, USA Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, MEX

24. Fuzhou 2016 Dalhausser/Lucena, USA Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Gavira/Herrera, ESP

25. Xiamen 2017 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, NED Lupo/Nicolai, ITA Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, POL

26. Qinzhou 2017 Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, RUS L. Ontiveros/Virgen, MEX Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, CUB

Past Chinese Women’s Medals - Brazil 30, USA 27, China 21, Germany 9, Australia 5, Switzerland 5,

Austria 3, Netherlands 3, Lithuania 2, Argentina 1, Canada 1, Italy, 1, Norway 1, Poland 1, Spain 1

Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal

1. Dalian 1998 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Kerri Pottharst, AUS

2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA

3. Dalian 2000 Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN

4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS

5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS

6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Danja Musch, GER Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS

7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA

8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA

9. Shanghai 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA

10. Shanghai 2007 Tian/J. Wang, CHN Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA

11. Shanghai 2008 Talita/Renata, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN

12. Beijing Olympics 2008 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA Tian/J. Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN

13. Sanya 2008 Jen Kessy/April Ross, USA Ying Huang/Zhang, CHN Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, USA

14. Shanghai 2009 Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, BRA J. Wang/Man Zuo, CHN Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA

15. Sanya 2009 Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI Kessy/Ross, USA Angie Akers/Turner, USA

16. Shanghai 2010 Kessy/Ross, USA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Antonelli/Talita, BRA

17. Sanya 2010 Xue/Zhang, CHN Goller/Ludwig, GER Kessy/Ross, USA

18. Sanya 2011 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN Antonelli/Antunes, BRA

19. Shanghai 2011 Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, NED Kessy/Ross, USA Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, AUT

20. Beijing 2011 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, GER Kessy/Ross, USA

21. Sanya 2012 Antonelli/Antunes, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN

22. Shanghai 2012 Xue/Zhang, CHN Antonelli/Antunes, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA

23. Beijing 2012 Juliana/Larissa, BRA Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, ITA Keizer/Van Iersel, NED

24. Fuzhou 2013 Xue/Zhang,CHN Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, ESP Holtwick/Semmler, GER

25. Shanghai 2013 Talita/Taiana Lima, BRA D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger, AUT Maria Clara/Carolina Salgado, BRA

26. Xiamen 2013 Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA Talita/Lima, BRA Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER

27. Fuzhou 2014 Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA Juliana/Maria Antonelli, BRA Xinyi Xia/Xue, CHN

28. Shanghai 2014 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, GER Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, CHN Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, BRA

29. Xiamen 2014 Juliana/Antonelli, BRA F. Wang/Yue, CHN Tealle Hunkus/Kendra Van Zwieten, USA

30. Fuzhou 2015 Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas, CAN Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Walsh Jennings/A. Ross, USA

31. Xiamen 2015 Johanna Heidrich/Zumkehr, SUI Anna Gallay/Georgina Klug, ARG Isabella Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, SUI

32. Xiamen 2016 Forrer/Verge-Depre, SUI Barbara Hansel/S. Schwaiger, AUT A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA

33. Fuzhou 2016 A. Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, GER Heidrich/Zumkehr, SUI

34. Xiamen 2017 Fernanda Alves/Barbara, BRA F. Wang/Yue, CHN Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, GER

35. Jiangning 2017 Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, USA Shuhui Wen/Xia, CHN Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, LTU

36. Nantong 2017 Wen/Xia, CHN Xinxin Wang/Xue, CHN Dumbauskaite/Povilaityte, LTU

37. Qinzhou 2017 Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, AUS Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, POL Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, USA

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 ......................................................... Women

Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................. Poland 2013 ............................ Victoria Bieneck/Isabell Schneider, Germany

Maciej Kosiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland ............................ Poland 2014 ...................................... Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia

Men ................................................. FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 21 World Champions ......................................................... Women

Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil ............................ France 2001 ................................. Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil

Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain .................................... Italy 2002 .................................. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Cunha/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ........................................ France 2003 ........................... Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia

Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain ................... Portugal 2004 ................................................ Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil

Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia .............. Brazil 2005 .......................................... Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil

Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil .......................... Poland 2006 ................... Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil

Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy ......................... Italy 2007 .................................... Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil

Giontella/Nicolai, Italy .............................................. Great Britain 2008 .............Marleen Van Iersel/Daniëlle Remmers, Netherlands

Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ........ Great Britain 2009 ............................ Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka, Poland

Garrett May/Sam Schachter, Canada .......................... Alanya 2010 ............................. Tara Roenicke/Summer Ross, United States

Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ..................... Canada 2011 ................................ Nina Betshart/Joana Heidrich, Switzerland

Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................ Canada 2012 ....................... Nina Betschart/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland

Gustavo Carvalhaes/Allison Cittadin, Brazil ................. Croatia 2013 ................... Jagoda Gruszczynska/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland

Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ........................... Cyprus 2014 ..................................... Sophie Bukovec/Tiadora Miric, Canada

Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ................ Switzerland 2016 .............................. Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil

Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil .................... China 2017 ................................... Eduarda Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil

Boys ............................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19 World Champions ............................................................... Girls

Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg, Brazil ................................ Greece 2002* ............................ Sanne Keizer/Arjanne Stevens, Netherlands

Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany ....... Thailand 2003* ....................................... Jana Kohler/Laura Ludwig, Germany

Arunas Kirsnys/Arvydas Miseikis, Lithuania ................... Italy 2004* ....................................... Katarzyna Urban/Joanna Wiatr, Poland

Tine Urnaut/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia ............................. France 2005 .................... Barbra Figueiredo Seixas /Carolina Aragao, Brazil

Jonathan Erdmann/Marvin Klass, Germany ............... Bermuda 2006 .......................... Becchara Palmer/Alice Rohkamper, Australia

Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland ............. Poland 2007 ...................Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands

Kristo Kollo/Oliver Venno, Estonia ........................... Netherlands 2008 ........................ Chantal Laboureur/Levke Springer, Germany

Sergiy Popov/Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine ...................... Turkey 2009 ....................... Christine Aulenbrock/Victoria Bieneck, Germany

Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland ............................ Portugal 2010 ............................... Jane Croson/Summer Ross, United States

Lukasz Kaczmarek/Maciej Kosiak, Poland ................... Croatia 2011 ............................... Karolina Baran/Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland

Michal Bryl/Kacper Kujawiak, Poland ........................... Cyprus 2012 ...................... Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania

Moritz Reichert/Clemens Walker, Germany ................ Portugal 2013 ........................................... Eduarda Lisboa/Taina Silva, Brazil

Arthur Mariano/George Wanderley, Brazil ................... Portugal 2014 ............................ Andressa Cavalcanti/Eduarda Lisboa, Brazil

Renato Lima/Rafael Mendonca, Brazil ......................... Cyprus 2016 ........................................Eduarda Lisboa/Victoria Lopes, Brazil

Nanjing .......................................................................... China 2018 .................................................................................... July 10-15

*For players under the age of 18 through 2004

Boys .......................................... FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth U-17 World Champions ......................................................... Girls

Florian Breer/Yves Haussener, Switzerland ................. Mexico 2014 ........................ Morgan Martin/Kathryn Plummer, United States

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour FIVB Xiamen Four Star Men’s Entries (as of April 15, 2018)

Main Draw Entries

Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria

Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium

Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil

Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil

Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil

Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada

Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada

Peng Gao/Yang Li, China

Likejiang Ha/Jiaxin Wu, China

Lei Li/Zhuoxin Li, China

Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy

Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia

Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico

Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland

Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland

Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia

Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia

Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain

Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland

Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States

Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States

Qualifier Entries

Christoph Dressler/Robin Seidl, Austria

Martin Ermacora/Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg, Austria

Felipe Humana-Paredes/Cameron Wheelan, Canada

Jinqiu Liu/Xingyu Tang, China

Yanwei Wang/Chaowei Zhou, China

Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic

Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia

Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France

Olivier Barthelemy/Romain Di Giantommaso, France

Shani Cohen/Netanel Ohana, Israel

Adrian Carambula/Gabriele Pasquale, Italy

Haralds Regza/Kristaps Smits, Latvia

Lukas Kazdailis/Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania

Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway

Kacper Kujawiak/Maciej Rudol, Poland

Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland

Ilya Leshukov/Konstantin Semenov, Russia

Maxim Sivolap/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia

Tadej Bozenk/Danijel Pokersnik, Slovenia

Martin Appelgren/Simon Boman, Sweden

Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland

Oleksiy Denin/Denys Denysenko, Ukraine

Sergiy Popov/Vladyslav Yemel'yanchyk, Ukraine

Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States

Miles Evans/Billy Kolinske, United States

Tigrito Gomez/Peter Hernandez, Venezuela

Country Quota Entries

Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany

Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany

Nils Ehlers/Lorenz Schumann, Germany

Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler, Germany

Alexander Walkenhorst/Sven Winter, Germany

Reserve Entries

Gabriel Burlacu/Jake MacNeil, Canada

Filippo Boesso/Nicolo Conti, Italy

Aleksander Dulai/Gasper Plahutnik, Slovenia

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

FIVB Xiamen Four Star Women’s Entries (as of April 15, 2018)

Main Draw Entries

Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia

Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil

Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil

Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada

Bing Bai/Xinxin Wang, China

Shuting Cao/Jinjin Zeng, China

Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China

Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic

Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland

Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany

Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany

Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany

Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands

Aleksandra Gromadowska/Jagoda Gruszczynska, Poland

Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland

Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia

Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland

Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States

Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States

Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States

Qualifier Entries

Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria

Andressa Cavalcanti/Juliana Felisberta, Brazil

Sophie Bukovec/Julie Gordon, Canada

Caleigh Cruickshank/Megan Nagy, Canada

Jingwen Wang/Lvwen Yuan, China

Aline Chamereau/Lezana Placette, France

Alexandra Jupiter/Alexia Richard, France

Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany

Noy Chorin/Sofia Starikov, Israel

Laura Giombini/Marta Menegatti, Italy

Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan

Suzuka Hashimoto/Sayaka Mizoe, Japan

Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

Minori Kumada/Yui Nagata, Japan

Ieva Dumbauskaite/Monika Povilaityte, Lithuania

Laura Bloem/Jolien Sinnema, Netherlands

Sanne Keizer/Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands

Victoria Kjolberg/Ane Tveit Hjortland, Norway

Ingrid Lunde/Oda Ulveseth, Norway

Erika Bobadilla/Michelle Valiente, Paraguay

Agata Ceynowa/Martyna Kloda, Poland

Yulia Abalakina/Olga Motrich, Russia

Ksenia Dabizha/Daria Rudykh, Russia

Natalia Dubovcova/Andrea Strbova, Slovakia

Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain

Angela Lobato/Amaranta Navarro, Spain

Laura Caluori/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland

Nicole Eiholzer/Elena Steinemann, Switzerland

Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand

Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine

Kelly Claes/Brittany Hochevar, United States

Kelley Larsen/Emily Stockman, United States

Reserve Entries

Michal Barannik/Anita Deev, Israel

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Men’s & Women’s Highlights

The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features US$6.80 million in prize money, with three Major Series

five-star events, ten four-star events, six three-star events, six two-star events, and 21 one-star events, along

with the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals. One age-group FIVB World Championships, for players

under the age of 19 will also be played. The 2018 FIVB World Tour began in September of 2017 and

concludes in August, 2018. Two events being played in September-October, 2018 in China (Qinzhou and

Yangzhou) will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the first FIVB

beach volleyball event held February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The gold medal was won by USA’s

Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos. The men’s World Tour began in 1989, the women’s in 1992. Smith/Stoklos were

the champions of the inaugural season in 1989-90.

· The international beach volleyball circuit visits 47 sites in 29 countries over an eleven-month period spanning from September, 2017 to August, 2018.

· The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour features 42 men’s and 43 women’s events within the all five confederations (African, Asian, European, North American, and South American), offering US$6.65 million in prize money.

· All three five-star events and the FIVB World Tour Season Final will be for both genders. The combined purse for each of the five-star events is $600,000 and the total purse will be $800,000 for the FIVB World Tour Season Final.

· The three five-star events are all FIVB Major Series events, two of which returned to their 2017 sites in United States (Fort Lauderdale) and Switzerland (Gstaad). The new venue for 2017 is Vienna, Austria.

· The showcase event on the 2018 FIVB World Tour is the FIVB World Tour Season Final, which will be played in Hamburg, Germany from August 14-19.

· Nine of the ten four-star events will be for both genders, while the event in Doha, Qatar was for men only. The double-gender events were played in Netherlands (The Hague), and will be played in China (Xiamen), United States (Huntington Beach), Brazil (Itapema), Czech Republic (Ostrava), Poland (TBD), Portugal (Espinho), Japan (Tokyo), and Russia (Moscow). The purse for the four-star events will be $150,000 per gender. One event in Yangzhou, China in October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour.

· The three-star events have a purse of $100,000 for each single-gender event and $75,000 per gender for the combined events. The first event for both genders was in China (Qinzhou), and the other three for both genders will be held in Turkey (Mersin), Switzerland (Lucerne), and Morocco (Agadir). The event in Iran (Kish Island) was for men only. One event in Qinzhou, China in September-October will be part of the 2019 FIVB World Tour.

· The two-star events have a purse of $50,000 each, either split between two genders or paid to a single gender. The first double-gender event was held in Australia (Sydney) while the next two will be in China (Jinjiang) and Singapore. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nanjing, China and Nantong, China will hold women’s-only events.

· The one-star events offer a purse between $5,000 and $10,000 per gender, with the first single-gender event played in France (Montpellier) in September, 2017 for men only. The other single-gender events for women will be held in Vietnam (Tuan Chau Island) and Korea (Daegu and Ulsan), while the events for men-only were played in Oman and the Netherlands (Aalsmeer). Aalsmeer also hosted a double-gender one-star event in October, 2017. The other double-gender events will be held in Australia (Shepparton), Thailand (Satun and Bangkok), Malaysia (Langkawi), Philippines (Manila), Turkey (Aydin, Alanya, Manavgat, and Samsun), Brazil (Miguel Pereira), Austria (Baden), Russia (Anapa), India (Koichi), Slovenia (Ljubljana), and Liechtenstein (Vaduz).

· The 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball calendar also includes the FIVB Age Group World Championships for players under the age of 19 in China (Nanjing) from July 11-16. FIVB age-group worlds for U21 and U19 have been held for over a decade, once for U17 and two times for U23.

· France opened the FIVB World Tour calendar for the first time in the 32 year history of the tour with the men’s-only FIVB Montpellier One Star from September 7-9, 2017. The first 2018 five-star event will be in the United States (Fort Lauderdale) from February 27-March 4. The first four-star event was held in the Netherlands (The Hague) from January 2-7, the first three-star event was played in China (Qinzhou) from October 11-15, 2017, the first two-star event was held in Australia (Sydney) from November 22-26, 2017, and the first one-star event was held in France (Montpellier) on September 7-9, 2017.

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Schedule and Results

Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US)

September 7-9 Montpellier, France One-Star Men Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men Maxim Sivolap/Igor Velichko, Russia October 10-15 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Marco Caminati/Enrico Rossi, Italy October 25-29 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Women Madelein Meppelink/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands November 22-25 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Men Grant O’Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada November 23-26 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia January 2-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Women Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States January 3-7 The Hague, Netherlands Four-Star Men Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Avery Drost/Chase Frishman, United States February 1-4 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Amanda Dowdy/Irene Pollock, United States February 20-24 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil Feb 26-March 4 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States March 6-10 Doha, Qatar Four-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands March 14-17 Oman One-Star Men Philipp Bergmann/Yannick Harms, Germany March 15-18 Aalsmeer, Netherlands One-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Men Nuttanon Inkiew/Sedtawat Padsawud April 8-11 Satun, Thailand One-Star Women Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman, United States April 18-22 Xiamen, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 April 26-29 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 2-6 Huntington Beach, USA Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 2-6 Mersin, Turkey Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May 3-6 Manila, Philippines One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 4-6 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Two-Star Women $50,000 May 9-12 Tuan Chau Is., Vietnam One-Star Women $5,000 May 9-13 Lucerne, Switzerland Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 May 10-13 Bangkok, Thailand One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 16-20 Itapema, Brazil Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 May 17-20 Aydin, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 24-27 Miguel Pereira, Brazil One-Star Men & Women $10,000 May 31-June 3 Jinjiang, China Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 May 31-June 3 Alanya, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June 7-10 Nantong, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 14-17 Baden, Austria One-Star Men & Women $10,000 $50,000 June 14-17 Nanjing, China Two-Star Women $50,000 June 20-24 Ostrava, Czech Republic Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 June 21-24 Manavgat, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 June 21-24 Singapore, Singapore Two-Star Men & Women $50,000 June 27-July 1 Warsaw, Poland Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 4-8 Espinho, Portugal Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 5-8 Anapa, Russia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 10-15 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Men & Women $600,000 July 10-15 Nanjing, China U19 WC Boys & Girls July 12-15 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July 18-21 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women $5,000 July 18-22 Haiyang, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 25-29 Agadir, Morocco Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 July 25-29 Tokyo, Japan Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 July 26-29 Samsun, Turkey One-Star Men & Women $10,000 July 31-August 5 Vienna, Austria Major Men & Women $600,000 August 2-5 Kochi, India One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 3-5 Ljubljana, Slovenia One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Vaduz, Liechtenstein One-Star Men & Women $10,000 August 8-12 Moscow, Russia Four-Star Men & Women $300,000 August 14-19 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women $800,000 2019 FIVB World Tour Sept 30-Oct 4 Qinzhou, China Three-Star Men & Women $150,000 October 10-14 Yangzhou, China Four-Star Men & Women $300,000

2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Results

Dates Site Type Gender Gold Medal Team/Prize Money ($US)

February 7-11 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Men Alvaro Filho/Saymon Barbosa, Brazil

February 7-12 Fort Lauderdale, USA Major Series Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil

February 15-18 Kish Island, Iran Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia

March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Men Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia

March 4-5 Shepparton, Australia One-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada

March 17-19 Sydney, Australia Two-Star Women Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada

April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Men Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

April 15-16 Langkawi, Malaysia One-Star Women Kim DiCello/Emily Stockman, United States

April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Men Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, NED

April 20-23 Xiamen, China Three-Star Women Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil

May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Men Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil

May 17-21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Four-Star Women Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa, BRA

May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

May 31-June 4 Moscow, Russia Three-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil

June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Men Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia

June 15-18 The Hague, Netherlands Three-Star Women Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil

June 16-18 Jiangning, Nanjing, China Two-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States

June 17-18 Monaco, Monaco One-Star Women Juliana Felisberta/Carolina Horta, Brazil

June 23-25 Nantong, China Two-Star Women Shuhui Wen/Xinyi Xia, China

June 27-July 1 Porec, Croatia Major Series Women Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada

June 27-July 2 Porec, Croatia Major Series Men Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil

July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Women Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany

July 3-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Major Series Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Men Adrielson Dos Santos/Renato Lima, Brazil

July 11-16 Nanjing, China U21 WC Women Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil

July 14-16 Daegu, Korea One-Star Women Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan

July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Women Larissa Franca/Talita Antunes, Brazil

July 19-23 Olsztyn, Poland Four-Star Men Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany

July 20-22 Ulsan, Korea One-Star Women Betsi Flint/Kelley Larsen, United States

July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Women Nicole Eiholzer/Dunja Gerson, Switzerland

July 21-23 Agadir, Morocco One-Star Men Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France

July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Men Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil

July 28-August 6 Vienna, Austria World Champ Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

July 28-30 Espinho, Spain Two-Star Men Vitor Felipe/George Wanderley, Brazil

August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States

August 23-27 Hamburg, Germany WT Final Men & Women Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Ranking (as of April 9, 2018)

Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 8, 4,880

2, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 14*, 4,760

3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 12*, 4,600

4, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 16*, 4,200

5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 13*, 3,820

6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 14*, 3,700

6, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 11*, 3,700

8, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 11*, 3,496

9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 9*, 3,460

10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 13*, 3,320

11, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 14*, 3,120

12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 13*, 3,000

13, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 14*, 2,980

14, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 8, 2,960

15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 11*, 2,920

16, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 9*, 2,880

17, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 6, 2,690

18, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 9*, 2,660

19, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 7, 2,570

20, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 17*, 2,376

21, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 10*, 2,300

22, Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 12*, 2,260

23, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 19*, 2,220

24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 9*, 2,120

25, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 15*, 2,100

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 9*, 5,200 2, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 10*, 4,380 3, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 11*, 4,200 4, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 12*, 4,160 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 13*, 4,000 6, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 12*, 3,920 7, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 10*, 3,560 8, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 13*, 3,480 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 15*, 3,232 10, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 12*, 3,060 11, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 8, 2,920 12, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 9*, 2,840 13, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 2,760 14, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 12*, 2,720 15, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 9*, 2,616 16, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 8, 2,544 17, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 16*, 2,500 18, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 14*, 2,160 19, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 5, 2,120 20, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 11*, 1,990 21, Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, 8, 1,962 22, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 23, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 6, 1,920 24, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 7, 1,888 25, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 6, 1,770 * Based on the eight (8) best results at all FIVB recognized events over the last 365 days

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders (through April 11, 2018)

Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 4, 2,360

2, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 4, 2,340

3, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 3, 1,920

4, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 3, 1,840

5, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 4, 1,760

5, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 1,760

7, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 4, 1,680

8, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 6, 1,640

8, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 4, 1,640

10, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 4, 1,500

11, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 3, 1,480

12, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 4, 1,440

13, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2, 1,400

14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 2, 1,320

15, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 3, 1,280

15, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 3, 1,280

17, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 2, 1,240

18, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 5, 1,140

19, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2, 1,120

19, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 2, 1,120

21, Arnaud Gauthier-Rat/Maxime Thiercy, France, 5, 1,100

21, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 3, 1,100

23, Billy Allen/Ryan Doherty, United States, 3, 1,040

24, Dirk Boehle/Steven van de Velde, Netherlands, 5, 1,020

25, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 2, 1,000

25, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 2, 1,000

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2, 1,680

2, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 5, 1,640

2, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 1,640

4, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3, 1,600

5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 1,280

6, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 3, 1,240

7, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 3, 1,220

8, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2, 1,200

9, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 4, 1,180

10, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 2, 1,160

11, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 2, 1,120

11, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 2, 1,120

11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 2, 1,120

14, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1, 1,080

15, Miki Ishii/Megumi Murakami, Japan, 5, 1,000

15, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 2, 1,000

15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 2, 1,000

18, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 2, 960

18, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 2, 960

20, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 880

21, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 1, 840

21, Nicole Branagh/Lauren Fendrick, United States, 2, 840

23, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 2, 800

23, Azusa Futami/Akiko Hasegawa, Japan, 4, 800

25, Varapatsorn Radarong/Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand, 5, 780

2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders (through April 11, 2018)

Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 2, 1, $48,000 2, Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, Latvia, 4, 1, $43,000 2, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 4, 2, $43,000 4, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 2, 0, $35,000 5, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 3, 0, $34,000 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 3, 0, $30,000 7, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko, Russia, 2, 0, $24,000 8, Mariusz Prudel/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 4, 1, $22,000 9, Marco Caminati/Alex Ranghieri, Italy, 4, 0, $21,000 10, Pedro Solberg/George Wanderley, Brazil, 2, 0, $20,000 11, Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada, 4, 1, $19,000 12, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 3, 0, $18,000 13, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 4, 0, $16,600 14, Anders Mol/Christian Sorum, Norway, 4, 0, $16,500 15, Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar, 3, 0, $16,000 15, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2, 0, $16,000 15, Theo Brunner/John Hyden, United States, 2, 0, $16,000 18, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 3, 0, $15,000 19, Quincy Aye/Youssef Krou, France, 6, 0, $14,100 20, Jasper Bouter/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 3, 0, $12,700 21, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Vitor Felipe, Brazil, 2, 0, $12,000 21, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 23, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 2, 0, $11,000 24, Ondrej Perusic/David Schweiner, Czech Republic, 4, 0, $10,000 24, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 2, 0, $10,000 24, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 3, 0, $10,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 2, 1, $46,000 2, Carolina Horta/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 1, 0, $32,000 3, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 3, 0, $28,000 4, Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States, 2, 1, $24,000 5, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $22,000 6, Mariafe Artacho/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 3, 2, $20,000 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $20,000 8, Kim Behrens/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany, 5, 0, $18,790 9, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 2, 0, $16,000 9, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 1, 0, $16,000 9, Karla Borger/Margareta Kozuch, Germany, 2, 0, $16,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 2, 0, $16,000 13, Fan Wang/Xinyi Xia, China, 3, 0, $14,600 14, Katarzyna Kociolek/Kinga Kolosinska, Poland, 3, 0, $14,000 15, Lena Plesiutschnig/Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria, 4, 0, $12,100 16, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 1, 0, $12,000 16, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Svetlana Kholomina/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 2, 0, $12,000 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 2, 0, $12,000 21, Nicole Branagh/Lauren Fendrick, United States, 2, 0, $10,900 22, Joy Stubbe/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2, 0, $10,000 23, Taru Lahti/Anniina Parkkinen, Finland, 2, 0, $9,000 24, Valentyna Davidova/Ievgeniia Shchypkova, Ukraine, 2, 0, $8,900 25, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000 25, Jamie Broder/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 1, 0, $8,000

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Points Leaders

Men (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 4,180

1, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 4,180

3, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3,840

4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 3,650

5, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 3,440

6, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 3,320

7, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 3,280

8, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 3,100

9, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 2,900

10, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 2,800

11, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 2,720

12, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 2,480

13, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 2,400

14, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 2,160

14, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 2,160

16, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 2,130

17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 2,050

18, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 2,020

19, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 1,970

20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 1,960

21, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 1,940

22, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 1,910

23, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1,900

24, Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba, 7, 1,680

25, Nico Beeler/Marco Krattiger, Switzerland, 8, 1,640

Women (Team Rank, events, points) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 5,560 2, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 4,480 3, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 4,000 4, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 3,920 5, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 3,360 6, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 3,300 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 2,760 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 2,700 9, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 2,440 10, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 2,390 11, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 2,380 12, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2,280 13, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 2,180 14, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 2,000 15, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 1,940 16, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 1,920 16, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 1,920 18, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 1,820 19, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1,560 20, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 1,430 21, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 1,420 21, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 1,420 23, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 1,400 24, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 1,390 25, Katharina Schutzenhofer/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 1,330

Final 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Money Leaders

Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, 7, 3, $202,000 2, Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola, Brazil, 9, 1, $200,500 3, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 9, 0, $129,500 4, Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, Poland, 9, 0, $128,000 5, Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Nikita Liamin, Russia, 11, 2, $112,100 6, Saymon Barbosa/Alvaro Filho, Brazil, 9, 1, $100,000 7, Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst, Austria, 8, 0, $98,000 8, Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 9, 0, $79,000 9, Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 7, 1, $78,000 10, Gustavo "Guto" Carvalhaes/Pedro Solberg, Brazil, 8, 1, $77,000 11, Theo Brunner/Casey Patterson, United States, 9, 0, $59,000 12, Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada, 7, 0, $58,000 13, Ryan Doherty/John Hyden, United States, 6, 0, $57,000 14, Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Artem Yarzutkin, Russia, 9, 0, $55,700 15, Sam Pedlow/Sam Schachter, Canada, 7, 0, $50,000 16, Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, 8, 0, $46,500 17, Taylor Crabb/Jake Gibb, United States, 6, 0, $46,000 18, Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany, 8, 1, $44,600 19, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 7, 0, $40,000 20, Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen, Mexico, 7, 0, $38,600 21, Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands, 6, 1, $34,000 22, Dries Koekelkoren/Tom van Walle, Belgium, 9, 0, $32,800 23, Maciej Rudol/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland, 9, 0, $32,700 24, Christopher McHugh/Damien Schumann, Australia, 9, 1, $32,600 25, Maarten Van Garderen/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $32,000 Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings-includes FIVB World Tour Events) 1, Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 9, 3, $208,000 2, Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa, Brazil, 9, 1, $172,000 3, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 5, 2, $170,000 4, Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, Canada, 8, 1, $161,000 5, Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 1, $122,500 6, Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $101,000 7, Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland, 8, 0, $82,000 8, Summer Ross/Brooke Sweat, United States, 8, 0, $76,000 9, Nina Betschart/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland, 9, 0, $72,000 9, Lauren Fendrick/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $72,000 11, Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada, 8, 0, $68,000 12, Kristyna Kolocova/Michala Kvapilova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $67,100 13, Fernanda Alves/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, 9, 1, $66,500 14, Taiana Lima/Elize Maia, Brazil, 8, 0, $43,000 15, Kelly Claes/Sara Hughes, United States, 6, 0, $41,500 16, Victoria Bieneck/Isabel Schneider, Germany, 9, 0, $40,800 17, Louise Bawden/Taliqua Clancy, Australia, 7, 0, $37,000 18, Maria Antonelli/Carolina Salgado, Brazil, 6, 1, $31,000 19, Taru Lahti/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland, 5, 0, $30,000 19, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 6, 0, $30,000 21, Ekaterina Birlova/Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia, 7, 0, $27,300 22, Jolien Sinnema/Joy Stubbe, Netherlands, 8, 0, $26,900 23, Nadja Glenzke/Julia Grossner, Germany, 7, 0, $26,100 24, Julie Gordon/Camille Saxton, Canada, 10, 2, $25,500

24, Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada, 5, 0, $25,500

Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s Brazil 193 140 136 ........................... 469 102 ........................................ 571 United States 73 61 53 ............................ 187 46 ......................................... 233 Germany 19 34 29 ............................. 82 36 ......................................... 118 Switzerland 9 23 20 ............................. 52 18 ........................................... 70 Netherlands 17 13 10 ............................. 40 15 ........................................... 55 Argentina 8 15 14 ............................. 37 15 ........................................... 52 Italy 7 12 11 ............................. 30 14 ........................................... 44 Latvia 12 9 7.............................. 28 8 ............................................ 36 Norway 8 6 13 ............................. 27 15 ........................................... 42 Russia 7 9 11 ............................. 27 13 ........................................... 40 Canada 3 10 13 ............................. 26 12 ........................................... 38 Spain 4 9 12 ............................. 25 9 ............................................ 34 Poland 3 9 10 ............................. 22 10 ........................................... 32 Australia 2 3 12 ............................. 17 11 ........................................... 28 France 3 3 6.............................. 12 10 ........................................... 22 China 2 6 4.............................. 12 4 ............................................ 16 Austria 0 5 4............................... 9 10 ........................................... 19 Cuba 2 2 2............................... 6 2 .............................................. 8 Mexico 0 2 4............................... 6 0 .............................................. 6 Qatar 1 2 1............................... 4 0 .............................................. 4 Iran 0 1 2............................... 3 0 .............................................. 3 Portugal 2 0 0............................... 2 6 .............................................. 8 Estonia 1 0 1............................... 2 3 .............................................. 5 Chile 0 2 0............................... 2 2 .............................................. 4 New Zealand 0 0 2............................... 2 2 .............................................. 4 Vacated 1 1 0............................... 2 0 .............................................. 2 Turkey 0 0 2............................... 2 0 .............................................. 2 Czech Republic 0 1 0............................... 1 4 .............................................. 5 Japan 0 0 1............................... 1 2 .............................................. 3 Slovenia 1 0 0............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1 Thailand 1 0 0............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1 Indonesia 0 1 0............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1 Serbia 0 0 0............................... 0 2 .............................................. 2 Belgium 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Georgia 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Greece 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Morocco 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Oman 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Ukraine 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1 Totals 379 379 380 ..........................1,138 378 ......................................1,516 There have been 379 men’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in 293 events:

Brazil vs. United States Brazil leads 34-32

Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 20-8

Argentina vs. Brazil Brazil leads 14-8

Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 17-4

Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 6-5

Brazil vs. Norway Tied 5-5

Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-3

Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 6-1

Italy vs. United States United States leads 5-1

Brazil vs. Latvia Tied 3-3

Brazil vs. Spain Tied 3-3

Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 4-1

Netherlands vs. United States United States leads 4-0

Brazil vs. Poland Brazil leads 3-1

Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 3-1

Poland vs. United States United States leads 3-1

Spain vs. United States United States leads 3-1

Germany vs. Switzerland Tied 2-2

Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 3-0

Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1

Latvia vs. United States Latvia leads 2-1

Russia vs. United States United States leads 2-1

Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 2-0

Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 2-0

Brazil vs. Portugal Portugal leads 2-0

Brazil vs. Russia Brazil leads 2-0

China vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-0

Germany vs. Latvia Latvia leads 2-0

Poland vs. Russia Russia leads 2-0

Brazil vs. France Tied 1-1

China vs. United States Tied 1-1

Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1

Italy vs. Latvia Tied 1-1

Latvia vs. Poland Tied 1-1

Latvia vs. Russia Tied 1-1

Switzerland vs. United States Tied 1-1

Argentina vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0

Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 1-0

Australia vs. Switzerland Australia leads 1-0

Australia vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Austria vs. Cuba Cuba leads 1-0

Austria vs. Italy Italy leads 1-0

Austria vs. Latvia Latvia leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Qatar Brazil leads 1-0

Canada vs. Chile Canada leads 1-0

Canada vs. France Canada leads 1-0

Canada vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0

Canada vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0

Canada vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0

Canada vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Chile vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0

China vs. Latvia China leads 1-0

Cuba vs. United States Cuba leads 1-0

Czech Republic vs. Slovenia Slovenia leads 1-0

Estonia vs. Switzerland Estonia leads 1-0

France vs. Norway Norway leads 1-0

France vs. Qatar France leads 1-0

France vs. Spain France leads 1-0

Germany vs. Iran Germany leads 1-0

Germany vs. Norway Germany leads 1-0

Indonesia vs. Thailand Thailand leads 1-0

Italy vs. Mexico Italy leads 1-0

Italy vs. Russia Italy leads 1-0

Mexico vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0

Netherlands vs. Russia Netherlands leads 1-0

Netherlands vs. Spain Netherlands leads 1-0

Norway vs. United States Norway leads 1-0

Qatar vs. Russia Qatar leads 1-0

Russia vs. Spain Russia leads 1-0 Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-

Women’s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour – All-time Country Medals & Final 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Major Series, Olympics, and Goodwill Games stops

Country Gold Silver Bronze .................. Medals 4ths .............................. Final 4s

Brazil 160 131 127 ........................... 418 89 ......................................... 507

United States 108 76 74 ............................ 258 70 ......................................... 328

China 23 35 27 ............................. 85 21 ......................................... 106

Germany 18 30 28 ............................. 76 35 ......................................... 111

Australia 6 13 20 ............................. 39 22 ........................................... 61

Switzerland 6 4 9.............................. 19 7 ............................................ 26

Netherlands 5 6 7.............................. 18 19 ........................................... 37

Italy 1 6 8.............................. 15 11 ........................................... 26

Canada 4 5 5.............................. 14 6 ............................................ 20

Czech Republic 4 2 7.............................. 13 11 ........................................... 24

Austria 0 4 5............................... 9 8 ............................................ 17

Russia 2 2 5............................... 9 3 ............................................ 12

Greece 1 4 3............................... 8 8 ............................................ 16

Japan 1 4 2............................... 7 6 ............................................ 13

Spain 0 5 2............................... 7 4 ............................................ 11

Norway 0 2 2............................... 4 2 .............................................. 6

Thailand 0 2 1............................... 3 1 .............................................. 4

Poland 0 2 1............................... 3 0 .............................................. 3

Slovak Republic 0 0 3............................... 3 0 .............................................. 3

Cuba 0 2 0............................... 2 2 .............................................. 4

Lithuania 0 0 2............................... 2 0 .............................................. 2

Argentina 0 1 0............................... 1 4 .............................................. 5

New Zealand 0 0 1............................... 1 2 .............................................. 3

Finland 0 1 0............................... 1 1 .............................................. 2

Kazakhstan 0 1 0............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1

Ukraine 0 1 0............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1

France 0 0 1............................... 1 0 .............................................. 1

Belgium 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Georgia 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Indonesia 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Paraguay 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Portugal 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Vanuatu 0 0 0............................... 0 1 .............................................. 1

Totals 339 339 340 ..........................1,018 338 ......................................1,356 There have been 339 women’s FIVB World Tour events (including Olympic and Goodwill) with two different countries batting for the gold medal in

253 events:

Brazil vs. United States United States leads 52-44

Brazil vs. China Brazil leads 17-7

Brazil vs. Germany Brazil leads 14-8

China vs. United States United States leads 11-6

Australia vs. Brazil Brazil leads 7-2

Australia vs. United States United States leads 5-1

Germany vs. United States United States leads 5-1

Brazil vs. Canada Brazil leads 4-0

Brazil vs. Netherlands Brazil leads 3-1

China vs. Germany China leads 3-1

Austria vs. Brazil Brazil leads 3-0

Brazil vs. Italy Brazil leads 3-0

Greece vs. United States United States leads 3-0

Canada vs. Germany Canada leads 2-1

Germany vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 2-1

Germany vs. Switzerland Germany leads 2-1

Australia vs. China Australia leads 2-0

Spain vs. United States United States leads 2-0

Brazil vs. Greece Tied 1-1

Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1

Netherlands vs. United States Tied 1-1

Argentina vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0

Australia vs. Canada Canada leads 1-0

Australia vs. Poland Australia leads 1-0

Austria vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Cuba Brazil leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Czech Republic Czech Republic leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Japan Brazil leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Norway Brazil leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Switzerland Brazil leads 1-0

Brazil vs. Ukraine Brazil leads 1-0

Canada vs. Czech Republic Canada leads 1-0

China vs. Cuba China leads 1-0

China vs. Norway China leads 1-0

China vs. Spain China leads 1-0

Czech Republic vs. Germany Czech Republic leads 1-0

Czech Republic vs. Italy Czech Republic leads 1-0

Czech Republic vs. Japan Czech Republic leads 1-0

Czech Republic vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Finland vs. Germany Germany leads 1-0

Germany vs. Spain Germany leads 1-0

Italy vs. Netherlands Netherlands leads 1-0

Italy vs. Switzerland Italy leads 1-0

Italy vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Japan vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0

Japan vs. Thailand Japan leads 1-0

Japan vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Kazakhstan vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Netherlands vs. Russia Russia leads 1-0

Poland vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Russia vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Spain vs. Switzerland Switzerland leads 1-0

Switzerland vs. United States Switzerland leads 1-0

Thailand vs. United States United States leads 1-0

Germany vs. Russia Tied 1-1