FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

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Beach Volleyball World Tour
Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour logo.jpg
Full nameFIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
RegionWorld
Date spanFebruary–September (2021)
Tournaments(Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
TypeBeach volleyball
Events DirectorYu CAO
History
First tour1989
Current Edition33th (2021)
Number of tournaments27 (2021)
Most World Tour titles
Men (team)Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(5 World Tour titles)
2002–2009
Women (team)Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(7 World Tour titles)
2004–2012
Men (individual)Brazil Emanuel Rego
(10 World Tour titles)
1996–2012
Women (individual)Brazil Larissa França
Brazil Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles each)
2004–2017
Current World Tour champions
MenNorway Mol – Sørum (2019)
(second World Tour title as individuals and as a team)
WomenCanada Humana-Paredes – Pavan (2019)
(first World Tour title as individuals and as a team)
Most tournament titles
Men (team)Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(34 titles)
2002–2009[1]
Women (team)Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(45 titles)
2004–2012[2]
Men (individual)Brazil Emanuel Rego
(77 titles)
1996–2012[3]
Women (individual)Brazil Larissa França
(62 titles)
2005–2017[4]

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons[5]) is the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for womens being held yearly since then.

Several tournaments are staged throughout the year. All athletes who compete in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earn points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, and after the last stage the pair that has accumulated the most points during the year is declared the champion of the World Tour (only points from 75% of the tournaments in the season are considered for the ranking). Winning the World Tour is considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, being surpassed only by the World Championships, and the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tour has been historically dominated by Brazilian teams.

History[]

The international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series, and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women. It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.[6] The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players.[7] The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.[8]

Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the current star rating structure in 2017.[9]

Tournament categories[]

The current tournament structure was introduced in 2017.[10] World Tour tournaments are ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour has 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.[11] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allows players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.[12] The World Tour concludes with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.[12]

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (as of 2018 season)[12]
Event category No. of teams in main draw
(per gender) 		Format Prize Money
(per gender)
World Tour Finals 10 Pool play (1st phase)
Single-elimination (2nd phase)		 US$400,000
5-star 32 US$300,000
4-star US$150,000
3-star US$75,000
2-star 24 US$50,000
1-star 16 US$10,000

History[]

Tournaments 2003−'12 2013 2014 2015−'16 2017−
Tiers 0 — World Tour Finals
I Grand Slam 5-star tournament/Major Series
II Open tournaments — Open tournaments Major Series 4-star tournament
III — Open tournaments 3-star tournament
IV — 2-star tournament
V — 1-star tournament

Champions[]

Year Men's Champions Women's Champions
United States Sinjin Smith (1) / Randy Stoklos (1)
United States Sinjin Smith (2) / Randy Stoklos (2)
United States Sinjin Smith (3) / Randy Stoklos (3)
United States Sinjin Smith (4) / Randy Stoklos (4) United States Karolyn Kirby (1) / Nancy Reno
Brazil Roberto Lopes (1) / Franco Neto (1) United States Karolyn Kirby (2) / Liz Masakayan
Norway Jan Kvalheim / Bjørn Maaseide Brazil Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel
Brazil Roberto Lopes (2) / Franco Neto (2) Brazil Sandra Pires (1) / Jackie Silva (1)
Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (1) / Emanuel Rego (1) Brazil Sandra Pires (2) / Jackie Silva (2)
Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (2) / Emanuel Rego (2) Brazil Adriana Behar (1) / Shelda Bede (1)
Brazil Rogério Ferreira / Guilherme Marques Brazil Adriana Behar (2) / Shelda Bede (2)
Brazil José Loiola / Emanuel Rego (3) Brazil Adriana Behar (3) / Shelda Bede (3)
Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (3) / Ricardo Santos (1) Brazil Adriana Behar (4) / Shelda Bede (4)
Brazil Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego (4) Brazil Adriana Behar (5) / Shelda Bede (5)
2002 Argentina Mariano Baracetti / Martín Conde United States Misty May / Kerri Walsh
2003 Brazil Emanuel Rego (5) / Ricardo Santos (2) Brazil Ana Paula Connelly (1) / Sandra Pires (3)
2004 Brazil Emanuel Rego (6) / Ricardo Santos (3) Brazil Adriana Behar (6) / Shelda Bede (6)
2005 Brazil Emanuel Rego (7) / Ricardo Santos (4) Brazil Larissa França (1) / Juliana Silva (1)
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego (8) / Ricardo Santos (5) Brazil Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007 Brazil Emanuel Rego (9) / Ricardo Santos (6) Brazil Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2008 Brazil Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado Brazil Shelda Bede (7) / Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2009 Germany Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann Brazil Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers Brazil Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti (1) / Emanuel Rego (10) Brazil Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2012 United States Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal Brazil Larissa França (7) / Juliana Silva (7)
2013 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (1) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1) Brazil Talita Antunes (1) /
2014 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (2) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2) Brazil Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva (8)
2015 Brazil Alison Cerutti (2) / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (1) / Bárbara Seixas
2016 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (3) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3) Germany Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017 Brazil Evandro Oliveira / André Stein Brazil Talita Antunes (2) / Larissa França (8)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1) / Christian Sørum (1) Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (2) / Eduarda Lisboa
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2) / Christian Sørum (2) Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020 No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14][15]
2021 TBD

FIVB World Tour Finals[]

The Tour Finals are the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and features only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's Results[]

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[16]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		  Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–13, 21–15		  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nicholas Lucena (USA)		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
21–19, 21–14		  Alexander Brouwer (NED)
 Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[17]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		  Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–19, 21–19		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)		  Tri Bourne (USA)
 John Hyden (USA)
21–14, 22–20		  Ben Saxton (CAN)
 Chaim Schalk (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[18]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nick Lucena (USA)
21–15, 21–13		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 André Stein (BRA)		  Daniele Lupo (ITA)
 Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
21–17, 19–21, 15–12		  Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[19]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–19, 21–17		  Michał Bryl (POL)
 Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)		  Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
19–21, 21–15, 15–13		  Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[20]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS)
 Oleg Stoyanovskiy (RUS)
21–16, 21–16 		 Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER) 		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–16, 21–15		  Taylor Crabb (USA)
 Jake Gibb (USA)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals
Cagliari, Italy

6—10 October 2021

Women's Results[]

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[21]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–18		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
22–20, 14–21, 15–10		  Heather Bansley (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[22]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–18, 21–16		  Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Nadine Zumkehr (SUI)		  Isabelle Forrer (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
21–19, 21–18		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[23]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–17, 19–21, 15–10		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–19		  Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[24]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)
21–15, 21–19		  Barbora Hermannová (CZE)
 Markéta Sluková (CZE)		  Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
21–15, 19–21, 15–8		  Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)
 Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[25]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Margareta Kozuch (GER)
 Laura Ludwig (GER)
21–19, 21–17		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		  Rebecca Cavalcante (BRA)
 Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA)
19–21, 21–18, 16–14		  Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals
Cagliari, Italy

6—10 October 2021

Award winners[]

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners[]

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners[]

Sponsorship[]

  • Switzerland Swatch
  • Austria Red Bull
  • Japan Sony

References[]

  1. ^ International Men's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  2. ^ International Women's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  3. ^ International Men's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  4. ^ International Women's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  5. ^ SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The-Watchez.com
  6. ^ "Biography of Beach Volleyball". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Events ... from the World Championships to the grass roots: Challenger and Satellite Events" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour: 2017 Media Guide" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. p. 67. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "FIVB Announces New 5-Star Structure For FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  10. ^ Competition Calendar, FIVB.org
  11. ^ "NEW TOURNAMENTS TO TAKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c "FIVB Sports Regulations: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 30, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  13. ^ FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events postponed due to coronavirus, Inside the Games, 24 March 2020
  14. ^ FIVB announces further changes to calendar due to coronavirus pandemic, Inside the Games, 31 March 2020
  15. ^ FIVB cancel two more Beach World Tour events due to COVID-19, Inside the Games, 13 April 2020
  16. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  17. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  18. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  19. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  20. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
  21. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  22. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  23. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  24. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  25. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org

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