Stavanger Hosts 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships

July 24-29, 2007 at Gstaad, Switzerland

48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze Medal Match - Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack (16) def. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1), 21-17, 21-19 (47)

·           Semi-Finals - Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Schacht/Slack, 21-13, 21-19 (47)

·           Semi-Finals - Dalhausser/Rogers def. Emanuel/Ricardo 21-16, 13-21, 19-17 (68)

June 22-26, 2005 at Berlin, Germany

48-team, double-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany (13) def. Marvin Polte/Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43), 16-21, 21-17, 15-10 (65),

·           Semi-Finals - Heyer/P. Laciga def. Brink/Schneider, 21-16, 19-21, 15-13 (69)

·           Semi-Finals - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Polte/Schoen, 21-18, 21-14 (53)

October 14-19, 2003 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze Medal - Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2) won by forfeit over Joao Brenha/Luis Maia, Portugal (13)

·           Semi-Finals - Emanuel/Ricardo won by forfeit over Brenha/Maia

·           Semi-Finals - Holdren/Metzger def. Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, 21-19 and 21-14 (46)

August 1-5, 2001 at Klagenfurt, Austria

48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze Medal - Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6) def. Rob Heidger/Chip McCaw, United States (18), 21-16 and 21-14 (37)

·           Semi-Finals - Baracetti/Conde def. Heidger/McCaw, 21-16 and 21-16 (44)

·           Semi-Finals - Loiola/Ricardo def. Hoidalen/Kjemperud, 29-31, 21-19 and 15-12 (69)

July 20-25, 1999 at Marseille, France

Qualifier, 32-team double elimination bracket

·           Bronze Medal - Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3) def. Javier Bosma/Fabio Diez, Spain (8), 15-7 (35)

·           Semi-Finals - Emanuel/Loiola def. Bosma/Diez, 15-11 (53)

·           Semi-Finals - M. Laciga/P. Laciga def. Para/Guilherme, Brazil (3), 15-11 (56).

September 10-13, 1997 at Los Angeles, California, United States

Qualifier, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Not contested

·           Semi-Finals - Guilherme/Para def. Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (4, Q1), 10-12, 12-9 and 15-13 (136)

·           Semi-Finals - Ceman/Whitmarsh def. Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, United States (2), 12-5 ad 12-8 (68).

July 24-29, 2007 at Gstaad, Switzerland

48-team, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze Medal Match - Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil (2) def. Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (4), 19-21, 21-19, 18-16 (63)

·           Semi-Finals - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Xue/Zhang, 21-14, 21-19 (40)

·           Semi-Finals - Tian/Jie Wang def. Juliana/Larissa, 23-25, 21-19, 15-11 (64)

June 21-25, 2005 at Berlin, Germany

48-team, double-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Tian/Fei Wang, China (5) def. Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (13), 21-13, 21-17 (40)

·           Semi-Finals - Juliana/Larissa def. Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, 21-15, 21-16 (38)

·           Semi-Finals - May-Treanor/Walsh def. Tian/Fei Wang, 21-16, 19-21, 5-4 retired (52)

October 7-12, 2003 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

48-team, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia (5) def. Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, United States (7), 21-16 and 21-17 (35)

·           Semi-Finals - May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh def. Cook/Sanderson, 19-21, 21-19 and 18-16 (61)

·           Semi-Finals - Shelda/Adriana def. Davis/Johnson Jordan, 21-16 and 21-16 (40)

August 1-4, 2001 at Klagenfurt, Austria

48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Eva Celbova/Sona Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (12) def. Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (2), 21-17 and 21-19 (39)

·           Semi-Finals - Shelda/Adriana def. Celbova/Dosoudilova, 21-15 and 21-16 (37)

·           Semi-Finals - Minello/Sandra def. Fontana/Youngs, 21-19, 13-21 and 15-13 (61)

July 19-24, 1999 at Marseille, France

Qualifier, 32-team double elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Liz Masakayan/Youngs, United States (13) won by forfeit over Sandra/Adriana Samuel, Brazil (3)

·           Semi-Finals - Davis/Johnson Jordan def. Masakayan/Youngs, 5-11 (50)

·           Semi-Finals - Shelda/Adriana won by forfeit over Sandra/Adriana Samuel

September 10-13, 1997 at Los Angeles, California, United States

Qualifier, 32-team single-elimination bracket

·           Bronze - Not contested

·           Semi-Finals - Arce/McPeak def. Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, United States (12), 12-4 and 12-9 (77)

·           Semi-Finals - Sandra/Jackie Silva def. Shelda/Adriana, Brazil (2), 12-11, 4-12 ad 12-3 (116)

NORWAY & BEACH VOLLEYBALL - For the past 10 seasons, Norway has hosted SWATCH FIVB World Tour events as the past two years the Scandinavian country has staged a grand slam stop in Stavanager and an “open” tournament in Kristiansand. Stavanger has been the site for SWATCH grand slam double gender events the past three years as the event was only a men’s tournament for the first three seasons starting in 1999. In the men’s competition, Brazilian teams led by Emanuel Rego won the first nine Stavanger events before Americans Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers reversed the trend in 2008 when no tandems from the South American country reached the “final four”. American women have won four of the seven Stavanger women’s events with Brazilians winning twice with Greeks victorious once. Athens 2004 Olympic champions Emanuel and Ricardo Santos have won four of the past six men’s titles in Stavanger. Emanuel has won seven of the 10 Stavanger gold medals, including the inaugural title in 1999 with Jose Loiola and a pair of crowns with Tande Ramos in 2001 and 2002. Americans Jen Boss and April Ross overcame a pair of pool play setbacks to upset China’s Jia Tian and Jie Wang to win the 2007 gold medal. Boss and Ross also became the lowest-seeded team (29th) to win a SWATCH FIVB World Tour title. Vassiliki Arvaniti and Vasso Karadassiou captured only SWATCH gold medal by upsetting Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil in the 2005 finale. With the gold medal in 2005, Arvaniti became the youngest player to capture a SWATCH gold medal (20 years, 3 months, 15 days) at the time. Norway’s top men’s finishers in Stavanger are fifths by Vegard Hoidalen and Jorre Kjemperud in 2001 and 2002. Nila Ann Hakedal and Ingrid Torlen placed fifth in 2004 and 2008 for the top finish by a Norwegian women’s team in Stavanger. Hakedal and Torlen are the only Norwegian team to medal in the Scandinavian country with a second-place finish at Kristiansand in 2008.

PAST NORWEGIAN MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Medals - Brazil 20, Germany 3, Switzerland 3, Argentina 1, Australia 1, China 1, Netherlands 1, New Zealand 1, Spain 1, USA 1

PAST NORWEGIAN WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Medals - USA 9, Brazil 9, China 4, Greece 2, Australia 1, Austria 1, Norway 1