PRESENTATION
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FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World
Championship
to get gladiatorial make-over in Rome |
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After staging a “successful” single gender event
in 2009 and their first FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Grand Slam in
2010 the Italian Volleyball Federation now has the ultimate honour of hosting
the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships from June 13-19. The Italian
capital hosted its first men's World Tour event in 2009 when Germany’s Julius
Brink and Jonas Reckermann won men’s titles on the Parco del Foro Italico center
court. But last year the tournament was upgraded to a Grand Slam and Italy
welcomed the women back for the first time since 2006 when Brazilians Juliana
Felisberta Silva and Larissa França upset American Olympic and world champions
Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh in Modena. USA's Todd Rogers and Phil
Dalhausser won the 2010 Grand Slam, fighting off Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Emanuel
Rego as
Spanish duo Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira secured third. The USA's Jen Kessy and April Ross
matched their compatriots in the women's event, beating Sara Goller and Laura
Ludwig of Germany in the final as Brazil's Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes won bronze. Rome is Italy's largest and most populous city with over
2.7-million residents. Located in the central-western portion of the Italian
peninsula on the Tiber river, Rome's history as a city spans over two and a half
thousand years, as one of the founding cities of Western Civilization. Even
outside of the history of the Roman Empire, Rome has a significant place in the
story of Christianity up to the present day as the home of the Roman Catholic
Church. As one of the few major European cities that escaped World War II
relatively unscathed, central Rome remains essentially Renaissance and Baroque
in character. Rome is the third-most-visited tourist destination in the European
Union. Pictured to the left are 2010 Rome gold medal winners Todd Rogers (left) and
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PAST ITALIAN MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Medals - Brazil 23, USA 10, Argentina 4, Switzerland 3,
Germany 2,
Norway 2, Canada
1, Italy 1, Russia 1, Spain 1
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MEN’S WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP “FINAL FOUR” RESULTS
July 24-29, 2007 at
Gstaad, Switzerland
48 teams, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket
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Gold Medal
Match
- Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States (No. 4-seeded team)
def. Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (6) 21-16, 21-14 (45
minutes)
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Bronze Medal Match
- Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack (16) def.
Emanuel
Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1), 21-17, 21-19 (47)
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Semi-Finals
- Barsouk/Kolodinsky def. Schacht/Slack, 21-13, 21-19 (47)
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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
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Gold
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Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil (2) def.
Sascha
Heyer/Paul Laciga, Switzerland (8), 22-20, 21-12 (42).
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Bronze -
Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, Germany (13) def. Marvin Polte/Thorsten
Schoen, Germany (43), 16-21, 21-17, 15-10 (65),
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Semi-Finals
- Heyer/P. Laciga def. Brink/Schneider, 21-16, 19-21, 15-13 (69)
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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
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Gold
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Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil (1) def. Dax Holdren/Stein Metzger, United
States (15), 21-18 and 21-15 (44).
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Bronze Medal
- Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2) won by forfeit over Joao
Brenha/Luis Maia, Portugal (13)
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Semi-Finals
- Emanuel/Ricardo won by forfeit over Brenha/Maia
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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
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Gold
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Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina (4) def. Jose
Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil (10), 25-23, 12-21 and 20-18 (69).
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Bronze Medal
- Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6) def. Rob Heidger/Chip
McCaw, United States (18), 21-16 and 21-14 (37)
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Semi-Finals
- Baracetti/Conde def.
Heidger/McCaw,
21-16 and 21-16 (44)
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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
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Gold
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Emanuel/Loiola, Brazil (2) def. Martin Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland
(6), 15-8 (50).
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Bronze
Medal
- Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, Brazil (3) def. Javier Bosma/Fabio
Diez, Spain (8), 15-7 (35)
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Semi-Finals
- Emanuel/Loiola def.
Bosma/Diez, 15-11
(53)
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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
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Gold
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Para/Guilherme, Brazil (9) def.
Canyon
Ceman/Mike Whitmarsh, United States (3), 5-12, 12-8 and 12-10 (90).
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Bronze -
Not contested
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Semi-Finals
- Guilherme/Para def. Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (4, Q1),
10-12, 12-9 and 15-13 (136)
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Semi-Finals
- Ceman/Whitmarsh def. Dain Blanton/Kent Steffes, United States (2),
12-5 ad 12-8 (68).
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WOMEN’S WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP“FINAL FOUR” RESULTS
July 24-29, 2007 at
Gstaad, Switzerland
48-team, pool play, 32-team single-elimination bracket
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Gold Medal
Match
- Misty
May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States (No. 1-seeded team) def. Jia
Tian/Jie Wang, China (3), 21-16, 21-10 (39 minutes)
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Bronze
Medal Match
- Juliana
Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil (2) def.
Chen Xue / Xi
Zhang, China (4), 19-21, 21-19, 18-16 (63)
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Semi-Finals
- May-Treanor/Walsh def. Xue/Zhang, 21-14, 21-19 (40)
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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
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Gold
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May-Treanor/Walsh, United States (19) def. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil
(1), 21-17, 21-17 (40)
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Bronze -
Tian/Fei Wang, China (5) def.
Dalixia
Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (13), 21-13, 21-17 (40)
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Semi-Finals
- Juliana/Larissa def.
Fernandez
Grasset/Larrea Peraza, 21-15, 21-16 (38)
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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
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Gold
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May-Treanor/Walsh, United States (1) def. Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar,
Brazil (3), 21-19 and 21-19 (40)
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Bronze
- Natalie
Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia (5) def.
Annett Davis/Jenny
Johnson Jordan, United States (7), 21-16 and 21-17 (35)
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Semi-Finals
- May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh def. Cook/Sanderson, 19-21, 21-19 and 18-16
(61)
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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
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Gold
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Shelda/Adriana, Brazil (1) def. Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, Brazil
(3), 21-16 and 21-18 (39)
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Bronze -
Eva Celbova/Sona Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (12) def. Barbra
Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (2), 21-17 and 21-19 (39)
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Semi-Finals
- Shelda/Adriana def.
Celbova/Dosoudilova, 21-15 and 21-16 (37)
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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
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Gold
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Shelda/Adriana, Brazil (1) def. Davis/Johnson Jordan, United States
(8), 15-11 (30)
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Bronze -
Liz Masakayan/Youngs, United States (13) won by forfeit over
Sandra/Adriana Samuel, Brazil (3)
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Semi-Finals
- Davis/Johnson Jordan def. Masakayan/Youngs, 5-11 (50)
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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
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Gold
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Sandra/Jackie Silva, Brazil (3) def. Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United
States (1), 12-11, 1-12 and 12-10 (89)
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Bronze -
Not contested
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Semi-Finals
- Arce/McPeak def. Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, United States (12), 12-4
and 12-9 (77)
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Semi-Finals
- Sandra/Jackie Silva def.
Shelda/Adriana,
Brazil (2), 12-11, 4-12 ad 12-3 (116)
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