After hosting soccer's World Cup in 2006, Germany returns to the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar in 2007 by hosting a Grand Slam event.  The last international Beach Volleyball event held in Berlin was the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships, where teams from the United States and Brazil captured the gold medals on the Schlossplatz centre court.

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Women – The women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour returns to Berlin for the fifth-time where teams from Brazil and the United States have captured gold medals, including the second SWATCH-FIVB World Championship title for Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in 2005.  It was May-Treanor's second Berlin gold medal as she won the inaugural women's stop in the German capital in 2000 with Holly McPeak.  Suzanne Lahme and Danja Musch posted Germany's best finish in Berlin with a 2004 fourth at the Schlossplatz.