The first of six SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Grand Slam events in 2008 will be hosted in the Germany capital. Four of the Grand Slam events feature additional points for qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games along with US$600,000 in prize money. After Berlin, other Grand Slam qualifying events will be staged in Paris, Stavanger and Moscow. Except for 2006 when the country hosted the World Cup of Soccer, Germany has been a regular on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar with the grand slam stop being the fifth double gender event in Berlin. The 2007 event featured the successful Berlin title defenses for Brazilians Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes and Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh of the United States as both claimed their first German gold medals in 2005 at the SWATCH-FIVB World Championships. The 2004 Berlin event saw the best finishes for the men�s and women�s teams from Germany. Before Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann captured the 2004 Berlin men�s title, the Germany women�s teams of Susanne Lahme and Danja Musch placed fourth. Pictured below to the left is Walsh watching May-Treanor's bump set. Pictured below to the left are Fabio (left) and Marcio Araujo (second from right) consoling Germany's Eric Koreng as David Klemperer watches.

PAST GERMAN MEN�S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Medals - Brazil 14, Switzerland 4, Germany 4, Argentina 3, Norway 3, Australia 2, Canada 1, Spain 1, USA 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
1. Berlin	1995	Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR	Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA	Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, BRA
2. Berlin	1996	John Child/Mark Heese, CAN	Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marques, BRA	Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS
3. Berlin	1997	Ze Marco/Emanuel, BRA	Para/Guilherme, BRA	Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR
4. Berlin	1998	Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR	Para/Guilherme, BRA	Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA
5. Berlin	1999	Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA	Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI	Javier Bosma/Fabio Diez, ESP
6. Berlin	2001	Prosser/Zahner, AUS	M. Laciga/P.Laciga, SUI	Tande Ramos/Emanuel, BRA
7. Berlin	2002	Para/Harley Marques, BRA	Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, ARG	M. Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER
8. Berlin	2003	Harley/Franco, BRA	Baracetti/Conde, ARG	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA
9. Berlin	2004	Markus Dieckmann/Reckermann, GER	M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI	Baracetti/Conde, ARG
10. Berlin	2005*	Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalh�es, BRA	Sascha Heyer/P. Laciga, SUI	Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, GER
11. Berlin	2007	Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA	David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GER	Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA

*SWATCH-FIVB World Championships

PAST GERMAN WOMEN�S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Medals - Brazil 5, USA 5, China 2, Australia 1, Cuba 1, Japan 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
1. Berlin	2000	Misty May-Treanor/Holly McPeak, USA	Tania Gooley/Pauline Manser, AUS	Yukiko Takahashi/Mika Teru Saiki, JPN
2. Berlin	2003	Ana Paula Connelly/Sandra Pires, BRA	Holly McPeak/Elaine Youngs, USA	Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, BRA
3. Berlin	2004	Adriana/Shelda, BRA	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, CUB	McPeak/Youngs, USA
4. Berlin	2005*	May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA	Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA	Jia Tian/Fei Wang
5. Berlin	2007	May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Tian/Jie Wang, CHN

*SWATCH-FIVB World Championships