SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2009

World Series 13 Grand Chelem - Marseille | Men
20/07/2009 - 26/07/2009

Presentation

Marseille Hosts SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Event

Marseille will break a tie with Rio de Janeiro in hosting the most SWATCH FIVB World Tour events as the Mediterranean port city has staged an international Beach Volleyball tournament every year since 1994, except in 2005 when the organizer was developing a stop in Paris. The 15th event in Marseille is also a SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam stop. While the men have completed in each Marseille event with Brazilians securing 20 podium placements and 12 gold medals, the 2009 women’s event will be Event No. 12 in the French port. Only Osaka (13) has staged more women’s SWATCH stops than Marseille. Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau's Marseille gold medal finish was the first-ever by a German women's team in SWATCH FIVB World Tour history. The 2007 gold medal finish with Pedro Cunha by Franco Neto (40 years, eight months, 11 days) made the Brazilian the oldest player to win a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event. Women’s teams from Brazil and the United States have split the previous 10 gold medals. Marseille hosted the 1999 SWATCH FIVB World Championships where Brazilians captured both the men’s and women’s crowns. France’s top finish by a men’s team was in 1994 when Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud dropped the gold medal match to Jan Kvalheim and Bjorn Maaseide of Norway in the first all-European finale on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour. Ethel-Julie Arjona and Virginie Kadjo had posted ninths in Marseille (2003 and 2004) for France's best women's finishes as a host country entry with Deborah Giaoui and Eva Hamzaoui matching the feat in 2008. Pictured below are 2008 Marseille winners (left to right), Brazilians Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes, and Germans Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau.

PAST FRENCH MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS

Medals - Brazil 31, USA 11, Argentina 4, Germany 4, Norway 4, Switzerland 4, Australia 1, Canada 1, China 1, Cuba 1, France 1, Italy 1, Netherlands 1, Russia 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Sete	1990	Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, BRA	John Eddo/Sean Fallowfield, USA	Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA
CapdAgde	1991	Eddo/Leif Hanson, USA	Andrea Ghiurghi/Dionisio Lequaglie, ITA	Andre Lima/Guilherme Marques, BRA
Marseille	1994	Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR	Christian Penigaud/J-P Jodard, FRA	Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA
Marseille	1995	Emanuel Rego/Ze Marco de Melo, BRA	Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR	Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA
La Baule	1995	Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	John Child/Mark Heese, CAN
Marseille	1996	Roberto Lopes/Franco, BRA	Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, USA	Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG
Pornichet	1996	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	Guilherme/Para Ferreira, BRA	Kvalheim/Maaseide, NOR
Marseille	1997	Guilherme/Para, BRA	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	Julie Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS
Marseille	1998	Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA	Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, GER	Bill Boullianne/Ian Clark, USA
Marseille	1999*	Jose Loiola/Emanuel, BRA	Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI	Guilherme/Para, BRA
Marseille	2000	Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA	Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud, NOR	Loiola/Emanuel, BRA
Marseille	2001	Mariano Baracetti/Conde, ARG	Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA	Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA
Marseille	2002	Loiola/Ricardo, BRA	Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, CUB	Emanuel/Tande, BRA
Marseille	2003	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI	Dain Blanton/Jeff Nygaard, USA
Marseille	2004	Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA	Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI	Baracetti/Conde, ARG
Paris	2005	Heuscher/Kobel, SUI	Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA	Julius Brink/Kjell Schneider, GER
Marseille	2006	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA	Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA
Paris	2006	Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA	Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA
Paris	2007	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Cunha/Franco, BRA	Mike Lambert/Metzger, USA
Marseille	2007	Cunha/Franco, BRA	Baracetti/Conde, ARG	Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, RUS
Paris	2008	Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA	Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NED	David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, GER
Marseille	2008	Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA	Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, CHN	Kay Matysik/Stefan Uhmann, GER

*SWATCH-FIVB World Championships

PAST FRENCH WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS

Medals - Brazil 21, USA 18, China 4, Australia 1, Germany 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Marseille	1997	Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA	Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA	Monica RodriguesAdriana Samuel, BRA
Marseille	1998	Sandra Pires/Samuel, BRA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Jackie Silva/Monica, BRA
Marseille	1999*	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA	Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA
Marseille	2000	Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Ana Paula Connelly/Monica Rodrigues, BRA
Marseille	2001	Barbra Fontana/Youngs, USA	Shelda/Adriana Behar, BRA	Arce/McPeak, USA
Marseille	2002	McPeak/Youngs, USA	Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA	Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS
Marseille	2003	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Ana Paula/Pires, BRA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA
Marseille	2004	Rachel Wacholder/Walsh, USA	Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA	Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA
Paris	2005	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Jia Tian, Feil Wang, CHN
Marseille	2006	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Adriana/Shelda, BRA	Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA
Paris	2006	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Leila/Ana Paula, BRA
Paris	2007	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Tian/Jie Wang, CHN	Tyra Turner/Wacholder, USA
Marseille	2007	Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA	Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN	Tian/Jie Wang, CHN
Paris	2008	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Turner/Wacholder, USA	Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA
Marseille	2008	Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, GER	Maria Antonelli/Vanilda Leao, BRA	Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, BRA

*SWATCH-FIVB World Championships