SWATCH FIVB World Tour 2009

Banco do Brasil apresenta Kia Open - Brasilia 2009 | Women
20/04/2009 - 25/04/2009

Presentation

Brasilia Hosts First SWATCH FIVB World Tour Event

Brasilia is one of three new sites on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar along with Rome (Italy) and The Hague (Netherlands). The Finnish island of Aland returns to the international Beach Volleyball calendar after not staging an event in 2008 due to the Beijing Olympic Games. Brasília is hosting its first-ever SWATCH stop, but the FIVB has been sanctioning events continuously in the South American country since 1987 when Beach Volleyball competition was "officially" recognized internationally. Located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central, Brasília has a population of about 2,557,000 making it the fourth largest city in Brazil. As the national capital, Brasília is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government. The city also hosts the headquarters of many Brazilian companies. The city was planned and developed in 1956 with Lúcio Costa as the principal urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as the principal architect. In 1960, it formally became Brazil's national capital. When seen from above, the main planned part of the city's shape resembles an airplane or a butterfly. Pictured below are the top teams from the 2008 SWATCH World Tour after finishing atop on the season points standings - Brazilians (left to right) Harley Marques, Pedro Salgado, Shelda Bede and Ana Paula Connelly.

BRAZIL & BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Brazil has been the site of the most SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, including 30 men’s and 25 women’s tournaments The 2009 Brasília stop marks the 23rd year that Brazil has hosted a men’s SWATCH stop and 17th-straight season staging a women’s event. Except for the 2004 men’s event in Rio de Janeiro, teams from the South American country have medaled for host Brazil. Brazil also staged the 2007 PanAm Games in Rio de Janeiro where Brazilians Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos and Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca captured the titles.

PAST BRAZILIAN MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS

Total Medals - Brazil 53, USA 19, Switzerland 6, Argentina 4, Germany 4, Canada 2, Cuba 1, Norway 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Rio de Janeiro	1987	Randy Stoklos/Sinjin Smith, USA	Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA	Renan Dal Zotto/Jose Montanaro, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1988	Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA	Bernard/Luis Amerigo, BRA	Renan/Montanaro, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1989	Stoklos/Smith, USA	Eduardo Tinoco/Edinho de Mattos, BRA	Mike Dodd/Tim Hovland, USA
Rio de Janeiro	1990	Stoklos/Smith, USA	Dodd/Hovland, USA	Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1991	Stoklos/Smith, USA	Kent Steffes/Tim Hovland, USA	Guilherme Marques/Andre Lima, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1992	Stoklos/Smith, USA	Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA	Eduardo Garrido/Roberto Moreira, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1993	Adam Johnson/Steffes, USA	Eduardo Bacil/Jose Loiola, BRA	Stoklos/Smith, USA
Rio de Janeiro	1994	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA	Carlos Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA	Ze Marco de Melo/Paulo Emilio, BRA
Fortaleza	1994	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA	Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, NOR	Guilherme/Para Ferreria, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1995	Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA
Fortaleza	1995	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA	Juan Rosell/Francisco Alvarez, CUB	Guilherme/Para, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1996	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	John Child/Mark Heese, CAN
Joao Pessoa	1996	Paulao/Paulo Emilio, BRA	Eduardo Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA
Fortaleza	1996	Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh, USA	Guilherme/Para, BRA	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1997	Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA	Bacil/Loiola, BRA	Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, CAN
Fortaleza	1997	Emanuel Ze Marco, BRA	Eduardo Garrido/Guilherme, BRA	Martinez/Conde, ARG
Rio de Janeiro	1998	Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA	Loiola/Emanuel, BRA	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA
Vitoria	1998	Guilherme/Para, BRA	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA	Jose Salema/Mariano Baracetti, ARG
Vitoria	1999	Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA	Jose Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA	Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA
Guaruja	2000	Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA	Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI	Loiola/Emanuel, BRA
Vitoria	2000	Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA	Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA	M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI
Vitoria	2001	Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA	Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, BRA	M. Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI
Fortaleza	2002	Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA	Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	2003*	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Holdren/Metzger, USA	Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA
Salvador	2004	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI	Baracetti/Conde, ARG
Rio de Janeiro	2004	Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER	Heuscher/Kobel, SUI	Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, SUI
Salvador	2005	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA	Jake Gibb/Metzger, USA
Vitoria	2006	Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER	Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, USA	Pedro Cunha/Franco, BRA
Fortaleza	2007	Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA	Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA	Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA
Guarajà	2008	Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA	Brink/C. Dieckmann, GER	Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, GER

*FIVB World Championships

PAST BRAZILIAN WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS

Total Medals - Brazil 47, USA 24, Australia 3, Japan 1

Site	Year	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
Rio de Janeiro	1993	Nancy Reno/Karolyn Kirby, USA	Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA	Jackie Silva/Karina Silva, BRA
Santos	1993	Liz Masakayan/Kirby, USA	Isabel Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA	Adriana Behar/Magda Lima, BRA
Santos	1994	Samuel/Monica, BRA	Masakayan/Kirby, USA	Salgado/Timm, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1995	Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA	Samuel/Monica, BRA	Kirby/Deb Richardson, USA
Santos	1995	Linda Hanley/Barbra Fontana, USA	Holly McPeak/Angela Rock, USA	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA
Maceio	1996	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA	Samuel/Monica, BRA	Shelda Bede/Adriana, BRA
Recife	1996	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA	Samuel/Monica, BRA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1996	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA	Kerri Pottharst/Natalie Cook, AUS	Shelda/Adriana, BRA
Salvador	1996	Samuel/Monica, BRA	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA
Rio de Janeir	1997	Samuel/Monica, BRA	McPeak/Lisa Arce, USA	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA
Salvador	1997	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Holly McPeak/Arce, USA	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	1998	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Pottharst/Pauline Manser, AUS	Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA
Salvador	1998	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Hanley/Fontana, USA	Pires/Samuel, BRA
Salvador	1999	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA	Pires/Samuel, BRA
Fortaleza	2000	McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA	Pires/Samuel, BRA	Leanne McSorley/Nancy Mason, USA
Vitoria	2000	Masakayan/Youngs, USA	Pires/ Samuel, BRA	Mika Teru Saiki/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN
Fortaleza	2001	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	McPeak/Kerri Walsh, USA	Masakayan/Dianne DeNecochea, USA
Vitoria	2002	Youngs/McPeak, USA	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Ana Paula Connelly/Tatiana Minello, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	2003*	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS
Fortaleza	2004	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Juliana Felisberta Silva/ Larissa Franca, BRA
Rio de Janeiro	2004	Ana Paula/Pires, BRA	Shelda/Adriana, BRA	Juliana/Larissa, BRA
Salvador	2005	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Rachel Wacholder/Youngs, USA
Vitoria	2006	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Leila Barros/Ana Paula, BRA	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA
Fortaleza	2007	May-Treanor/Walsh, USA	Juliana/Larissa, BRA	Nicole Branagh/Youngs, USA
Guarajà	2008	Vivian Cunha/Larissa, BRA	Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, BRA	Shelda/Ana Paula, BRA

*FIVB World Championships