PRESENTATION
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Brasilia first stop on 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball
Swatch World
Tour |
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The opening
event on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour will once
again take place in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia as the international
beach volleyball circuit returns to the South American country for
the 24th year from April 18-23. Brazil has
staged a FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour event every year since the start of the
international circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992. Last
year the event was held in the middle of the capital's 50th birthday
celebration and was surrounded by crowds of over 1 million people. 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 to the left is the 2010 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour
podium in
Brasilia
featuring
(from left to right) Brazilians Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego, Americans Todd
Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, and Brazilians
Bruno Schmidt and Benjamin
Insfran. |
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BRAZIL & BEACH VOLLEYBALL -
Brazil has been the
site of the most FIVB Swatch World Tour events, including 32 men’s and
27 women’s tournaments. The 2011 Brasília stop marks the 25th year that
Brazil has hosted a men’s SWATCH stop and 19th-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 the hosts. 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. |
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PAST BRAZILIAN
MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Total Medals -
Brazil 58, USA 20, Switzerland 6, Argentina 4, Germany 4, Canada 2, Cuba
1, Norway 1 |
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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Rio de Janeiro |
1987 |
Randy Stoklos/Sinjin
Smith, USA |
Karch Kiraly/Pat
Powers, USA |
Renan Dal
Zotto/Jose Montanaro, BRA |
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Rio de Janeiro |
1988 |
Karch Kiraly/Pat
Powers, USA |
Bernard/Luis
Amerigo, BRA |
Renan/Montanaro,
BRA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1989 |
Stoklos/Smith, USA |
Eduardo
Tinoco/Edinho de Mattos, BRA |
Mike Dodd/Tim
Hovland, USA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1990 |
Stoklos/Smith, USA |
Dodd/Hovland, USA |
Franco
Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
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Rio de Janeiro |
1991 |
Stoklos/Smith, USA |
Kent Steffes/Tim
Hovland, USA |
Guilherme
Marques/Andre Lima, BRA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1992 |
Stoklos/Smith, USA |
Paulao
Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA |
Eduardo
Garrido/Roberto Moreira, BRA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1993 |
Adam
Johnson/Steffes, USA |
Eduardo
Bacil/Jose Loiola, BRA |
Stoklos/Smith, USA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1994 |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
Carlos
Briceno/Jeff Williams, USA |
Ze Marco
de Melo/Paulo Emilio, BRA |
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Fortaleza |
1994 |
Franco/Roberto
Lopes, BRA |
Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn
Maaseide, NOR |
Guilherme/Para
Ferreria, BRA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1995 |
Andre
Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA |
Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
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Fortaleza |
1995 |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
Juan
Rosell/Francisco Alvarez, CUB |
Guilherme/Para, BRA |
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Rio de Janeiro |
1996 |
Franco/Roberto
Lopes, BRA |
Emanuel/Ze Marco,
BRA |
John Child/Mark
Heese, CAN |
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Joao
Pessoa |
1996 |
Paulao/Paulo Emilio, BRA |
Eduardo
Martinez/Martin Conde, ARG |
Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA |
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Fortaleza |
1996 |
Dodd/Mike
Whitmarsh, USA |
Guilherme/Para, BRA |
Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA |
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Rio de Janeiro |
1997 |
Emanuel/Ze Marco,
BRA |
Bacil/Loiola, BRA |
Jody Holden/Conrad
Leinemann, CAN |
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Fortaleza |
1997 |
Emanuel
Ze Marco, BRA |
Eduardo
Garrido/Guilherme, BRA |
Martinez/Conde, ARG |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
1998 |
Ze
Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA |
Loiola/Emanuel, BRA |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
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Vitoria |
1998 |
Guilherme/Para, BRA |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
Jose
Salema/Mariano Baracetti, ARG |
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Vitoria |
1999 |
Ze
Marco/Ricardo, BRA |
Jose
Loiola/Emanuel Rego, BRA |
Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA |
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Guaruja |
2000 |
Marcio
Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA |
Martin
Laciga/Paul Laciga, SUI |
Loiola/Emanuel, BRA |
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Vitoria |
2000 |
Marcio
Araujo/Benjamin, BRA |
Emanuel
Rego/Tande Ramos, BRA |
M.
Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI |
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Vitoria |
2001 |
Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA |
Jose
Loiola/Ricardo Santos, BRA |
M.
Laciga/P. Laciga, SUI |
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Fortaleza |
2002 |
Marcio
Araujo/Benjamin, BRA |
Stein
Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
2003* |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Holdren/Metzger, USA |
Marcio
Araujo/Benjamin, BRA |
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Salvador |
2004 |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Patrick
Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, SUI |
Baracetti/Conde, ARG |
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Rio de
Janeiro |
2004 |
Markus
Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann, GER |
Heuscher/Kobel, SUI |
Markus
Egger/Sascha Heyer, SUI |
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Salvador |
2005 |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Marcio
Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA |
Jake
Gibb/Metzger, USA |
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Vitoria |
2006 |
Julius Brink/Christoph
Dieckmann, GER |
Gibb/Sean
Rosenthal, USA |
Pedro Cunha/Franco,
BRA |
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Fortaleza |
2007 |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Phil
Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA |
Marcio
Araujo/Fabio, BRA |
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Guarajà |
2008 |
Harley
Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA |
Brink/C.
Dieckmann, GER |
Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, GER |
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Brasília |
2009 |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Alison Cerutti/Harley, BRA |
Marcio
Araujo/Fabio, BRA |
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Brasília |
2010 |
Dalhausser/Rogers USA |
Bruno/Benjamin BRA |
Alison/Emanuel BRA |
*FIVB World Championships
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