
Brazil's legendary Emanuel Rego celebrates with the intensity that he and teammate Alison Cerutti play. The Brazilians continue to lead the current 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour in points and money.
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Lausanne, Switzerland, July 4, 2011—The seventh women’s and sixth men’s events on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour calendar and second of six Grand Slams were played this past week at the $600,000 FIVB Swatch ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2011 at the Vaagen Harbour. In Stavanger, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross of the United States each won their ninth career FIVB Swatch World Tour gold medal and their ninth as a team as well while Brazil’s Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos won their first gold medal together and 19th career FIVB Swatch World Tour gold medal for Marcio Araujo and 51st for Ricardo. This week the world tour continues with the second of three straight double-gender Grand Slams in Gstaad, Switzerland from July 4-10 and then onto Moscow, Russia from July 11-17. The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour then leaves Europe for North America in a double-gender Open in Québec, Canada from July 19-24 before returning to Europe for the final two double-gender Grand Slams in Stare Jablonki, Poland from July 25-31 and Klagenfurt, Austria from August 1-7.
2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Men’s Leaders (through July 3) Men (Team Rank, points) 1, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 3,660 2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,100 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 3,000 4, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 2,800 5, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,360 6, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 2,300 7, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1,920 8, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,780 9, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 1,680 10, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 1,540 11, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1,480 12, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 1,420 13, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 1,260 14, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,180 15, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1,140 15, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1,140 17, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 1,100 18, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 980 19, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 880 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 878 21, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 824 22, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 760 23, Rhooney Ferramenta/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 680 24, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 630 -MORE- Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings) 1, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 6, 3, $173,700 2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 6, 2, $118,400 3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 5, 0, $111,600 4, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 5, 1, $116,800 5, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 6, 0, $76,700 6, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 6, 0, $64,000 7, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 6, 0, $54,800 8, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 6, 0, $53,100 9, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 5, 0, $52,000 10, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 4, 0, $50,200 11, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 6, 0, $40,450 12, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 6, 0, $39,800 13, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 5, 0, $35,500 14, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 5, 0, $34,600 15, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 6, 0, $32,200 15, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 4, 0, $32,200 17, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 4, 0, $31,700 18, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 4, 0, $27,700 19, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 3, 0, $25,000 20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 5, 0, $24,350 21, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 3, 0, $24,100 22, Rhooney Ferramenta/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2, 0, $21,500 23, Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden, 6, 0, $20,250 24, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 4, 0, $20,150
2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Women’s Leaders (through July 3) Women (Team Rank, points) 1, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 3,840 2, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 3,360 3, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3,140 4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2,980 5, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2,960 6, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 2,720 7, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 2,520 7, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 2,520 9, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,320 10, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 2,260 11, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,160 12, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 1,760 13, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 1,740 14, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 1,560 15, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 1,500 16, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 1,440 17, Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 1,380 18, Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 1,320 19, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 1,060 20, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 1,020 21, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 980 22, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 850 23, Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 830 24, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 820 -MORE- Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings) 1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 6, 3, $157,200 2, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 7, 1, $143,100 3, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 5, 1, $133,900 4, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 7, 2, $104,900 5, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 7, 0, $98,400 6, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 7, 0, $81,500 7, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 7, 0, $77,450 8, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 7, 0, $76,800 9, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 7, 0, $63,400 10, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 6, 0, $60,650 11, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 6, 0, $56,750 12, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 7, 0, $55,800 13, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 6, 0, $53,850 14, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 7, 0, $42,600 15, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 7, 0, $40,250 16, Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 7, 0, $38,450 17, Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 7, 0, $37,450 18, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 7, 0, $37,400 19, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 6, 0, $29,300 20, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 7, 0, $29,150 21, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 7, 0, $28,400 22, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 5, 0, $24,400 23, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 3, 0, $23,700 24, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 7, 0, $22,900 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Highlights
• The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour circuit will visit 18 sites in 16 countries over an eight-month period. • The 2011 calendar features 15 women's and 14 men's events within all five confederations plus one special 24-team single-gender women’s test event held August 9-14 at London’s Horse Guard’s Parade, the venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour is offering $7.64-million in prize money • Twelve of the tournaments will be combined men's and women's events, including the World Championships and all six Grand Slam stops. • Women's-only stops will be in China (Sanya), Poland (Myslowice), and Thailand (Phuket). Men's only stops will be in the Czech Republic (Prague) and Morocco (Agadir) • New stops on this year's calendar are the double gender event in Canada (Québec) and the first event in Morocco (Agadir) (men), after a five year absence from Africa. • The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships will be played in Rome, Italy beginning June 13 and concluding on June 19. This is the first time that Italy has hosted the World Championships. • The tour returns to Beijing, the scene of the 2008 Olympic Games after two year's absence, with a double gender Grand Slam, the first ever held in Asia. • The $3.6-million FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Grand Slam series will return to Norway (Stavanger), Switzerland (Gstaad), Russia (Moscow), Poland (Stare Jablonki), and Austria (Klagenfurt). • Stavanger, Gstaad, and Klagenfurt have each staged eleven or more FIVB-sanctioned BeachVolleyball events. Each site has also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships (Klagenfurt in 2001, Gstaad in 2007 and Stavanger in 2009). • The opening event on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour calendar was a double gender event in Brasília. Brazil has staged a FIVB Swatch World Tour event every year since the start of the International circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992. • China is staging three and Poland will present two FIVB Swatch World Tour stops in 2011. • The men's calendar concludes with the new event in Morocco in early October while the women's tour finishes in Thailand the following month. • The International Beach Volleyball calendar also features two other age-limit World Championships. Croatia will host the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships, for players under the age of 19, June 21-26 in Umag. Canada will host the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships for players under 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia August 31-September 4. This will be the first time either country has hosted these events. The FIVB Swatch Youth World Championships in 2010 were held in Porto, Portugal before Turkey hosted the FIVB Swatch Junior World Championships in Alanya. • IMG Sports Media continues to have the exclusive global distribution rights for the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour. In addition to match telecasts, IMG also produces a weekly FIVB Swatch World Tour highlight show. • The FIVB Swatch World Tour will continue to exclusively use the Mikasa VLS300 ball. It was introduced in 2009 in October and November at events in Sanya, China and Phuket, Thailand.
2011 Men FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Schedule/Results Dates Site Open/GS/WC Gold Medal Team or Purse April 18-23 Brasília, Brazil Open Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States May 2-7 Shanghai, China Open Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May 17-22 Prague, Czech Republic Open Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil June 6-11 Beijing, China Grand Slam Alison/Emanuel, Brazil June 13-19 Rome, Italy World Championship Alison/Emanuel, Brazil June 28-July 3 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil July 5-10 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam $300,000 July 12-17 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam $300,000 July 19-24 Québec, Canada Open $190,000 July 26-31 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam $300,000 August 2-7 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam $300,000 August 16-21 Åland, Finland Open $190,000 August 23-28 The Hague, Netherlands Open $190,000 October 4-9 Agadir, Morocco Open $190,000
2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour – Men’s Final Four results Brazil – Brasília, April 17-23, $US$190,000 1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30,000 2. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $21,000 3. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $15,000 4. Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $11,200 Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-18, 21-13 (35 minutes) Bronze – Wu/Xu def. Marcio Araujo, 21-17, 16-21, 15-10 (48) MOP – Dalhausser SWATCH Serve – Casey Patterson, United States, 99.6 km/h
China – Shanghai, May 2-7, $US$190,000 1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $30,000 2. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $21,000 3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $15,000 4. Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $11,200 Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gibb/Rosenthal, 21-18, 24-22 (44) Bronze – Brink/Reckermann def. Gavira/Herrera, 14-21, 22-20, 15-10 (52) MOP – Dalhausser SWATCH Serve – Andy Ces, France, 96.5 km/h
Czech Republic – Prague, May 17-22, $US$190,000 1. Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $30,000 2. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $21,000 3. Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $15,000 4. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $11,200 Gold – Alison/Emanuel def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-19, 21-14 (39) Bronze – Chevallier/Heyer def. Cunha/Salgado, 21-18, 18-21, 17-15 (52) MOP – Alison SWATCH Serve – Stefan Winscheif, Germany, 92.5 km/h
China – Beijing, June 6-11, $US$300,000 1. Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $43,500 2. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $29,500 3. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, $23,000 4. Gregorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, $18,400 Gold – Alison/Emanuel def. Brink/Reckermann, 15-21, 21-19, 15-8 (50) Bronze – Bellaguarda/Heuscher def. Fijalek/Prudel, 21-18, 21-16 (37) MOP – Alison SWATCH Serve – Eric Koreng, Germany, 98.5 km/h
Italy – Rome, June 13-19 $US$500,000 1. Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $60,000 2. Marcio/Ricardo, Brazil, $45,000 3. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $35,000 4. Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, $28,000 Gold – Alison/Emanuel def. Marcio/Ricardo, 21-16, 21-15 (38) Bronze – Brink/Reckermann def. Plavins/Smedins 22-20, 18-21, 15-11 (59) MOP – Alison SWATCH Serve –
Norway – Stavanger, June 28-July 3 $US$300,000 1. Marcio/Ricardo, Brazil, $43,500 2. Fijalek/ Prudel, Poland, $29,500 3. Brink/Reckermann, Germany, $23,000 4. Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, $18,400 Gold – Marcio/Ricardo def. Fijalek/Prudel, 21-18, 24-22 (44) Bronze – Brink/Reckermann def. Skarlund/Spinnangr 17-21, 21-13, 15-11 (54) MOP – Ricardo SWATCH Serve –
2011 Women FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Schedule/Results Dates Site Open/GS/WC Gold Medal Team or Purse April 17-22 Brasília, Brazil Open Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil April 26-May 1 Sanya, China Open Juliana/Larissa, Brazil May 3-8 Shanghai, China Open Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands May 17-22 Myslowice, Poland Open Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands June 6-11 Beijing, China Grand Slam Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA June 13-19 Rome, Italy World Championship Juliana/Larissa, Brazil June 27-July 2 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, USA July 4-9 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam $300,000 July 11-16 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam $300,000 July 19-24 Québec, Canada Open $190,000 July 25-30 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam $300,000 August 1-6 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam $300,000 August 15-20 Åland, Finland Open $190,000 August 23-28 The Hague, Netherlands Open $190,000 November 1-6 Phuket, Thailand Open $190,000
2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour – Women’s Final Four results Brazil – Brasília, April 17-23, $US$190,000 1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $30,000 2. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $21,000 3. Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, $15,000 4. Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, $11,200 Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. May-Treanor/Walsh, 21-16, 15-21, 15-12 (49 minutes) Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Fendrick/Hanson, 25-23, 21-19 (46) MOP - Juliana SWATCH Serve – Ross, United States, 78.3 km/h
China – Sanya, April 26-May 1, $US$190,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $30,000 2. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $21,000 3. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, $15,000 4. May-Treanor/ Walsh, United States, $21,000 Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. Xue/Zhang, 19-21, 22-20, 17-15 (66) Bronze – Antonelli/Antunes def. May-Treanor/Walsh by injury forfeit MOP - Larissa SWATCH Serve – Yuan Yue, China, 81.5 km/h
China – Shanghai, May 3-8 $US$190,000 1. Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, $30,000 2. Kessy/Ross, United States, $21,000 3. Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, $15,000 4. Fendrick/Hanson, United States, $11,200 Gold – Keiser/Van Iersel def. Kessy/Ross, 15-21, 26-24, 15-13 (62) Bronze – D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger def. Fendrick/Hanson, 21-19, 21-23, 15-12 (51) MOP - Van Iersel SWATCH Serve – Ross, United States, 80.3 km/h
Poland – Myslowice, May 17-22 $US$190,000 1. Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands, $30,000 2. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, $21,000 3. Kessy/Ross, United States, $15,000 4. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $11,200 Gold – Keiser/Van Iersel def. Cicolari/Menegatti, 21-17, 21-18 (36) Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Goller/Ludwig, 23-21, 21-15 (39) MOP - Van Iersel SWATCH Serve – Van Iersel, Netherlands, 79.7 km/h
China – Beijing, June 6-11 $US$300,000 1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500 2. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $29,500 3. Kessy/Ross, United States, $23,000 4. Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy, $18,400 Gold – May-Treanor def. Holtwick/Semmler, 21-14, 24-26, 15-9 (51) Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Cicolari/Menegatti, 21-18, 21-18 (41) MOP - Holtwick SWATCH Serve – Larissa Franca, Brazil, 76.6 km/h
Italy – Rome, June 13-19 $US$500,000 1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $60,000 2. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $45,000 3. Xue/Zhang, China, $35,000 4. Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, $28,000 Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. May-Treanor/Walsh 21-17, 13-21, 16-14 (46) Bronze – Xue/Zhang def. Hajeckova/Klapalova 21-14, 21-12 (32) MOP – Juliana SWATCH Serve –
Norway – Stavanger, June 27-July 2 $US$300,000 1. Kessy/Ross, United States, United States, $43,500 2. Goller/Ludwig, Germany, $29,500 3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $23,000 4. Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands, $18,400 Gold – Kessy/Ross def. Goller/Ludwig, 21-16, 21-15 (40) Bronze – Juliana/Larissa def. Keizer/Van Iersel, 21-13, 21-14 (32) MOP - Kessy SWATCH Serve –
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