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
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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
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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 –