Lausanne, Switzerland, July 17, 2011 - The ninth women’s and eighth men’s events on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour and fourth of six double gender Grand Slams were played this past week at the $600,000 Moscow Grand Slam at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow, Russia.

In the women’s competition, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States won their second event of 2011 and their 37th career FIVB Swatch World Tour gold medal together.  It was Misty’s 40th victory, tying her for third all-time, and Kerri’s 41st, tying her for the best all-time.  On the men’s side, Brazil’s Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego also won their season-leading fifth gold in 2011 and fifth together. It was Emanuel’s career best 74th FIVB Swatch World Tour victory and the 11th for Alison.

This week the world tour leaves Europe, after four consecutive events, for North America in a double-gender Open in Québec, Canada from July 19-24, the $380,000 FIVB Swatch Quebec Open Jeep 2011, presented by Videotron.  The Tour returns to Europe the following week for the final two double-gender Grand Slams in Stare Jablonki, Poland from July 25-31 and Klagenfurt, Austria from August 1-7.  After taking a week off for the 24-team women’s only Olympic Test event held in London’s Horse Guard’s Parade, Europe hosts the final two double-gender open events in Aland, Finland from August 15-21 and The Hague, Netherlands from August 23-28.

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 were played in Rome, Italy from June 13 through June 19. This is the first time that Italy has hosted the World Championships.
• The tour returned 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. In addition, 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 Beach Volleyball events. Each site has also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships (Klagenfurt in 2001, Gstaad in 2007 and Stavanger in 2009).
• 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 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Men’s Leaders (through July 17)
Men (Team Rank, points)
1, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 5,260
2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4,460
3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 3,960
4, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,600
5, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 3,340
6, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 2,960
7, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 2,560
8, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 2,520
9, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 2,280
10, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2,100
11, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 1,980
12, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 1,900
12, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 1,900
14, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 1,860
15, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 1,780
16, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 1,680
17, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 1,620
18, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 1,460
19, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 1,260
20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 1,238
21, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 1,144
22, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 920
23, Harley Marques/Thiago Santos Barbosa, Brazil, 920
24, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 870

Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 8, 5, $260,700
2, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 8, 2, $170,900
3, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 7, 0, $142,600
4, Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 7, 1, $138,000
5, Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 8, 0, $108,300
6, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 7, 0, $86,600
7, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 8, 0, $84,700
8, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 7, 0, $69,100
9, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 8, 0, $65,000
10, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 8, 0, $61,650
11, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 6, 0, $60,400
12, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 6, 0, $52,900
12, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 8, 0, $52,900
14, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 8, 0, $48,200
14, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 6, 0, $48,200
16, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 7, 0, $45,700
17, Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 5, 0, $45,300
18, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 6, 0, $43,700
19, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 6, 0, $39,700
20, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 7, 0, $32,350
21, Anders Lund Hoyer/Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 5, 0, $32,000
22, Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 6, 0, $28,750
23, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 8, 0, $28,050
24, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 7, 0, $26,850

2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Women’s Leaders (through July 17)
Women (Team Rank, points)
1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 4,880
2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 4,420
3, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 4,340
4, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 4,160
5, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 4,000
6, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 3,720
7, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 3,520
8, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3,160
9, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 2,800
10, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 2,660
11, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 2,560
12, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 2,520
13, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 2,240
14, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 2,220
15, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 2,080
16, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 1,820
17, Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 1,700
18, Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 1,640
19, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 1,460
20, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 1,260
21, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 1,220
22, Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 1,190
23, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 1,180
24, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 1,090

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 8, 4, $230,200
2, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 7, 2, $190,600
3, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 8, 1, $151,100
4, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 9, 0, $150,900
5, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 9, 2, $126,100
6, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 9, 0, $118,850
7, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 9, 0, $113,100
8, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 9, 0, $95,100
9, Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 8, 0, $72,150
10, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 9, 0, $72,000
11, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 9, 0, $71,800
12, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 8, 0, $69,850
13, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 9, 0, $69,000
14, Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 8, 0, $66,950
15, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 9, 0, $53,400
16, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 9, 0, $50,450
17, Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 9, 0, $48,650
18, Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 9, 0, $45,450
19, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 7, 0, $40,400
20, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 9, 0, $37,000
21, Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 9, 0, $36,150
22, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 8, 0, $34,400
23, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 4, 0, $31,700
24, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 9, 0, $31,500

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  Alison/Emanuel, Brazil
July 12-17  Moscow, Russia  Grand Slam  Alison/Emanuel, Brazil
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 Windscheif, 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 – Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia, 98.3 km/h

Russia – Moscow, July 11-16 $US$300,000
1. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $43,500
2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $29,500
3. Xue/Zhang, China, Italy, $23,000
4. Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy, $18,400
Gold – May-Treanor/Walsh def. Juliana/Larissa, 23-21, 21-15 (39)
Bronze – Xue/Zhang def. Cicolari/Menegatti, 21-17, 22-24, 15-9 (50)
MOP  - Walsh
SWATCH Serve –Goller, Germany, 82.1 km/h