FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is the double-gender world championship for the sport of beach volleyball organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) the sport's global governing body. The first official edition of the event was held in Los Angeles, United States in 1997 and tournaments had been awarded every two years since then. Before 1997, ten unofficial championships not organized by the FIVB were all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 1987 and 1996. The most recent World Championships took place in Vienna, Austria in 2017.

Winning the World Championships is considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, surpassing the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and being surpassed only by the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games.

Results summary

Men's tournament

Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
1997 Beach Volleyball World Championship Los Angeles, United States details	Rogério Ferreira (BRA)  Guilherme Marques (BRA) 5–12, 12–8, 12–10	Canyon Ceman (USA)  Mike Whitmarsh (USA)	Dain Blanton (USA)  Kent Steffes (USA) [upper-alpha 1]	Paulão Moreira (BRA)  Paulo Emilio Silva (BRA)
1999 Beach Volleyball World Championship Marseille, France details	José Loiola (BRA)  Emanuel Rego (BRA) 15–8	Martin Laciga (SUI)  Paul Laciga (SUI)	Rogério Ferreira (BRA)  Guilherme Marques (BRA) 15–7	Javier Bosma (ESP)  Fabio Díez (ESP)
2001 Beach Volleyball World Championship Klagenfurt, Austria details	Mariano Baracetti (ARG)  Martín Conde (ARG) 25–23, 12–21, 20–18	José Loiola (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Vegard Høidalen (NOR)  Jørre Kjemperud (NOR) 21–16, 21–14	Rob Heidger (USA)  Chip McCaw (USA)
2003 Beach Volleyball World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil details	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA) 21–18, 21–15	Dax Holdren (USA)  Stein Metzger (USA)	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA) Walkover	João Brenha (POR)  Miguel Maia (POR)
2005 Beach Volleyball World Championship Berlin, Germany details	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Fábio Luiz Magalhães (BRA) 22–20, 21–12	Sascha Heyer (SUI)  Paul Laciga (SUI)	Julius Brink (GER)  Kjell Schneider (GER) 16–21, 21–17, 15–10	Marvin Polte (GER)  Thorsten Schön (GER)
2007 Beach Volleyball World Championship Gstaad, Switzerland details	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Todd Rogers (USA) 21–16, 21–14	Dmitri Barsuk (RUS)  Igor Kolodinsky (RUS)	Andrew Schacht (AUS)  Joshua Slack (AUS) 21–17, 21–19	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2009 Beach Volleyball World Championship Stavanger, Norway details	Julius Brink (GER)  Jonas Reckermann (GER) 21–16, 21–19	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Harley Marques Silva (BRA)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Todd Rogers (USA) 21–11, 21–16	David Klemperer (GER)  Eric Koreng (GER)
2011 Beach Volleyball World Championship Rome, Italy details	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Emanuel Rego (BRA) 21–16, 21–15	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Julius Brink (GER)  Jonas Reckermann (GER) 22–20, 18–21, 15–11	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
2013 Beach Volleyball World Championship Stare Jabłonki, Poland details	Alexander Brouwer (NED)  Robert Meeuwsen (NED) 21–18, 21–16	Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Jonathan Erdmann (GER)  Kay Matysik (GER) 21–17, 21–19	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Emanuel Rego (BRA)
2015 Beach Volleyball World Championship Netherlands details	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 12–21, 21–14, 22–20	Reinder Nummerdor (NED)  Christiaan Varenhorst (NED)	Evandro Oliveira (BRA)  Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) 22–20, 21–13	Theo Brunner (USA)  Nick Lucena (USA)
2017 Beach Volleyball World Championship Vienna, Austria details	Evandro Oliveira (BRA)  André Stein (BRA) 23–21, 22–20	Clemens Doppler (AUT)  Alexander Horst (AUT)	Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS)  Nikita Liamin (RUS) 21–17, 21–17	Maarten van Garderen (NED)  Christiaan Varenhorst (NED)
2019 Beach Volleyball World Championship Hamburg, Germany details

Women's tournament

Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
1997 Beach Volleyball World Championship Los Angeles, United States details	Sandra Pires (BRA)  Jackie Silva (BRA) 12–11, 10–12, 12–10	Lisa Arce (USA)  Holly McPeak (USA)	Shelda Bede (BRA)  Adriana Behar (BRA) [upper-alpha 2]	Karolyn Kirby (USA)  Nancy Reno (USA)
1999 Beach Volleyball World Championship Marseille, France details	Shelda Bede (BRA)  Adriana Behar (BRA) 15–11	Annett Davis (USA)  Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)	Liz Masakayan (USA)  Elaine Youngs (USA) Walkover	Sandra Pires (BRA)  Adriana Samuel (BRA)
2001 Beach Volleyball World Championship Klagenfurt, Austria details	Shelda Bede (BRA)  Adriana Behar (BRA) 21–16, 21–18	Tatiana Minello (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA)	Eva Celbová (CZE)  Soňa Nováková (CZE) 21–17, 21–19	Barbra Fontana (USA)  Elaine Youngs (USA)
2003 Beach Volleyball World Championship Rio de Janeiro, Brazil details	Misty May (USA)  Kerri Walsh (USA) 21–19, 21–19	Shelda Bede (BRA)  Adriana Behar (BRA)	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS) 21–16, 21–17	Annett Davis (USA)  Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)
2005 Beach Volleyball World Championship Berlin, Germany details	Misty May-Treanor (USA)  Kerri Walsh (USA) 21–17, 21–17	Larissa França (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Tian Jia (CHN)  Wang Fei (CHN) 21–13, 21–17	Dalixia Fernández (CUB)  Tamara Larrea (CUB)
2007 Beach Volleyball World Championship Gstaad, Switzerland details	Misty May-Treanor (USA)  Kerri Walsh (USA) 21–16, 21–10	Tian Jia (CHN)  Wang Jie (CHN)	Larissa França (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA) 19–21, 21–19, 18–16	Xue Chen (CHN)  Zhang Xi (CHN)
2009 Beach Volleyball World Championship Stavanger, Norway details	Jennifer Kessy (USA)  April Ross (USA) 30–28, 23–21	Larissa França (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 21–13, 21–16	Shelda Bede (BRA)  Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
2011 Beach Volleyball World Championship Rome, Italy details	Larissa França (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA) 21–17, 13–21, 16–14	Misty May-Treanor (USA)  Kerri Walsh (USA)	Xue Chen (CHN)  Zhang Xi (CHN) 21–14, 21–12	Lenka Háječková (CZE)  Hana Klapalová (CZE)
2013 Beach Volleyball World Championship Stare Jabłonki, Poland details	Xue Chen (CHN)  Zhang Xi (CHN) 18–21, 21–17, 21–19	Karla Borger (GER)  Britta Büthe (GER)	Liliane Maestrini (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–18, 21–15	Whitney Pavlik (USA)  April Ross (USA)
2015 Beach Volleyball World Championship Netherlands details	Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–18, 22–20	Fernanda Alves (BRA)  Taiana Lima (BRA)	Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA) 23–25, 21–18, 15–9	Katrin Holtwick (GER)  Ilka Semmler (GER)
2017 Beach Volleyball World Championship Vienna, Austria details	Laura Ludwig (GER)  Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 19–21, 21–13, 15–9	April Ross (USA)  Lauren Fendrick (USA)	Larissa França (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 21–12, 16–21, 18–16	Sarah Pavan (CAN)  Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
2019 Beach Volleyball World Championship Hamburg, Germany details

Medal table

Total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	12	9	10	31
2	United States (USA)	5	6	4	15
3	Germany (GER)	2	1	3	6
4	China (CHN)	1	1	2	4
5	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
8	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		22	22	24	68

Medal table, men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	7	4	4	15
2	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
4	Germany (GER)	1	0	3	4
5	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	0	1
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
7	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
8	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
9	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		11	11	12	34

Medal table, women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	5	5	6	16
2	United States (USA)	4	4	2	10
3	China (CHN)	1	1	2	4
4	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		11	11	12	34

See also

• Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics
• FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
• FIVB Beach Volleyball U23 World Championships
• FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships
• FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships
• FIVB Beach Volleyball U17 World Championships

References

Notes

External links

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball – official website
• 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships – official website