FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Beach Volleyball World Tour
Full name FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Region World
Date span September–August
Tournaments (Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
Type Beach volleyball
Events Director Angelo Squeo
History
First tour 1987[1][2]
Number of tours 48 (2018)
Most World Tour titles
Men (team) Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(5 World Tour titles)
2002–2009
Women (team) Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(7 World Tour titles)
2004–2012
Men (individual) Brazil Emanuel Rego
(10 World Tour titles)
1996–2012
Women (individual) Brazil Larissa França
Brazil Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles each)
2004–2017
Current World Tour champions
Men Norway Mol – Sørum (2018)
Women Brazil Ágatha – Duda (2018)
Most tournament titles
Men (team) Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(34 titles)
2002–2009[3]
Women (team) Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(45 titles)
2004–2012[4]
Men (individual) Brazil Emanuel Rego
(77 titles)
1996–2012[5]
Women (individual) Brazil Larissa França
(62 titles)
2005–2017[6]

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons[7]) is the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The World Tour was introduced for men in 1989 while the women first competed in 1992.

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

Tournament categories

The current tournament structure was introduced in 2017.[8] World Tour tournaments are ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour has 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.[9] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allows players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.[10] The World Tour concludes with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.[10] The FIVB also organizes the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships every two years, held since 1997.[11]

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (as of 2018 season)[12]
Event category No. of teams in main draw
(per gender)		 Format Prize Money
(per gender)
World Championships[13]48Pool play (1st phase)
Single-elimination (2nd phase)		US$500,000
World Tour Finals10US$400,000
5-star32US$300,000
4-starUS$150,000
3-starUS$75,000
2-star24US$50,000
1-star16US$10,000

Champions

Men's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

Grand Slam Moscow 2012 men's winners
Tour Champions
1989 Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos (USA)
1990 Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos (USA)
1991 Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos (USA)
1992 Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos (USA)
1993 Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto (BRA)
1994 Jan Kvalheim and Bjørn Maaseide (NOR)
1995 Roberto Lopes and Franco Neto (BRA)
1996 Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
1997 Zé Marco de Melo and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
1998 Rogério Ferreira and Guilherme Marques (BRA)
1999 José Loiola and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
2000 Zé Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2001 Tande Ramos and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
2002 Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde (ARG)
2003 Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2004 Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2005 Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2006 Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2007 Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)
2008 Harley Marques and Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2009 Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER)
2010 Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers (USA)
2011 Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego (BRA)
2012 Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal (USA)
2013 Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
2014 Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
2015 Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
2016 Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
2017 Evandro Oliveira and André Stein (BRA)
2018 Anders Mol and Christian Sørum (NOR)

Women's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

Grand Slam Moscow 2012 women's winners
Tour Champions
1992 Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno (USA)
1993 Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan (USA)
1994 Mônica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel (BRA)
1995 Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (BRA)
1996 Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (BRA)
1997 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
1998 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
1999 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
2000 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
2001 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
2002 Misty May and Kerri Walsh (USA)
2003 Ana Paula Connelly and Sandra Pires (BRA)
2004 Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede (BRA)
2005 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2006 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2007 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2008 Shelda Bede and Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
2009 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2010 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2011 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2012 Larissa França and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2013 Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima (BRA)
2014 Maria Elisa Antonelli and Juliana Silva (BRA)
2015 Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
2016 Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
2017 Talita Antunes and Larissa França (BRA)
2018 Ágatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)

FIVB World Tour Finals

The Season Finals are the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and features the top 10 teams per gender during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[14]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		 Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–13, 21–15		 Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nicholas Lucena (USA)		 Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
21–19, 21–14		 Alexander Brouwer (NED)
 Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[15]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		 Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–19, 21–19		 Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)		 Tri Bourne (USA)
 John Hyden (USA)
21–14, 22–20		 Ben Saxton (CAN)
 Chaim Schalk (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[16]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		 Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nick Lucena (USA)
21–15, 21–13		 Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 André Stein (BRA)		 Daniele Lupo (ITA)
 Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
21–17, 19–21, 15–12		 Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[17]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–19, 21–17		 Michał Bryl (POL)
 Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)		 Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
19–21, 21–15, 15–13		 Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER)

Women's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[18]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		 Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–18		 Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)		 Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
22–20, 14–21, 15–10		 Heather Bansley (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[19]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		 Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–18, 21–16		 Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Nadine Zumkehr (SUI)		 Isabelle Forrer (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
21–19, 21–18		 Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[20]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		 Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–17, 19–21, 15–10		 Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		 Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–19		 Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[21]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		 Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)
21–15, 21–19		 Barbora Hermannová (CZE)
 Markéta Sluková (CZE)		 Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
21–15, 19–21, 15–8		 Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)
 Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)

Award winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

Sponsorship

References

  1. ↑ Season List, Beach Volleyball Database
  2. ↑ Beach Volleyball History Archived February 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., Beach Volleyball Database
  3. ↑ International Men's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  4. ↑ International Women's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  5. ↑ International Men's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  6. ↑ International Women's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  7. ↑ SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine., The-Watchez.com
  8. ↑ Competition Calendar, FIVB.org
  9. ↑ "NEW TOURNAMENTS TO TAKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "FIVB Sports Regulations: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. December 1, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Biography of Beach Volleyball". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  12. ↑ "FIVB Sports Regulations: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 30, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2017—Hosting Requirements" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  14. ↑ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  15. ↑ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  16. ↑ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  17. ↑ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  18. ↑ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  19. ↑ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  20. ↑ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  21. ↑ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
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