2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

The 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is an international beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).

From this season, the FIVB World Tour calendar comprises the 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and 10 Open tournaments.^[1][2] The Phuket Open was originally scheduled for October but was cancelled due to political unrest in Thailand.^[3] La Réunion Open (men) and Chennai Open (both gender) were later cancelled also.

The FIVB Open tournaments returned as part of the World Tour.^[4]

Schedule

Key

Men

Tournament[5]	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Fuzhou Open[6] Fuzhou, China 22 – 26 April	Paolo Nicolai (ITA)  Daniele Lupo (ITA) 21–17, 16–21, 15–13	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)	Jon Stiekema (NED)  Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) 17–21, 26–24, 16–14	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam[7] Shanghai, China 29 April – 3 May	Paolo Nicolai (ITA)  Daniele Lupo (ITA) 24–26, 21–18, 15–12	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)	Jonathan Erdmann (GER)  Kay Matysik (GER) 15–21, 21–19, 15–10	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
Puerto Vallarta Open[8] Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 6 – 10 May	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) 21–19, 21–15	Paolo Ingrosso (ITA)  Matteo Ingrosso (ITA)	Juan Virgen (MEX)  Lombardo Ontiveros (MEX) 21–16, 18–21, 21–19	Finn Dittelbach (GER)  Eric Koreng (GER)
Anapa Open[9] Anapa, Russia 28 May – 1 June	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (LAT)  Aleksandrs Solovejs (LAT) 21–16, 24–26, 15–13	Konstantin Semenov (RUS)  Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS)	Philip Gabathuler (SUI)  Mirco Gerson (SUI) 16–21, 21–17, 16–14	Sébastien Chevallier (SUI)  Alexei Strasser (SUI)
Moscow Grand Slam[10] Moscow, Russia 11 – 15 June	Konstantin Semenov (RUS)  Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS) 23–21, 21–17	Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)  Mariusz Prudel (POL)	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21–19, 15–21, 15–11	Paolo Nicolai (ITA)  Daniele Lupo (ITA)
Berlin smart Grand Slam[11] Berlin, Germany 18 – 22 June	John Hyden (USA)  Tri Bourne (USA) 21–17, 21–11	Ryan Doherty (USA)  Nicholas Lucena (USA)	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–13, 21–12	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
Stavanger Grand Slam[12] Stavanger, Norway 25 – 29 June	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21–16, 21–16	Ricardo Santos (BRA)  Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA)	Philip Gabathuler (SUI)  Mirco Gerson (SUI) 28–30, 21–19, 15–9	Alexey Sidorenko (KAZ)  Alexandr Dyachenko (KAZ)
Gstaad Grand Slam[13] Gstaad, Switzerland 9 – 13 July	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21–17, 21–17	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)	Ryan Doherty (USA)  Nicholas Lucena (USA) 21–19, 21–16	Jonathan Erdmann (GER)  Kay Matysik (GER)
The Hague Transavia Grand Slam[14] The Hague, Netherlands 15 – 20 July	Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)  Mariusz Prudel (POL) 21–18, 13–21, 15–13	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA)	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) 12–21, 21–16, 15–11	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball[15] Long Beach, California, United States 22 – 27 July	Phil Dalhausser (USA)  Sean Rosenthal (USA) 22–24, 21–17, 15–9	Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)  Mariusz Prudel (POL)	Todd Rogers (USA)  Theo Brunner (USA) 21–17, 18–21, 15–12	Alexander Walkenhorst (GER)  Stefan Windscheif (GER)
Klagenfurt A1 Grand Slam[16] Klagenfurt, Austria 30 July – 3 August	Alison Cerutti (BRA)  Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–14, 21–17	Paolo Nicolai (ITA)  Daniele Lupo (ITA)	Isaac Kapa (AUS)  Christopher McHugh (AUS) 24–22, 21–17	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)
Stare Jablonki Grand Slam[17] Stare Jabłonki, Poland 20 – 24 August	Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)  Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) 15–21, 21–17, 15–12	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT)  Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)	Jake Gibb (USA)  Casey Patterson (USA) 23–21, 21–18	Clemens Doppler (AUT)  Alexander Horst (AUT)
São Paulo Grand Slam[18] São Paulo, Brazil 23 – 28 September	Reinder Nummerdor (NED)  Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) 21–17, 21–13	Ricardo Santos (BRA)  Emanuel Rego (BRA)	Bartosz Łosiak (POL)  Piotr Kantor (POL) 21–19, 18–21, 15–12	Josh Binstock (CAN)  Sam Schachter (CAN)
Xiamen Open[19] Xiamen, China 7 – 11 October	Youssef Krou (FRA)  Édouard Rowlandson (FRA) 22–20, 19–21, 15–12	Francisco Alfredo Marco (ESP)  Christian García (ESP)	Nikita Liamin (RUS)  Dmitri Barsouk (RUS) 21–18, 21–15	Theo Brunner (USA)  John Mayer (USA)
Paraná Open[20] Paraná, Argentina 29 October – 2 November	Josh Binstock (CAN)  Sam Schachter (CAN) 21–14, 21–12	Esteban Grimalt (CHI)  Marco Grimalt (CHI)	Chaim Schalk (CAN)  Ben Saxton (CAN) 21–15, 21–10	Sebastian Fuchs (GER)  Thomas Kaczmarek (GER)
Doha Open[21] Doha, Qatar 4 – 8 November	Tim Holler (GER)  Jonas Schröder (GER) 21–18, 21–13	Josh Binstock (CAN)  Sam Schachter (CAN)	Youssef Krou (FRA)  Édouard Rowlandson (FRA) 21–15, 21–15	Ruslan Bykanov (RUS)  Sergey Prokopyev (RUS)
Mangaung Open[22] Mangaung, South Africa 9 – 14 December	Reinder Nummerdor (NED)  Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) 21–18, 21–18	Esteban Grimalt (CHI)  Marco Grimalt (CHI)	Youssef Krou (FRA)  Édouard Rowlandson (FRA) 21–16, 21–17	Sebastian Fuchs (GER)  Thomas Kaczmarek (GER)

Women

Tournament[5]	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Fuzhou Open[23] Fuzhou, China 23 – 27 April	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–11, 21–18	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Xue Chen (CHN)  Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–19, 21–18	Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)  Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam[24] Shanghai, China 30 April – 4 May	Laura Ludwig (GER)  Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 23–21, 19–21, 15–9	Wang Fan (CHN)  Yue Yuan (CHN)	Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–17, 21–14	Talita Antunes (BRA)  Taiana Lima (BRA)
Puerto Vallarta Open[25] Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 7 – 11 May	Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–19, 21–18	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Xue Chen (CHN)  Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–12, 18–21, 15–13	Chantal Laboureur (GER)  Julia Sude (GER)
Prague Open[26] Prague, Czech Republic 21 – 25 May	Kristýna Kolocová (CZE)  Markéta Sluková (CZE) 21–18, 16–21, 15–12	Katrin Holtwick (GER)  Ilka Semmler (GER)	Laura Ludwig (GER)  Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 21–18, 17–21, 15–5	Doris Schwaiger (AUT)  Stefanie Schwaiger (AUT)
Anapa Open[27] Anapa, Russia 27 – 31 May	Victoria Bieneck (GER)  Julia Großner (GER) 22–20, 21–19	Ekaterina Syrtseva (RUS)  Alexandra Moiseeva (RUS)	Evgenia Ukolova (RUS)  Maria Prokopeva (RUS) 21–19, 23–21	Angela Lobato (ESP)  Paula Soria (ESP)
Moscow Grand Slam[28] Moscow, Russia 11 – 15 June	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–17, 22–24, 15–13	Talita Antunes (BRA)  Taiana Lima (BRA)	Madelein Meppelink (NED)  Marleen van Iersel (NED) 21–19, 18–21, 15–12	Liliana Fernández (ESP)  Elsa Baquerizo (ESP)
Berlin smart Grand Slam[29] Berlin, Germany 17 – 22 June	Kristýna Kolocová (CZE)  Markéta Sluková (CZE) 21–14, 18–21, 15–12	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Karla Borger (GER)  Britta Büthe (GER) 21–10, 21-19	Wang Fan (CHN)  Yue Yuan (CHN)
Stavanger Grand Slam[30] Stavanger, Norway 24 – 28 June	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–12, 21–15	Liliana Fernández (ESP)  Elsa Baquerizo (ESP)	Natália Dubovcová (SVK)  Dominika Nestarcová (SVK) 21–19, 16–21, 15–12	Madelein Meppelink (NED)  Marleen van Iersel (NED)
Gstaad Grand Slam[31] Gstaad, Switzerland 8 – 13 July	Katrin Holtwick (GER)  Ilka Semmler (GER) 24–22, 21–16	Karla Borger (GER)  Britta Büthe (GER)	Kristýna Kolocová (CZE)  Markéta Sluková (CZE) 27–25, 21–19	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)
The Hague Transavia Grand Slam[32] The Hague, Netherlands 15 – 20 July	Taiana Lima (BRA)  Fernanda Alves (BRA) 21–16, 16–21, 15–12	Katrin Holtwick (GER)  Ilka Semmler (GER)	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA) 21–13, 21–14	Kristýna Kolocová (CZE)  Markéta Sluková (CZE)
ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball[33] Long Beach, California, United States 22 – 27 July	April Ross (USA)  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–17, 21–17	Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA)	Natália Dubovcová (SVK)  Dominika Nestarcová (SVK) 21–19, 12–21, 15–13	Liliana Fernández (ESP)  Elsa Baquerizo (ESP)
Klagenfurt A1 Grand Slam[34] Klagenfurt, Austria 29 July – 2 August	Larissa França (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 22–20, 21–19	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA)	Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA)  Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–18, 21–18	Marta Menegatti (ITA)  Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA)
Stare Jablonki Grand Slam[35] Stare Jabłonki, Poland 19 – 23 August	Larissa França (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 21–14, 19–21, 16–14	Laura Ludwig (GER)  Julia Sude (GER)	Katrin Holtwick (GER)  Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–17, 21–16	Taiana Lima (BRA)  Fernanda Alves (BRA)
São Paulo Grand Slam[36] São Paulo, Brazil 23 – 28 September	Larissa França (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 18–21, 23–21, 21–19	Marta Menegatti (ITA)  Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA)	Madelein Meppelink (NED)  Marleen van Iersel (NED) 21–15, 21–14	Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)  Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
Xiamen Open[37] Xiamen, China 8 – 12 October	Maria Antonelli (BRA)  Juliana Silva (BRA) 20–22, 21–17, 15–13	Wang Fan (CHN)  Yue Yuan (CHN)	Tealle Hunkus (USA)  Kendra Vanzwieten (USA) 21–12, 21–15	Vassiliki Arvaniti (GRE)  Maria Tsiartsiani (GRE)
Paraná Open[38] Paraná, Argentina 28 October – 1 November	Larissa França (BRA)  Talita Antunes (BRA) 21–16, 21–17	Maria Clara Salgado (BRA)  Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)	Liliane Maestrini (BRA)  Rebecca Silva (BRA) 21–8, 21–16	Irene Hester (USA)  Caitlin Ledoux (USA)
Mangaung Open Mangaung, South Africa 9 – 14 December	Martina Bonnerová (CZE)  Barbora Hermannová (CZE) 21–15, 21–17	Takemi Nishibori (JPN)  Sayaka Mizoe (JPN)	Evgenia Ukolova (RUS)  Maria Prokopeva (RUS) 21–17, 20–22, 15–12	Lane Carico (USA)  Kimberly Dicello (USA)

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	9	11	6	26
2	United States	8	2	5	15
3	Germany	4	4	4	12
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	4
5	Italy	2	3	0	5
6	Latvia	2	2	0	4
7	Netherlands	2	0	3	5
8	Russia	1	2	3	6
9	Poland	1	2	1	4
10	Canada	1	1	1	3
11	France	1	0	2	3
12	China	0	2	2	4
13	Chile	0	2	0	2
	Spain	0	2	0	2
15	Japan	0	1	0	1
16	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
18	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1

References

External links

• 2014 FIVB World Tour at FIVB.org

International beach volleyball FIVB World Ranking Olympic Games World Tour World Championships U23 World Championships U21 World Championships U19 World Championships U17 World Championships Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asia and Oceania AVC – Asian Championship Africa CAVB – African Championship North America NORCECA – NORCECA Circuit South America CSV – South American Circuit Europe CEV – European Championships – U22 – U20 – U18