FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

For the most current Championships, see 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is an international beach volleyball double-gender championship held every two years.

The first official edition of this event, was the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Los Angeles, California. Before that there had been ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was hosted in 2005 in Berlin, in 2007 in Gstaad, in 2009 in Stavanger and in 2011 in Rome. The 2013 edition took place in Stare Jablonki, Poland.

Results

Men

Men's World Championship
Year Host Champions Runners-up 3rd place
1997
Details		 United States
Los Angeles, California		  Rogerio Ferreira
and Guilherme Marques (BRA)		  Canyon Ceman
and Mike Whitmarsh (USA)		  Dain Blanton
and Kent Steffes (USA)
 Paulão Moreira
and Paulo Emilio Silva (BRA)
1999
Details		 France
Marseille		  José Loiola
and Emanuel Rego (BRA)		  Martin Laciga
and Paul Laciga (SUI)		  Rogerio Ferreira
and Guilherme Marques (BRA)
2001
Details		 Austria
Klagenfurt		  Mariano Baracetti
and Martín Conde (ARG)		  José Loiola
and Ricardo Santos (BRA)		  Vegard Høidalen
and Jørre Kjemperud (NOR)
2003
Details		 Brazil
Rio de Janeiro		  Emanuel Rego
and Ricardo Santos (BRA)		  Dax Holdren
and Stein Metzger (USA)		  Márcio Araújo
and Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
2005
Details		 Germany
Berlin		  Márcio Araújo
and Fábio Luiz Magalhães (BRA)		  Sascha Heyer
and Paul Laciga (SUI)		  Julius Brink
and Kjell Schneider (GER)
2007
Details		 Switzerland
Gstaad		  Phil Dalhausser
and Todd Rogers (USA)		  Dmitri Barsouk
and Igor Kolodinsky (RUS)		  Andrew Schacht
and Joshua Slack (AUS)
2009
Details		 Norway
Stavanger		  Julius Brink
and Jonas Reckermann (GER)		  Harley Marques Silva
and Alison Cerutti (BRA)		  Todd Rogers
and Philip Dalhausser (USA)
2011
Details		 Italy
Rome		  Emanuel Rego
and Alison Cerutti (BRA)		  Ricardo Santos
and Márcio Araújo (BRA)		  Julius Brink
and Jonas Reckermann (GER)
2013
Details		 Poland
Stare Jabłonki		  Alexander Brouwer
and Robert Meeuwsen (NED)		  Ricardo Santos
and Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA)		  Jonathan Erdmann
and Kay Matysik (GER)
2015
Details		 Netherlands
Netherlands
2017
Details		 United States Virgin Islands
St. Croix

Women

Women's World Championship
Year Host Champions Runners-up 3rd place
1997
Details		 United States
Los Angeles, California		  Sandra Pires
and Jackie Silva (BRA)		  Lisa Arce
and Holly McPeak (USA)		  Shelda Bede
and Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Karolyn Kirby
and Nancy Reno (USA)
1999
Details		 France
Marseille		  Shelda Bede
and Adriana Behar (BRA)		  Annett Davis
and Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)		  Liz Masakayan
and Elaine Youngs (USA)
2001
Details		 Austria
Klagenfurt		  Shelda Bede
and Adriana Behar (BRA)		  Tatiana Minello
and Sandra Pires (BRA)		  Eva Celbová
and Soňa Nováková (CZE)
2003
Details		 Brazil
Rio de Janeiro		  Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh (USA)		  Shelda Bede
and Adriana Behar (BRA)		  Natalie Cook
and Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
2005
Details		 Germany
Berlin		  Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh (USA)		  Juliana Felisberta
and Larissa França (BRA)		  Tian Jia
and Wang Fei (CHN)
2007
Details		 Switzerland
Gstaad		  Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh (USA)		  Tian Jia
and Wang Jie (CHN)		  Juliana Felisberta
and Larissa França (BRA)
2009
Details		 Norway
Stavanger		  April Ross
and Jennifer Kessy (USA)		  Juliana Felisberta
and Larissa França (BRA)		  Talita Antunes
and Maria Antonelli (BRA)
2011
Details		 Italy
Rome		  Juliana Felisberta
and Larissa França (BRA)		  Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh (USA)		  Xue Chen
and Zhang Xi (CHN)
2013
Details		 Poland
Stare Jabłonki		  Xue Chen
and Zhang Xi (CHN)		  Karla Borger
and Britta Büthe (GER)		  Liliane Maestrini
and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
2015
Details		 Netherlands
Netherlands
2017
Details		 United States Virgin Islands
St. Croix

Medals table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 9 8 7 24
2  United States 5 5 4 14
3  Germany 1 1 3 5
4  China 1 1 2 4
5  Argentina 1 0 0 1
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1
7   Switzerland 0 2 0 2
8  Russia 0 1 0 1
9  Australia 0 0 2 2
10  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1