FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Beach Volleyball World Tour
Full name FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Region World
Date span May–December
Tournaments (Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
Type Beach volleyball
Events Director Angelo Squeo
History
First tour 1987[1][2]
Number of tours 18 (2014)
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 Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles)
2005–2017
Current World Tour champions
Men Latvia Samoilovs – Šmēdiņš (2016)
Women Germany Ludwig – Walkenhorst (2016)
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
(60 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

  1. FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships: The world championship for the category, held biannually in odd years since 1997.
  2. 5-star tournaments/Major Series (5) : For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Fort Lauderdale, Rome, Poreč, Gstaad and Hamburg.
  3. Year-ending championships (Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals): Held annually since 2015.
  4. 4-star tournaments (3): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Rio de Janeiro, Lucerne and Olsztyn.
  5. 3-star tournaments (6): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Kish Island, Xiamen, Moscow, The Hague, Qinzhou and Phuket.
  6. 2-star tournaments (4): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Espinho, Sydney, Nanjing and Nantong.
  7. 1-star tournaments (7): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Shepparton, Langkawi, Pacific Harbour, Agadir, Monaco, Daegu and Ulsan.

Champions

Men's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

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)

Women's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

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)

Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals

The Swatch Season Finals are the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and features the top 12 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[9]
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[10]
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		  Chaim Schalk (CAN)
 Ben Saxton (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals
Hamburg, Germany
22–27 August 2017

Women's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[11]
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[12]
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
Hamburg, Germany
22–27 August 2017

Award Winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

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, The-Watchez.com
  8. ↑ Competition Calendar, FIVB.org
  9. ↑ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  10. ↑ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  11. ↑ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  12. ↑ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
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