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 several cities in Netherlands. The next World Championships will hosted by Austria in the city of Vienna 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
United States 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
France 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
Austria 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
Brazil 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
Germany 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
Switzerland 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
Norway 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
Italy 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
Poland 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 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
Austria 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)

Women's tournament

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1997 Beach Volleyball World Championship
United States 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
France 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
Austria 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
Brazil 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
Germany 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
Switzerland 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
Norway 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
Italy Rome, Italy
details		  Larissa França (BRA)
 Juliana Silva (BRA)
21–17, 13–21, 14–16 		 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
 Kerri Walsh (USA) 		 Xue Chen (CHN)
 Zhang Xi (CHN)
21–24, 21–12 		 Lenka Háječková (CZE)
 Hana Klapalová (CZE)
2013 Beach Volleyball World Championship
Poland 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 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
Austria Vienna, Austria
details		 Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
19–21, 21–13, 15–9 		 Lauren Fendrick (USA)
 April Ross (USA) 		 Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–12, 16–21, 18–16 		 Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)

Medal table

Total

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 12 9 10 31
2  United States 5 6 4 15
3  Germany 2 1 3 6
4  China 1 1 2 4
5  Netherlands 1 1 0 2
6  Argentina 1 0 0 1
7   Switzerland 0 2 0 2
8  Russia 0 1 1 2
9  Austria 0 1 0 1
10  Australia 0 0 2 2
11  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1
Total 22 22 24 68

Medal table, men

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 7 4 4 14
2  United States 1 2 2 5
3  Netherlands 1 1 0 2
4  Germany 1 0 3 4
5  Argentina 1 0 0 1
6   Switzerland 0 2 0 2
8  Russia 0 1 1 2
9  Austria 0 1 0 1
10  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Norway 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 12 34

Medal table, women

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 5 5 6 16
2  United States 4 4 2 10
3  China 1 1 2 4
4  Germany 1 1 0 2
5  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 12 34

See also

References

    Notes

    1. ↑ No third place match was played in 1997; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
    2. ↑ No third place match was played in 1997; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
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