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The '''FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour''' (known between 2003 and 2012 as the ''FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour'' for sponsorship reasons<ref>[http://www.the-watchez.com/swatchfivb.html SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success], The-Watchez.com</ref>) is the worldwide professional [[beach volleyball]] tour for both men and women organized by the ''{{lang|fr|Fédération Internationale de Volleyball}}'' ([[Fédération Internationale de Volleyball|FIVB]]). The World Tour was introduced for men in 1989 while the women first competed in 1992.
The '''FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour''' (known between 2003 and 2012 as the ''FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour'' for sponsorship reasons<ref>[http://www.the-watchez.com/swatchfivb.html SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120000052/http://www.the-watchez.com/swatchfivb.html |date=2008-11-20 }}, The-Watchez.com</ref>) is the worldwide professional [[beach volleyball]] tour for both men and women organized by the ''{{lang|fr|Fédération Internationale de Volleyball}}'' ([[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 [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships|World Championships]], and the [[Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games]].
Winning the World Tour is considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, being surpassed only by the [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships|World Championships]], and the [[Beach volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games]].

Revision as of 02:56, 27 September 2017

Beach Volleyball World Tour
Full nameFIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
RegionWorld
Date spanMay–December
Tournaments(Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
TypeBeach volleyball
Events DirectorAngelo Squeo
History
First tour1987[1][2]
Number of tours18 (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 Larissa França
Brazil Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles each)
2004–2017
Current World Tour champions
MenBrazil Evandro – André (2017)
WomenBrazil Larissa – Talita (2017)
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]
  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 (3): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Fort Lauderdale, Poreč and Gstaad.
  3. Year-ending championships (Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals): Held annually since 2015; the 2017 World Tour Finals will be held in Hamburg.
  4. 4-star tournaments (2): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Rio de Janeiro and Olsztyn.
  5. 3-star tournaments (4): For the 2017 World Tour these tournaments are held in Kish Island, Xiamen, Moscow and The Hague.
  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, Monaco, Daegu, Ulsan, Agadir and Montpellier.

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)
2017  Evandro Oliveira and André Stein (BRA)

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)
2017  Talita Antunes and Larissa França (BRA)

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[11]
Hamburg, Germany
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)

Women's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[12]
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[13]
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[14]
Hamburg, Germany
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)

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 Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, 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. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  12. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  13. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  14. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
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