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Beach Volleyball World Tour
Full nameFIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
RegionWorld
Date spanFebruary–September (2021)
Tournaments(Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
TypeBeach volleyball
History
First tour1989
Last tour2021
Final edition33rd (2021)
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
Final World Tour champions
MenSweden David Åhman – Jonatan Hellvig (2023)
WomenUnited States Kristen Nuss – Taryn Kloth (2023)
Most tournament titles
Men (team)Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(34 titles)
2002–2009[1]
Women (team)Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(45 titles)
2004–2012[2]
Men (individual)Brazil Emanuel Rego
(77 titles)
1996–2012[3]
Women (individual)Brazil Larissa França
(62 titles)
2005–2017[4]

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons[5]) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021 when it was replaced by the new Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.

Several tournaments were staged throughout the year. All athletes who competed in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earned points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, and after the last stage the pair that accumulated the most points during the year was declared the champion of the World Tour (only points from 75% of the tournaments in the season were considered for the ranking). Winning the World Tour was 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. The Tour was historically dominated by Brazilian teams.

History

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The international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series, and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women. It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.[6] The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players.[7] The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.[8]

Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the star rating structure in 2017.[9]

FIVB established the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in October 2021 to replace the World Tour, starting with the inaugural 2022 edition.[10]

Tournament categories

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The star ranking tournament structure was introduced in 2017.[11] World Tour tournaments were ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour had 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.[12] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allowed players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.[13] The World Tour concluded with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.[13] A new tournament classification was introduced in 2022.

Tournaments 1989-1996 1997-2014 2015−2016 2017−2021 2022−present
Tiers 0 — — World Tour Finals
I Opens Grand Slams Grand Slams/Major Series 5-star/Major Series Elite 16
II — Opens 4-star tournaments Challengers
III — Challengers 3-star tournaments Futures
IV — Satellites 2-star tournaments —
V — — 1-star tournaments —
Prize money (2023 season)
Event category Prize money
(per gender)
World Tour Finals US$800,000
World Championships US$500,000
Elite 16 US$150,000
Challenger US$75,000
Futures US$5,000

Champions

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Year Men's Champions Women's Champions
1989 United States Sinjin Smith (1) / Randy Stoklos (1)
1990 United States Sinjin Smith (2) / Randy Stoklos (2)
1991 United States Sinjin Smith (3) / Randy Stoklos (3)
1992 United States Sinjin Smith (4) / Randy Stoklos (4) United States Karolyn Kirby (1) / Nancy Reno
1993 Brazil Roberto Lopes (1) / Franco Neto (1) United States Karolyn Kirby (2) / Liz Masakayan
1994 Norway Jan Kvalheim / Bjørn Maaseide Brazil Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel
1995 Brazil Roberto Lopes (2) / Franco Neto (2) Brazil Sandra Pires (1) / Jackie Silva (1)
1996 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (1) / Emanuel Rego (1) Brazil Sandra Pires (2) / Jackie Silva (2)
1997 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (2) / Emanuel Rego (2) Brazil Adriana Behar (1) / Shelda Bede (1)
1998 Brazil Rogério Ferreira / Guilherme Marques Brazil Adriana Behar (2) / Shelda Bede (2)
1999 Brazil José Loiola / Emanuel Rego (3) Brazil Adriana Behar (3) / Shelda Bede (3)
2000 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (3) / Ricardo Santos (1) Brazil Adriana Behar (4) / Shelda Bede (4)
2001 Brazil Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego (4) Brazil Adriana Behar (5) / Shelda Bede (5)
2002 Argentina Mariano Baracetti / Martín Conde United States Misty May / Kerri Walsh
2003 Brazil Emanuel Rego (5) / Ricardo Santos (2) United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1) / Misty May-Treanor (1)
2004 Brazil Emanuel Rego (6) / Ricardo Santos (3) United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2) / Misty May-Treanor (2)
2005 Brazil Emanuel Rego (7) / Ricardo Santos (4) Brazil Larissa França (1) / Juliana Silva (1)
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego (8) / Ricardo Santos (5) Brazil Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007 Brazil Emanuel Rego (9) / Ricardo Santos (6) United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3) / Misty May-Treanor (3)
2008 Brazil Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado Brazil Shelda Bede (7) / Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2009 Germany Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann Brazil Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers Brazil Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti (1) / Emanuel Rego (10) Brazil Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2012 United States Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal Brazil Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2013 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (1) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1) Brazil Talita Antunes (1) / Taiana Lima
2014 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (2) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2) Brazil Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva (7)
2015 Brazil Alison Cerutti (2) / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (1) / Bárbara Seixas
2016 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (3) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3) Germany Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017 Brazil Evandro Oliveira / André Stein Brazil Talita Antunes (2) / Larissa França (7)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1) / Christian Sørum (1) Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (2) / Eduarda Lisboa
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2) / Christian Sørum (2) Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020 No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15][16]
2021 Qatar Cherif Samba (1) / Ahmed Tijan (1) Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (3) / Eduarda Lisboa (2)
2022 Norway Anders Mol (3) / Christian Sørum (3) United States Sara Hughes / Kelly Cheng

FIVB World Tour Finals

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The Tour Finals were the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and featured only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's results

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Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[17]
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[18]
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		  Ben Saxton (CAN)
 Chaim Schalk (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[19]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
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)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[20]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–19, 21–17		  Michał Bryl (POL)
 Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)		  Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
19–21, 21–15, 15–13		  Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[21]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS)
 Oleg Stoyanovskiy (RUS)
21–16, 21–16 		 Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER) 		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–16, 21–15		  Taylor Crabb (USA)
 Jake Gibb (USA)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[22]
Cagliari, Italy
US$300,000
6—10 October 2021		  Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
22–20, 23–21 		 Ondřej Perušič (CZE)
 David Schweiner (CZE) 		 Steven van de Velde (NED)
 Christiaan Varenhorst (NED)
23–21, 21–17		  Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
 Daniele Lupo (ITA)
2022 FIVB World Tour Finals[23]
Doha, Qatar
US$800,000
26–29 January 2023 		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–18, 21–18 		 Michał Bryl (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL) 		 Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
 Samuele Cottafava (ITA)
22–20, 19–21, 16–14 		 Alexander Brouwer (NED)
 Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
2023 FIVB World Tour Finals[24]
Doha, Qatar
US$800,000
6–9 December 2023 		 David Åhman (SWE)
 Jonatan Hellvig (SWE)
21–16, 21–17 		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR) 		 George Wanderley (BRA)
 André Stein (BRA)
21–17, 21–17 		 Cherif Younousse (QAT)
 Ahmed Tijan (QAT)

Women's results

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Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[25]
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[26]
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[27]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
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)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[28]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)
21–15, 21–19		  Barbora Hermannová (CZE)
 Markéta Sluková (CZE)		  Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
21–15, 19–21, 15–8		  Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)
 Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[29]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Margareta Kozuch (GER)
 Laura Ludwig (GER)
21–19, 21–17		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		  Rebecca Cavalcante (BRA)
 Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA)
19–21, 21–18, 16–14		  Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[30]
Cagliari, Italy
US$300,000
6—10 October 2021		  Julia Sude (GER)
 Karla Borger (GER)
21–13, 23–21 		 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
 Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN) 		 April Ross (USA)
 Alix Klineman (USA)
21–8, 21–17 		 Nadezda Makroguzova (RUS)
 Svetlana Kholomina (RUS)
2022 FIVB World Tour Finals[31]
Doha, Qatar
US$800,000
26–29 January 2023 		 Sara Hughes (USA)
 Kelly Cheng (USA)
21–18, 21–16 		 Eduarda Santos Lisboa (BRA)
 Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA) 		 Katja Stam (NED)
 Raïsa Schoon (NED)
21–18, 21–10 		 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
 Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
2023 FIVB World Tour Finals[32]
Doha, Qatar
US$800,000
6–9 December 2023 		 Kristen Nuss (USA)
 Taryn Kloth (USA)
21–17, 21–14 		 Svenja Müller (GER)
 Cinja Tillmann (GER) 		 Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA)
 Eduarda Santos Lisboa (BRA)
21–13, 18–21, 15–12 		 Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)

Award winners

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Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

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Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

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Sponsorship

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References

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  1. ^ International Men's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  2. ^ International Women's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  3. ^ International Men's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  4. ^ International Women's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  5. ^ SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The-Watchez.com
  6. ^ "Biography of Beach Volleyball". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball Events ... from the World Championships to the grass roots: Challenger and Satellite Events" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour: 2017 Media Guide" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "FIVB Announces New 5-Star Structure For FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  10. ^ "Volleyball World announces Beach Pro Tour: the ultimate beach volleyball experience". Volleyball World. October 9, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  11. ^ Competition Calendar, FIVB.org
  12. ^ "NEW TOURNAMENTS TO TAKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "FIVB Sports Regulations: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 30, 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  14. ^ FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events postponed due to coronavirus, Inside the Games, 24 March 2020
  15. ^ FIVB announces further changes to calendar due to coronavirus pandemic, Inside the Games, 31 March 2020
  16. ^ FIVB cancel two more Beach World Tour events due to COVID-19, Inside the Games, 13 April 2020
  17. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  18. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  19. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  20. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  21. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
  22. ^ World Tour Finals - Cagliari | Men - Main draw, FIVB.org
  23. ^ Beach Pro Tour The Finals - Doha | Men - Main draw, VolleyballWorld.com
  24. ^ BPT Finals - Doha | Men - Main draw, VolleyballWorld.com
  25. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  26. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  27. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  28. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  29. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
  30. ^ World Tour Finals - Cagliari | Women - Main draw, FIVB.org
  31. ^ Beach Pro Tour The Finals - Doha | Women - Main draw, VolleyballWorld.com
  32. ^ BPT Finals - Doha | Women - Main draw, VolleyballWorld.com

Sources

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