FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

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.

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
MenQatar Cherif Samba – Ahmed Tijan (2021)
(first World Tour title as individuals and as a team)
WomenBrazil Ágatha Bednarczuk – Eduarda Lisboa (2021)
(second World Tour title as a team)
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]

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

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

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]

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (2018 season)[13]
Event category Teams in main draw
(per gender)		 Format Prize money
(per gender)
World Tour Finals10Pool play (1st phase)
Single-elimination (2nd phase)		US$400,000
5-star32US$300,000
4-starUS$150,000
3-starUS$75,000
2-star24US$50,000
1-star16US$10,000

History
Tournaments 1989-1996 1997-2014 2015−'16 2017−'21 2022−
Tiers 0 — —World Tour Finals
I Opens Grand Slam Grand Slam/Major Series5-star/Major SeriesElite16
II Opens4-star tournamentChallenger
III Challengers3-star tournamentFutures
IV Satellites2-star tournament—
V —1-star tournament—

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

FIVB World Tour Finals

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
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)

Women's Results
Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[23]
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[24]
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[25]
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[26]
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[27]
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[28]
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)

Award winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

Sponsorship

References
  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
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  12. "NEW TOURNAMENTS TO TAKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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  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
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  21. Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
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