The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is an international beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | Various |
Dates | April – December, 2013 |
Venue(s) | 11 (in 11 host cities) |
Official website | |
FIVB.org | |
From this season, the FIVB World Tour calendar comprises the 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.[1][2]
For the first time since 2002 the competition does not take the name of Swatch, the main sponsor.
Schedule
editMen
editWomen
editTournament[3] | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Shanghai Grand Slam Shanghai, China 1 – 5 May |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–13, 21–11 |
Doris Schwaiger (AUT) Stefanie Schwaiger (AUT) |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 16–21, 21–19, 15–8 |
Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) |
Corrientes Grand Slam Corrientes, Argentina 22 – 26 May |
Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) 21–17, 21–19 |
Maria Antonelli (BRA) Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–16, 18–21, 15–13 |
Jennifer Kessy (USA) April Ross (USA) |
The Hague Grand Slam The Hague, Netherlands 11 – 16 June |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–16, 21–13 |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) |
Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–12, 21–14 |
Jantine van der Vlist (NED) Marloes Wesselink (NED) |
Rome Grand Slam Rome, Italy 18 – 23 June |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–17, 19–21, 15–12 |
Jennifer Kessy (USA) April Ross (USA) |
Liliane Maestrini (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–17, 21–19 |
Karla Borger (GER) Britta Büthe (GER) |
FIVB World Championships Stare Jablonki, Poland 1 – 6 July |
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 |
April Ross (USA) Whitney Pavlik (USA) |
Gstaad Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland 9 – 14 July |
Xue Chen (CHN) Zhang Xi (CHN) 21–16, 21–14 |
Liliane Maestrini (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–14, 21–13 |
Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) |
Long Beach Grand Slam Long Beach, United States 22 – 26 July |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 20–22, 21–15, 15–13 |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) |
Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–18, 25–23 |
Emily Day (USA) Summer Ross (USA) |
Berlin Grand Slam Berlin, Germany 7 – 11 August |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 16–21, 23–21, 15–12 |
Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) |
Jennifer Fopma (USA) Brooke Sweat (USA) 21–18, 17–21, 15–12 |
Kristýna Kolocová (CZE) Markéta Sluková (CZE) |
Moscow Grand Slam Moscow, Russia 21 – 25 August |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–15, 21–18 |
Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) |
Liliana Fernández (ESP) Elsa Baquerizo (ESP) 22–20, 21–19 |
Marta Menegatti (ITA) Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA) |
São Paulo Grand Slam São Paulo, Brazil 8 – 13 October |
April Ross (USA) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 19–21, 31–29, 15–12 |
Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) |
Maria Antonelli (BRA) Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) 25–23, 13–21, 15–10 |
Marta Menegatti (ITA) Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA) |
Xiamen Grand Slam Xiamen, China 23 – 27 October |
April Ross (USA) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–14, 17–21, 15–12 |
Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) |
Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 21–14, 21–19 |
Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) |
Medal table by country
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil (BRA) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
2 | United States (USA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
3 | Latvia (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
Open tournaments
editIn this season, the FIVB Open tournaments no longer form part of the World Tour and are considered separate events.[4]
Men
editTournament[5] | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Fuzhou Open Fuzhou, China 23 – 27 April |
Sean Rosenthal (USA) Phil Dalhausser (USA) 21–18, 24–22 |
Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA) |
Alexander Huber (AUT) Robin Seidl (AUT) 21–18, 21–18 |
Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) |
Anapa Open Anapa, Russia 24 – 28 July |
Konstantin Semenov (RUS) Yaroslav Koshkarev (RUS) 25–23, 24–26, 15–13 |
Lars Flüggen (GER) Alexander Walkenhorst (GER) |
Alexey Pastukhov (RUS) Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS) Forfeit |
Finn Dittelbach (GER) Eric Koreng (GER) |
Durban Open Durban, South Africa 11 – 15 December |
Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) 15–21, 21–17, 15–10 |
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Solovejs (LAT) |
Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) Forfeit |
Přemysl Kubala (CZE) Jan Dumek (CZE) |
Women
editTournament[5] | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Fuzhou Open Fuzhou, China 24 – 28 April |
Xue Chen (CHN) Zhang Xi (CHN) 21–14, 21–10 |
Liliana Fernández (ESP) Elsa Baquerizo (ESP) |
Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–17, 21–18 |
Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) |
Anapa Open Anapa, Russia 23 – 27 July |
Evgenia Ukolova (RUS) Ekaterina Khomyakova (RUS) 21–10, 21–14 |
Teresa Mersmann (GER) Isabel Schneider (GER) |
Maria Prokopeva (RUS) Svetlana Popova (RUS) 21–16, 21–12 |
Heather Hughes (USA) Kaitlin Sather Nielsen (USA) |
Phuket Open Phuket, Thailand 29 October – 3 November |
Xue Chen (CHN) Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–16, 21–18 |
Emily Day (USA) Summer Ross (USA) |
Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–18, 24–22 |
Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Maria Antonelli (BRA) |
Durban Open Durban, South Africa 11 – 15 December |
Xue Chen (CHN) Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–18, 21–18 |
Chantal Laboureur (GER) Julia Sude (GER) |
Whitney Pavlik (USA) Jennifer Kessy (USA) 36–34, 21–18 |
Teresa Mersmann (GER) Isabel Schneider (GER) |
References
edit- ^ FIVB World Tour gets bigger and better for the 2013 season, FIVB.org
- ^ New event concept highlights best Beach Volleyball year yet, FIVB.org
- ^ a b FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour | Calendar, FIVB.org
- ^ Fuzhou, China to host first 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Open event, FIVB.org
- ^ a b FIVB Beach Volleyball Opens 2013 | Calendar, FIVB.org
External links
edit- 2013 FIVB World Tour at FIVB.org