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2008 Swatch FIVB World Tour
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Tournament details
Host nationVarious
DatesMarch - November, 2008
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The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 is an international beach volleyball competition.

The tour consists of 15 tournaments with both genders and 9 separate gender tournaments.[1]

The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008), SWATCH FIVB World Championships and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.[2][3]The top 24 teams of each gender will compete in the Beijing Games. There can be a maximum of two teams per country.[4][2]

Grand Slam

There are six Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.[5]

Tournament results

Women

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Adelaide Australia Open [6] Brazil Juliana-Larissa Brazil Talita-Renata Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda
China Shanghai Jinshan Open[6] Brazil Renata-Talita Brazil Juliana-Larissa China Xue-Zhang Xi
Seoul Open China Xue-Zhang Xi Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda United States Branagh-Youngs
Keihan/Smfg Japan Open Brazil Juliana-Larissa China Tian Jia-Wang China Xue-Zhang Xi
Hyundai Open Barcelona United States Branagh-Youngs Brazil Renata-Talita Brazil Juliana-Larissa
Mazury Open Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda United States Wacholder-Turner Brazil Maria Clara-Carol
Smart Grand Slam[7] United States Walsh-May-Treanor China Tian Jia-Wang Brazil Juliana-Larissa
Henkel Grand Chelem United States Walsh-May-Treanor United States Wacholder-Turner United States Branagh-Youngs
ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
Stavanger 		United States Walsh-May-Treanor Greece Karantasiou-Arvaniti United States Ross-Boss
Moscow Grand Slam [[]] [[]] [[]]
World Series 13 [[]] [[]] [[]]
1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam 2008 [[]] [[]] [[]]
A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
presented by NOKIA 		[[]] [[]] [[]]
Otera Open Kristiansand [[]] [[]] [[]]
Myslowice Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Brazil Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Dubai Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Phuket Thailand Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Sanya Open [[]] [[]] [[]]

Men

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Adelaide Australia Open [8] Brazil Harley-Pedro China Xu-Wu United States Rogers-Dalhausser
China Shanghai Jinshan Open[8] Brazil Harley-Pedro China Xu-Wu Brazil Franco-Cunha
Prague Open United States Gibb-Rosenthal Germany Brink-Dieckmann Ch. Brazil Ricardo-Emanuel
Italian Open presented by Abruzzo Brazil Harley-Pedro Germany Brink-Dieckmann Ch. United States Rogers-Dalhausser
VIP Open Netherlands Nummerdor-Schuil China Xu-Wu United States Fuerbringer-Jennings
Hyundai Open Barcelona Germany Brink-Dieckmann Ch. Russia Barsouk-Kolodinsky Brazil Ricardo-Emanuel
Mazury Open Brazil Ricardo-Emanuel Spain Lario-Gavira Australia Schacht-Slack
Smart Grand Slam Brazil Ricardo-Emanuel United States Rogers-Dalhausser Spain Herrera-Mesa
Henkel Grand Chelem United States Rogers-Dalhausser Netherlands Nummerdor-Schuil Germany Klemperer-Koreng
ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
Stavanger 		United States Rogers-Dalhausser Germany Reckermann-Urbatzka Germany Brink-Dieckmann Ch.
Moscow Grand Slam [[]] [[]] [[]]
World Series 13 [[]] [[]] [[]]
1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam 2008 [[]] [[]] [[]]
A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
presented by NOKIA 		[[]] [[]] [[]]
Otera Open Kristiansand [[]] [[]] [[]]
Mallorca Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Brazil Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Dubai Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Bahrain Open [[]] [[]] [[]]
Sanya Open [[]] [[]] [[]]

Awards

SWATCH Most Outstanding Player

[9]

  • Talita Antunes (BRA) for the China Shanghai Jinshan Open in Shanghai, China
  • Shelda Bede (BRA) for the Mazury Open in Stare Jablonki, Poland
  • Nicole Branagh (USA) for the Hyundai Open Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain
  • Julius Brink (GER) for the Hyundai Open Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain
  • Phil Dalhausser (USA) for the ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger, in Stavanger, Norway
  • Juliana Felisberta (BRA)
    • for the Adelaide Australia Open in Adelaide, Australia
    • for the Keihan/Smfg Japan Open in Osaka, Japan
  • Inocencio Lario (ESP) for the Mazury Open in Stare Jablonki, Poland
  • Misty May-Treanor (USA)
    • for the Smart Grand Slam in Berlin, Germany
    • for the Henkel Grand Chelem in Paris, France
    • for the ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger, in Stavanger, Norway.
  • Emanuel Rego (BRA) for the Smart Grand Slam in Berlin, Germany
  • Todd Rogers (USA) for the Henkel Grand Chelem in Paris, France
  • Sean Rosenthal (USA) for the Prague Open in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Richard Schuil (NED) for the VIP Open in Zagreb, Croatia
  • Harley Marques Silva (BRA)
    • for the Adelaide Australia Open in Adelaide, Australia
    • for the China Shanghai Jinshan Open in Shanghai, China
    • for the Italian Open presented by Abruzzo in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy
  • Zhang Xi (CHN) for the Seoul Open in Seoul, Korea

Records

The Russian player Igor Kolodinsky shot the fastest serve in the Swatch FIVB World Tour history, when he served at 114.0 km/h at the Italian Open presented by Abruzzo in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.[9]

American player Elaine Youngs, became the oldest women to win an "open" FIVB event, when she was 38 years, three months and 16 days old, when she won the Hyundai Open Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.[10]

Reference

  1. ^ 2008 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar, FIVB.org
  2. ^ a b 2008 Olympic qualification systems confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball, FIVB, June 23, 2006
  3. ^ Adelaide hosts season-opening SWATCH FIVB World Tour Event, FIVB, February 26, 2008
  4. ^ U.S. beach volleyball pair win, Canadians lose, CBC.ca, June 30, 2008
  5. ^ World-class beach volleyball against a dreamlike backdrop, Henkel, June 25, 2008
  6. ^ a b Swatch Beachvolley Women's Calendar & Results, Swatch
  7. ^ FIVB > results, Swatch
  8. ^ a b Swatch Beachvolley Men's Calendar & Results, Swatch
  9. ^ a b SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour 08, FIVB
  10. ^ BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Branagh, Youngs Discover Gold on Beach in Barcelona, usolympicteam Presss box, May 31, 2008

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