2008 Swatch FIVB World Tour
Tournament details
Host nationVarious
DatesMarch - November, 2008

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 (2007) 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.[2][4]

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 China Xue-Zhang Xi United States Branagh-Youngs China Tian Jia-Wang
World Series 13 Germany Pohl-Rau Brazil Antonelli-Leao Brazil Maria Clara-Carol
1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam 2008 Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda China Tian Jia-Wang China Xue-Zhang Xi
A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
presented by NOKIA
Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda Ukraine Osheyko-Baburina Germany Holtwick-Semmler
Otera Open Kristiansand Brazil Antonelli-Leao Norway Hakedal-Torlen Austria D. Schwaiger-S. Schwaiger
Myslowice Open Brazil Maria Clara-Carol Germany Holtwick-Semmler Norway Hakedal-Torlen
Brazil Open Brazil Vivian-Larissa Brazil Shaylyn-Agatha Brazil Ana Paula-Shelda
Dubai Open United States Walsh-Branagh United States Ross-Boss Brazil Maria Clara-Carol
Phuket Thailand Open United States Ross-Boss United States Branagh-Turner Germany Banck-Günther
Sanya Open United States Ross-Boss China Y. Huang-Zhang Xi United States Branagh-Turner

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 United States Rogers-Dalhausser China Xu-Wu Germany Klemperer-Koreng
World Series 13 Brazil Márcio Araújo-Fabio China Xu-Wu Germany Matysik-Uhmann
1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam 2008 Brazil Harley-Pedro Netherlands Nummerdor-Schuil Brazil Alison-Emanuel
A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam
presented by NOKIA
Russia Barsouk-Kolodinsky United States Williams-Metzger Brazil Ricardo-Emanuel
Otera Open Kristiansand Spain Herrera-Mesa Brazil Maciel-Bruno New Zealand Lochhead-Pitman
Mallorca Open Brazil Harley-Pedro Germany Klemperer-Koreng Brazil Franco-Benjamin
Brazil Open Brazil Harley-Pedro Germany Brink-Dieckmann Ch. Germany Reckermann-Urbatzka
Dubai Open Netherlands Nummerdor-Schuil Germany Reckermann-Urbatzka Brazil Harley-Pedro
Bahrain Open Brazil Alison-Cunha France Cès-Ces Germany Dollinger-Windscheif
Sanya Open Brazil Benjamin-Harley Brazil Pitta-Cunha Argentina Baracetti-Salema

Medal table by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)2081442
2 United States (USA)117725
3 China (CHN)29415
4 Germany (GER)27817
5 Netherlands (NED)2204
6 Russia (RUS)1102
 Spain (ESP)1102
8 Norway (NOR)0112
9 France (FRA)0101
 Greece (GRE)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
12 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Australia (AUS)0011
 Austria (AUT)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
Totals (15 entries)393938116

Awards

SWATCH Most Outstanding Player

[9]

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]

References

Tournaments

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