Lausanne, Switzerland, June 12, 2011—After the fifth women’s and fourth men’s events on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour that were played this past week at the US $600,000 Beijing Grand Slam at the site of the 2008 Olympic games. In Beijing, two-time Olympic championships Misty May Treanor/Kerri Walsh won their 36th FIVB Swatch World Tour career gold medal and first since the 2008 Olympics while Brazil’s Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego won their second gold medal as a team and 71st career FIVB Swatch World Tour career gold medal for the legendary Emanuel.

This week, the 2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour calendar event will be the double-gender $1 million 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships powered by smart at the Parco del Foro Italico in Rome.

2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Men’s Leaders (through June 11)
Men (Team Rank, points)
1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2,220
2. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 2,180
3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 1,560
4. Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1,440
5. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 1,400
6. Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 1,100
6. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,100
8. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 1,000
9. Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 980
10. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 960
11. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 940
12. Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 860
12. Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 860
14. Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 820
15. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 780
16. Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 620
17. Brad Keenan/Casey Patterson, United States, 560
18. Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 520
19. Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 518
20. Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden, 500
20. Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 500
22. Serguei Prokopiev (II)/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 480
22. Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 460
24. Renato “Geor” Gomes/Jorge “Gia” Terceiro, Georgia, 460
25. Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 420

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Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 4, 2, $100,500
2. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4, 2, $94,200
3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 3, 0, $53,600
4. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4, 0, $38,100
5. Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4, 0, $38,000
6. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 4, 0, $34,600
7. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, 3, 0, $31,800
8. Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, 4, 0, $29,200
9. Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3, 0, $28,300
10. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4, 0, $25,450
11. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 4, 0, $25,100
12. Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 3, 0, $25,000
13. Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 4, 0, $23,700
14. Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 4, 0, $21,200
15. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 2, 0, $20,800
16. Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2, 0, $15,600
17. Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 2, 0, $14,200
18. Brad Keenan/Casey Patterson, United States, 3, 0, $14,00
19. Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden, 4, 0, $13,350
20. Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 3, 0, $12,800
21. Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 2, 0, $12,700
22. Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 3, 0, $12,250
23. Serguei Prokopiev/Konstantin Semenov, Russia, 2, 0, $12,000
24. Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 3, 0, $11,350
25. Matteo Ingrosso/Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, 2, 0, $10,250

2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Women’s Leaders (through June 11)
Women (Team Rank, points)
1. Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 2,440
2. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2,040
3. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 1,860
4. Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 1,760
4. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 1,760
4. Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 1,760
7. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 1,720
8. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 1,640
9. Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 1,440
10. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 1,400
11. Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 1,340
12. Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 1,200
13. Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 1,180
14. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 1,020
15. Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Palmer, 940
16. Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 920
17. Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 860
18. Lenka Hajeckova Felbabova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 740
19. Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 650
20. Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 590
21. Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 560
22. Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany, 518
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23. Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland, 490
24. Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 460

Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1. Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 5, 0, $81,600
2. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3, 1, $75,700
3. Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 5, 2, $75,500
4. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 5, 2, $74,200
5. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 5, 0, $55,500
6. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 5, 0, $55,400
7. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 5, 0, $53,250
8. Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 5, 0, $47,300
10. Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 4, 0, $36,800
11. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 5, 0, $36,300
12. Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, 4, 0, $34,650
13. Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 5, 0, $30,500
14. Angie Akers/Nicole Branagh, United States, 5, 0, $30,450
15. Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 5, 0, $24,150
16. Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 5, 0, $22,400
17. Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins/Cristine "Saka" Santanna, Georgia, 5, 0, $20,650
18. Lenka Hajeckova/Hana Klapalova, Czech Republic, 4, 0 $17,850
19. Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 5, 0 $15,600
20. Jana Kohler/Julia Sude, Germany, 5, 0 $15,350
21. Ying Huang/Yuan Yue, China, 5, 0, $15,100
22. Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico, 4, 0 $13,500
23. Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 4, 0, $12,700
24. Laura Giombini/Valeria Ross, Italy, 4, 0, $12,550
24. Ekaterina Khomyakova/Anna Vozakova, Russia, 3, 0 $8,800

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2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Highlights

• The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour circuit will visit 18 sites in 16 countries over an eight-month period.
• The 2011 calendar features 15 women's and 14 men's events within all five confederations plus one special 24-team single-gender women’s test event held August 9-14 at London’s Horse Guard’s Parade, the venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour is offering $7.64-million in prize money
• Twelve of the tournaments will be combined men's and women's events, including the World Championships and all six Grand Slam stops.
• Women's-only stops will be in China (Sanya), Poland (Myslowice), and Thailand (Phuket). Men's only stops will be in the Czech Republic (Prague) and Morocco (Agadir)
• New stops on this year's calendar are the double gender event in Canada (Québec) and the first event in Morocco (Agadir) (men), after a five year absence from Africa.
• The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships will be played in Rome, Italy beginning June 13 and concluding on June 19. This is the first time that Italy has hosted the World Championships.
• The tour returns to Beijing, the scene of the 2008 Olympic Games after two year's absence, with a double gender Grand Slam, the first ever held in Asia.
• The $3.6-million FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Grand Slam series will return to Norway (Stavanger), Switzerland (Gstaad), Russia (Moscow), Poland (Stare Jablonki), and Austria (Klagenfurt).
• Stavanger, Gstaad, and Klagenfurt have each staged eleven or more FIVB-sanctioned BeachVolleyball events. Each site has also hosted the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World
Championships (Klagenfurt in 2001, Gstaad in 2007 and Stavanger in 2009).
• The opening event on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour calendar was a double gender event in Brasília. Brazil has staged a FIVB Swatch World Tour event every year since the start of the International circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992.
• China is staging three and Poland will present two FIVB Swatch World Tour stops in 2011.
• The men's calendar concludes with the new event in Morocco in early October while the women's tour finishes in Thailand the following month.
• The International Beach Volleyball calendar also features two other age-limit World Championships. Croatia will host the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships, for players under the age of 19, June 21-26 in Umag. Canada will host the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships for players under 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia August 31-September 4. This will be the first time either country has hosted these events. The FIVB Swatch Youth World Championships in 2010 were held in Porto, Portugal before Turkey hosted the FIVB Swatch Junior World Championships in Alanya.
• IMG Sports Media continues to have the exclusive global distribution rights for the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour. In addition to match telecasts, IMG also produces a weekly FIVB Swatch World Tour highlight show.
• The FIVB Swatch World Tour will continue to exclusively use the Mikasa VLS300 ball.  It was introduced in 2009 in October and November at events in Sanya, China and Phuket, Thailand.

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2011 Men FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Schedule/Results
Dates Site Open/GS/WC Gold Medal Team or Purse
April 18-23  Brasília, Brazil  Open  Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States
May 2-7  Shanghai, China  Open  Dalhausser/Rogers, United States
May 17-22  Prague, Czech Republic  Open  Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
June 6-11  Beijing, China  Grand Slam  Cerutti/Rego, Brazil
June 13-19  Rome, Italy  World Championship  $500,000
June 28-July 3 Stavanger, Norway  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 5-10  Gstaad, Switzerland  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 12-17  Moscow, Russia  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 19-24  Québec, Canada  Open  $190,000
July 26-31  Stare Jablonki, Poland  Grand Slam  $300,000
August 2-7  Klagenfurt, Austria  Grand Slam  $300,000
August 16-21 Åland, Finland  Open  $190,000
August 23-28 The Hague, Netherlands  Open  $190,000
October 4-9  Agadir, Morocco  Open  $190,000
2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour – Men’s Final Four results
Brazil – Brasília, April 17-23, $US$190,000
1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30,000
2. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $21,000
3. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, $15,000
4. Marcio Araujo/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $11,200
Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Alison/Emanuel, 21-18, 21-13 (35 minutes)
Bronze – Wu/Xu def. Marcio Araujo, 21-17, 16-21, 15-10 (48)
MOP – Dalhausser
SWATCH Serve – Casey Patterson, United States, 99.6 km/h
China – Shanghai, May 2-7, $US$190,000
1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30,000
2. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $21,000
3. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, $15,000
4. Adrian Gavira/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $11,200
Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gibb/Rosenthal, 21-18, 24-22 (44)
Bronze – Brink/Reckermann def. Gavira/Herrera, 14-21, 22-20, 15-10 (52)
MOP – Dalhausser
SWATCH Serve – Andy Ces, France, 96.5 km/h
Czech Republic – Prague, May 17-22, $US$190,000
1. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $30,000
2. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $21,000
3. Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, $15,000
4. Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $11,200
Gold – Alison/Emanuel def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-19, 21-14 (39)
Bronze – Chevallier/Heyer def. Cunha/Salgado, 21-18, 18-21, 17-15 (52)
MOP – Alison
SWATCH Serve – Stefan Winscheif, Germany, 92.5 km/h
China – Beijing, June 6-11, $US$300,000
1. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $43,500
2. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, $29,500
3. Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, $23,000
4. Gregorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland, $18,400
Gold – Alison/Emanuel def. Brink/Reckermann, 15-21, 21-19, 15-8 (50)
Bronze – Bellaguarda/Heuscher def. Fijalek/Prudel, 21-18, 21-16 (37)
MOP – Alison
SWATCH Serve – Eric Koreng, Germany, 98.5 km/h

2011 Women FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Schedule/Results
Dates Site Open/GS/WC Gold Medal Team or Purse
April 17-22  Brasília, Brazil  Open  Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil
April 26-May 1 Sanya, China  Open Juliana/Larissa, Brazil
May 3-8  Shanghai, China  Open  Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands
May 17-22  Myslowice, Poland  Open  Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands
June 6-11  Beijing, China  Grand Slam  Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA
June 13-19  Rome, Italy  World Championship  $500,000
June 27-July 2 Stavanger, Norway  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 4-9  Gstaad, Switzerland  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 11-16  Moscow, Russia  Grand Slam  $300,000
July 19-24  Québec, Canada  Open  $190,000
July 25-30  Stare Jablonki, Poland  Grand Slam  $300,000
August 1-6  Klagenfurt, Austria  Grand Slam  $300,000
August 15-20 Åland, Finland  Open  $190,000
August 23-28 The Hague, Netherlands  Open  $190,000
November 1-6 Phuket, Thailand  Open  $190,000
2011 FIVB Swatch World Tour – Women’s Final Four results
Brazil – Brasília, April 17-23, $US$190,000
1. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $30,000
2. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $21,000
3. Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, $15,000
4. Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson, United States, $11,200
Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. May-Treanor/Walsh, 21-16, 15-21, 15-12 (49 minutes)
Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Fendrick/Hanson, 25-23, 21-19 (46)
MOP  - Juliana
SWATCH Serve – Ross, United States, 78.3 km/h
China – Sanya, April 26-May 1, $US$190,000
1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $30,000
2. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $21,000
3. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, $15,000
4. May-Treanor/Walsh, United States, $11,200
Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. Xue/Zhang, 19-21, 22-20, 17-15 (66)
Bronze – Antonelli/Antunes def. May-Treanor/Walsh by injury forfeit
MOP  - Larissa
SWATCH Serve – Yuan Yue, China, 81.5 km/h
China – Shanghai, May 3-8 $US$190,000
1. Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, $30,000
2. Kessy/Ross, United States, $21,000
3. Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, $15,000
4. Fendrick/Hanson, United States, $11,200
Gold – Keiser/Van Iersel def. Kessy/Ross, 15-21, 26-24, 15-13 (62)
Bronze – D. Schwaiger/S. Schwaiger def. Fendrick/Hanson, 21-19, 21-23, 15-12 (51)
MOP  - Van Iersel
SWATCH Serve – Ross, United States, 80.3 km/h
Poland – Myslowice, May 17-22 $US$190,000
1. Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands, $30,000
2. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, $21,000
3. Kessy/Ross, United States, $15,000
4. Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, $11,200
Gold – Keiser/Van Iersel def. Cicolari/Menegatti, 21-17, 21-18 (36)
Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Goller/Ludwig, 23-21, 21-15 (39)
MOP  - Van Iersel
SWATCH Serve – Van Iersel, Netherlands, 79.7 km/h
China – Beijing, June 6-11 $US$300,000
1. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, $43,500
2. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $29,500
3. Kessy/Ross, United States, $23,000
4. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, $18,400
Gold – May-Treanor def. Holtwick/Semmler, 21-14, 24-26, 15-9 (51)
Bronze – Kessy/Ross def. Cicolari/Menegatti, 21-18, 21-18 (41)
MOP  - Holtwick
SWATCH Serve – Larissa Franca, Brazil, 76.6 km/h

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