2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour

Tournament details
Host nation	Various
Dates	May - November, 2007
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The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 was an international beach volleyball competition.

The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments. ^[1]

One of the tournaments, was the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad, Switzerland.

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 were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments. ^[1]

• Paris, France – Henkel Grand Slam, June 19 - 24, 2007
• Stavanger, Norway – ConocoPhillips Grand Slam, June 26 - July 1, 2007
• Berlin, Germany – Smart Grand Slam, July 11 - 15, 2007
• Klagenfurt, Austria – A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, August 1 - 5, 2007

Tournament results

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
China Shanghai Jinshan Open	Tian/ Wang	Hakedal/ Torlen	Talita/ Renata
Singapore Open	Talita/ Renata	Tian/ Wang	Xue/ Zhang
Seoul Open	Cook/ Barnett	Tian/ Wang	Juliana/ Larissa
Warsaw Open	Juliana/ Larissa	Adriana Behar/ Shelda	Xue/ Zhang
Espinho Open	Juliana/ Larissa	Goller/ Ludwig	Talita/ Renata
Henkel Grand Slam	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Tian/ Wang	Turner/ Wacholder
ConocoPhilips Grand Slam	Boss/ Ross	Tian/ Wang	May-Treanor/ Walsh
Montreal Open	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Xue/ Zhang	Adriana Behar/ Shelda
Smart Grand Slam	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Juliana/ Larissa	Tian/ Wang
World Series 13	Talita/ Renata	Xue/ Zhang	Tian/ Wang
SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Tian/ Wang	Juliana/ Larissa
A1 Grand Slam presented by NOKIA	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Juliana- Larissa	Goller/ Ludwig
Otera Open	Juliana/ Larissa	Xue/ Zhang	Tian/ Wang
PAF Open	Juliana/ Larissa	Tian/ Wang	Xue/ Zhang
St. Petersburg Open	Juliana/ Larissa	Boss/ Ross	Branagh/ Youngs
Brazil Open	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Juliana/ Larissa	Branagh/ Youngs
Phuket Thailand Open	May-Treanor/ Walsh	Branagh/ Youngs	Tian/ Wang

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
China Shanghai Jinshan Open	Harley/ Salgado	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio	Heuscher/ Heyer
Bahrain Open	Nummerdor/ Schuil	Cunha/ Franco	Harley/ Salgado
Italian Open presented by Abruzzo	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Barsouk/ Kolodinsky
VIP Open	Kais/ Vesik	Heuscher/ Heyer	Barsouk/ Kolodinsky
Espinho Open	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Cunha/ Franco	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio
Henkel Grand Slam	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Cunha/ Franco	Lambert/ Metzger
ConocoPhilips Grand Slam	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio	Nummerdor/ Schuil	Wu/ Xu
Montreal Open	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Schacht/ Slack	Harley/ Salgado
Smart Grand Slam	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio	Klemperer/ Koreng	Dalhausser/ Rogers
World Series 13	Cunha/ Franco	Baracetti/ Conde	Barsouk/ Kolodinsky
SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy	Dalhausser/ Rogers	Barsouk/ Kolodinsky	Schacht/ Slack
A1 Grand Slam presented by NOKIA	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Klemperer/ Koreng	Nummerdor/ Schuil
Otera Open	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Reckermann/ Urbatzka	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio
PAF Open	Harley/ Salgado	Reckermann/ Urbatzka	Gosch/ Horst
St. Petersburg Open	Harley/ Salgado	Barsouk/ Kolodinsky	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio
Mazuri Open presented by Hotel Anders	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Baracetti/ Conde	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio
Brazil Open	Emanuel/ Ricardo	Dalhausser/ Rogers	Marcio Araujo/ Fabio

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	21	9	12	42
2	United States (USA)	9	3	6	18
3	China (CHN)	1	9	8	18
4	Australia (AUS)	1	1	1	3
	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	1	3
6	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
7	Germany (GER)	0	5	1	6
8	Russia (RUS)	0	2	3	5
9	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	0	2
10	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
11	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
12	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		34	34	34	102

Award winners

Men's Points Champions

MEN'S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR POINTS CHAMPIONS 2007
2007	Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos ( BRA)

Women’s Points Champions

WOMEN'S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR POINTS CHAMPIONS 2007
2007	Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta ( BRA)

Men's Award Winners

"BEST BLOCKER" 2007   Phil Dalhausser ( USA) "BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER" 2007   Todd Rogers ( USA) "BEST HITTER" 2007   Phil Dalhausser ( USA) "BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER" 2007   Ricardo Santos ( BRA) "BEST SERVER" 2007   Igor Kolodinsky ( RUS) "BEST SETTER" 2007   Marcio Araujo ( BRA)

"MOST IMPROVED PLAYER" 2007   Xu Linyin ( CHN)   Dmitri Barsouk ( RUS) "MOST INSPIRATIONAL" 2007   Franco Neto ( BRA) "MOST OUTSTANDING" 2007   Ricardo Santos ( BRA) "SPORTSPERSON" 2007   Franco Neto ( BRA) "TEAM OF THE YEAR" 2007   Emanuel Rego ( BRA)   Ricardo Santos ( BRA) "TOP ROOKIE" 2007   Igor Kolodinsky ( RUS)

Women's Award Winners

"BEST BLOCKER" 2007   Kerri Walsh ( USA) "BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER" 2007   Misty May-Treanor ( USA) "BEST HITTER" 2007   Kerri Walsh ( USA) "BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER" 2007   Kerri Walsh ( USA)   Misty May-Treanor ( USA) "BEST SERVER" 2007   Ana Paula Connelly ( BRA) "BEST SETTER" 2007   Larissa França ( BRA)

"MOST IMPROVED PLAYER" 2007   Laura Ludwig ( GER)   Tamsin Barnett ( AUS) "MOST INSPIRATIONAL" 2007   Shelda Bede ( BRA) "MOST OUTSTANDING" 2007   Kerri Walsh ( USA) "SPORTSPERSON" 2007   Kerri Walsh ( USA)   Misty May-Treanor ( USA) "TEAM OF THE YEAR" 2007   Larissa França ( BRA)   Juliana Felisberta ( BRA) "TOP ROOKIE" 2007   April Ross ( USA)

SWATCH Most Outstanding Player

For each tournament, there is selected one MOP (Most Outstanding Player) ^[5]

Men

•   Ricardo Santos ( BRA)
  • Montreal Open
  • A1 Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
  • Otera Open
  • Mazuri Open presented by Hotel Anders
•   Emanuel Rego ( BRA)
  • Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
  • Espinho Open
  • Brazil Open
•   Franco Neto ( BRA)
  • Henkel Grand Slam
  • World Series 13
•   Kristjan Kais ( EST) - VIP Open
•   David Klemperer ( GER) - Smart Grand Slam
•   Igor Kolodinsky ( RUS) - St. Petersburg Open
•   Fabio Luiz Magalhães ( BRA) - ConocoPhilips Grand Slam
•   Reinder Nummerdor ( NED) - Bahrain Open
•   Todd Rogers ( USA) - SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy
•   Pedro Solberg Salgado ( BRA) - PAF Open
•   Harley Marques Silva ( BRA) - China Shanghai Jinshan Open

References

• Americans & Brazilians Headline 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Award Recipients, FIVB, November 8, 2007

External links

• 2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar at FIVB.org