FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Beach Volleyball World Tour
Full nameFIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
RegionWorld
Date spanFebruary–September (2021)
Tournaments(Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
TypeBeach volleyball
History
First tour1989
Last tour2021
Final edition33rd (2021)
Most World Tour titles
Men (team)Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(5 World Tour titles)
2002–2009
Women (team)Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(7 World Tour titles)
2004–2012
Men (individual)Brazil Emanuel Rego
(10 World Tour titles)
1996–2012
Women (individual)Brazil Larissa França
Brazil Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles each)
2004–2017
Final World Tour champions
MenQatar Cherif Samba – Ahmed Tijan (2021)
(first World Tour title as individuals and as a team)
WomenBrazil Ágatha Bednarczuk – Eduarda Lisboa (2021)
(second World Tour title as a team)
Most tournament titles
Men (team)Brazil Emanuel – Ricardo
(34 titles)
2002–2009[1]
Women (team)Brazil Larissa – Juliana
(45 titles)
2004–2012[2]
Men (individual)Brazil Emanuel Rego
(77 titles)
1996–2012[3]
Women (individual)Brazil Larissa França
(62 titles)
2005–2017[4]

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons[5]) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021 when it was replaced by the new Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.

Several tournaments were staged throughout the year. All athletes who competed in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earned points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, and after the last stage the pair that accumulated the most points during the year was declared the champion of the World Tour (only points from 75% of the tournaments in the season were considered for the ranking). Winning the World Tour was considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, being surpassed only by the World Championships, and the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tour was historically dominated by Brazilian teams.

History

The international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series, and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women. It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.[6] The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players.[7] The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.[8]

Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the star rating structure in 2017.[9]

FIVB established the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in October 2021 to replace the World Tour, starting with the inaugural 2022 edition.[10]

Tournament categories

The star ranking tournament structure was introduced in 2017.[11] World Tour tournaments were ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour had 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.[12] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allowed players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.[13] The World Tour concluded with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.[13] A new tournament classification was introduced in 2022.

Tournaments 1989-1996 1997-2014 2015−'16 2017−'21 2022−
Tiers 0 — — World Tour Finals
I Opens Grand Slam Grand Slam/Major Series 5-star/Major Series Elite 16
II Opens 4-star tournament Challenger
III Challengers 3-star tournament Futures
IV Satellites 2-star tournament —
V — 1-star tournament —
Prize money (2023 season)
Event category Prize money
(per gender)
World Tour Finals US$800,000
World Championships US$500,000
Elite 16 US$150,000
Challenger US$75,000
Futures US$5,000

Champions

Year Men's Champions Women's Champions
1989 United States Sinjin Smith (1) / Randy Stoklos (1)
1990 United States Sinjin Smith (2) / Randy Stoklos (2)
1991 United States Sinjin Smith (3) / Randy Stoklos (3)
1992 United States Sinjin Smith (4) / Randy Stoklos (4) United States Karolyn Kirby (1) / Nancy Reno
1993 Brazil Roberto Lopes (1) / Franco Neto (1) United States Karolyn Kirby (2) / Liz Masakayan
1994 Norway Jan Kvalheim / Bjørn Maaseide Brazil Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel
1995 Brazil Roberto Lopes (2) / Franco Neto (2) Brazil Sandra Pires (1) / Jackie Silva (1)
1996 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (1) / Emanuel Rego (1) Brazil Sandra Pires (2) / Jackie Silva (2)
1997 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (2) / Emanuel Rego (2) Brazil Adriana Behar (1) / Shelda Bede (1)
1998 Brazil Rogério Ferreira / Guilherme Marques Brazil Adriana Behar (2) / Shelda Bede (2)
1999 Brazil José Loiola / Emanuel Rego (3) Brazil Adriana Behar (3) / Shelda Bede (3)
2000 Brazil Zé Marco de Melo (3) / Ricardo Santos (1) Brazil Adriana Behar (4) / Shelda Bede (4)
2001 Brazil Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego (4) Brazil Adriana Behar (5) / Shelda Bede (5)
2002 Argentina Mariano Baracetti / Martín Conde United States Misty May / Kerri Walsh
2003 Brazil Emanuel Rego (5) / Ricardo Santos (2) Brazil Ana Paula Connelly (1) / Sandra Pires (3)
2004 Brazil Emanuel Rego (6) / Ricardo Santos (3) Brazil Adriana Behar (6) / Shelda Bede (6)
2005 Brazil Emanuel Rego (7) / Ricardo Santos (4) Brazil Larissa França (1) / Juliana Silva (1)
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego (8) / Ricardo Santos (5) Brazil Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007 Brazil Emanuel Rego (9) / Ricardo Santos (6) Brazil Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2008 Brazil Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado Brazil Shelda Bede (7) / Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2009 Germany Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann Brazil Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers Brazil Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti (1) / Emanuel Rego (10) Brazil Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2012 United States Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal Brazil Larissa França (7) / Juliana Silva (7)
2013 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (1) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1) Brazil Talita Antunes (1) / Taiana Lima
2014 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (2) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2) Brazil Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva (8)
2015 Brazil Alison Cerutti (2) / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (1) / Bárbara Seixas
2016 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs (3) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3) Germany Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017 Brazil Evandro Oliveira / André Stein Brazil Talita Antunes (2) / Larissa França (8)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1) / Christian Sørum (1) Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (2) / Eduarda Lisboa
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2) / Christian Sørum (2) Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020 No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15][16]
2021 Qatar Cherif Samba (1) / Ahmed Tijan (1) Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk (3) / Eduarda Lisboa (2)

FIVB World Tour Finals

The Tour Finals were the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and featured only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[17]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		  Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–13, 21–15		  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nicholas Lucena (USA)		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)
21–19, 21–14		  Alexander Brouwer (NED)
 Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[18]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		  Alison Cerutti (BRA)
 Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA)
21–19, 21–19		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)		  Tri Bourne (USA)
 John Hyden (USA)
21–14, 22–20		  Ben Saxton (CAN)
 Chaim Schalk (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[19]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		  Phil Dalhausser (USA)
 Nick Lucena (USA)
21–15, 21–13		  Evandro Oliveira (BRA)
 André Stein (BRA)		  Daniele Lupo (ITA)
 Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
21–17, 19–21, 15–12		  Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[20]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–19, 21–17		  Michał Bryl (POL)
 Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)		  Piotr Kantor (POL)
 Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
19–21, 21–15, 15–13		  Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[21]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS)
 Oleg Stoyanovskiy (RUS)
21–16, 21–16 		 Julius Thole (GER)
 Clemens Wickler (GER) 		 Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
21–16, 21–15		  Taylor Crabb (USA)
 Jake Gibb (USA)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[22]
Cagliari, Italy
US$300,000
6—10 October 2021		  Anders Mol (NOR)
 Christian Sørum (NOR)
22–20, 23–21 		 Ondřej Perušič (CZE)
 David Schweiner (CZE) 		 Steven van de Velde (NED)
 Christiaan Varenhorst (NED)
23–21, 21–17		  Paolo Nicolai (ITA)
 Daniele Lupo (ITA)

Women's Results

Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[23]
Fort Lauderdale, United States
29 September – 4 October 2015		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–18		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
22–20, 14–21, 15–10		  Heather Bansley (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[24]
Toronto, Canada
13–18 September 2016		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–18, 21–16		  Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Nadine Zumkehr (SUI)		  Isabelle Forrer (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
21–19, 21–18		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[25]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
22–27 August 2017		  Laura Ludwig (GER)
 Kira Walkenhorst (GER)
21–17, 19–21, 15–10		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		  Talita Antunes (BRA)
 Larissa França (BRA)
21–17, 21–19		  Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)
 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[26]
Hamburg, Germany
US$400,000
14–19 August 2018		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)
21–15, 21–19		  Barbora Hermannová (CZE)
 Markéta Sluková (CZE)		  Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)
 Taliqua Clancy (AUS)
21–15, 19–21, 15–8		  Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA)
 Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[27]
Rome, Italy
US$300,000
28 August – 8 September 2019		  Margareta Kozuch (GER)
 Laura Ludwig (GER)
21–19, 21–17		  Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)
 Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)		  Rebecca Cavalcante (BRA)
 Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA)
19–21, 21–18, 16–14		  Joana Heidrich (SUI)
 Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[28]
Cagliari, Italy
US$300,000
6—10 October 2021		  Julia Sude (GER)
 Karla Borger (GER)
21–13, 23–21 		 Sarah Pavan (CAN)
 Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN) 		 April Ross (USA)
 Alix Klineman (USA)
21–8, 21–17 		 Nadezda Makroguzova (RUS)
 Svetlana Kholomina (RUS)

Award winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

Year Best Blocker
2005 Brazil Fábio Luiz Magalhães
2006 United States Phil Dalhausser (1)
2007 United States Phil Dalhausser (2)
2008 United States Phil Dalhausser (3)
2009 Germany Jonas Reckermann
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser (4)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti (1)
2012 United States Phil Dalhausser (5)
2013 Brazil Pedro Solberg Salgado
2014 United States Phil Dalhausser (6)
2015 Brazil Alison Cerutti (2)
2016 Italy Paolo Nicolai
2017 United States Phil Dalhausser (7)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1)
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Defensive Player
2005 Brazil Márcio Araújo
2006 Argentina Martín Conde / United States Todd Rogers (1)
2007 United States Todd Rogers (2)
2008 United States Todd Rogers (3)
2009 Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor (1)
2010 United States Todd Rogers (4)
2011 Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor (2)
2012 Latvia Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
2013 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2014 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2015 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (3)
2016 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (4)
2017 Russia Viacheslav Krasilnikov
2018 Norway Christian Sørum (1)
2019 Norway Christian Sørum (2)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Hitter
2005 Brazil Ricardo Santos
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego
2007 United States Phil Dalhausser (1)
2008 United States Phil Dalhausser (2)
2009 United States Phil Dalhausser (3)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser (4)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti (1)
2012 Brazil Alison Cerutti (2)
2013 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2015 Netherlands Christiaan Varenhorst
2016 Brazil Alison Cerutti (3)
2017 Netherlands Alexander Brouwer (1)
2018 Netherlands Alexander Brouwer (2)
2019 discontinued

Year Best Offensive Player
2005 Brazil Ricardo Santos (1)
2006 Brazil Ricardo Santos (2)
2007 Brazil Ricardo Santos (3)
2008 United States Phil Dalhausser (1)
2009 United States Phil Dalhausser (2)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser (3)
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti
2012 United States Phil Dalhausser (4)
2013 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014 Italy Paolo Nicolai
2015 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2016 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2017 United States Phil Dalhausser (5)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1)
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Server
2005 Canada Conrad Leinemann
2006 Norway Iver Horrem
2007 Russia Igor Kolodinsky (1)
2008 Russia Igor Kolodinsky (2)
2009 Russia Igor Kolodinsky (3)
2010 Russia Igor Kolodinsky (4)
2011 Germany Eric Koreng (1)
2012 Germany Eric Koreng (2)
2013 not awarded
2014 United States Phil Dalhausser
2015 Brazil Evandro Oliveira (1)
2016 Brazil Evandro Oliveira (2)
2017 Brazil Evandro Oliveira (3)
2018 Brazil Evandro Oliveira (4)
2019 Brazil Evandro Oliveira (5)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Setter
2005 United States Todd Rogers
2006 Brazil Márcio Araújo (1)
2007 Brazil Márcio Araújo (2)
2008 Brazil Márcio Araújo (3)
2009 United States Phil Dalhausser (1)
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser (2)
2011 United States Phil Dalhausser (3)
2012 United States Phil Dalhausser (4)
2013 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014 United States Phil Dalhausser (5)
2015 United States Phil Dalhausser (6)
2016 United States Phil Dalhausser (7)
2017 Poland Bartosz Łosiak
2018 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2019 Norway Anders Mol
2020 not awarded
2021

Year Most Improved Player
2005 Brazil Fábio Luiz Magalhães
2006 United States Phil Dalhausser
2007 Russia Dmitri Barsuk / China Xu Linyin
2008 France Andy Cès
2009 Brazil Alison Cerutti
2010 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2011 Poland Mariusz Prudel
2012 Italy Paolo Nicolai
2013 Brazil Álvaro Morais Filho
2014 United States Ryan Doherty
2015 Mexico Lombardo Ontiveros
2016 Poland Piotr Kantor
2017 Canada Sam Pedlow
2018 Norway Anders Mol
2019 discontinued
Year Most Inspirational
2005 Canada Mark Heese
2006 Brazil Franco Neto (1)
2007 Brazil Franco Neto (2)
2008 United States Todd Rogers
2009 Brazil Harley Marques
2010 China Xu Linyin
2011 Brazil Emanuel Rego (1)
2012 Brazil Emanuel Rego (2)
2013 United States Jake Gibb (1)
2014 United States Jake Gibb (2)
2015 Brazil Emanuel Rego (3)
2016 Netherlands Reinder Nummerdor
2017 United States John Hyden
2018 Brazil Ricardo Santos
2019 discontinued
Year Most Outstanding Player
2005 Brazil Ricardo Santos (1)
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego (1)
2007 Brazil Ricardo Santos (2)
2008 Brazil Harley Marques (1)
2009 Brazil Harley Marques (2) / Netherlands Richard Schuil
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser (1)
2011 Brazil Emanuel Rego (2)
2012 United States Sean Rosenthal
2013 United States Phil Dalhausser (2)
2014 United States Phil Dalhausser (3)
2015 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2016 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2017 United States Phil Dalhausser (4)
2018 Norway Anders Mol (1)
2019 Norway Anders Mol (2)
2020 not awarded
2021

Year Sportsperson of the Year
2005 Brazil Emanuel Rego (1)
2006 Brazil Franco Neto (1)
2007 Brazil Franco Neto (2)
2008 United States Phil Dalhausser
2009 Estonia Rivo Vesik
2010 Brazil Emanuel Rego (2)
2011 Brazil Emanuel Rego (3)
2012 Brazil Emanuel Rego (4)
2013 Latvia Jānis Šmēdiņš
2014 Brazil Emanuel Rego (5)
2015 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2016 Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2017 Brazil Álvaro Morais Filho
2018 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Brazil Ricardo Santos
2019 discontinued
Year Team Of The Year
2005 Brazil Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (1)
2006 Brazil Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (2)
2007 Brazil Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (3)
2008 Brazil Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado
2009 Germany Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann
2010 United States Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers
2011 Brazil Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego
2012 United States Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal
2013 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2015 Brazil Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2016 Latvia Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3)
2017 Brazil Evandro Oliveira / André Stein
2018 Norway Anders Mol / Christian Sørum (1)
2019 Norway Anders Mol / Christian Sørum (2)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Top Rookie
2005 United States Jake Gibb / Italy Matteo Varnier
2006 United States Sean Rosenthal
2007 Russia Igor Kolodinsky
2008 Spain Adrián Gavira
2009 Latvia Ruslans Sorokins
2010 Estonia Karl Jaani
2011 Switzerland Sébastien Chevallier
2012 Netherlands Christiaan Varenhorst
2013 Brazil Álvaro Morais Filho
2014 United States Tri Bourne
2015 Italy Adrian Carambula
2016 Brazil Gustavo Carvalhaes
2017 Norway Anders Mol
2018 Russia Igor Velichko
2019 discontinued

Year Most Entertaining Player
2019 Italy Adrian Carambula
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Most Improved Team
2019 Germany Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler
2020 not awarded
2021

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

Year Best Blocker
2005 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2009 Brazil Juliana Silva (1)
2010 Brazil Juliana Silva (2)
2011 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2012 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (6)
2013 Brazil Talita Antunes
2014 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (7)
2015 Canada Sarah Pavan (1)
2016 Germany Kira Walkenhorst
2017 Canada Sarah Pavan (2)
2018 Canada Brandie Wilkerson
2019 Canada Sarah Pavan (3)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Defensive Player
2005 Brazil Shelda Bede (1)
2006 Brazil Shelda Bede (2)
2007 United States Misty May-Treanor (1)
2008 United States Misty May-Treanor (2)
2009 Brazil Larissa França (1)
2010 China Zhang Xi
2011 United States Misty May-Treanor (3)
2012 Brazil Larissa França (2)
2013 Germany Laura Ludwig (1)
2014 Brazil Larissa França (3)
2015 Canada Heather Bansley (1)
2016 Canada Heather Bansley (2)
2017 Germany Laura Ludwig (2)
2018 Canada Heather Bansley (3)
2019 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Hitter
2005 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008 Brazil Larissa França (1)
2009 United States April Ross (1)
2010 Brazil Larissa França (2)
2011 United States April Ross (2)
2012 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2013 Brazil Talita Antunes (1)
2014 Brazil Talita Antunes (2)
2015 Brazil Talita Antunes (3)
2016 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2017 Germany Kira Walkenhorst
2018 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa
2019 discontinued

Year Best Offensive Player
2005 United States Misty May-Treanor (1)
2006 Brazil Juliana Silva (1)
2007 United States Misty May-Treanor (2) / United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2008 United States Misty May-Treanor (3)
2009 United States April Ross
2010 Brazil Juliana Silva (2)
2011 Germany Laura Ludwig
2012 Brazil Juliana Silva (3)
2013 Brazil Talita Antunes
2014 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2015 Brazil Larissa França(1)
2016 Brazil Larissa França(2)
2017 Brazil Larissa França(3)
2018 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa (1)
2019 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa (2)
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Server
2005 Brazil Ana Paula Connelly (1)
2006 Brazil Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2007 Brazil Ana Paula Connelly (3)
2008 Brazil Maria Clara Salgado (1)
2009 Brazil Maria Clara Salgado (2)
2010 Netherlands Marleen van Iersel
2011 United States April Ross (1)
2012 United States April Ross (2)
2013 not awarded
2014 Germany Karla Borger
2015 United States April Ross (3)
2016 United States April Ross (4)
2017 United States April Ross (5)
2018 Australia Taliqua Clancy
2019 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Best Setter
2005 United States Misty May-Treanor
2006 Brazil Larissa França (1)
2007 Brazil Larissa França (2)
2008 Brazil Larissa França (3) / Greece Vasso Karantasiou
2009 Brazil Larissa França (4)
2010 Brazil Larissa França (5)
2011 Brazil Larissa França (6)
2012 Brazil Larissa França (7)
2013 Germany Ilka Semmler
2014 Brazil Larissa França (8)
2015 Netherlands Marleen van Iersel
2016 Brazil Larissa França (9)
2017 Brazil Larissa França (10)
2018 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes (1)
2019 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes (2)
2020 not awarded
2021

Year Most Improved Player
2005 Greece Vassiliki Arvaniti
2006 Brazil Leila Barros
2007 Australia Tamsin Barnett / Germany Laura Ludwig
2008 United States Nicole Branagh
2009 Netherlands Marleen van Iersel
2010 Brazil Taiana Lima
2011 Italy Marta Menegatti
2012 Netherlands Sophie van Gestel
2013 Germany Kira Walkenhorst
2014 Switzerland Tanja Hüberli
2015 Vanuatu Linline Matauatu
2016 Switzerland Joana Heidrich
2017 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes
2018 Australia Mariafe Artacho del Solar
2019 discontinued
Year Most Inspirational
2005 Brazil Shelda Bede (1)
2006 Brazil Shelda Bede (2)
2007 Brazil Shelda Bede (3)
2008 Brazil Shelda Bede (4)
2009 Brazil Shelda Bede (5)
2010 United Kingdom Denise Johns
2011 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2012 United States Misty May-Treanor / United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2013 Germany Laura Ludwig (1)
2014 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2015 Vanuatu Miller Pata (3)
2016 Switzerland Nadine Zumkehr
2017 Germany Laura Ludwig (2)
2018 Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk
2019 discontinued
Year Most Outstanding Player
2005 United States Misty May-Treanor (1)
2006 Brazil Larissa França (1)
2007 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2008 United States Misty May-Treanor (2) / United States Zhang Xi
2009 Brazil Juliana Silva (1)
2010 Brazil Juliana Silva (2)
2011 Brazil Juliana Silva (3)
2012 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2013 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2014 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2015 Brazil Larissa França (2)
2016 Germany Laura Ludwig (1)
2017 Germany Laura Ludwig (2)
2018 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa (1)
2019 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa (2)
2020 not awarded
2021

Year Sportsperson of the Year
2005 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007 United States Misty May-Treanor (1) / United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008 United States Misty May-Treanor (2) / United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2009 Brazil Shelda Bede
2010 United States Misty May-Treanor (3)
2011 Brazil Juliana Silva (1)
2012 United States Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2013 Brazil Taiana Lima
2014 Brazil Juliana Silva (2)
2015 Germany Laura Ludwig (1)
2016 Germany Laura Ludwig (2)
2017 Germany Laura Ludwig (3)
2018 Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk
2019 discontinued
Year Team Of The Year
2005 Brazil Larissa França / Juliana Silva (1)
2006 Brazil Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007 Brazil Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2008 Brazil Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly
2009 Brazil Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2010 Brazil Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2011 Brazil Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2012 Brazil Larissa França (7) / Juliana Silva (7)
2013 Brazil Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima
2014 Brazil Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva
2015 Brazil Talita Antunes / Larissa França
2016 Germany Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017 Brazil Talita Antunes / Larissa França (2)
2018 Brazil Ágatha Bednarczuk / Eduarda Lisboa
2019 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Top Rookie
2005 Brazil Talita Antunes
2006 China Xue Chen
2007 United States April Ross
2008 Mexico Bibiana Candelas
2009 United States Angie Akers / Australia Louise Bawden
2010 Czech Republic Kristýna Kolocová / Czech Republic Markéta Sluková
2011 Germany Britta Büthe
2012 Brazil Bárbara Seixas
2013 Germany Kira Walkenhorst
2014 Canada Melissa Humana-Paredes
2015 Finland Taru Lahti
2016 Brazil Eduarda Lisboa
2017 United States Sara Hughes
2018 Latvia Tīna Graudiņa / Russia Svetlana Kholomina
2019 discontinued

Year Most Entertaining Player
2019 Germany Laura Ludwig
2020 not awarded
2021
Year Most Improved Team
2019 Latvia Tīna Graudiņa / Anastasija Kravčenoka
2020 not awarded
2021

Sponsorship

References

  1. ^ International Men's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  2. ^ International Women's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  3. ^ International Men's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  4. ^ International Women's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
  5. ^ SWATCH-FIVB World Tour – Five Years of Success Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, The-Watchez.com
  6. ^ "Biography of Beach Volleyball". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
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  9. ^ "FIVB Announces New 5-Star Structure For FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  10. ^ "Volleyball World announces Beach Pro Tour: the ultimate beach volleyball experience". Volleyball World. October 9, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  11. ^ Competition Calendar, FIVB.org
  12. ^ "NEW TOURNAMENTS TO TAKE BEACH VOLLEYBALL FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 8, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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  14. ^ FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events postponed due to coronavirus, Inside the Games, 24 March 2020
  15. ^ FIVB announces further changes to calendar due to coronavirus pandemic, Inside the Games, 31 March 2020
  16. ^ FIVB cancel two more Beach World Tour events due to COVID-19, Inside the Games, 13 April 2020
  17. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  18. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  19. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
  20. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
  21. ^ Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
  22. ^ World Tour Finals - Cagliari | Men - Main draw, FIVB.org
  23. ^ Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
  24. ^ SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
  25. ^ SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
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