The women's FIVB World Tour 2010 consisted of 15 beach volleyball tournaments, six of which were held as a grand slam and the other nine as an open .
Tournaments
Brasilia Open (April 19-24)
As in the previous year, the women's tour started in April 2010 in the capital of Brazil . Since the multiple German volleyball player of the year Angelina Green with her partner Rieke Brink-Abeler already in the Country_Quota failed and their conquerors of Hüttermann / Schumacher and Kohler / Sude not qualifying survived, reached by the German pairs in addition to the set Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig only Laboureur / Lehmann as lucky loser the main field, after two defeats they finished 25th place. The pairing of Hertha BSC made it better . After victories over the US double Olympic champion Misty May-Treanor and Nicole Branagh in the round of 16, the Brazilian vice world champions Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Silva in the quarter-finals and their compatriots Maria Clara and Carol in the semi-finals, Goller / Ludwig were in one for the second time in their careers World Tour finals. Opponents were the already defeated Larissa and Juliana, who had reached the final via the loser round. In the second German-Brazilian duel in this tournament, the South Americans got the upper hand, Maria Clara and Carol came third after beating the reigning world champions Kessy and A. Ross .
Shanghai Open (May 4th to 9th)
New edition of the 2009 World Cup finals: As in Stavanger, the winners in China were Jennifer Kessy and April Ross against Larissa and Juliana. Also in the game for third place the duel between Brazil and the United States. The bronze medal went to the South Americans Antonelli and Talita against May-Treanor-Branagh. The best Germans were Geeske Banck and Anja Günther in seventh place, Goller / Ludwig retired early without a win and only came in 25.
Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam in Rome (May 17th to 22nd)
After Larissa and Juliana had dominated their preliminary group in the first Grand Slam of the season, the quarter-finals were the final destination against their compatriots Antonelli and Talita. However, the two Brazilians failed in the next game to Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig, in the other US semifinals the reigning world champions defeated the reigning Olympic champion Misty May-Treanor and her partner Nicole Branagh. Jennifer Kessy and April Ross also won the game against Goller / Ludwig, who suffered their third defeat in their third final. In the American duel for the bronze medal, women from the south of the continent had the upper hand against their rivals from the north.
Seoul Open (May 25-30)
No German team was able to advance from the qualification to the main draw, in which Geeske Banck and Anja Günther reached 17th place after a win, Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler took 13th place after two successes. Despite an early defeat in the second round, Laura Ludwig and Sara Goller made it to the quarter-finals, but there was the final stop against their conquerors in the final in Rome. Jennifer Kessy and April Ross failed for their part due to Larissa and Juliana, who also won the final against the other American pairing Angela Akers and Tyra Turner and thus secured their second title of the season. The bronze medal went to Kessy and A. Ross after defeating Talita and Antonelli.
Grand Slam in Moscow (June 7th to 13th)
In the country quota, Angelina Grün / Rieke Brink-Abeler first prevailed against Julia Sude / Jana Köhler and then against Claudia Lehmann / Chantal Laboreur, but the second round of the main qualification was the end of the line for the former indoor national player and her partner. In the group games of the main round, Banck / Günther fell out after three defeats, Holtwick / Semmler reached the round of 16, where they lost out in the German duel against Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig, who then had to admit defeat to the reigning world champions for the third time in a row . Kessy / A. Ross and, for the first time this season, Xue / Zhang Xi from China prevailed against Brazilian couples in the semi-finals. The South American duel for third place was decided by the top seeded Larissa and Juliana against Talita and Antonelli, the Asians won the final against the Americans.
Grand Slam in Stavanger (June 28th to July 3rd)
In the country quota Laboureur / Lehmann failed to Köhler / Sude and Banck / Günther to Brink-Abeler / Grün, both winning teams were able to prevail in the qualification, but were eliminated in the group games with three defeats each. As in Moscow, Holtwick / Semmler reached the shared 13th place. Due to the sometimes surprising results in the preliminary round groups, number one Larissa / Juliana against number two Jennifer Kessy / April Ross and number three Talita / Antonelli against number four Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig already came in the round of 16. Both Brazilian teams won their games and met again after further victories in the final. For the third time in 2010 Larissa / Juliana won the gold medal, the bronze medal went to May-Treanor / Branagh, who prevailed in the small final against the Czechs Klapalova / Hajeckova.
Grand Slam in Gstaad (July 5th to 10th)
The German Country Quota ended with the same results in the same pairings as in Stavanger, but with the difference that the winners could not prevail in the qualification. The two seeded German pairs were more successful and met in the quarter-finals. The defeated Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler took fifth place for the second time this season, the winners Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig reached the final after another victory over the Chinese Xue / Zhang Xi, which they could not win in the fourth attempt . This time, as in Brazil, the Hamburg women failed to Larissa and Juliana, who were successful for the fourth time in the seventh tournament of the season.
World Series 13 Marseille (July 19-25)
Köhler / Sude prevailed like Brink-Abeler / Grün both in the country quota and in the qualification, but could not win either of their two games in the main field. In contrast, the multiple volleyball player of the year and her partner with beach experience won a game together in the main round of the World Tour for the first time and, like her compatriots Geeske Banck / Anja Günther and six other couples, took 17th place. Goller / Ludwig started the tournament with three wins, but then lost to the weaker teams from the neighboring countries of the Netherlands ( Keizer / Van Iersel ) and Austria (Hansel / Montagnolli ) and finished fifth. With the Schwaiger sisters, another team from the Alpine republic even reached the final, but lost it to the Brazilians Talita and Antonelli, who received their first gold medal of the season with this victory. In the game for third place, Hansel and Montagnolli had the upper hand over the Dutch women, so that for the first time two Austrian teams were on the podium.
Grand Slam in Klagenfurt (July 26th to 31st)
The Köhler / Sude and Laboreur / Lehmann, who were successful in the country quota against Brink-Aberler / Grün and defeated Banck / Günther, failed in the second qualifying round. The two remaining German couples in Group E met in the main field. The defeated Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler qualified for the round of the last 24 pairs, but then lost to the two Brazilians Antonelli and Talita. The victorious team in the inner-German duel Goller / Ludwig was in the round of the last four after two more pool successes as well as a victory in the second round over the Salgada sisters Maria-Clara and Carol and a success in the quarter-finals over the conquerors of Holtwick / Semmler. There the Hamburg women met the top seeded Larissa and Juliana, who defeated Jennifer Kessy and April Ross. The other semifinals were reached by Hansel / Montagnoli, who had defeated their Austrian compatriots Schweiger / Schweiger in the quarterfinals, and the Brazilians Vivian Cunha and Taiana Lima, who had fought their way out of the country quota. Both South American duos prevailed, the favorites won the final and thus secured their fifth gold medal in 2010. In the game for third place, the Germans defeated the team from the host's country.
Mazuri Grand Slam in Stare Jabłonki (August 2nd to 7th)
While Geeske Banck and Anja Günther failed to qualify after a bye in the country quota, Jana Köhler and Julia Sude, who had previously won against Brink-Abeler / Grün, prevailed. In the pool round, only Goller / Ludwig prevailed from the German teams with a second place, while Holtwick / Semmler and Köhler / Sude were eliminated as fourth. After a straight 0-2 defeat against the Chinese Xue / Zhang Xi, Goller / Ludwig landed in ninth place. Tournament winners were again the Brazilians Larissa / Juliana. They defeated the Chinese Xue and Zhang Xi in the final, Maria Antonelli and Talita Da Rocha Antunes secured the bronze medal against the Austrians Barbara Hansel and Sara Montagnolli
Kristiansand Open (August 9th to 14th)
The top European teams were not at the start in Norway, as the European Beach Volleyball Championships were taking place in Berlin at the same time . In the Country Quota, Karla Borger and Britta Büthe were defeated by Katharina Schillerwein and Marika Steinhauff . While the two failed in the second round of qualification, as did Laboureur / Lehmann, Angelina Grün and Rieke Brink-Abeler reached the main field, won another five games there with only one defeat, but had to play for the semi-finals against the current world champions Kessy and Ross cancel due to Brink-Abeler's injury. With fifth place in the overall classification, they achieved their best joint placement on the tour to date. Geeske Banck and Anja Günther, who were seeded for the main draw, finished tied for ninth place after two wins and two subsequent defeats. In the semifinals, Larissa and Juliana prevailed against their compatriots Maria Clara and Carol, defeated the Chinese Xue / Zhang Xi in the final, as in Poland, and in addition to their seventh success this year with their 36th FIVB World Tour victory, they achieved the record level of the only one up until then leading Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor. In the game for third place, the Salgado sisters had the upper hand against Kessy and Ross.
Åland Open (August 16-21)
In Mariehamn , Laboreur and Lehmann defeated Fischer and Großner in the country quota, but then lost to Jana Köhler and Julia Sude. Angelina Grün and Rieke Brink-Abeler could not repeat their Norwegian success and were left behind against Stefanie Hüttermann and Anni Schumacher . Both successful German teams survived the qualification. In the first main round, all four German teams, Hüttermann / Schumacher, however, only lost very narrowly against number two seeded Maria Antonelli and Talita with 13:15 in the third set. While the two Germans could not win their next game after three sets either, Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler won their second game in the next round. The U23 European champions from 2005, Jana Köhler with her current partner Julia Sude and Anja Günther at Geeske Banck's side, were able to win the following three games after their opening defeats. Banck and Günther lost their next game and finished ninth in the final ranking. Sude and Köhler won two more encounters and achieved their best result in a tournament of the world series up to this point with a shared fifth place. The winners over the German team, Vivian Cunha and Taiana Lima, lost their semifinals against their Brazilian compatriots Larissa and Juliana and the subsequent game for third place against Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes. The tournament winners were the Chinese Chen Xue and Xi Zhang.
The Hague Open (August 24-29)
The German elite did not start in the neighboring country, as they were gathered at the national championships on Timmendorfer Strand . As in Finland, Larissa and Juliana tried unsuccessfully in the Netherlands to take the sole lead in FIVB tournament victories, the two Brazilians failed because of their compatriots Antonelli / Talita and took fifth place with the Dutch Meppelink / Wesselink. Their compatriots Keizer / Van Iersel reached the semi-finals, but lost there against Talita Antunes and Maria Antonelli and also the subsequent game for third place against Akers and Turner from the USA. Their Chinese conquerors Xue / Zhang Xi had to admit defeat in the final to the number two seeded Brazilians, who achieved their second tournament victory on this year's tour after their success in Marseille.
Sanya Open (October 26th to 31st)
Both the early tour winners 2010 Larissa / Juliana and their compatriots Talita and Antonelli were not present at the penultimate tournament of the year in China. Instead, double Olympic and world champion Kerri Walsh started her comeback with her last partner before the baby break, Nicole Branagh. In the qualification Borger / Büthe were able to prevail at first, but failed in the second round. Hüttermann and Schumacher lost their first game in the main field against Walsh and Branagh, in the next round the two Germans were eliminated. Like their compatriots, Angelina Grün and Rieke Brink-Abeler were directly qualified for the main competition, after one victory and two defeats they finished in 17th place. Doris and Stefanie Schwaiger from Austria won their first two games, after the two following defeats they finished ninth with three other couples. Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig moved into the final without defeat and defeated u. a. the reigning world champions and the double Olympic champion. However, the two Hamburg women could not finish their fourth final of this season and the fifth of their careers victoriously, their conquerors were the Chinese Xue and Zhang Xi, who thus secured the third gold medal in 2010. In the game for third place, the world champions Kessy and Ross defeat the Brazilian Salgado sisters, who had previously relegated Kerry Walsh and Nicole Branagh to fifth place.
Phuket Thailand Open (November 2-7)
As in China, the two best Brazilian teams did not start in Karon either. The Germans Hüttermann / Schumacher failed in the first qualifying round, while Karla Borger and Britta Büthe were eligible to start after three wins in the main field. Like Rieke Brink-Abeler and Angelina Grün, they lost their first game here, but remained successful in direct comparison with their German rivals, so that the nine-time indoor volleyball player of the year and her partner shared 25th place in the overall ranking. Borger / Büthe lost their next game and finished 17th, as were seven other teams. The Austrian sisters Doris and Stefanie Schweiger achieved seventh place after three wins and two defeats, as did Van der Hoeven / Van der Vlist. Laura Ludwig and Sara Goller, seeded at number 2, won the first three games, but then lost to Keizer / Van Iersel from the Netherlands and the Italians Rosso / Menegatti, which resulted in fifth place in the final account together with the Spanish couple Liliana and Baquerizo. In the semifinals, Keizer and Van Iersel, Maria Klara and Carol, Rosso and Menegatti as well as Walsh and Branagh stood for the 20th time since the start of the women's tour in 1992 but for the third time in a row teams from four different nations. While the previously undefeated Dutch women were defeated by the Americans who qualified from the Losers Bracket , the Brazilians, who were also undefeated so far, had to admit defeat to the number 16 seeded Italians. In the final, the double Olympic champion Kerri Walsh achieved her first victory in her second tournament after the baby break together with Nicole Branagh, silver won Rosso / Menegatti, the bronze medal was secured by the Salgado sisters with their two-set victory over Keizer / Van Iersel.
Awards of 2010
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WBRA2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WSHA2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WROM2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WSEO2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WMOS2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WSTA2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WGST2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WMRS2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WKLA2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WSTJ2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WKRI2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WALA2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WHAG2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WSAN2010&Phase=2
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↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2010/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=WPHU2010&Phase=2
Larissa / Juliana
Goller / Ludwig
Kessy / A. Ross
Em. Nyström / Er. Nyström
Xue / Zhang Xi
Hansel / Montagnolli
Kolocová / Sluková
Keizer / Van Iersel
Kuhn / return
Candelas / García
Saka / Rtvelo
Khomyakova / Wassina
Van Breedam / Mouha
Tsiartsiani / Arvaniti
Rosso / Menegatti
Liliana / Baquerizo
Denise Johns