FIVB World Tour 2011 men

The men's FIVB World Tour 2011 consisted of 14 beach volleyball tournaments, six of which were held as a grand slam and seven as an open . In addition, the most important event of this year was the World Cup in Rome from June 13th to 19th.

Tournaments

The series began on April 19 in Brasília . Other Open took place in Shanghai , Prague , Québec , Åland , The Hague and Agadir . Beijing , Stavanger , Gstaad , Moscow , Stare Jabłonki and Klagenfurt hosted the Grand Slams. Originally a tournament was also supposed to take place in Kristiansand and the series in the Netherlands was supposed to end on August 28th. The Open in Norway was canceled. Instead, there was an additional men's event in Morocco from October 4th to 9th.

Brasilia Open (April 19-24)

Also this year the tour started in the capital of Brazil . In the German country quota , Markus Böckermann and Mischa Urbatzka defeated Alexander Walkenhorst and Thomas Kaczmarek, then survived the first two qualifying rounds before they had to retire against the Swedes Gunnarsson and Brinkborg. In the main draw, Stefan Windscheif and Sebastian Dollinger lost their first two games. Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik won in the first round, but were then beaten by number five Brazilians Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti . After their victory over the Americans Gibb and Rosenthal as well as the defeat against the Dutch Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil , the two Germans reached 13th place. Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink were undefeated in their first two games. In the third round, however, the reigning world champions lost to the Chinese Xu and Wu, then they defeated Numberdor and Schuil as well as Benjamin and Bruno, before they failed to Emanuel / Alison and finished fifth. The South Americans then defeated Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu, while in the other semi-final Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers prevailed against Ricardo and Márcio Araújo and also won the first final of the season. Wu and Xu secured the bronze medal behind the silver medalists Emanuel / Alison.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Emanuel / Alison	Wu / Xu	Ricardo / Márcio Araújo	Brink / Reckermann	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Benjamin / Bruno	Numberdor / Schuil

Shanghai Open (May 2-7)

In the German Country Quota, Kaczmarek / Walkenhorst were defeated by Stefan Windscheif and Sebastian Dollinger, who were able to qualify for the field of the best 32 teams after a bye and two further successes. After defeating Fr. Gao and CH. Chen from the Middle Kingdom and two defeats placed the Central Europeans in 17th place in the overall ranking. The three German teams seeded for the main field fought their way to the top eight. There David Klemperer and Eric Koreng lost against the number five seeded Chinese Wu and Xu. Erdmann and Matysik, who had previously eliminated Emanuel and Alison, who were listed at number two, failed in the German-German duel against Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann. They then defeated the Americans Fuerbringer and Lucena, but then lost for the second time in this tournament against their compatriots Gibb and Rosenthal. In the other semi-final, Rogers and Dalhausser defeated the Spaniards Herrera and Gavira , who also lost the game for third place against the German world champions. For the second time this year, the final was decided by the Olympic champions.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Gibb / Rosenthal	Brink / Reckermann	Herrera / Gavira	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Wu / Xu	Erdmann / matysics	Klemperer / Koreng

Prague Open (May 17th to 22nd)

In the German country quota, Böckermann / Urbatzka defeated their opponents Kaczmarek / Walkenhorst, while Dollinger / Windscheif prevailed against Bakumovski / Rohde. Both German couples survived the qualification. While for Markus Böckermann and Mischa Urbatzka, as well as for the Austrians Doppler / Mellitzer, the tournament was over after two defeats in the main competition, Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif were able to win two more games and, like Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik, took the overall ranking thirteenth place. The two top teams prevailed in the semi-finals. Emanuel and Alison, listed at number two, defeated the 29th Swiss Sascha Heyer and Sebastian Chevallier, who only contested their second joint tournament in the world series. Like the Brazilians, Rogers and Dahlhauser, who had been unbeaten until then, defeated their compatriots Cunha and Pedro , who had previously defeated Marcio Araujo and Ricardo in an inner-Brazilian duel. The Swiss won the bronze medal, while Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti were able to defeat the reigning Olympic champions in the final and thus won their first joint gold medal on the World Tour.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Emanuel / Alison	Rogers / Dalhausser	Heyer / Chevallier	Cunha / Pedro	Ricardo / Márcio Araújo	Plavins / Smedins	Herrera / Gavira	P. Benes / Kubala

Grand Slam in Beijing (June 7th to 12th)

At the first Grand Slam of the season in the Chinese capital, a German country quota was not necessary, as only four teams from Germany competed. Dollinger / Windscheif failed in the second qualifying round to the Americans Patterson / Keenan. Erdmann / Matysik, who were directly entitled to start in the main field, reached the first round after the group phase and came in seventeenth. In the round of 16, the Swiss Heyer / Chevallier lost to David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, who, like Patrick Heuscher and Jefferson Bellaguarda from the Alpine republic, were the first in their pool to qualify for the round of the best sixteen teams with two wins and one defeat. While the Germans failed in the quarter-finals to Emanuel / Alison, the Confederates fought their way through successes against Benjamin / Bruno from Brazil and against the Spaniards Herrera / Gavira a place in the semi-finals. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann finished the group stage without losing a set, then defeated Ricardo and Marcio Araujo 2-1 and then benefited from the surrender due to injury to the top seeded US Olympic champions. In the semifinals, the German team defeated the Polish pairing Prudel / Fijalek, which had previously eliminated Numberdor / Schuil from the Netherlands. In the other semifinal round, the Prague Open winners from Brazil prevailed against the Swiss, who were able to secure the bronze medal in the next game. After defeating Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann, Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti received their second World Tour gold medal in a row.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Emanuel / Alison	Brink / Reckermann	Heuscher / Bellaguarda	Fijalek / Prudel	Numberdor / Schuil	Rogers / Dalhausser	Herrera / Gavira	Klemperer / Koreng

Beach volleyball world championships in Rome (June 13th to 19th)

see also main article Beach Volleyball World Championship 2011

Preliminary round in the pool system

Klemperer / Koreng defeated their compatriots Erdmann / Matysik, but lost to the Austrians Doppler / Mellitzer and the Swiss Heyer / Chevallier and were eliminated as fourth. The Swiss defeated the duo from the other Alpine republic with 2-0 sets. Both had to admit defeat to Erdmann / Matysik, who as pool winners as well as the teams that were inferior to them reached the round of the best 32 teams. Brink and Reckermann also moved into the next round as first in the group. They defeated the Poles Kadziola / Szalankiewicz, the Russians Likholetov / Pastukhov and the Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda, who made it through a round with two successes. Their compatriots Gabathuler / Schnider and the second Austrian couple Müllner / Horst also achieved this with two victories each. Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif lost their first game against Ferramenta / Pedro from Brazil, but were able to win the following matches against the Russians Barsuk / Yutvalin and the Italians Ingrosso / Ingrosso P., so that their progress as second in the group was assured.

Main round

In the first main round, all Swiss teams fell out. Both Heyer / Chevallier lost against Soderberg / Hoyer from Denmark and Heuscher / Bellaguarda against the Spaniards Herrera / Gavira and Gabathuler / Schnider against Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif. The Germans then narrowly failed with 21:23 in the third set to the later finalists Marcio Araujo and Ricardo. Erdmann / Matysik also won their first game after the group stage against New Zealanders Lochhead-Pitman, but lost to the semi-finalists Plavins / Smedins from Latvia in the round of 16 with 17:19 in the decisive set. The Austrians Müllner / Horst could not prevail against the Americans Fuerbringer / Lucena in the first main round, Doppler / Mellitzer succeeded in defeating Jennings / Wong, who also competed for the United States. The duo from the Alpine republic was then eliminated from the tournament against Soderberg / Hoyer. The best German team Brink / Reckermann first defeated the Estonians Vesik / Jaani, then the top seeded Olympic champions Rogers / Dalhausser and prevailed in the quarterfinals against the Poles Fijalek / Prudel. In the semifinals, however, the Germans lost to the Brazilians Alison and Emanuel, who were also able to make the final victorious against their compatriots Marcio Araujo / Ricardo. The bronze medal was secured by Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann by winning the small final against Plavins and Smedins.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Emanuel / Alison	Ricardo / Márcio Araújo	Brink / Reckermann	Plavins / Smedins	Ferramenta / Pedro	Søderberg / Hoyer	Herrera / Gavira	Fijalek / Prudel

Grand Slam in Stavanger (June 28th to July 3rd)

After their victory over Böckermann / Urbatzka in the country quota, Dollinger / Windscheif failed in the first qualifying round. A bye in the German elimination did not help Erdmann / Matysik, they did not make it into the main field, just like the Austrians Doppler / Melitzer. However, this was achieved by their compatriots Müllner and Horst, who survived the subsequent pool phase in second place, but were eliminated in the following round. The Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda reached the round of the best 24 teams with only one win in their group, then defeated Fuerbringer / Lucena from the USA and the previously undefeated Germans Klemperer and Koreng, before they were defeated by the Poles Fijalek / Prudel and fifth in the final ranking were. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann finished second in their pool with two wins and one loss, then defeated the Brazilians Bruno and Benjamin and the Russians Semjonow and Koschkarjow. The quarter-finals were won by the Germans against Rogers and Dalhausser, who, after their defeat at the World Championships in Rome, lost out to the team from Germany for the second time in a row. In the semifinals Marcio Araujo and Ricardo defeated the two Germans and also won the final against Fijalek / Prudel. Brink and Reckermann secured the bronze medal by beating Skarlund / Spinnangr from Norway, who had defeated the world champions Emanuel / Alison in the quarter-finals, but failed in the semifinals due to the Poles.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Ricardo / Márcio Araújo	Fijalek / Prudel	Brink / Reckermann	Skarlund / Spinnangr	Emanuel / Alison	Heuscher / Bellaguarda	Gibb / Rosenthal	Rogers / Dalhausser

Grand Slam in Gstaad (July 5th to 10th)

In the German preliminary round, Böckermann / Urbatzka won against Windscheif / Dollinger, but failed in the first qualifying round. Erdmann / Matysik, second in their pool, won their main round game against the Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda, then lost their round of 16 as did Klemperer / Koreng, who had qualified as group winners directly for this round. The other Swiss teams were also eliminated early, Heyer / -Chevallier were defeated in their first game after the group stage, Laciga M.-Weingart won their first main round game, but then could not make their round of 16 victorious. Austrian teams were not at the start. After three pool wins, Brink / Reckermann also won the following pairings against Ferramenta / Pedro from Brazil and the Dutch Numbersdor / Schuil. The Germans lost their semifinals against Rogers / Dalhausser, in the other semifinals Emanuel and Alison defeated the Poles Fijalek and Prudel, who had thrown the winners from Stavanger out of the competition in the quarterfinals. The South Americans won the final of the reigning Olympic champions against the current world champions, while Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann secured the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Emanuel / Alison	Rogers / Dalhausser	Brink / Reckermann	Fijalek / Prudel	Ricardo / Márcio Araújo	Wu / Xu	Numberdor / Schuil	Semjonow / Koschkarev

Grand Slam in Moscow (July 12th to 17th)

After their victory over Böckermann / Urbatzka in the country quota, Dollinger and Windscheif then survived the qualification, the pool round and the first main round. Erdmann / Matysik and Klemperer / Koren defeated their opponents in round one after successfully surviving the group phase. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann were the first in their pool to reach the second main round. Here came the end for all German teams. The Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda did better, after their victory over Klemperer / Koreng they also beat the Brazilians Thiago / Harley and defeated Rogers / Dalhausser in the semifinals. In the other semifinal round, Emanuel / Alison, who were number one, defeated the Chinese Xu and Wu and then also won the gold medal match against the Swiss. Third place went to the Americans.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Emanuel / Alison	Heuscher / Bellaguarda	Rogers / Dalhausser	Wu / Xu	McHugh / Slack	Benjamin / Bruno	Harley / Thiago	Fijalek / Prudel

Québec Open (July 18-24)

In Canada there were only two German teams, as well as an Austrian and a Swiss team. Böckermann / Urbatzka lost their first two games. The two beach couples from the Alpine republics did a little better. After the defeats at the beginning of the tournament, both the Austrians Doppler / Melitzer and the Confederates Gabathuler / Schnider won victories in the following round, before they too came to an end in the third matches. Erdmann / Matysik won their first two games, but then lost two times and finished ninth in the overall standings. Three US and one Brazilian duo made it to the semi-finals. Fuerbringer / Lucena defeated their compatriots Gibb / Rosenthal, while Rogers / Dalhausser defeated the South American Santos / Álvaro Filho . The reigning Olympic champions then won the final, while a team from the United States also won the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Gibb / Rosenthal	Santos / Álvaro Filho	Samoilovs / Sorokins	Gunnarsson / Brinkborg	Harley / Thiago	Geor / Gia

Mazuri Grand Slam in Stare Jabłonki (July 26th to 31st)

For the fourth time in the last five events, Dollinger / Windscheif faced Böckermann / Urbatzka in the German qualification, who after their victory also successfully passed the qualification and, like Klemperer / Koreng and Brink / Reckermann, were first in their pool. Erdmann / Matysik also reached the second main round in third place after their subsequent victory over Gabathuler / Schnider. The other three Swiss duos came third in their pool (Laciga M./Weingart and Heuscher / Bellaguarda) via the detour of the first round or as first (Heyer / Chevallier) directly into the second main round, the two Austrian teams were eliminated early. Erdmann / Matysik reached the quarter-finals after defeating Böckermann / Urbatzka, Brink / Reckermann and Heuscher / Bellaguarda. While the Swiss failed against the Polish top duo and Brink / Reckermann against the Olympic champions, Erdmann / Matysik defeated their compatriots Gibb / Rosenthal, but lost the semifinals against Fijalek / Prudel and the bronze medal game against the reigning world champions who were previously defeated by their predecessors . Rogers / Dalhausser also defeated the Polish team in the final and secured the gold medal for the fourth time this season.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Fijalek / Prudel	Emanuel / Alison	Erdmann / matysics	Ricardo / Cunha	Brink / Reckermann	Heuscher / Bellaguarda	Gibb / Rosenthal

Grand Slam in Klagenfurt (2nd to 7th August)

In the German Country Quota this time Windscheif / Dollinger defeated their opponents Böckermann / Urbatzka again, but failed in the second qualifying round. The Austrians Müllner / Horst and the Swiss M. Laciga / Weingart and Gabathuler / Schnider did not come beyond the pool phase. In the first round after that, Klemperer / Koreng were defeated by the Swiss Heyer / Chevallier and Erdmann / Matysik by the Norwegians Skarlund-Spinnangr. The Brazilians Ricardo / Cunha defeated Doppler-Mellitzer from Austria, while Brink / Reckermann eliminated their compatriots Huber / Seidl. In the following round, the two remaining Swiss pairs Heuscher / Bellaguarda against Brink / Reckermann and Heyer / Chevallier against Fuerbringer-Lucena from the United States came out. The Germans then defeated the Americans and in the semifinals the Brazilians Bruno / Maciel before they were defeated in the final by Cunha and Ricardo, who achieved their first joint victory on the tour. The bronze medal went to Rogers / Dalhausser, who had lost in the semifinals to the gold medalists.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Ricardo / Cunha	Brink / Reckermann	Rogers / Dalhausser	Bruno / Maciel	P. Benes / Kubala	Skarlund / Spinnangr	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Jennings / Wong

Åland Open (August 16-21)

The Austrian pairs Doppler / Mellitzer and Müllner / Horst lost their first two games of the main event after having passed the qualification and finished in 25th place. The Swiss teams M. Laciga / Weingart and Heyer / Chevallier as well as the German Dollinger / Windscheif, who finished seventeenth after winning one and losing two games, did a little better. After a bye and two successes in qualifying, two more wins and two defeats were enough to make thirteenth place overall for the third Swiss duo, Gabathuler / Schnider. Klemperer / Koreng reached the round of the best six pairs, but lost the decisive game for a place in the semi-finals against Marcio Araujo / Benjamin as well as Erdmann / Matysik their match against Fijalek-Prudel. The Poles then lost to Rogers / Dalhausser, while the Brazilians defeated their compatriots Emanuel / Alison and then also won the final against the Olympic champions, who had to end the game because of an injury to Todd Rogers. The reigning world champions secured the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Márcio Araújo / Benjamin	Rogers / Dalhausser	Emanuel / Alison	Fijalek / Prudel	Erdmann / matysics	Klemperer / Koreng	Lupo / Nicolai	Sekerci / V. Gögtepe

The Hague Open (23-28 August)

As in the previous year, the German teams were absent due to the national championships taking place at the same time . The two strongest duos so far, Emanuel / Alison and Rogers / Dalhausser, were also absent from the Netherlands. Of the three Austrian pairs Huber / Seidl, Müllner / Horst and Doppler / Mellitzer who started in the qualification, only the latter reached the main field. However, like the Swiss Gabathuler / Schnider, they lost their first two games. M. Laciga / Weingart won one match and finished seventeenth. In the semi-finals, Semjonow / Koschkarjow lost to the Brazilians Ricardo / Cunha, while Petr. Benes / Kubala were defeated by the Dutch Numbersdor / Schuil. The Russians then secured the bronze medal against the Czechs. The South Americans won the final against the team from the host country.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Ricardo / Cunha	Numberdor / Schuil	Semjonow / Koschkarev	P. Benes / Kubala	Lupo / Nicolai	Boersma / Spijkers	Fijalek / Prudel	Gibb / Rosenthal

Morocco Open (October 4th to 9th)

At the last event of the year, the previously established overall winners Emanuel / Alison were missing, as was the second Rogers / Dalhausser. The Austrians Hubert and Seidl failed in the third qualifying round, while the Swiss M.-Laciga / Weingart came into the main field. There they finished 17th with one win and two defeats, as did their compatriots Heyer / Chevallier, who were defeated in the duel between the Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda. They also won the next game and finished ninth after losing to Jennings / Wong. The three German participating couples were set for the main competition. Dollinger / Windscheif won a game, but lost against the eventual winners and the bronze medal winners and finished in 17th place. Erdmann / Matysik finished seventh with four wins and two defeats. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann won their first four games. The two Germans also made the subsequent semi-final against Fuerbringer / Lucena from the United States successful. In the other semifinals, Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil defeated the Brazilians Ferramenta / Pedro, who then managed to secure third place. The Dutch defeated Brink / Reckermann in the purely European final and secured their first gold medal of 2011 and the seventh of their career.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Numberdor / Schuil	Brink / Reckermann	Ferramenta / Pedro	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Márcio Araújo / Benjamin	Herrera / Gavira	Erdmann / matysics	Jennings / Wong

Awards of 2011

FIVB Tour Champion	Team of the Year	Most Outstanding	Sports person	Top rookie	Most inspirational	Most Improved Player
Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti	Emanuel Rego / Alison Cerutti	Emanuel Rego	Emanuel Rego	Sébastien Chevallier	Emanuel Rego	Mariusz Prudel

Best blocker	Best defensive player	Best hitter	Best offensive player	Best server	Best setter
Alison Cerutti	Reinder number dor	Alison Cerutti	Alison Cerutti	Eric Koreng	Phil Dalhausser

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=27391&Language=0

[2] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/

[3] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MBRA2011&Phase=2

[4] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MSHA2011&Phase=2

[5] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MPRA2011&Phase=2

[6] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MBEI2011&Phase=2#

[7] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MITA2011

[8] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MSTA2011&Phase=2

[9] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MGST2011&Phase=2

[10] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MMOS2011&Phase=2

[11] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MQUE2011&Phase=2

[12] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MSTJ2011&Phase=2

[13] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MKLA2011&Phase=2

[14] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MALA2011&Phase=2

[15] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2011/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MHAG2011&Phase=2