FIVB World Tour 2012 men

The men's FIVB World Tour 2012 consisted of eleven beach volleyball tournaments, eight of which were held as a grand slam and three as an open .

Tournaments

The series began on April 17th in Brasília . There were other Open in Mysłowice and Prague . Shanghai , Beijing , Moscow , Rome , Gstaad , Berlin , Klagenfurt and Stare Jabłonki hosted the Grand Slams. Another event in Québec has been canceled. Likewise, the Agadir Open, originally planned as the last tournament of the year, did not take place in Morocco. Therefore, the beach series ended on August 19th in Poland.

Brasilia Open (April 17th to 22nd)

Walkenhorst and Kaczmarek lost their first game in the qualification , while Kunert / Petutschnig, who finished seventeenth in the final ranking, and Seidl / Huber , who, like the Germans Stefan Windscheif and Sebastian Dollinger , reached the main field of three pairs from Austria , made it to thirteenth Fought for rank. The only Swiss Martin Laciga and Jonas Weingart lost their first two games. Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik , who won their first three matches and ended up in fifth place, did better . In the semifinals, Dalhausser / Rogers met Ricardo / Cunha , while Fuerbringer / Lucena had to face Herrera / Gavira . Both US-American couples reached the final, which was won by the reigning Olympic champions, while the South Americans won the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Ricardo / Cunha	Herrera / Gavira	Harley / Evandro	Erdmann / matysics	Emanuel / Alison	Santos / Vitor Felipe

Silesia Open in Myslowice (April 24th to 29th)

Of the three German and four Austrian couples who started in the qualification, only Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst from the Alpine republic reached the main round in Poland. While the Austrians were able to secure seventh place, the only remaining Germans David Klemperer and Eric Koreng as well as the Swiss Heuscher / Bellaguarda had to be content with a shared 25th place after two defeats in their first two games. Their compatriots Heyer / Chevallier did a little better, for whom one victory was enough for seventeenth place in the overall standings. In the semifinals, Lupo / Nicolai lost to the Brazilians Ricardo / Cunha and their compatriots Márcio Araújo / Pedro defeated Herrera / Gavira. In Myslowice the Spaniards won the game for third place, while Ricardo and Cunha triumphed in the final.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Ricardo / Cunha	Márcio Araújo / Pedro	Herrera / Gavira	Lupo / Nicolai	Numberdor / Schuil	Gibb / Rosenthal	Doppler / Horst	Fuerbringer / Lucena

Grand Slam in Shanghai (May 1-6)

While Dollinger / Windscheif and Erdmann / Matysik qualified as group first for the second round, Klemperer / Koreng had to take the detour via the first main round as the third of their pool. All three teams were then eliminated. Huber / Seidl survived the preliminary battle of two Austrian couples, but could not win a game in their pool. The Swiss M.-Laciga / Weingart failed in the second qualifying round. Heuscher / Bellaguarda lost second in the group in the first main round, while Heyer / Chevalier and the German duos lost in the second round. In the semifinals there were four couples from the American continent. In both matches, the Americans prevailed against the Brazilians. Pedro and Marcio Araujo then defeated Benjamin and Bruno and secured the bronze medal, while the number one seeded Rogers / Dalhausser remained victorious against Gibb / Rosenthal in the final .

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Rogers / Dalhausser	Gibb / Rosenthal	Márcio Araújo / Pedro	Benjamin / Bruno	Emanuel / Alison	Herrera / Gavira	Boersma / Spijkers	Fuerbringer / Lucena

Grand Slam in Beijing (May 8th to 13th)

M. Laciga / Weingart from Switzerland failed in the qualification, while the Austrians Doppler / Horst and the two German couples Dollinger / Windscheif and Klemperer / Koreng reached the main field. The latter, like the Austrians and the Confederates Heuscher / Bellaguarda, did not survive the group phase, while their compatriots Heyer / Chevalier were eliminated in the first main round. For Dollinger / Windscheif the last sixteen was the end of the line, while Erdmann / Matysik, who qualified directly for the main competition, lost in the quarter-finals to Nicolai / Lupo. The Italians then defeated the reigning Brazilian world champions and received the silver medal after losing in the final against the Dutch Numbersdor / Schuil. Third place went to Alison / Emanuel with a victory over the Americans Gibb / Rosenthal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Numberdor / Schuil	Lupo / Nicolai	Alison / Emanuel	Gibb / Rosenthal	Erdmann / matysics	Samoilovs / Sorokins	Boersma / Spijkers	Fuerbringer / Lucena

Prague Open (May 22-27)

After their victories in the German Country Quota over Backhaus / Westphal and Kaczmarek-Walkenhorst, who had previously eliminated A.Dollinger / Stiel, Böckermann / Urbatzka failed in the third qualifying round to M.-Laciga / Weingart. Like Heyer / Chevalier, the Swiss lost their first main round match, but, unlike their compatriots, were able to win the following match. M. Laciga / Weingart, like the German couples Erdmann / Matysik and Klemperer / Koreng, took 17th place in the final accounts. The best Germans this time were Dollinger / Windscheif, who were defeated by Ricardo / Cunha in the next round. The Brazilians also won their next 5 games and became winners of the Czech Open, despite losing their very first game. The silver medal went to Emanuel / Alison, they had defeated Pedro and Marcio Araujo in the semi-finals. After the defeat against Rogers / Dalhausser, the Brazilians took fourth place, the former world champions came third.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	7th place	7th place
Ricardo / Cunha	Alison / Emanuel	Rogers / Dalhausser	Márcio Araújo / Pedro	Numberdor / Schuil	Samoilovs / Sorokins	Kubala / Beneš	Stiekema / Varenhorst

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

While the Austrians Doppler / Horst lost their second game, both Windscheif / Dollinger and the two Swiss pairs M. Laciga / Weingart and Heyer / Chevalier were able to hold their own in the qualification. The latter did not get beyond the pool round, for M. Laciga / Weingart and Heuscher / Bellaguarda the end came in the first main round. In addition to Dollinger / Windscheif, Klemperer / Koreng also made it into the second round. Erdmann / Matysik, who only lost to Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann in the quarterfinals, were even more successful. The best German couple then lost to Emanuel / Alison and in the game for third place Ricardo / Cunha. Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti were able to secure the gold medal for the first time this season. In the game against the Dutch Reinder Numerdor and Richard Schuil, they won 2-0 sets.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Alison / Emanuel	Numberdor / Schuil	Ricardo / Cunha	Brink / Reckermann	Benjamin / Bruno	Erdmann / matysics	Samoilovs / Sorokins	Gibb / Rosenthal

Grand Slam in Rome (June 13th to 17th)

Klemperer / Koreng had to say goodbye to the Italian capital after their first game. Müllner / Wutzl from Austria and for the third time in a row M. Laciga / Weingart survived the qualification. Both couples as well as the two other Swiss duos and the three remaining German teams prevailed in the group stage. While the Austrians and the Swiss qualifiers as well as Brink / Reckermann fell out in the first main round, Windscheif / Dollinger made it to the round of 16. Heuscher / Bellaguarda met in the round of the last eight teams on Heyer / Chevallier, who reached the semi-finals due to an injury to their compatriots. Erdmann / Matysik, who had previously won against the Dutch seeded two, lost to number one, the reigning world champions. Then Emanuel / Alison prevailed against Fuerbringer / Lucena, while their compatriots Gibb / Rosenthal defeated the Swiss and then also won the final. Heyer / Chevallier secured the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Gibb / Rosenthal	Alison / Emanuel	Heyer / Chevallier	Fuerbringer / Lucena	Kubala / Beneš	Erdmann / matysics	Samoilovs / Sorokins	Heuscher / Bellaguarda

Grand Slam in Gstaad (July 3rd to 8th)

The Germans Böckermann / Urbatzka, the Austrians Hupfer / Leeb and the Swiss Sutter / Sutter were eliminated in the qualification, while their compatriots Gabathuler / Gerson qualified for the main field. However, they failed in the pool round, although they were able to defeat Klemperer / Koreng, as they were defeated by Dollinger / Windscheif in a direct comparison. They reached the round of 16 with a victory over Nummerdor-Schuil, where they lost as well as the directly qualified Klemperer / Koreng and M. Laciga / Weingart. In the first main round Erdmann / Matysik, the Austrians Doppler / Horst and the Swiss Heyer / Chevallier were eliminated. Gibb / Rosenthal contested the final after defeating Rogers / Dalhausser against Emanuel / Rego, who had previously eliminated Nicolai / Lupo. The gold medal went to the Americans, while the Italians secured the bronze medal.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Gibb / Rosenthal	Alison / Emanuel	Lupo / Nicolai	Rogers / Dalhausser	Benjamin / Bruno	Ricardo / Cunha	Ferramenta / Thiago	Fuerbringer / Lucena

Grand Slam in Berlin (July 10th to 14th)

The Berlin Grand Slam took place for the first time in the Waldbühne . Of the three German pairs who competed in the qualification, Fuchs / Lüdike, Kaczmarek / Walkenhorst and Böckermann / Urbatzka, only the latter made it into the main field. The Austrians fared even worse. The four started duos Hupfer / Leeb, Kunert / Petutschnig, Müllner / Wutzl and Huber / Seidl had to travel home after the qualification as did the Swiss M. Laciga / Weingart, while their compatriots Heuscher / Bellaguarda finished the tournament without a win in the group stage . Although they were able to beat the four seeded Benjamin / Bruno, Dollinger / Windscheif did not survive the pool round either. Böckermann / Urbatzka over the first main round and Brink / Reckermann as group first reached the round of 16, Erdmann / Matysik and Klemperer / Koreng came into the round of the best eight teams of the tournament. In the semifinals there were two meetings between America and Europe. Gibb / Rosenthal defeated Fijalek / Prudel, while Nummerdor / Schuil lost to Alison and Emanuel. The South Americans then also secured the gold medal, while the Poles remained victorious in the game for third place against the Dutch. After the tournament, David Klemperer ended his beach volleyball career .

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Alison / Emanuel	Gibb / Rosenthal	Fijalek / Prudel	Numberdor / Schuil	Márcio Araújo / Pedro	Erdmann / matysics	Klemperer / Koreng	Boersma / Spijkers

Grand Slam in Klagenfurt (July 17th to 22nd)

Böckermann / Urbatzka defeated Kaczmarek / Walkenhorst in the country quota, but failed in the second qualifying round like the Swiss Gabathuler / Schnider. Their compatriots R. and A. Sutter, like the Austrian pairs Kandolf / Dressler, Hupfer / Leeb and Kunert / Petutschnig, had already lost their first match in the preliminary round. In the pool games, the three German teams that qualified for the main draw remained undefeated, while of the Austrian duos Müllner / Wutzl, Doppler / Horst and Huber / Seid, only the latter reached the first main round. There the tournament was over for them as well as for the Swiss M.-Laciga / Weingart. Heyer / Chevalier and Dollinger / Windscheif could not win their games in the round of 16. The other two German teams entered the round of the top eight. Their conquerors met in the semifinals. The Brazilians Pedro and Márcio Araújo had the upper hand over Rogers / Dalhausser, who then also lost the match for the bronze medal against their US compatriots Gibb / Rosenthal. The final won the Dutch Numbersdor / Schuil.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Numberdor / Schuil	Márcio Araújo / Pedro	Gibb / Rosenthal	Rogers / Dalhausser	Ricardo / Cunha	Xu / Wu	Brink / Reckermann	Erdmann / matysics

Mazuri Grand Slam in Stare Jabłonki (August 14th to 19th)

In the Austrian national preliminary decision, Müllner / Wutzl and Huber / Seidl received a bye. Hupfer / Leeb prevailed against Kunert / Moser, but failed like the Germans Böckermann / Urbatzka in the qualification. The other two pairs from the Alpine republic reached the main field, survived the group phase like their compatriots Doppler / Horst, the two remaining German couples and Heuscher / Weingart, but failed as did Fuchs / Koreng and the Swiss in the first main round. Their compatriots Gerson / Gabathuler had lost all games in their pool. For Walkenhorst / Matysik the last sixteen was the end of the line. The number 25 seeded Doppler / Horst were in a final of the world series for the first time after their semi-final victory over Gibb / Rosenthal, losing this against the Latvians Plavins / Smedins, who had previously defeated Rogers / Dalhausser. In the US duel for the bronze medal, however, the former world champions were able to prevail.

			4th Place	5th place	5th place	5th place	5th place
Plavins / Smedins	Doppler / Horst	Rogers / Dalhausser	Gibb / Rosenthal	Alison / Emanuel	Thiago / Bruno	Fijalek / Prudel	Fuerbringer / Lucena

Awards of 2012

FIVB Tour Champion	Team of the Year	Most Outstanding	Sports person	Top rookie	Most inspirational	Most Improved Player
Jacob Gibb / Sean Rosenthal	Jacob Gibb / Sean Rosenthal	Sean Rosenthal	Emanuel Rego	Christiaan Varenhorst	Emanuel Rego	Paolo Nicolai

Best blocker	Best defensive player	Best hitter	Best offensive player	Best server	Best setter
Phil Dalhausser	Martins Plavins	Alison Cerutti	Phil Dalhausser	Eric Koreng	Phil Dalhausser

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/

[2] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MBRA2012&Phase=2

[3] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MMYS2012&Phase=2

[4] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MSHA2012&Phase=2

[5] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MBEI2012&Phase=2

[6] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MPRA2012&Phase=2

[7] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MMOS2012&Phase=2

[8] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MITA2012&Phase=2

[9] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MGST2012&Phase=2

[10] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MBER2012&Phase=2

[11] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MKLA2012&Phase=2

[12] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2012/Event/Results.asp?TournCode=MSTJ2012&Phase=2