FIVB World Tour 2015 women

The women's FIVB World Tour 2015 consisted of five Grand Slams and six Open . In addition, there was the World Cup in the Netherlands as well as three tournaments in the newly created Major Series and the season finale in Fort Lauderdale. The two subsequent Openings in Mexico and Turkey belong to the 2015/16 season.

Tournaments

Fuzhou Open, China, April 22-26, 2015

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1	Broder / Valjas
2	Laboreur / Sude
3	A. Ross / Walsh
4th	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Bawden / Clancy
5	Bansley / Pavan
5	Humana-Paredes / Pischke
5	Pata / Matauatu

Analogous to the men , a German women's team also reached the final in Fuzhou . Chantal Laboureur and Julia Sude finished second in their pool and then defeated Anni Schumacher and Sandra Seyfferth before they met another German couple. Victoria Bieneck and Yanina Weiland were actually eliminated after their defeat in the second qualifying round, but still came into the main field as lucky losers and were able to win their preliminary group with two wins and one defeat. The interim duo had no chance against Laboreur / Sude, who knocked out Pata / Matauatu from Vanuatu in the quarter-finals and defeated the number one Chinese Wang / Yue in the semi-finals . In the other semifinals , April Ross and Kerri Walsh lost to Canadians Jamie Lynn Broder / Kristina Valjas . The Americans won the bronze medal, while the athletes from Victoria and Toronto won the final.

Teresa Mersmann and Isabel Schneider lost in the first main round. Anna Behlen and Katharina Culav were unlucky enough to be eliminated in the qualifying round. Culav was injured on his own match point on a stone slab in the field. The Austrians Schützenhöfer / Plesiutschnig reached the main round one with a victory. Their compatriots Schwaiger S. / Hansel failed as the last of their pool despite a game win. Swiss teams did not start in China.

Luzern Open, Switzerland, May 12-17, 2015

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1	Borger / Büthe
2	Meppelink / Van Iersel
3	Broder / Valjas
4th	S. Schwaiger / Hansel
5	Carol Máximo / Lili
5	Duda / Elize Maia
5	Bieneck / Grossner
5	Ukolowa / Birlowa

After their victory over Schumacher / Seyfferth in the reintroduced Country Quota , Victoria Bieneck and Julia Großner also survived the qualification and made it to the second final round, unbeaten as well as Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler and Karla Borger / Britta Büthe . Laboreur / Sude with a defeat, the Swiss Goricanec / Hüberli with three successes, their compatriots Zumkehr / Heidrich , Forrer / Vergé-Dépré and the Austrians Schwaiger S./Hansel made it to the round of 16 via the first round. Schützenhöfer / Plesiutschnig lost their game after surviving the pool round, while the Swiss Betschart / Eiholzer had no win.

Schwaiger / Hansel, Borger / Büthe and Bieneck / Großner made it into the round of the last eight. The latter was defeated by the winners from Fuzhou, who in turn lost out to the reigning European champions . Borger / Büthe defeated the Austrians and then secured the gold medal against the team from the Netherlands . The Canadians won the bronze medal.

Prague Open, Czech Republic, May 20-24, 2015

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1	Ágatha / Seixas
2	Bansley / Pavan
3	Duda / Elize Maia
4th	Maria Clara / Carol
5	Lobato / Soria
5	Lehtonen / Lahti
5	Laboreur / Sude
5	Fopma / S. Ross

Mersmann / Schneider defeated Behlen / Behrens in the German qualifying , but lost in the qualification. Schwaiger S./Hansel and Betschart / Eiholzer, who fought their way into the round of 16, did better. Schützenhöfer / Plesiutschnig reached the first main round with a success, as did Bieneck / Großner. Schumacher / Seyfferth did not manage to do this, although they had also won once in the pool round.

Julia Sude and Chantal Laboreur were unbeaten in the top eight. The two Germans lost their game against Duda / Elize Maia . Further participants in the semi-finals were Agatha / Seixas, who had to compete against the siblings Maria Clara / Carol . After their victory in the Brazilian duel, the former also won the final against the Canadians Bansley / Pavan , who had previously won the other semifinals. Duda and Elize Maia secured the bronze medal without a fight.

Moscow Grand Slam, Russia, May 26th to 31st, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Meppelink / Van Iersel
3	Menegatti / Orsi Toth
4th	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Carol Máximo / Lili
5	Liliana / Baquerizo
5	Dubovcová / Nestarcová
5	Kessy / Day

The Laboreur / Sude, who were actually eliminated in the Country Quota, fought their way through the qualification as lucky losers, while their conquerors Bieneck / Großner failed as did the Austrians Schwaiger / Hansel and Teufl V. / Zass B. In contrast, the Swiss Forrer / Vergé-Dépré achieved the main competition. In the pool round they were eliminated despite a game win, as did Goricanec / Hüberli and Borger / Büthe. In contrast, one success each was enough for Ludwig / Walkenhorst and Zumkehr / Heidrich to advance. With two victories u. a. against the confederates Holtwick / Semmler reached the final round one. All three duos then lost their match. In the group with Holtwick / Semmler and Zumkehr / Heidrich, Laboureur / Sude prevailed undefeated. The round of 16 was the last stop for the two.

In the semifinals Menegatti / Orsi Toth lost to Meppelink / van Iersel and Wang Fan / Yue Y. to Larissa / Talita . The South Americans also won the final, while the Asians were left empty-handed in the battle for medals.

Poreč MAJOR, Croatia, June 2-6, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Bansley / Pavan
3	Bawden / Clancy
4th	Broder / Valjas
5	Ágatha / Seixas
5	Borger / Büthe
5	Menegatti / Orsi Toth
5	Fendrick / Sweat

Stavanger MAJOR, Norway, June 9-13, 2015

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1	Juliana / Antonelli
2	Ágatha / Seixas
3	Meppelink / Van Iersel
4th	Ludwig / Walkenhorst
5	Bawden / Clancy
5	Maria Clara / Carol
5	Bansley / Pavan
5	Borger / Büthe

For the third time in a row the duel in the German country quota was Laboreur / Sude against Bieneck / Großner. In contrast to the result in Poreč , this time the latter were the winners and, in contrast to Moscow , there was no happy ending as a lucky loser for Burkhard Sude's daughter and her partner. The winners starting for the VC Olympia Berlin lost in the qualification against the Austrian duo Stefanie Schwaiger and Barbara Hansel, while their compatriots Schützenhöfer / Plesiutschnig did not reach the main competition.

Holtwick / Semmler were eliminated in the pool round despite a victory, while Schwaiger S./Hansel and the Swiss pairs Forrer / Vergé-Dépré and Goricanec / Hüberli reached round one, but lost there. For the Confederates Zumkehr / Heidrich, the last stop was the round of 16. Ludwig / Walkenhorst and Borger / Büthe were each the first in their pool to successfully contest this.

St. Petersburg Grand Slam, USA, June 17-21, 2015

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1	Ágatha / Seixas
2	Juliana / Antonelli
3	Lima / Fernanda
4th	Borger / Büthe
5	Liliana / Baquerizo
5	Ludwig / Walkenhorst
5	Menegatti / Orsi Toth
5	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré

World Championship, Netherlands, June 26th to July 4th, 2015

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1	Ágatha / Seixas
2	Lima / Fernanda
3	Juliana / Antonelli
4th	Holtwick / Semmler
5	Bawden / Clancy
5	Bansley / Pavan
5	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Fendrick / Sweat

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Gstaad MAJOR, Switzerland, July 7-11, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Lima / Fernanda
3	Bansley / Pavan
4th	A. Ross / Walsh
5	Bawden / Clancy
5	Ágatha / Seixas
5	Juliana / Antonelli
5	Ludwig / Walkenhorst

Yokohama Grand Slam, Japan, July 21-26, 2015

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1	Ludwig / Walkenhorst
2	Ágatha / Seixas
3	Bansley / Pavan
4th	A. Ross / Fopma
5	Larissa / Talita
5	Lima / Fernanda
5	Meppelink / Van Iersel
5	Fendrick / Sweat

Long Beach Grand Slam, USA, August 18-23, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	A. Ross / Walsh
3	Ludwig / Walkenhorst
4th	Bawden / Clancy
5	Bansley / Pavan
5	Liliana / Baquerizo
5	Holtwick / Semmler
5	Pata / Matauatu

Olsztyn Grand Slam, Poland, August 25-29, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Meppelink / Van Iersel
3	Brzostek / Kołosińska
4th	van Gestel / van der Vlist
5	Ágatha / Seixas
5	Broder / Valjas
5	Fendrick / Sweat
5	A. Ross / Walsh

Rio de Janeiro Open, Brazil, September 2-6, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Ágatha / Seixas
3	Meppelink / Van Iersel
4th	Juliana / Antonelli
5	Lavalle / Nunes
5	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Laboreur / Sude
5	S. Ross / Carico

Sochi Open, Russia, September 8-13, 2015

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1	Menegatti / Orsi Toth
2	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré
3	Zumkehr / Heidrich
4th	Lehtonen / Lahti
5	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Hermannová / Sluková
5	Syrzewa / Abalakina
5	S. Ross / Carico

Xiamen Open, China, September 23-27, 2015

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1	Zumkehr / Heidrich
2	Klug / Gallay
3	Forrer / Vergé-Dépré
4th	Holtwick / Semmler
5	Wang Fan / Yue Y.
5	Bieneck / Grossner
5	Ukolowa / Birlowa
5	Pazo / Agudo

Fort Lauderdale Season Finale, United States, September 29 to October 4, 2015

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1	Larissa / Talita
2	Ludwig / Walkenhorst
3	Ágatha / Seixas
4th	Bansley / Pavan
5	Meppelink / Van Iersel
5	Fendrick / A. Ross
7th	Liliana / Baquerizo
7th	Kessy / Day
9	Broder / Valjas
9	Laboreur / Sude

Awards of the year 2015

FIVB Tour Champion	Ágatha Bednarczuk / Bárbara Seixas
Team of the Year	Larissa França / Talita Antunes da Rocha
Most Outstanding	Larissa França
Sportswoman of the Year	Laura Ludwig
Rookie of the Year	Taru Lahti
Most inspirational	Miller Pata
Most Improved	Linline Matauatu
Best blocker	Sarah Pavan
Best spiker	Talita Antunes da Rocha
Best offensive	Larissa França
Best server	April Ross
Best setter	Marleen van Iersel
Best defensive	Heather Bansley

Web links

• FIVB World Tour 2015 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIVB Beach Volleyball Calendar 2015
2. ↑ Major Series: Global Expansion and New Partners. beach-volleyball.de, February 26, 2015, accessed on March 25, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Luck follows skill. beach-volleyball.de, April 24, 2015, accessed April 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Behlen / Culav in bad luck. (No longer available online.) Beach-volleyball.de, April 22, 2015, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 26, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ^ Fuzhou Open Women Results. FIVB, April 25, 2015, accessed April 25, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Lucerne Open Women Results. FIVB, May 17, 2015, accessed May 20, 2015 . 
7. ^ Prague Open Women Results. FIVB, May 24, 2015, accessed May 29, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Moscow Grand Slam Women Results. FIVB, May 29, 2015, accessed May 29, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Porec Major Women Results. FIVB, June 7, 2015, accessed June 9, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Stavanger Major Women Results. FIVB, June 12, 2015, accessed June 12, 2015 . 
11. ↑ St. Petersburg Grand Slam Women Results. FIVB, June 21, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 . 
12. ↑ netherlands2015.fivb.org. FIVB, July 5, 2015, accessed July 5, 2015 . 
13. ^ Gstaad Major Women Results. FIVB, July 12, 2015, accessed on July 12, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Yokohama Grand Slam Women Results. FIVB, July 26, 2015, accessed on July 28, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Long Beach Grand Slam Women Results. FIVB, August 23, 2015, accessed on August 23, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Olsztyn Grand Slam Women Results. FIVB, August 29, 2015, accessed on August 29, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Rio de Janeiro Open Women Results. FIVB, September 6, 2015, accessed on September 6, 2015 . 
18. ^ Sochi Open Women Results. FIVB, September 13, 2015, accessed October 7, 2015 . 
19. ↑ Xiamen Open Women Results. FIVB, September 27, 2015, accessed October 7, 2015 . 
20. ↑ Fort Lauderdale World Tour Final Women Results. FIVB, October 4, 2015, accessed October 7, 2015 .