SWATCH FIVB World Championships 2009

Hehe, glad to see the new section here It was high time this happened

Round of 16:
Samoilovs-Sorokins LAT [31] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 0-2 (11-21, 11-21)
Lochhead-Pitman NZL [26] vs. Herrera-Gavira ESP [15] 0-2 (11-21, 12-21)
Ces-Cès FRA [11] vs. Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [5] 0-2 (24-26, 13-21)
Brink-Reckermann GER [3] vs. Gibb-Rosenthal USA [23] 2-0 (21-18, 21-16)
Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [10] vs. Heyer-Heuscher SUI [28] 2-0 (21-18, 24-22)
Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] vs. Kais Kr.-Vesik EST [16] 2-0 (21-12, 21-18 )
Van Huizen-Redmann CAN [37] vs. Jennings-Fuerbringer USA [17] 0-2 (10-21, 13-21)
Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Gosch-Horst AUT [24] 2-0 (21-17, 21-12)

Quarterfinals:
04-Jul 14:07 1 Herrera-Gavira ESP [15] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2]
04-Jul 16:07 1 Brink-Reckermann GER [3] vs. Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [5]
04-Jul 14:15 2 Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] vs. Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [10]
04-Jul 16:15 2 Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Jennings-Fuerbringer USA [17]

Quarterfinals:

Herrera-Gavira ESP [15] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 0-2 (23-25, 14-21)

Brink-Reckermann GER [3] vs. Ricardo-Emanuel BRA [5] 2-1 (14-21, 21-15, 15-13)

Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] vs. Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz BRA [10] 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 17-15)

Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Jennings-Fuerbringer USA [17] 2-1 (21-14, 35-37, 17-15)

Semifinals:

Brink-Reckermann GER [3] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 2-1 (21-17, 16-21, 15-10)

Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] 2-0 (21-18, 21-14)

Bronze medal match:

05-Jul 14:37 Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2]

FINAL:

05-Jul 16:07 Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Brink-Reckermann GER [3]

Final 1st Place

Harley-Alison BRA [1] vs. Brink-Reckermann GER [3] 0-2 (16-21, 19-21)

Final 3rd Place

Klemperer-Koreng GER [6] vs. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 0-2 (11-21, 16-21)

I'd be very happy if someone has managed to record any games from this WCH since I couldn't watch almost any!

Brink/Reckermann have been one of the most consistently performing beach volleyball couples in the last years, so their success is deserved! However, this might be a little unexpected though... Rogers/Dalhausser have won the most important tournaments since 2007, Ricardo/Emanuel still a threat in maybe their last competitive years, Harley/Alison dominating the World Tour for the past two years... I expected the winners to be among the three mentioned couples, but the Germans have beaten all three of them on the way to the gold!!! It's then really undisputed In FIVB competitions, they have had a few titles won (in rank open) but have been very consistent in the Grand Slams as well! As fas I know, they might be more successful in the NESTEA Euro Tour with several titles more there, but overall this is indeed their biggest international beach volley triumph - in fact, something no German couple has ever done - world champions! They are also the first-ever Europeans to become world champions! So far, since the first WCH in 1997 in Los Angeles, teams from America have won the title - USA, Brazil and Argentina!

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships history:

1997 - Los Angeles (USA)

Gold - Para/Guilherme (Brazil)
Silver - Ceman/Whitmarsh (USA)
Bronze - not contested

1999 - Marseille (France)

Gold - Emanuel/Loiola (Brazil)
Silver - M. Laciga/ P. Laciga (Switzerland)
Bronze - Para/Guilherme (Brazil)

2001 - Klagenfurt (Austria)

Gold - Baracetti/Conde (Argentina)
Silver - Ricardo/Loiola (Brazil)
Bronze - Hoidalen/Kjemperud (Norway)

2003 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Gold - Ricardo/Emanuel (Brazil)
Silver - Holdren/Metzger (USA)
Bronze - Marcio/Benjamin (Brazil)

2005 - Berlin (Germany)

Gold - Marcio/Fabio (Brazil)
Silver - Heyer/P. Laciga (Switzerland)
Bronze - Brink/Schneider (Germany)

2007 - Gstaad (Switzerland)

Gold - Dalhausser/Rogers (USA)
Silver - Barsuk/Kolodinsky (Russia)
Bronze - Schacht/Slack (Australia)

2009 - Stavanger (Norway)

Gold - Brink/Reckermann (Germany)
Silver - Harley/Alison (Brazil)
Bronze - Dalhausser/Rogers (USA)