Also, in Klagenfurt, starting tomorrow with the Qualification games, Matteo Martino and Edouard Rowlandson are joining the beach volley week, teamed up with Eugenio Amore and Yannick Salvetti respectively.
Swatch-FIVB World Tour 2012
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A1 Grand Slam, Klagenfurt, Austria
17 - 22 July
Semifinals:
Nummerdor-Schuil (NED) - Gibb-Rosenthal (USA) 2-1 (13-21, 21-19, 16-14)
Marcio-Pedro (BRA) - Dalhausser-Rogers (USA) 2-1 (25-23, 17-21, 15-10)Bronze medal match:
Gibb-Rosenthal (USA) won by forfeit against Dalhausser-Rogers (USA) due to Phil Dalhausser's ankle injury
Final:
Nummerdor-Schuil (NED) - Marcio-Pedro (BRA) 2-1 (14-21, 21-12, 15-13)
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You can use Google Translate to read the article about the interview with David Klemperer who retired from professional beach volleyball after the Berlin Grand Slam two weeks ago. He was one of the most charismatic players on the Tour, often arguing with the referees. He shares some interesting facts behind the scenes, maybe you will be interested:
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Mazury Orlen Grand Slam, Stare Jablonki, Poland
14 - 19 August
Semifinals:
Plavins-Smedins (LAT) - Dalhausser-Rogers (USA) 2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 15-8 )
Doppler-Horst (AUT) - Gibb-Rosenthal (USA) 2-0 (21-19, 21-17)Bronze medal match:
Dalhausser-Rogers (USA) won by forfeit against Gibb-Rosenthal (USA) due to Jake Gibb's back injury
Final:
Plavins-Smedins (LAT) - Doppler-Horst (AUT) 2-0 (21-19, 22-20)
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Swatch-FIVB World Tour 2012 Final Ranking
1 Gibb-Rosenthal USA *11 5.280 240.100
2 Emanuel-Alison BRA *9 5.180 224.000
3 Dalhausser-Rogers USA 8 4.120 161.400
4 Ricardo-Cunha BRA *9 3.920 148.400
Nummerdor-Schuil NED *9 3.920 168.400
6 Pedro-Marcio Araujo BRA *10 3.760 131.400
7 Fuerbringer-Lucena USA *11 3.640 120.000
8 Erdmann-Matysik GER *9 3.240 91.000
9 Samoilovs-Sorokins LAT *11 2.920 88.800
10 Nicolai-Lupo ITA 8 2.780 91.100
11 Plavins-Smedins, J. LAT *9 2.660 95.950
12 Benjamin-Bruno BRA 6 2.480 68.800
13 Dollinger-Windscheif GER *11 2.280 63.500
Boersma E.-Spijkers NED *9 2.280 66.500
15 Fijalek-Prudel POL 6 2.080 62.400
16 Herrera-Gavira ESP 7 1.980 57.500
17 Heyer-Chevallier SUI 8 1.860 57.500
18 Xu-Wu CHN 8 1.820 50.900
19 Sidorenko-Dyachenko KAZ 8 1.780 47.950
20 Klemperer-Koreng GER 8 1.724 45.500
21 Kubala-Benes P. CZE 8 1.660 49.500
Skarlund-Spinnangr NOR *9 1.660 48.250
23 Stiekema-Varenhorst NED *9 1.640 45.700
24 Kadziola-Szalankiewicz POL *10 1.580 38.950
25 Brink-Reckermann GER 4 1.520 44.700
26 Doppler-Horst AUT 7 1.404 49.200
27 Heuscher-Bellaguarda SUI 7 1.340 40.400
28 Brouwer-Meeuwsen NED *9 1.120 32.100
29 Laciga M.-Weingart SUI *9 1.060 28.100
30 Thiago-Ferramenta BRA 7 1.040 28.050
Lochhead-PitmanNZL 8 1.040 30.800For the complete ranking visit:
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Men’s FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour All-Time Point Champions
Season Point Champions
1989-90 Sinjin Smith/Randy Stoklos, United States
1990-91 Smith/Stoklos, United States
1991-92 Smith/Stoklos, United States
1992-93 Smith/Stoklos, United States
1993-94 Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, Brazil
1994-95 Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide, Norway
1995-96 Franco/Roberto Lopes, Brazil
1996 ZeMarco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil
1997 ZeMarco/Emanuel, Brazil
1998 Para Ferreira /Guilherme Marquez, Brazil
1999 Emanuel/Jose Loiola, Brazil
2000 ZeMarco/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
2001 Emanuel/Tande Ramos, Brazil
2002 Mariano Barcetti/Martin Conde, Argentina
2003 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil
2004 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil
2005 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil
2006 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil
2007 Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil
2008 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil
2009 Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany
2010 Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States
2011 Alison Cerutti, Emanuel, Brazil
2012 Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States -
Where can I find official site or site with results of the World University Beach Volleyball Championships which will start today in Brazil?
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Hector Soto has decided to leave volleyball and to play in beach volleyball.