Riportiamo un interessante riepilogo delle statistiche della stagione 2012 del FIB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour maschile e femminile. Nicolai-Lupo si trovano attualmente alla nona posizione, con 1.580 punti e 51.500 dollari di montepremi guadagnato. Tra le donne Cicolari-Menegatti sono in quinta posizione con 1.360 punti e 49.600 dollari guadagnati.
2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour Men’s Leaders (fino al 27 maggio)
Men (Team Rank, points)
1, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 2,320
2, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2,160
3, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 2,120
4, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 2,040
5, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 1,960
6, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 1,860
7, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 1,680
8, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 1,660
9, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 1,580
10, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 1,440
11, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 1,400
12, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 1,280
13, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 1,030
14, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 940
15, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 900
16, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 880
17, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 780
18, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 720
19, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 660
19, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 660
21, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 600
22, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 588
23, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 580
24, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 540
Men (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 4, 2, $93,600
2, Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 5, 2, $91,000
3, Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 5, 0, $69,200
4, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 5, 0, $69,000
5, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4, 1, $66,800
6, Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, 4, 0, $64,800
7, Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, 5, 0, $57,000
8, Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy, 4, 0, $51,500
9, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 5, 0, $47,300
10, Emiel Boersma/Daan Spijkers, Netherlands, 5, 0, $38,000
11, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 5, 0, $37,800
12, Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Germany, 4, 0, $33,100
13, Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 3, 0, $26,400
14, Sebastian Dollinger/Stefan Windscheif, Germany, 5, 0, $24,500
15, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China, 4, 0, $24,000
16, Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 4, 0, $23,350
17, Tarjei Skarlund/Martin Spinnangr, Norway, 4, 0, $20,150
18, Alexandr Dyachenko/Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan, 4, 0, $18,850
19, Jon Stiekema/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands, 4, 0, $18,200
20, Sebastian Chevallier/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 4, 0, $17,900
21, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 4, 0, $16,800
22, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 4, 0, $16,300
23, Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic, 3, 0, $16,200
24, Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China, 4, 0, $13,100
2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour Women’s Leaders (through May 27)
Women (Team Rank, points)
1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 2,400
2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 2,200
3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 2,180
4, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 1,500
5, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 1,360
6, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 1,320
7, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 1,200
8, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 1,160
9, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 1,120
10, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 1,080
11, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 1,040
12, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 1,000
12, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 1,000
14, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 940
15, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 900
16, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 820
17, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 800
18, Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney, Canada, 764
19, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 760
20, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 720
20, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 720
22, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 580
23, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 540
24, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, 460
Women (Team Rank, events, titles, US earnings)
1, Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, 4, 1, $98,700
2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, 4, 2, $96,500
3, Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, 4, 1, $88,500
4, Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, 3, 0, $49,600
5, Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, 3, 0, $49,000
6, Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic, 3, 0, $35,500
7, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States, 3, 0, $32,400
8, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany, 3, 0, $30,300
9, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, 3, 0, $29,200
10, Katrien Gielen/Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium, 4, 0, $28,550
11, Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia, 4, 0, $28,200
12, Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland, 4, 0, $28,000
13, Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States, 3, 0, $25,100
14, Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestel, Netherlands, 4, 0, $23,500
15, Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece, 4, 0, $23,050
16, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria, 3, 0, $22,700
17, Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria, 4, 0, $21,800
18, Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez Steiner, Spain, 3, 0, $21,100
19, Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia, 4, 0, $20,800
20, Vivian Cunha/Taiana Lima, Brazil, 3, 0, $19,100
21, Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney, Canada, 4, 0, $18,400
22, Daniela Gioria/Giulia Momoli, Italy, 4, 0, $16,600
23, Liliane Maestrini/Angela Vieira, Brazil, 4, 0, $15,350
24, Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgenia Ukolova, Russia, 4, 0, $14,050
2012 Men FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour Schedule/Results (as of May 27, 2012)
Dates Site Open/GS/OG Gold Medal Team or Purse
April 17-22 Brasília, Brazil Open Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States
April 24-29 Myslowice, Poland Open Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil
May 1-6 Shanghai, China Grand Slam Dalhausser/Rogers, United States
May 8-13 Beijing, China Grand Slam Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands
May 22-27 Prague, Czech Republic Open Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil
June 7-12 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam $300,000
June 13-17 Rome, Italy Grand Slam $300,000
July 3-8 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam $300,000
July 10-14 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam $300,000
July 17-22 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam $300,000
July 28-Aug 9 London, Great Britain Olympic Games
August 14-19 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam $300,000
October 2-7 Agadir, Morocco Open $190,000
2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour – Men’s Final Four results
Brazil – Brasília, April 17-22, $US$190,000
1. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, $30,000
2. Matt Fuerbringer/Nick Lucena, United States, $21,000
3. Pedro Cunha/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $15,000
4. Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, $11,200
Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Fuerbringer/Lucena, 21-17, 21-18 (44 minutes)
Bronze – Cunha/Ricardo def. Gavira Collado/Herrera, 21-18, 21-14 (39)
MOP – Rogers
SWATCH Serve – Evandro Goncalves, Brazil 95.3
Poland – Myslowice, April 24-29, $US$190,000
1. Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil, $30,000
2. Marcio Araujo/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $21,000
3. Gavira Collado/Herrera, Spain, $15,000
4. Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai, Italy $11,200
Gold – Cunha/Ricardo def. Araujo/Salgado, 21-8, 19-21, 15-13 (53)
Bronze – Gavira Collado/Herrera def. Lupo/Nicolai, 21-16, 21-11 (34)
MOP – Ricardo
SWATCH Serve – Eric Koreng, Germany 101.2
China – Shanghai, May 1-6, $US$300,000
1. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $43,500
2. Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, $30,000
3. Marcio/Salgado, Brazil, $23,000
4. Benjamin Insfran/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, $18,400
Gold – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Gibb/Rosenthal 21-19, 22-24, 15-11 (67)
Bronze – Marcio/Salgado def. Benjamin/Bruno 16-21, 21-15, 15-13 (57)
MOP – Benjamin
SWATCH Serve – Dalhausser, 89.1 km/h
China – Beijing, May 8-13, $US$300,000
1. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, $43,500
2. Lupo/ Nicolai, Italy, $30,000
3. Alison Cerutti/Emanuel Rego, Brazil, $23,000
4. Gibb/Rosenthal, United States, $18,400
Gold –Nummerdor/Schuil def. Lupo/ Nicolai, 21-11, 21-16 (31)
Bronze – Alison/Emanuel def. Gibb/Rosenthal, 21-13, 21-16 (32)
MOP – Schuil
SWATCH Serve – Alison, 88.9 km/h
Czech Republic – Prague, May 22-27, $US$190,000
1. Cunha/Ricardo, Brazil, $30,000
2. Alison/Emanuel, Brazil, $21,000
3. Dalhausser/Rogers, United States, $15,000
4. Marcio/Salgado, Brazil, $11,200
Gold – Cunha/Ricardo def. Alison/Emanuel 21-15, 19-21, 15-10 (55)
Bronze – Dalhausser/Rogers def. Marcio/Salgado 21-13, 21-19 (40)
MOP – Cunha
SWATCH Serve – Stefan Windscheif, Germany 98.9 km/h
2012 Women FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour Schedule/Results (as of May 27, 2012)
Dates Site Open/GS/OG Gold Medal Team or Purse
April 15-20 Brasília, Brazil Open Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China
April 24-29 Sanya, China Open Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil
Apr 30-May 5 Shanghai, China Grand Slam Xue/Zhang, China
May 7-12 Beijing, China Grand Slam Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil
June 6-11 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam $300,000
June 12-17 Rome, Italy Grand Slam $300,000
July 2-7 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam $300,000
July 11-15 Berlin, Germany Grand Slam $300,000
July 16-21 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam $300,000
July 28-Aug 9 London, Great Britain Olympic Games
August 13-18 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam $300,000
Aug 28-Sept 2 Aland, Finland Open $190,000
October 23-28 Bang Saen, Thailand Open $190,000
2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour – Women’s Final Four results
Brazil – Brasília, April 15-20, $US$190,000
1. Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China, $30,000
2. Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes, Brazil, $21,000
3. Greta Cicolari/Marta Menegatti, Italy, $15,000
4. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil, $11,200
Gold – Xue/Zhang def. Maria/Talita, 21-17, 21-15 (38 minutes)
Bronze – Cicolari/Menegatti def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-14, 17-21, 15-13 (52)
MOP – Zhang
SWATCH Serve – Raquel Pellucci, Brazil, 82.2 km/h
China – Sanya, April 24-29, $US$190,000
1. Maria/Talita, Brazil, $30,000
2. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $21,000
3. Xue/Zhang, China, $15,000
4. Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, $11,200
Gold – Maria/Talita def. Juliana/Larissa, 21-17, 17-21, 15-13 (56)
Bronze Xue/Zhang def. Hansel/Montagnolli, 21-16, 21-17 (45)
MOP – Talita
SWATCH Serve – Taliqua Clancy, Australia 78.4 km/h
China – Shanghai, April 30-May 5, $US$300,000
1. Xue/Zhang, China, $43,500
2. Maria/Talita, Brazil, $30,000
3. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $23,000
4. Sanne Keizer/Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands, $18,400
Gold – Xue/Zhang def. Maria/Talita, 21-17, 21-18 (42)
Bronze Juliana/Larissa def. Keizer/Van Iersel, 29-27, 21-13 (44)
MOP – Zhang
SWATCH Serve – Yuan Ye, China, 81.0 km/h
China – Beijing, May 7-12, $US$300,000
1. Juliana/Larissa, Brazil, $43,500
2. Cicolari/ Menegatti, Italy, $30,000
3. Keizer/ Van Iersel, Netherlands, $23,000
4. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, $18,400
Gold – Juliana/Larissa def. Cicolari/ Menegatti, 21-13, 21-15 (33)
Bronze Keizer/ Van Iersel def. Holtwick/ Semmler, 21-14, 24-26, 16-14 (55)
MOP – Juliana
SWATCH Serve – Jamie Lynn Broder, Canada, 80.6 km/h
