- Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007
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competition = Swatch FIVB World Tour
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continent = World
year = 2007
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host = Various
dates = May - November, 2007
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last = Swatch FIVB World Tour 2006
next = Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 is an internationalbeach volleyball competition.The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments.
One of the tournaments, was the
2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships inGstaad ,Switzerland .The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the
Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008),SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [http://www.fivb.org/EN/fivb/viewNews.asp?No=10259 2008 Olympic qualification systems confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball] ,FIVB ,June 23 ,2006 ] [ [http://www.fivb.ch/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2008/beach_page.asp?TRN=MADE2008&PG=PRE&No=15928 Adelaide hosts season-opening SWATCH FIVB World Tour Event] ,FIVB ,February 26 ,2008 ] The top 24 teams of each gender will compete in the Beijing Games. There can be a maximum of two teams per country. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/beach-volleyball/story/2008/06/30/f-olympics-beachvolleyball-news.html U.S. beach volleyball pair win, Canadians lose] ,CBC.ca ,June 30 ,2008 ]Grand Slam
There were four
Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments. [http://www.fivb.org/EN/beachvolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2007/Calendar2007A.htm 2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar] ,FIVB ,2007 ]*
Paris ,France ndashHenkel Grand Slam, June 19 - 24, 2007
*Stavanger ,Norway ndashConocoPhillips Grand Slam, June 26 - July 1, 2007
*Berlin ,Germany ndash Smart Grand Slam, July 11 - 15, 2007
*Klagenfurt ,Austria ndash A1 Grand Slam presented byNOKIA , August 1 - 5, 2007Tournament results
Women
Award winners
Men's Points Champions
Women's Award Winners
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- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"MOST IMPROVED PLAYER"
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align="center"|2007
flagathlete|Laura Ludwig |GER
flagathlete|Tamsin Barnett |AUS
- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"MOST INSPIRATIONAL"
- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"|2007
flagathlete|Shelda Bede |BRA
- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"MOST OUTSTANDING"
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align="center"|2007
flagathlete|Kerri Walsh |USA
- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"SPORTSPERSON"
- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"|2007
flagathlete|Kerri Walsh |USA
flagathlete|Misty May-Treanor |USA
- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"TEAM OF THE YEAR"
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align="center"|2007
flagathlete|Larissa França |BRA
flagathlete|Juliana Felisberta |BRA
- style="background:beige"!colspan="2"|"TOP ROOKIE"
- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"|2007
flagathlete|April Ross |USAWATCH Most Outstanding Player
For each tournament, there is selected one MOP (Most Outstanding Player) [ [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2007/WeeklyMediaRecaps/pdfNovember12Update.pdf 2007 Tour Notes] (.
PDF -file),FIVB ,November 12 ,2007 ]Men
*flagathlete|
Ricardo Santos |BRA
** Montreal Open
** A1 Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
** Otera Open
** Mazuri Open presented by Hotel Anders
*flagathlete|Emanuel Rego |BRA
** Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
** Espinho Open
** Brazil Open
*flagathlete|Franco Neto |BRA
** Henkel Grand Slam
** World Series 13
*flagathlete|Kristjan Kais |EST - VIP Open
*flagathlete|David Klemperer |GER - Smart Grand Slam
*flagathlete|Igor Kolodinsky |RUS - St. Petersburg Open
*flagathlete|Fabio Luiz Magalhães |BRA - ConocoPhilips Grand Slam
*flagathlete|Reinder Nummerdor |NED - Bahrain Open
*flagathlete|Todd Rogers |USA - SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy
*flagathlete|Pedro Solberg Salgado |BRA - PAF Open
*flagathlete|Harley Marques Silva |BRA - China Shanghai Jinshan OpenReference
* [http://www.fivb.com/en/BeachVolleyball/viewPressDB.asp?No=15553 Americans & Brazilians Headline 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Award Recipients] ,
FIVB ,November 8 ,2007 External links
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/beachvolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2007/Calendar2007A.htm 2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar] at
FIVB .org
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