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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

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The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons^[5]) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021 when it was replaced by the new Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.

Quick Facts Beach Volleyball World Tour, Full name ...

Beach Volleyball World Tour

Full name	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Region	World
Date span	February–September (2021)
Tournaments	(Men & Women) (Men) (Women)
Type	Beach volleyball
History
First tour	1989
Last tour	2021
Final edition	33rd (2021)
Most World Tour titles
Men (team)	Emanuel – Ricardo (5 World Tour titles) 2002–2009
Women (team)	Larissa – Juliana (7 World Tour titles) 2004–2012
Men (individual)	Emanuel Rego (10 World Tour titles) 1996–2012
Women (individual)	Larissa França Juliana Silva (8 World Tour titles each) 2004–2017
Final World Tour champions
Men	Cherif Samba – Ahmed Tijan (2021) (first World Tour title as individuals and as a team)
Women	Ágatha Bednarczuk – Eduarda Lisboa (2021) (second World Tour title as a team)
Most tournament titles
Men (team)	Emanuel – Ricardo (34 titles) 2002–2009^[1]
Women (team)	Larissa – Juliana (45 titles) 2004–2012^[2]
Men (individual)	Emanuel Rego (77 titles) 1996–2012^[3]
Women (individual)	Larissa França (62 titles) 2005–2017^[4]

Several tournaments were staged throughout the year. All athletes who competed in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earned points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, and after the last stage the pair that accumulated the most points during the year was declared the champion of the World Tour (only points from 75% of the tournaments in the season were considered for the ranking). Winning the World Tour was considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, being surpassed only by the World Championships, and the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tour was historically dominated by Brazilian teams.

History

The international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series, and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women. It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.^[6] The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players.^[7] The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.^[8]

Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the star rating structure in 2017.^[9]

FIVB established the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in October 2021 to replace the World Tour, starting with the inaugural 2022 edition.^[10]

Tournament categories

The star ranking tournament structure was introduced in 2017.^[11] World Tour tournaments were ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour had 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.^[12] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allowed players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.^[13] The World Tour concluded with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.^[13] A new tournament classification was introduced in 2022.

More information Tournaments, 1989-1996 ...

Tournaments		1989-1996	1997-2014	2015−'16	2017−'21	2022−
Tiers	0	—	—	World Tour Finals
	I	Opens	Grand Slam	Grand Slam/Major Series	5-star/Major Series	Elite 16
	II		Opens		4-star tournament	Challenger
	III		Challengers		3-star tournament	Futures
	IV		Satellites		2-star tournament	—
	V		—		1-star tournament	—

More information Event category, Prize money (per gender) ...

Prize money (2023 season)
Event category	Prize money (per gender)
World Tour Finals	US$800,000
World Championships	US$500,000
Elite 16	US$150,000
Challenger	US$75,000
Futures	US$5,000

Champions

More information Year, Men's Champions ...

Year	Men's Champions	Women's Champions
1989	Sinjin Smith (1) / Randy Stoklos (1)
1990	Sinjin Smith (2) / Randy Stoklos (2)
1991	Sinjin Smith (3) / Randy Stoklos (3)
1992	Sinjin Smith (4) / Randy Stoklos (4)	Karolyn Kirby (1) / Nancy Reno
1993	Roberto Lopes (1) / Franco Neto (1)	Karolyn Kirby (2) / Liz Masakayan
1994	Jan Kvalheim / Bjørn Maaseide	Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel
1995	Roberto Lopes (2) / Franco Neto (2)	Sandra Pires (1) / Jackie Silva (1)
1996	Zé Marco de Melo (1) / Emanuel Rego (1)	Sandra Pires (2) / Jackie Silva (2)
1997	Zé Marco de Melo (2) / Emanuel Rego (2)	Adriana Behar (1) / Shelda Bede (1)
1998	Rogério Ferreira / Guilherme Marques	Adriana Behar (2) / Shelda Bede (2)
1999	José Loiola / Emanuel Rego (3)	Adriana Behar (3) / Shelda Bede (3)
2000	Zé Marco de Melo (3) / Ricardo Santos (1)	Adriana Behar (4) / Shelda Bede (4)
2001	Tande Ramos / Emanuel Rego (4)	Adriana Behar (5) / Shelda Bede (5)
2002	Mariano Baracetti / Martín Conde	Misty May / Kerri Walsh
2003	Emanuel Rego (5) / Ricardo Santos (2)	Ana Paula Connelly (1) / Sandra Pires (3)
2004	Emanuel Rego (6) / Ricardo Santos (3)	Adriana Behar (6) / Shelda Bede (6)
2005	Emanuel Rego (7) / Ricardo Santos (4)	Larissa França (1) / Juliana Silva (1)
2006	Emanuel Rego (8) / Ricardo Santos (5)	Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007	Emanuel Rego (9) / Ricardo Santos (6)	Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2008	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado	Shelda Bede (7) / Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2009	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann	Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2010	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers	Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2011	Alison Cerutti (1) / Emanuel Rego (10)	Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2012	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal	Larissa França (7) / Juliana Silva (7)
2013	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (1) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)	Talita Antunes (1) / Taiana Lima
2014	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (2) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)	Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva (8)
2015	Alison Cerutti (2) / Bruno Oscar Schmidt	Ágatha Bednarczuk (1) / Bárbara Seixas
2016	Aleksandrs Samoilovs (3) / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3)	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017	Evandro Oliveira / André Stein	Talita Antunes (2) / Larissa França (8)
2018	Anders Mol (1) / Christian Sørum (1)	Ágatha Bednarczuk (2) / Eduarda Lisboa
2019	Anders Mol (2) / Christian Sørum (2)	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020	No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.^[14]^[15]^[16]
2021	Cherif Samba (1) / Ahmed Tijan (1)	Ágatha Bednarczuk (3) / Eduarda Lisboa (2)

FIVB World Tour Finals

The Tour Finals were the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and featured only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's Results

More information Tournament, Champions ...

Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[17] Fort Lauderdale, United States 29 September – 4 October 2015	Alison Cerutti (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–13, 21–15	Phil Dalhausser (USA) Nicholas Lucena (USA)	Evandro Oliveira (BRA) Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–19, 21–14	Alexander Brouwer (NED) Robert Meeuwsen (NED)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[18] Toronto, Canada 13–18 September 2016	Alison Cerutti (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–19, 21–19	Evandro Oliveira (BRA) Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)	Tri Bourne (USA) John Hyden (USA) 21–14, 22–20	Ben Saxton (CAN) Chaim Schalk (CAN)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[19] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 22–27 August 2017	Phil Dalhausser (USA) Nick Lucena (USA) 21–15, 21–13	Evandro Oliveira (BRA) André Stein (BRA)	Daniele Lupo (ITA) Paolo Nicolai (ITA) 21–17, 19–21, 15–12	Piotr Kantor (POL) Bartosz Łosiak (POL)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals^[20] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 14–19 August 2018	Anders Mol (NOR) Christian Sørum (NOR) 21–19, 21–17	Michał Bryl (POL) Grzegorz Fijałek (POL)	Piotr Kantor (POL) Bartosz Łosiak (POL) 19–21, 21–15, 15–13	Julius Thole (GER) Clemens Wickler (GER)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals^[21] Rome, Italy US$300,000 28 August – 8 September 2019	Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS) Oleg Stoyanovskiy (RUS) 21–16, 21–16	Julius Thole (GER) Clemens Wickler (GER)	Anders Mol (NOR) Christian Sørum (NOR) 21–16, 21–15	Taylor Crabb (USA) Jake Gibb (USA)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals^[22] Cagliari, Italy US$300,000 6—10 October 2021	Anders Mol (NOR) Christian Sørum (NOR) 22–20, 23–21	Ondřej Perušič (CZE) David Schweiner (CZE)	Steven van de Velde (NED) Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) 23–21, 21–17	Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA)

Women's Results

More information Tournament, Champions ...

Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[23] Fort Lauderdale, United States 29 September – 4 October 2015	Talita Antunes (BRA) Larissa França (BRA) 21–17, 21–18	Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER)	Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 22–20, 14–21, 15–10	Heather Bansley (CAN) Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[24] Toronto, Canada 13–18 September 2016	Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 21–18, 21–16	Joana Heidrich (SUI) Nadine Zumkehr (SUI)	Isabelle Forrer (SUI) Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI) 21–19, 21–18	Talita Antunes (BRA) Larissa França (BRA)
2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals^[25] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 22–27 August 2017	Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 21–17, 19–21, 15–10	Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)	Talita Antunes (BRA) Larissa França (BRA) 21–17, 21–19	Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN) Sarah Pavan (CAN)
2018 FIVB World Tour Finals^[26] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 14–19 August 2018	Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Eduarda Lisboa (BRA) 21–15, 21–19	Barbora Hermannová (CZE) Markéta Sluková (CZE)	Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS) Taliqua Clancy (AUS) 21–15, 19–21, 15–8	Maria Elisa Antonelli (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2019 FIVB World Tour Finals^[27] Rome, Italy US$300,000 28 August – 8 September 2019	Margareta Kozuch (GER) Laura Ludwig (GER) 21–19, 21–17	Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)	Rebecca Cavalcante (BRA) Ana Patrícia Ramos (BRA) 19–21, 21–18, 16–14	Joana Heidrich (SUI) Anouk Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
2021 FIVB World Tour Finals^[28] Cagliari, Italy US$300,000 6—10 October 2021	Julia Sude (GER) Karla Borger (GER) 21–13, 23–21	Sarah Pavan (CAN) Melissa Humana-Paredes (CAN)	April Ross (USA) Alix Klineman (USA) 21–8, 21–17	Nadezda Makroguzova (RUS) Svetlana Kholomina (RUS)

Award winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

More information Year, Best Blocker ...

Year	Best Blocker
2005	Fábio Luiz Magalhães
2006	Phil Dalhausser (1)
2007	Phil Dalhausser (2)
2008	Phil Dalhausser (3)
2009	Jonas Reckermann
2010	Phil Dalhausser (4)
2011	Alison Cerutti (1)
2012	Phil Dalhausser (5)
2013	Pedro Solberg Salgado
2014	Phil Dalhausser (6)
2015	Alison Cerutti (2)
2016	Paolo Nicolai
2017	Phil Dalhausser (7)
2018	Anders Mol (1)
2019	Anders Mol (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Defensive Player
2005	Márcio Araújo
2006	Martín Conde / Todd Rogers (1)
2007	Todd Rogers (2)
2008	Todd Rogers (3)
2009	Reinder Nummerdor (1)
2010	Todd Rogers (4)
2011	Reinder Nummerdor (2)
2012	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
2013	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2014	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2015	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (3)
2016	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (4)
2017	Viacheslav Krasilnikov
2018	Christian Sørum (1)
2019	Christian Sørum (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Hitter
2005	Ricardo Santos
2006	Emanuel Rego
2007	Phil Dalhausser (1)
2008	Phil Dalhausser (2)
2009	Phil Dalhausser (3)
2010	Phil Dalhausser (4)
2011	Alison Cerutti (1)
2012	Alison Cerutti (2)
2013	Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014	Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2015	Christiaan Varenhorst
2016	Alison Cerutti (3)
2017	Alexander Brouwer (1)
2018	Alexander Brouwer (2)
2019	discontinued

More information Year, Best Offensive Player ...

Year	Best Offensive Player
2005	Ricardo Santos (1)
2006	Ricardo Santos (2)
2007	Ricardo Santos (3)
2008	Phil Dalhausser (1)
2009	Phil Dalhausser (2)
2010	Phil Dalhausser (3)
2011	Alison Cerutti
2012	Phil Dalhausser (4)
2013	Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014	Paolo Nicolai
2015	Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2016	Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2017	Phil Dalhausser (5)
2018	Anders Mol (1)
2019	Anders Mol (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Server
2005	Conrad Leinemann
2006	Iver Horrem
2007	Igor Kolodinsky (1)
2008	Igor Kolodinsky (2)
2009	Igor Kolodinsky (3)
2010	Igor Kolodinsky (4)
2011	Eric Koreng (1)
2012	Eric Koreng (2)
2013	not awarded
2014	Phil Dalhausser
2015	Evandro Oliveira (1)
2016	Evandro Oliveira (2)
2017	Evandro Oliveira (3)
2018	Evandro Oliveira (4)
2019	Evandro Oliveira (5)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Setter
2005	Todd Rogers
2006	Márcio Araújo (1)
2007	Márcio Araújo (2)
2008	Márcio Araújo (3)
2009	Phil Dalhausser (1)
2010	Phil Dalhausser (2)
2011	Phil Dalhausser (3)
2012	Phil Dalhausser (4)
2013	Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014	Phil Dalhausser (5)
2015	Phil Dalhausser (6)
2016	Phil Dalhausser (7)
2017	Bartosz Łosiak
2018	Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2019	Anders Mol
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

More information Year, Most Improved Player ...

Year	Most Improved Player
2005	Fábio Luiz Magalhães
2006	Phil Dalhausser
2007	Dmitri Barsuk / Xu Linyin
2008	Andy Cès
2009	Alison Cerutti
2010	Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2011	Mariusz Prudel
2012	Paolo Nicolai
2013	Álvaro Morais Filho
2014	Ryan Doherty
2015	Lombardo Ontiveros
2016	Piotr Kantor
2017	Sam Pedlow
2018	Anders Mol
2019	discontinued

Year	Most Inspirational
2005	Mark Heese
2006	Franco Neto (1)
2007	Franco Neto (2)
2008	Todd Rogers
2009	Harley Marques
2010	Xu Linyin
2011	Emanuel Rego (1)
2012	Emanuel Rego (2)
2013	Jake Gibb (1)
2014	Jake Gibb (2)
2015	Emanuel Rego (3)
2016	Reinder Nummerdor
2017	John Hyden
2018	Ricardo Santos
2019	discontinued

Year	Most Outstanding Player
2005	Ricardo Santos (1)
2006	Emanuel Rego (1)
2007	Ricardo Santos (2)
2008	Harley Marques (1)
2009	Harley Marques (2) / Richard Schuil
2010	Phil Dalhausser (1)
2011	Emanuel Rego (2)
2012	Sean Rosenthal
2013	Phil Dalhausser (2)
2014	Phil Dalhausser (3)
2015	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2016	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2017	Phil Dalhausser (4)
2018	Anders Mol (1)
2019	Anders Mol (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

More information Year, Sportsperson of the Year ...

Year	Sportsperson of the Year
2005	Emanuel Rego (1)
2006	Franco Neto (1)
2007	Franco Neto (2)
2008	Phil Dalhausser
2009	Rivo Vesik
2010	Emanuel Rego (2)
2011	Emanuel Rego (3)
2012	Emanuel Rego (4)
2013	Jānis Šmēdiņš
2014	Emanuel Rego (5)
2015	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (1)
2016	Bruno Oscar Schmidt (2)
2017	Álvaro Morais Filho
2018	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ricardo Santos
2019	discontinued

Year	Team Of The Year
2005	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (1)
2006	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (2)
2007	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos (3)
2008	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg Salgado
2009	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann
2010	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers
2011	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego
2012	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal
2013	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (1)
2014	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (2)
2015	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
2016	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš (3)
2017	Evandro Oliveira / André Stein
2018	Anders Mol / Christian Sørum (1)
2019	Anders Mol / Christian Sørum (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Top Rookie
2005	Jake Gibb / Matteo Varnier
2006	Sean Rosenthal
2007	Igor Kolodinsky
2008	Adrián Gavira
2009	Ruslans Sorokins
2010	Karl Jaani
2011	Sébastien Chevallier
2012	Christiaan Varenhorst
2013	Álvaro Morais Filho
2014	Tri Bourne
2015	Adrian Carambula
2016	Gustavo Carvalhaes
2017	Anders Mol
2018	Igor Velichko
2019	discontinued

More information Year, Most Entertaining Player ...

Year	Most Entertaining Player
2019	Adrian Carambula
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Most Improved Team
2019	Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

More information Year, Best Blocker ...

Year	Best Blocker
2005	Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006	Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007	Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008	Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2009	Juliana Silva (1)
2010	Juliana Silva (2)
2011	Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2012	Kerri Walsh Jennings (6)
2013	Talita Antunes
2014	Kerri Walsh Jennings (7)
2015	Sarah Pavan (1)
2016	Kira Walkenhorst
2017	Sarah Pavan (2)
2018	Brandie Wilkerson
2019	Sarah Pavan (3)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Defensive Player
2005	Shelda Bede (1)
2006	Shelda Bede (2)
2007	Misty May-Treanor (1)
2008	Misty May-Treanor (2)
2009	Larissa França (1)
2010	Zhang Xi
2011	Misty May-Treanor (3)
2012	Larissa França (2)
2013	Laura Ludwig (1)
2014	Larissa França (3)
2015	Heather Bansley (1)
2016	Heather Bansley (2)
2017	Laura Ludwig (2)
2018	Heather Bansley (3)
2019	Melissa Humana-Paredes
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Hitter
2005	Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006	Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007	Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008	Larissa França (1)
2009	April Ross (1)
2010	Larissa França (2)
2011	April Ross (2)
2012	Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2013	Talita Antunes (1)
2014	Talita Antunes (2)
2015	Talita Antunes (3)
2016	Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2017	Kira Walkenhorst
2018	Eduarda Lisboa
2019	discontinued

More information Year, Best Offensive Player ...

Year	Best Offensive Player
2005	Misty May-Treanor (1)
2006	Juliana Silva (1)
2007	Misty May-Treanor (2) / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2008	Misty May-Treanor (3)
2009	April Ross
2010	Juliana Silva (2)
2011	Laura Ludwig
2012	Juliana Silva (3)
2013	Talita Antunes
2014	Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2015	Larissa França(1)
2016	Larissa França(2)
2017	Larissa França(3)
2018	Eduarda Lisboa (1)
2019	Eduarda Lisboa (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Server
2005	Ana Paula Connelly (1)
2006	Ana Paula Connelly (2)
2007	Ana Paula Connelly (3)
2008	Maria Clara Salgado (1)
2009	Maria Clara Salgado (2)
2010	Marleen van Iersel
2011	April Ross (1)
2012	April Ross (2)
2013	not awarded
2014	Karla Borger
2015	April Ross (3)
2016	April Ross (4)
2017	April Ross (5)
2018	Taliqua Clancy
2019	Eduarda Lisboa
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Best Setter
2005	Misty May-Treanor
2006	Larissa França (1)
2007	Larissa França (2)
2008	Larissa França (3) / Vasso Karantasiou
2009	Larissa França (4)
2010	Larissa França (5)
2011	Larissa França (6)
2012	Larissa França (7)
2013	Ilka Semmler
2014	Larissa França (8)
2015	Marleen van Iersel
2016	Larissa França (9)
2017	Larissa França (10)
2018	Melissa Humana-Paredes (1)
2019	Melissa Humana-Paredes (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

More information Year, Most Improved Player ...

Year	Most Improved Player
2005	Vassiliki Arvaniti
2006	Leila Barros
2007	Tamsin Barnett / Laura Ludwig
2008	Nicole Branagh
2009	Marleen van Iersel
2010	Taiana Lima
2011	Marta Menegatti
2012	Sophie van Gestel
2013	Kira Walkenhorst
2014	Tanja Hüberli
2015	Linline Matauatu
2016	Joana Heidrich
2017	Melissa Humana-Paredes
2018	Mariafe Artacho del Solar
2019	discontinued

Year	Most Inspirational
2005	Shelda Bede (1)
2006	Shelda Bede (2)
2007	Shelda Bede (3)
2008	Shelda Bede (4)
2009	Shelda Bede (5)
2010	Denise Johns
2011	Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2012	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2013	Laura Ludwig (1)
2014	Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2015	Miller Pata (3)
2016	Nadine Zumkehr
2017	Laura Ludwig (2)
2018	Ágatha Bednarczuk
2019	discontinued

Year	Most Outstanding Player
2005	Misty May-Treanor (1)
2006	Larissa França (1)
2007	Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2008	Misty May-Treanor (2) / Zhang Xi
2009	Juliana Silva (1)
2010	Juliana Silva (2)
2011	Juliana Silva (3)
2012	Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2013	Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2014	Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2015	Larissa França (2)
2016	Laura Ludwig (1)
2017	Laura Ludwig (2)
2018	Eduarda Lisboa (1)
2019	Eduarda Lisboa (2)
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

More information Year, Sportsperson of the Year ...

Year	Sportsperson of the Year
2005	Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)
2006	Kerri Walsh Jennings (2)
2007	Misty May-Treanor (1) / Kerri Walsh Jennings (3)
2008	Misty May-Treanor (2) / Kerri Walsh Jennings (4)
2009	Shelda Bede
2010	Misty May-Treanor (3)
2011	Juliana Silva (1)
2012	Kerri Walsh Jennings (5)
2013	Taiana Lima
2014	Juliana Silva (2)
2015	Laura Ludwig (1)
2016	Laura Ludwig (2)
2017	Laura Ludwig (3)
2018	Ágatha Bednarczuk
2019	discontinued

Year	Team Of The Year
2005	Larissa França / Juliana Silva (1)
2006	Larissa França (2) / Juliana Silva (2)
2007	Larissa França (3) / Juliana Silva (3)
2008	Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly
2009	Larissa França (4) / Juliana Silva (4)
2010	Larissa França (5) / Juliana Silva (5)
2011	Larissa França (6) / Juliana Silva (6)
2012	Larissa França (7) / Juliana Silva (7)
2013	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima
2014	Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva
2015	Talita Antunes / Larissa França
2016	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
2017	Talita Antunes / Larissa França (2)
2018	Ágatha Bednarczuk / Eduarda Lisboa
2019	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Top Rookie
2005	Talita Antunes
2006	Xue Chen
2007	April Ross
2008	Bibiana Candelas
2009	Angie Akers / Louise Bawden
2010	Kristýna Kolocová / Markéta Sluková
2011	Britta Büthe
2012	Bárbara Seixas
2013	Kira Walkenhorst
2014	Melissa Humana-Paredes
2015	Taru Lahti
2016	Eduarda Lisboa
2017	Sara Hughes
2018	Tīna Graudiņa / Svetlana Kholomina
2019	discontinued

More information Year, Most Entertaining Player ...

Year	Most Entertaining Player
2019	Laura Ludwig
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Year	Most Improved Team
2019	Tīna Graudiņa / Anastasija Kravčenoka
2020	not awarded
2021	not awarded

Sponsorship

Swatch
Red Bull
Sony

References

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International Men's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
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International Women's Career Team Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
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International Men's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
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International Women's Career Individual Victory Leaders, Beach Volleyball Database
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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events postponed due to coronavirus, Inside the Games, 24 March 2020
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FIVB announces further changes to calendar due to coronavirus pandemic, Inside the Games, 31 March 2020
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FIVB cancel two more Beach World Tour events due to COVID-19, Inside the Games, 13 April 2020
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Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
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SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
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SWATCH BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS PRESENTED BY VODAFONE, FIVB.org
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Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2018, FIVB.org
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Main Draw - World Tour Finals 2019, FIVB.org
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Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals | Schedule, FIVB.org
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SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR FINALS Main Draw, FIVB.org
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Sources

Awards, Beach Volleyball Database
2007Women's Post-season Awards at FIVB.org
2007Men's Post-season Awards at FIVB.org

External links

Official site

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