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Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003

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2003 Swatch FIVB World Tour
Tournament details
Host nationVarious
Dates11 June – 19 October 2004

The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003 was the official international beach volleyball tour for 2003.

The USA won five out of the 12 women's tournaments, but Brazil won nine out of the ten men's tournaments.

Grand Slam

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There were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.

  • Berlin, Germany – Vodafone Grand Slam, 24–29 June 2003
  • Marseille, France – World Series 13 Grand Slam, 15–20 July 2003
  • Klagenfurt, Austria – A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, 30 July–3 August 2003
  • Carson, California, USA – Nissan Grand Slam, 18–21 September 2003

Schedule

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Key
World Championships
Grand Slam
Open tournaments

Tournament results

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Women

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Tournament[1] Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Hellas Open[2]
Rhodes, Greece
US$150,000
11–15 June 2003 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA)
23–21, 21–19, 15-12 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA) 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
21–15, 25–23 		 Dalixia Fernandez Grasset (CUB)
 Tamara Larrea Peraza (CUB)
1to1 Energy Open[3]
Gstaad, Switzerland
US$150,000
17–21 June 2003 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
23–21, 21–15 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA) 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA)
21–15, 21–15 		 Annett Davis (USA)
 Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)
Vodafone Grand Slam[4]
Berlin, Germany
US$300,000
24–28 June 2003 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA)
20–22, 29–27, 15-13 		 Holly McPeak (USA)
 Elaine Youngs (USA) 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA)
21–18, 21–19 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
ConocoPhillips Open[5]
Stavanger, Norway
US$150,000
4-5 July 2003 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA)
21–19, 21–15 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA) 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA)
21–13, 21–17 		 Holly McPeak (USA)
 Elaine Youngs (USA)
World Series 13 Grand Slam[6]
Marseille, France
US$270,000
15–19 July 2003 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
21–10, 21–13 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA) 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA)
21–14, 21–18 		 Natalie Cook (AUS)
 Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia[7]
Klagenfurt, Austria
US$260,000
July 30-August 2 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
21–17, 21–12 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA) 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA)
21–17, 21–18 		 Holly McPeak (USA)
 Elaine Youngs (USA)
Japan Open[8]
Osaka, Japan
US$150,000
06–10 August 2003 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA)
21–18, 19–21, 15-13 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA) 		 Natalie Cook (AUS)
 Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
18–21, 21–15, 15-10 		 Tatiana Minello (BRA)
 Alexandra Fonseca (BRA)
Lianyungang Open[9]
Lianyungang, China
US$150,000
13–17 August 2003 		 Rebekka Kadijk (NED)
 Marrit Leenstra (NED)
21–15, 17–21, 15-13 		 Susanne Lahme (GER)
 Danja Müsch (GER) 		 Natalie Cook (AUS)
 Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
17–21, 26–24, 18-16 		 Simone Kuhn (SUI)
 Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (SUI)
Bali Open[10]
Bali, Indonesia
US$150,000
20–24 August 2003 		 Tian Jia (CHN)
 Wang Fei (CHN)
21–17, 21-19 		 Dalixia Fernandez Grasset (CUB)
 Tamara Larrea Peraza (CUB) 		 Soňa Nováková (CZE)
 Eva Celbová-Ryšavá (CZE)
21-15, 21–10 		 Wang Lu (CHN)
 You Wenhui (CHN)
Estathe' Italian Open[11]
Milan, Italy
US$150,000
3–7 September 2003 		 Tian Jia (CHN)
 Wang Fei (CHN)
17–21, 22–20, 15-10 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA) 		 Dianne DeNecochea (USA)
 Nancy Mason Reynolds (USA)
21-16, 21–13 		 Rebekka Kadijk (NED)
 Marrit Leenstra (NED)
Nissan Grand Slam[12]
Carson, United States
US$300,000
18–21 September 2003 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
22-24, 22–20, 15-13 		 Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)
 Sandra Pires (BRA) 		 Natalie Cook (AUS)
 Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
21–13, 21–18 		 Tian Jia (CHN)
 Wang Fei (CHN)
FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch[13]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
US$400,000
07–12 October 2003 		 Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)
 Misty May-Treanor (USA)
21-19, 21-19 		 Adriana Behar (BRA)
 Shelda Bede (BRA) 		 Natalie Cook (AUS)
 Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
21–16, 21–17 		 Annett Davis (USA)
 Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)

Men

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Tournament[1] Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Hellas Open[14]
Rhodes, Greece
US$150,000
4–8 June 2003 		 Dain Blanton (USA)
 Jeff Nygaard (USA)
22-20, 21–18 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA) 		 Nikolas Berger (AUT)
 Clemens Doppler (AUT)
21-17, 18–21, 18-16 		 John Child (CAN)
 Mark Heese (CAN)
1to1 Energy Open[15]
Gstaad, Switzerland
US$150,000
18–22 June 2003 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
23–25, 21–13, 15-10 		 Markus Dieckmann (GER)
 Jonas Reckermann (GER) 		 Patrick Heuscher (SUI)
 Stefan Kobel (SUI)
21–18, 19–21, 15-10 		 Nikolas Berger (AUT)
 Clemens Doppler (AUT)
Vodafone Grand Slam[16]
Berlin, Germany
US$300,000
25–29 June 2003 		 Harley Marques (BRA)
 Franco Neto (BRA)
21–18, 21–16 		 Mariano Baracetti (ARG)
 Martín Conde (ARG) 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)
21–15, 21–16 		 Markus Dieckmann (GER)
 Jonas Reckermann (GER)
ConocoPhillips Open[17]
Stavanger, Norway
US$150,000
2-6 July 2003 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)
16–21, 21–16, 15-12 		 Mariano Baracetti (ARG)
 Martín Conde (ARG) 		 Julien Prosser (AUS)
 Mark Williams (AUS)
21–18, 22–20, 15-6 		 Jefferson Bellaguarda (BRA)
 Dagoberto Dultra Júnior (BRA)
World Series 13 Grand Slam[18]
Marseille, France
US$270,000
16–20 July 2003 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)
21–18, 20–22, 15-13 		 Martin Laciga (SUI)
 Paul Laciga (SUI) 		 Dain Blanton (USA)
 Jeff Nygaard (USA)
19-21, 21–15, 15-8 		 Christoph Dieckmann (GER)
 Andreas Scheuerpflug (GER)
Portugal Open[19]
Espinho, Portugal
US$150,000
23–27 July 2003 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)
21-23, 21–14, 20-18 		 Vegard Høidalen (NOR)
 Jørre Kjemperud (NOR) 		 Andrew Schacht (AUS)
 Joshua Slack (AUS)
21-17, 21-17 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia[20]
Klagenfurt, Austria
US$260,000
July 31-August 3 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
22–20, 21–12 		 Stein Metzger (USA)
 Kevin Wong (USA) 		 Patrick Heuscher (SUI)
 Stefan Kobel (SUI)
19-21, 21–19, 15-8 		 Dain Blanton (USA)
 Jeff Nygaard (USA)
World of TUI Open de Mallorca[21]
Mallorca, Spain
US$150,000
03–7 September 2003 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
14-21, 21–19, 34-32 		 Markus Dieckmann (GER)
 Jonas Reckermann (GER) 		 Mariano Baracetti (ARG)
 Martín Conde (ARG)
22-20, 21-13 		 Harley Marques (BRA)
 Franco Neto (BRA)
Nissan Grand Slam[22]
Carson, United States
US$300,000
18–21 September 2003 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)}
21-11, 21-18 		 Markus Egger (SUI)
 Sascha Heyer (SUI) 		 Canyon Ceman (USA)
 Mike Whitmarsh (USA)
22-20, 21-16 		 Nikolas Berger (AUT)
 Clemens Doppler (AUT)
FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch[23]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
US$400,000
14–19 October 2003 		 Emanuel Rego (BRA)
 Ricardo Santos (BRA)}
21-18, 21-15 		 Dax Holdren (USA)
 Stein Metzger (USA) 		 Márcio Araújo (BRA)
 Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
Walkover 		 João Brenha (POR)
 Miguel Maia (POR)

Rankings

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Medal table by country

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil139729
2 United States64414
3 China2002
4 Netherlands1001
5 Germany0303
6 Switzerland0224
7 Argentina0213
8 Cuba0101
 Norway0101
10 Australia0066
11 Austria0011
 Czech Republic0011
Totals (12 entries)22222266

References

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  24. ^ 2003 FIVB World Ranking - Men; FIVB
  25. ^ 2003 FIVB World Ranking - Women; FIVB
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