FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour – Brasilia Open – Who will be the first winners ?

Brasília returns to the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour calendar for the fourth straight season. It will be held at the Esplanada dos Ministérios in Quadrante 1.
Brazil has hosted the most FIVB SWATCH World Tour events, including 33 men’s and 28 women’s events. The 2012 Brasília stop also marks the 20th-straight season that Brazil has staged a women’s event. Except for the 2004 men’s event in Rio de Janeiro, teams from the South American country have medaled for host Brazil in every tournament.
Host country Brazil has 59 men’s medals, 18 gold, 21 silver, and 20 bronze and 51 women’s medals, 18 gold, 15 silver, and 18 bronze. The Brasília Open starts April 15 and concludes April 22.
The winning teams in each gender will share the $30,000 first-place prizes.

Brasilia Open (Source photo: FIVB)

Tentative schedule:
Sunday, April 15 ………………………………………………………………………..Women’s Country Quota Playoffs Monday, April 16……………………………………………………………………. Women’s Qualification Tournament Tuesday, April 17………………………….. Men’s Country Quota Playoffs and Women’s Main Draw Matches Wednesday, April 18 ………………….. Men’s Qualification Tournament and Women’s Main Draw Matches Thursday, April 19…………………………..Men’s Main Draw Matches and Women’s Semi-finals (2 matches) Friday, April 20……………………….. Men’s Main Draw Matches and Women’s Medal Matches (2 matches) Saturday, April 21 …………………………………………………………………………… Men’s Semi-finals (2 matches) Sunday, April 22 ……………………………………………………………………….. Men’s Medal Matches (2 matches) A total of 143 teams from 35 countries (74 men’s teams from 29 countries and 69 women’s teams from 27 countries) have entered the Brasília Open (as of April 11, 2012)

WOMEN TEAMS | Main draw (the 24 first teams – before the qualification tournament) 

Entry Pts	Seed		Team name		Player 1	Player 2	Country		Points
	Pos.	Index
2680		1.50	May-Treanor-Walsh		Misty May-Treanor	Kerri Walsh	USA		6930
2600		1.75	Larissa-Juliana		Larissa França	Juliana Felisberta Da Silva	BRA		7080
2480		2.00	Xue-Zhang Xi		Chen Xue	Xi Zhang	CHN		7740
2280		2.75	Talita-Antonelli		Talita Da Rocha Antunes	Maria Antonelli	BRA		6700
1920		4.00	Kessy-Ross		Jennifer Kessy	April Ross	USA		6540
1760		6.50	Keizer-Van Iersel		Sanne Keizer	Marleen Van Iersel	NED		4900
1680		6.25	Cicolari-Menegatti		Greta Cicolari	Marta Menegatti	ITA		5400
1520		7.50	Goller-Ludwig		Sara Goller	Laura Ludwig	GER		4500
1500		6.00	Lima-Vivian		Taiana Lima	Vivian Danielle da Conceição Cunha	BRA		2260
1440		7.50	Liliana-Baquerizo		Liliana Fernández Steiner	Elsa Baquerizo Mcmillan	ESP		3536
1200		10.00	Kuhn-Zumkehr		Simone Kuhn	Nadine Zumkehr	SUI		3660
1180		10.00	Fendrick-Hanson		Lauren Fendrick	Brooke Hanson	USA		4140
1140		11.75	Bawden-Palmer		Louise Bawden	Becchara Palmer	AUS		2540
1080		12.00	Holtwick-Semmler		Katrin Holtwick	Ilka Semmler	GER		3100
1060		9.00	Mouha-Gielen		Liesbeth Mouha	Katrien Gielen	BEL		1982
1040		10.00	Bansley-Maloney		Heather Bansley	Elizabeth Maloney	CAN		1612
1000		8.75	Cook-Hinchley		Natalie « Nat » Cook	Tamsin Hinchley	AUS		1763
920		12.00	Tsiartsiani-Arvaniti		Maria Tsiartsiani	Vasiliki Arvaniti	GRE		2220
910		16.00	Montagnolli-Hansel		Sara « Monti » Montagnolli	Barbara Hansel	AUT		2290
900		10.00	Vieira-Lili	WC	Angela Vieira	Liliane Maestrini	BRA		1395
740		15.00	Vasina-Vozakova		Anastasia Vasina	Anna Vozakova	RUS		1518
720		17.00	Schwaiger D.-Schwaiger S.		Doris Schwaiger	Stefanie Schwaiger	AUT		3328
714		14.50	Banck-Sude		Geeske Banck	Julia Sude	GER		1623
670		13.00	Ukolova-Khomyakova		Evgenia Ukolova	Ekaterina Khomyakova	RUS		1724

Men TEAMS | Main draw (the first 24 teams before the qualification tournament) Entry Pts Seed Team name Player 1 Player 2 Country Points Pos. Index 2720 2.00 Alison-Emanuel Alison Cerutti Emanuel Rego BRA 6700 2680 1.75 Rogers-Dalhausser Todd Rogers Philip Dalhausser USA 7040 2060 5.00 Ricardo-Cunha Ricardo Alex Costa Santos Pedro Henrique Cunha BRA 4450 1760 6.00 Herrera-Gavira Pablo Herrera Allepuz Adrián Gavira Collado ESP 2880 1680 5.00 Fuerbringer-Lucena Matthew Fuerbringer Nicholas Lucena USA 3760 1670 6.25 Erdmann-Matysik Jonathan Erdmann Kay Matysik GER 3970 1620 6.25 Marcio Araujo-Pedro Marcio Henrique Barroso Araujo Pedro Solberg Salgado BRA 4050 1600 6.75 Xu-Wu Linyin Xu Penggen Wu CHN 4050 1320 8.00 Klemperer-Koreng David « Hase » Klemperer Eric Koreng GER 2970 1300 7.50 Nicolai-Lupo Nicolai Paolo Daniele Lupo ITA 2205 1180 9.50 Gibb-Rosenthal Jacob Gibb Sean Rosenthal USA 3820 980 13.00 Skarlund-Spinnangr Tarjei Skarlund Martin Spinnangr NOR 2520 880 12.00 Samoilovs-Sorokins Aleksandrs Samoilous Ruslans Sorokins LAT 2298 840 14.00 Boersma E.-Spijkers Emiel Boersma Daan Spijkers NED 1964 760 10.50 Geor-Gia Renato Gomes Jorge Terceiro GEO 1930 680 15.00 Laciga M.-Weingart Martin Laciga Jonas Weingart SUI 1708 660 16.00 Lochhead-Pitman Jason Lochhead Kirk Pitman NZL 1616 600 12.00 Dollinger-Windscheif Sebastian Dollinger Stefan Windscheif GER 1434 550 18.25 Harley-Evandro WC Harley Marques Silva Evandro Gonçalves Oliveira Júnior BRA 830 490 14.00 Brinkborg-Gunnarsson Hannes Brinkborg Stefan Gunnarsson SWE 1582 460 16.00 Sekerci-Gögtepe V. Selçuk Sekerci Volkan GÖGTEPE TUR 988 450 17.00 Kadziola-Szalankiewicz Michal Kadziola Jakub Szalankiewicz POL 1042 440 15.00 Cès A.-Cès K. Andy Cès Kevin Cès FRA 1124 240 21.00 Grotowski-Garcia-Thompson WC Steven Grotowski John Garcia-Thompson GBR 264