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FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Beach Volleyball World Tour
Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour logo.jpg
Full name FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Region World
Date span May–December
Tournaments (Men & Women)
(Men)
(Women)
Type Beach volleyball
Events Director Angelo Squeo
History
First tour 1987
Number of tours 18 (2014)
Most World Tour titles
Men (team) Brazil EmanuelRicardo
(5 World Tour titles)
2002–2009
Women (team) Brazil LarissaJuliana
(7 World Tour titles)
2004–2012
Men (individual) Brazil Emanuel Rego
(10 World Tour titles)
1996–2012
Women (individual) Brazil Larissa França
Brazil Juliana Silva
(8 World Tour titles each)
2005–2017
Current World Tour champions
Men Latvia SamoilovsŠmēdiņš (2016)
Women Germany LudwigWalkenhorst (2016)
Most tournament titles
Men (team) Brazil EmanuelRicardo
(34 titles)
2002–2009
Women (team) Brazil LarissaJuliana
(45 titles)
2004–2012
Men (individual) Brazil Emanuel Rego
(77 titles)
1996–2012
Women (individual) Brazil Larissa França
(60 titles)
2005–2017

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) is the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The World Tour was introduced for men in 1989 while the women first competed in 1992.

Winning the World Tour is 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 Swatch Season Finals are the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and features the top 12 teams per gender during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.


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