2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships Explained

Competition:	Beach Volleyball World Championships
Year:	2007
Dates:	24 July – 28 July
Last:	2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Next:	2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships

The 2007 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships was a beach volleyball event, that is held from July 24 to 28, 2007 in Gstaad, Switzerland.^[1] The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Switzerland hosted the event for the first time. 48 teams per gender entered the competition making 96 total.^[2]

Medal summary

Men's event
Women's event

Men's event

Round Robin

3rd place ranked teams

The eight best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.

Knockout round

Round of 32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul	Høidalen–Gøranson	0–2	Emanuel–Ricardo	13–21	17–21
27 Jul	Arkaev–Kuzmichev	0–2	Horst–Gosch	16–21	21–23
27 Jul		0–2	Kais–Vesik	19–21	11–21
27 Jul		1–2	Herrera–Mesa	22–24	21–19	12–15
27 Jul		0–2	Xu–Wu	13–21	16–21
27 Jul	Lambert–Metzger	0–2	Conde–Baracetti	19–21	19–21
27 Jul	Harley–Pedro	1–2	Doppler–Gartmayer	21–19	20–22	13–15
27 Jul	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Maia–Brenha	21–18	21–18
27 Jul	Dugrip–Gagliano	0–2	Magalhães–Araújo	18–21	16–21
27 Jul	Zhou–Li	2–1	Lochhead–Pitman	27–25	21–23	15–11
27 Jul	Schacht–Slack	2–0	Reckermann–Urbatzka	21–18	21–19
27 Jul	Klemperer–Koreng	2–0	Schnider–Gscheidle	21–14	21–19
27 Jul	Barsouk–Kolodinsky	2–0	Scott–Fuerbringer	21–17	21–18
27 Jul		0–2	Boersma–B. Ronnes	18–21	17–21
27 Jul	Gibb–Rosenthal	2–1	Heese–Cadieux	22–0	16–21	16–14
27 Jul	Franco–Cunha	2–0	Maaseide–Horrem	21–9	21–14

Round of 16

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Horst–Gosch	0–2	Emanuel–Ricardo	16–21	16–21
28 Jul	Herrera–Mesa	0–2	Kais–Vesik	18–21	19–21
28 Jul	Conde–Baracetti	1–2	Xu–Wu	17–21	21–16	12–15
28 Jul	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Doppler–Gartmayer	21–13	21–15
28 Jul	Zhou–Li	2–0	Magalhães–Araújo	21–15	21–19
28 Jul		1–2	Schacht–Slack	23–21	18–21	11–15
28 Jul		0–2	Barsouk–Kolodinsky	16–21	16–21
28 Jul	Franco–Cunha	1–2	Gibb–Rosenthal	21–18	21–23	11–15

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Kais–Vesik	0–2	Emanuel–Ricardo	21–23	12–21
28 Jul	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–0	Xu–Wu	21–19	22–20
28 Jul	Schacht–Slack	2–0	Zhou–Li	21–19	21–16
28 Jul	Gibb–Rosenthal	0–2	Barsouk–Kolodinsky	19–21	17–21

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
29 Jul	Rogers–Dalhausser	2–1	Emanuel–Ricardo	21–16	13–21	19–17
29 Jul	Barsouk–Kolodinsky	2–0	Schacht–Slack	21–13	21–19

Final

Women's event

Round Robin

3rd place ranked teams

The eight best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.

Knockout round

Round of 32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul		1–2	Larissa–Juliana	15–21	21–18	10–15
27 Jul	Esteves Ribalta–Crespo	1–2	Wang–Zuo	21–17	13–21	12–15
27 Jul	Renata–Talita	2–0	Alcón–Matveeva	21–13	21–16
27 Jul	Montagnolli–Swoboda	0–2	Pohl–Rau	19–21	16–21
27 Jul	Behar–Shelda	1–2	Barnett–Cook	21–19	12–21	13–15
27 Jul	Maria Clara–Carolina	2–0	Cooke–Martin	21–19	21–17
27 Jul	Karantasiou–Arvaniti	2–1	Leila–Ana Paula	19–21	25–23	15–10
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Minusa–Jursone	21–16	21–12
27 Jul	Saka–Rtvelo	0–2	Xue–Zhang	14–21	16–21
27 Jul	Maaseide–Glesnes	2–0	Pascua–Ilustre	21–16	21–13
27 Jul	Branagh–Youngs	2–0	Goller–Ludwig	21–17	21–19
27 Jul	Håkedal–Tørlen	0–2	Fernández–Larrea	17–21	17–21
27 Jul	Claasen–Röder	2–0	Uryadova–Shiryaeva	21–13	22–20
27 Jul	Brink-Abeler–Jurich	2–0	Banck–Lahme	21–17	21–10
27 Jul	Wacholder–Turner	2–0	Faure–Sarpaux	21–19	21–16
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Kuhn–Schwer	21–19	21–18

Round of 16

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul	Wang–Zuo	0–2	Larissa–Juliana	17–21	14–21
27 Jul	Pohl–Rau	2–0	Renata–Talita	21–19	21–15
27 Jul	Maria Clara–Carolina	2–1	Barnett–Cook	21–16	18–21	15–12
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Karantasiou–Arvaniti	21–14	21–19
27 Jul	Maaseide–Glesnes	0–2	Xue–Zhang	17–21	14–21
27 Jul	Fernández–Larrea	0–2	Branagh–Youngs	19–21	15–21
27 Jul		1–2	Claasen–Röder	21–16	29–31	14–16
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Wacholder–Turner	21–17	21–16

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul		0–2	Larissa–Juliana	16–21	19–21
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Maria Clara–Carolina	21–15	21–19
27 Jul	Branagh–Youngs	1–2	Xue–Zhang	21–17	16–21	11–15
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Claasen–Röder	21–10	22–20

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–1	Larissa–Juliana	23–25	21–19	15–11
28 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Xue–Zhang	21–14	21–19

Final

External links

• Men's tournament on FIVB website
• Women's tournament on FIVB website

Notes and References

1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2007/beach_page.asp?TRN=WGST2007&PG=PRE&No=14334 SWATCH FIVB 2007 World Championships powered by 1to1 energy, Press Conference on Monday
2. Web site: FIVB 96 teams seek gold medals at $1-million Swatch-FIVB World Championships. 2007-07-23. FIVB. 2011-06-17.