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| Above: | Beach Volleyball World Tour |
| Label1: | Full name |
| Data1: | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour |
| Label2: | Region |
| Data2: | World |
| Label3: | Date span |
| Data3: | February–September (2021) |
| Label4: | Tournaments |
| Data4: | (Men & Women) (Men) (Women) |
| Label5: | Type |
| Data5: | Beach volleyball |
| Header6: | History |
| Label7: | First tour |
| Data7: | 1989 |
| Label8: | Last tour |
| Data8: | 2021 |
| Label9: | Final edition |
| Data9: | 33rd (2021) |
| Header10: | Most World Tour titles |
| Label11: | Men (team) |
| Data11: |  Emanuel – Ricardo(5 World Tour titles) 2002–2009 |
| Label12: | Women (team) |
| Data12: | Larissa – Juliana (7 World Tour titles) 2004–2012 |
| Label13: | Men (individual) |
| Data13: | Emanuel Rego (10 World Tour titles) 1996–2012 |
| Label14: | Women (individual) |
| Data14: | Larissa França Juliana Silva (8 World Tour titles each) 2004–2017 |
| Header15: | Final World Tour champions |
| Label16: | Men |
| Data16: |  David Åhman – Jonatan Hellvig (2023) |
| Label17: | Women |
| Data17: |  Kristen Nuss – Taryn Kloth (2023) |
| Header18: | Most tournament titles |
| Label19: | Men (team) |
| Data19: | Emanuel – Ricardo (34 titles) 2002–2009[1] |
| Label20: | Women (team) |
| Data20: | Larissa – Juliana (45 titles) 2004–2012[2] |
| Label21: | Men (individual) |
| Data21: | Emanuel Rego (77 titles) 1996–2012[3] |
| Label22: | Women (individual) |
| Data22: | Larissa França (62 titles) 2005–2017[4] |
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 French: 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.
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.
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]
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.
| Tournaments | 1989-1996 | 1997-2014 | 2015−2016 | 2017−2021 | 2022−present | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiers | 0 | — | — | World Tour Finals | ||
| I | Opens | Grand Slams | Grand Slams/Major Series | 5-star/Major Series | Elite 16 | |
| II | — | Opens | 4-star tournaments | Challengers | ||
| III | — | Challengers | 3-star tournaments | Futures | ||
| IV | — | Satellites | 2-star tournaments | — | ||
| V | — | — | 1-star tournaments | — | ||
| World Tour Finals | US$800,000 | |
| World Championships | US$500,000 | |
| Elite 16 | US$150,000 | |
| Challenger | US$75,000 | |
| Futures | US$5,000 |
| Year | Men's Champions | Women's Champions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Karolyn Kirby / Nancy Reno | ||
| 1993 | Karolyn Kirby / Liz Masakayan | ||
| 1994 |  Jan Kvalheim / Bjørn Maaseide | Mônica Rodrigues / Adriana Samuel | |
| 1995 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 1997 | |||
| 1998 | Rogério Ferreira / Guilherme Marques | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2002 | Misty May / Kerri Walsh | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal | ||
| 2013 | Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Evandro Oliveira / André Stein | ||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] [15] [16] | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2022 | |||
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.
| width=230 | Tournament | width=210 | Champions | width=210 | Runners-up | width=210 | Third place | width=210 | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[17] Fort Lauderdale, United States 29 September – 4 October 2015 | 21–13, 21–15 | 21–19, 21–14 | |||||||
| 2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[18] Toronto, Canada 13–18 September 2016 | 21–19, 21–19 | 21–14, 22–20 | |||||||
| 2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[19] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 22–27 August 2017 | 21–15, 21–13 | 21–17, 19–21, 15–12 | |||||||
| 2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[20] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 14–19 August 2018 | 21–19, 21–17 | 19–21, 21–15, 15–13 | |||||||
| 2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[21] Rome, Italy US$300,000 28 August – 8 September 2019 | 21–16, 21–16 | 21–16, 21–15 | |||||||
| 2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[22] Cagliari, Italy US$300,000 6—10 October 2021 | 22–20, 23–21 | 23–21, 21–17 | |||||||
| 2022 FIVB World Tour Finals[23] Doha, Qatar US$800,000 26–29 January 2023 | 21–18, 21–18 | 22–20, 19–21, 16–14 | |||||||
| 2023 FIVB World Tour Finals[24] Doha, Qatar US$800,000 6–9 December 2023 | 21–16, 21–17 | 21–17, 21–17 |
| width=230 | Tournament | width=210 | Champions | width=210 | Runners-up | width=210 | Third place | width=210 | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[25] Fort Lauderdale, United States 29 September – 4 October 2015 | 21–17, 21–18 | 22–20, 14–21, 15–10 | |||||||
| 2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[26] Toronto, Canada 13–18 September 2016 | 21–18, 21–16 | 21–19, 21–18 | |||||||
| 2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[27] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 22–27 August 2017 | 21–17, 19–21, 15–10 | 21–17, 21–19 | |||||||
| 2018 FIVB World Tour Finals[28] Hamburg, Germany US$400,000 14–19 August 2018 | 21–15, 21–19 | 21–15, 19–21, 15–8 | |||||||
| 2019 FIVB World Tour Finals[29] Rome, Italy US$300,000 28 August – 8 September 2019 | 21–19, 21–17 | 19–21, 21–18, 16–14 | |||||||
| 2021 FIVB World Tour Finals[30] Cagliari, Italy US$300,000 6—10 October 2021 | 21–13, 23–21 | 21–8, 21–17 | |||||||
| 2022 FIVB World Tour Finals[31] Doha, Qatar US$800,000 26–29 January 2023 | 21–18, 21–16 | 21–18, 21–10 | |||||||
| 2023 FIVB World Tour Finals[32] Doha, Qatar US$800,000 6–9 December 2023 | 21–17, 21–14 | 21–13, 18–21, 15–12 |
| Year | Best Blocker |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Fábio Luiz Magalhães |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | Jonas Reckermann |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Pedro Solberg Salgado |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 |  Paolo Nicolai |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Defensive Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Márcio Araújo |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | Mārtiņš Pļaviņš |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 |  Viacheslav Krasilnikov |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Hitter | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ricardo Santos | |
| 2006 | Emanuel Rego | |
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | Christiaan Varenhorst | |
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 2019 | discontinued |
| Year | Best Offensive Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | Alison Cerutti |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | Paolo Nicolai |
| 2015 | Bruno Oscar Schmidt |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Server |
|---|---|
| 2005 |  Conrad Leinemann |
| 2006 | Iver Horrem |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | not awarded |
| 2014 | Phil Dalhausser |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Setter |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Todd Rogers |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 |  Bartosz Łosiak |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | Anders Mol |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| 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 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Todd Rogers | |
| 2009 | Harley Marques | |
| 2010 | Xu Linyin | |
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | Reinder Nummerdor | |
| 2017 | John Hyden | |
| 2018 | Ricardo Santos | |
| 2019 | discontinued |
| Year | Most Outstanding Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | Harley Marques / Richard Schuil |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | Sean Rosenthal |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Sportsperson of the Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Phil Dalhausser | |
| 2009 |  Rivo Vesik | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Jānis Šmēdiņš | |
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | Álvaro Morais Filho | |
| 2018 | Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ricardo Santos | |
| 2019 | discontinued |
| 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 |
| Year | Most Entertaining Player |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Adrian Carambula |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Most Improved Team |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Julius Thole / Clemens Wickler |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Blocker |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Talita Antunes |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | Kira Walkenhorst |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | Brandie Wilkerson |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Defensive Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Zhang Xi |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Hitter | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | Kira Walkenhorst | |
| 2018 | Eduarda Lisboa | |
| 2019 | discontinued |
| Year | Best Offensive Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | Laura Ludwig |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Talita Antunes |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | Larissa França |
| 2016 | Larissa França |
| 2017 | Larissa França |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Server |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Marleen van Iersel |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | not awarded |
| 2014 | Karla Borger |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Best Setter |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Misty May-Treanor |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Larissa França / Vasso Karantasiou |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Ilka Semmler |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | Marleen van Iersel |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Most Inspirational | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | ||
| 2010 |  Denise Johns | |
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | Nadine Zumkehr | |
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 | Ágatha Bednarczuk | |
| 2019 | discontinued |
| Year | Most Outstanding Player |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Misty May-Treanor / Zhang Xi |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Sportsperson of the Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Shelda Bede | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2013 | Taiana Lima | |
| 2014 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2017 | ||
| 2018 | Ágatha Bednarczuk | |
| 2019 | discontinued |
| Year | Team Of The Year |
|---|---|
| 2005 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2013 | Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima |
| 2014 | Maria Elisa Antonelli / Juliana Silva |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Most Entertaining Player |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Laura Ludwig |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
| Year | Most Improved Team |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Tīna Graudiņa / Anastasija Kravčenoka |
| 2020 | not awarded |
| 2021 |
Taru Lahti
