Volleyball competition held in Various
2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour Host nation Various Dates May - November, 2007
The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2007 was an international beach volleyball competition.
The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments.[1]
One of the tournaments, was the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Gstaad , Switzerland .
The top eight finishes that a team has from January 1, 2007 to July 20, 2008, on the Swatch FIVB World Tour (2007 and 2008 ), SWATCH FIVB World Championships (2007 ) and on FIVB recognised Continental Championship Finals, counts towards Olympic qualification for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games .[2] [3] The top 24 teams of each gender will compete in the Beijing Games. There can be a maximum of two teams per country.[2] [4]
Grand Slam [ edit ] There were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.[1]
Paris , France – Henkel Grand Slam, June 19 - 24, 2007 Stavanger , Norway – ConocoPhillips Grand Slam, June 26 - July 1, 2007 Berlin , Germany – Smart Grand Slam, July 11 - 15, 2007 Klagenfurt , Austria – A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia , August 1 - 5, 2007 Tournament results [ edit ] Medal table by country [ edit ] Award winners [ edit ] Men's Points Champions [ edit ] Women’s Points Champions [ edit ] Men's Award Winners [ edit ] Women's Award Winners [ edit ] SWATCH Most Outstanding Player [ edit ] For each tournament, there is selected one MOP (Most Outstanding Player)[5]
References [ edit ] ^ a b 2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar , FIVB , 2007 ^ a b 2008 Olympic qualification systems confirmed for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball , FIVB , June 23, 2006 ^ Adelaide hosts season-opening SWATCH FIVB World Tour Event , FIVB , February 26, 2008 ^ U.S. beach volleyball pair win, Canadians lose , CBC.ca , June 30, 2008 ^ 2007 Tour Notes (.PDF -file), FIVB , November 12, 2007 External links [ edit ]
Asia and Oceania Africa Europe North America South America Others Discontinued