Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003

The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003 was the official international beach volleyball tour for 2003.

2003 Swatch FIVB World Tour

Tournament details
Host nation	Various
Dates	11 June – 19 October 2004
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The USA won five out of the 12 women's tournaments, but Brazil won nine out of the ten men's tournaments.

Grand Slam

There were four Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.

• Berlin, Germany – Vodafone Grand Slam, 24–29 June 2003
• Marseille, France – World Series 13 Grand Slam, 15–20 July 2003
• Klagenfurt, Austria – A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, 30 July–3 August 2003
• Carson, California, USA – Nissan Grand Slam, 18–21 September 2003

Schedule

Key

World Championships

Grand Slam

Open tournaments

Tournament results

Women

Tournament[1]	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Hellas Open[2] Rhodes, Greece US$150,000 11–15 June 2003	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA) 23–21, 21–19, 15-12	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA)	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 21–15, 25–23	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset (CUB)  Tamara Larrea Peraza (CUB)
1to1 Energy Open[3] Gstaad, Switzerland US$150,000 17–21 June 2003	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 23–21, 21–15	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA)	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA) 21–15, 21–15	Annett Davis (USA)  Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)
Vodafone Grand Slam[4] Berlin, Germany US$300,000 24–28 June 2003	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA) 20–22, 29–27, 15-13	Holly McPeak (USA)  Elaine Youngs (USA)	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA) 21–18, 21–19	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA)
ConocoPhillips Open[5] Stavanger, Norway US$150,000 4-5 July 2003	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA) 21–19, 21–15	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA)	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA) 21–13, 21–17	Holly McPeak (USA)  Elaine Youngs (USA)
World Series 13 Grand Slam[6] Marseille, France US$270,000 15–19 July 2003	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 21–10, 21–13	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA)	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA) 21–14, 21–18	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia[7] Klagenfurt, Austria US$260,000 July 30-August 2	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 21–17, 21–12	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA)	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA) 21–17, 21–18	Holly McPeak (USA)  Elaine Youngs (USA)
Japan Open[8] Osaka, Japan US$150,000 06–10 August 2003	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA) 21–18, 19–21, 15-13	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA)	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS) 18–21, 21–15, 15-10	Tatiana Minello (BRA)  Alexandra Fonseca (BRA)
Lianyungang Open[9] Lianyungang, China US$150,000 13–17 August 2003	Rebekka Kadijk (NED)  Marrit Leenstra (NED) 21–15, 17–21, 15-13	Susanne Lahme (GER)  Danja Müsch (GER)	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS) 17–21, 26–24, 18-16	Simone Kuhn (SUI)  Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (SUI)
Bali Open[10] Bali, Indonesia US$150,000 20–24 August 2003	Tian Jia (CHN)  Wang Fei (CHN) 21–17, 21-19	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset (CUB)  Tamara Larrea Peraza (CUB)	Soňa Nováková (CZE)  Eva Celbová-Ryšavá (CZE) 21-15, 21–10	Wang Lu (CHN)  You Wenhui (CHN)
Estathe' Italian Open[11] Milan, Italy US$150,000 3–7 September 2003	Tian Jia (CHN)  Wang Fei (CHN) 17–21, 22–20, 15-10	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA)	Dianne DeNecochea (USA)  Nancy Mason Reynolds (USA) 21-16, 21–13	Rebekka Kadijk (NED)  Marrit Leenstra (NED)
Nissan Grand Slam[12] Carson, United States US$300,000 18–21 September 2003	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 22-24, 22–20, 15-13	Ana Paula Connelly (BRA)  Sandra Pires (BRA)	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS) 21–13, 21–18	Tian Jia (CHN)  Wang Fei (CHN)
FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch[13] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil US$400,000 07–12 October 2003	Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA)  Misty May-Treanor (USA) 21-19, 21-19	Adriana Behar (BRA)  Shelda Bede (BRA)	Natalie Cook (AUS)  Nicole Sanderson (AUS) 21–16, 21–17	Annett Davis (USA)  Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)

Men

Tournament[1]	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Hellas Open[14] Rhodes, Greece US$150,000 4–8 June 2003	Dain Blanton (USA)  Jeff Nygaard (USA) 22-20, 21–18	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA)	Nikolas Berger (AUT)  Clemens Doppler (AUT) 21-17, 18–21, 18-16	John Child (CAN)  Mark Heese (CAN)
1to1 Energy Open[15] Gstaad, Switzerland US$150,000 18–22 June 2003	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA) 23–25, 21–13, 15-10	Markus Dieckmann (GER)  Jonas Reckermann (GER)	Patrick Heuscher (SUI)  Stefan Kobel (SUI) 21–18, 19–21, 15-10	Nikolas Berger (AUT)  Clemens Doppler (AUT)
Vodafone Grand Slam[16] Berlin, Germany US$300,000 25–29 June 2003	Harley Marques (BRA)  Franco Neto (BRA) 21–18, 21–16	Mariano Baracetti (ARG)  Martín Conde (ARG)	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA) 21–15, 21–16	Markus Dieckmann (GER)  Jonas Reckermann (GER)
ConocoPhillips Open[17] Stavanger, Norway US$150,000 2-6 July 2003	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA) 16–21, 21–16, 15-12	Mariano Baracetti (ARG)  Martín Conde (ARG)	Julien Prosser (AUS)  Mark Williams (AUS) 21–18, 22–20, 15-6	Jefferson Bellaguarda (BRA)  Dagoberto Dultra Júnior (BRA)
World Series 13 Grand Slam[18] Marseille, France US$270,000 16–20 July 2003	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA) 21–18, 20–22, 15-13	Martin Laciga (SUI)  Paul Laciga (SUI)	Dain Blanton (USA)  Jeff Nygaard (USA) 19-21, 21–15, 15-8	Christoph Dieckmann (GER)  Andreas Scheuerpflug (GER)
Portugal Open[19] Espinho, Portugal US$150,000 23–27 July 2003	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA) 21-23, 21–14, 20-18	Vegard Høidalen (NOR)  Jørre Kjemperud (NOR)	Andrew Schacht (AUS)  Joshua Slack (AUS) 21-17, 21-17	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia[20] Klagenfurt, Austria US$260,000 July 31-August 3	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA) 22–20, 21–12	Stein Metzger (USA)  Kevin Wong (USA)	Patrick Heuscher (SUI)  Stefan Kobel (SUI) 19-21, 21–19, 15-8	Dain Blanton (USA)  Jeff Nygaard (USA)
World of TUI Open de Mallorca[21] Mallorca, Spain US$150,000 03–7 September 2003	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA) 14-21, 21–19, 34-32	Markus Dieckmann (GER)  Jonas Reckermann (GER)	Mariano Baracetti (ARG)  Martín Conde (ARG) 22-20, 21-13	Harley Marques (BRA)  Franco Neto (BRA)
Nissan Grand Slam[22] Carson, United States US$300,000 18–21 September 2003	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)} 21-11, 21-18	Markus Egger (SUI)  Sascha Heyer (SUI)	Canyon Ceman (USA)  Mike Whitmarsh (USA) 22-20, 21-16	Nikolas Berger (AUT)  Clemens Doppler (AUT)
FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch[23] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil US$400,000 14–19 October 2003	Emanuel Rego (BRA)  Ricardo Santos (BRA)} 21-18, 21-15	Dax Holdren (USA)  Stein Metzger (USA)	Márcio Araújo (BRA)  Benjamin Insfran (BRA) Walkover	João Brenha (POR)  Miguel Maia (POR)

Rankings

Men Top 15 Rankings as of February 18, 2004.[24] Rank Pair Points 1 Emanuel Rego & Ricardo Santos 3,752 2 Márcio Araújo & Benjamin Insfran 3,236 3 Martin Laciga & Paul Laciga 2,690 4 Patrick Heuscher & Stefan Kobel 2,330 5 Markus Dieckmann & Jonas Reckermann 2,296 6 Harley Marques & Franco Neto 2,214 7 Nikolas Berger & Clemens Doppler 2,158 8 Vegard Høidalen & Jørre Kjemperud 2,092 9 Mariano Baracetti & Martín Conde 2,066 10 Markus Egger & Sascha Heyer 2,032 11 Dain Blanton & Jeff Nygaard 1,996 12 Christoph Dieckmann & Andreas Scheuerpflug 1,702 13 João Brenha & Miguel Maia 1,542 14 Björn Berg & Simon Dahl 1,416 15 Todd Rogers & Sean Scott 1,384

Women Top 15 Rankings as of February 18, 2004.[25] Rank Pair Points Best Finish 1 Ana Paula Connelly & Sandra Pires 3,864 1st (4 times) 2 Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor 3,690 1st (5 times) 3 Adriana Behar & Shelda Bede 3,578 2nd (4 times) 4 Natalie Cook & Nicole Sanderson 2,906 3rd (4 times) 5 Tian Jia & Wang Fei 2,388 1st (2 times) 6 Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs 2,170 2nd (1 time) 7 Annett Davis & Jenny Johnson Jordan 2,144 4th (2 times) 8 Soňa Nováková & Eva Celbová-Ryšavá 1,976 3rd (1 time) 9 Rebekka Kadijk & Marrit Leenstra 1,950 1st (1 time) 10 Stephanie Pohl & Okka Rau 1,948 5th (3 times) 11 Simone Kuhn & Nicole Schnyder-Benoit 1,900 4th (1 time) 12 Tatiana Minello & Alexandra Fonseca 1,646 4th (1 time) 13 Dianne DeNecochea & Nancy Mason Reynolds 1,644 3rd (1 time) 14 Wang Lu & You Wenhui 1,642 4th (1 time) 15 Susanne Lahme & Danja Musch 1,572 2nd (1 time)

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	13	9	7	29
2	United States	6	4	4	14
3	China	2	0	0	2
4	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5	Germany	0	3	0	3
6	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
7	Argentina	0	2	1	3
8	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
10	Australia	0	0	6	6
11	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		22	22	22	66

References

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24. 2003 FIVB World Ranking - Men; FIVB
25. 2003 FIVB World Ranking - Women; FIVB

External links

• Beach Volleyball Database
• 2003 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar at FIVB.org