2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Women's tournament

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2009 Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Norway
City	Stavanger
Dates	26 June – 5 July
Teams	48 (from 5 confederations)
Champions	United States April Ross Jennifer Kessy (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil Larissa França Juliana Silva
Third place	Brazil Talita Antunes Maria Elisa Antonelli
Fourth place	Brazil Ana Paula Henkel Shelda Bede
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The women's tournament was held from June 26 to July 5, 2011, in Stavanger, Norway. ^[1]

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Round of 32 as pool winners or runners-up
	Qualified for the Round of 32 as one of the best four third-placed teams
	Qualified for the Lucky Losers Playoffs
	Eliminated

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ross – Kessy	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	76	1.658	Round of 32
2	Minusa – Jursone	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	124	116	1.069
3	Fendrick – Ivy	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	118	132	0.894
4	Aas – Bjørkesett	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	82	126	0.651

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Talita – Antonelli	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	160	142	1.127	Round of 32
2	Xue – Zhang	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	133	116	1.147
3	Remmers – Stiekema	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	150	165	0.909
4	Bratkova – Ukolova	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	129	149	0.866

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Larissa – Juliana	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	130	97	1.340	Round of 32
2	Kuhn – Zumkehr	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	121	99	1.222
3	Klapalova – Petrova	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	111	117	0.949
4	Koutroumanidou – Argiropoulou	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	77	126	0.611

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Branagh – Youngs	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	140	111	1.261	Round of 32
2	Banck – Günther	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	130	137	0.949
3	Martin – Lessard	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	157	144	1.090
4	Dampney – Mullin	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	91	126	0.722

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ana Paula – Shelda	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	82	1.537	Round of 32
2	Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	118	98	1.204
3	Montagnolli – Hansel	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	95	119	0.798
4	Boulton – Johns	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	86	126	0.683

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turner – Akers	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	137	128	1.070	Round of 32
2	Forrer – Schmocker	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	116	109	1.064
3	Giaoui – Hamzaoui	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	140	152	0.921
4	Lundqvist – Ljungquist	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	129	0.969

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Holtwick – Semmler	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	135	112	1.205	Round of 32
2	Gloria – Momoli	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	130	137	0.949
3	Fernandez Grasset – Esteves Ribalta	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	137	129	1.062
4	Lehmann – Sude	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	113	137	0.825

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Maria Clara – Carol	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	154	124	1.242	Round of 32
2	van Breedam – Mouha	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	144	122	1.180
3	Mooren – Wesselink	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	116	123	0.943
4	Palmer – Jensen	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	94	139	0.676

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Pohl – Rau	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	84	70	1.200	Round of 32
2	Saka – Rtvelo	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	113	119	0.950
3	Nila – Ingrid	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	97	90	1.078
4	Andreasen – Vestergaard	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	91	126	0.722

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Goller – Ludwig	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	139	99	1.404	Round of 32
2	Zhang Xi – Huang Y.	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	129	138	0.935
3	Candelas – García	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	146	143	1.021
4	Nyström – Nyström	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	94	126	0.746

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	van Iersel – Keizer	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	149	134	1.112	Round of 32
2	Barrera – Sarpaux	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	132	120	1.100
3	Nováková – Hajeckova	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	157	145	1.083
4	Alcon – Matveeva	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	87	126	0.690

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Pool L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Schwaiger – Schwaiger	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	110	1.255	Round of 32
2	Maaseide – Kongshavn	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	131	129	1.016
3	Osheyko – Baburina	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	149	145	1.028
4	Graessli – Guerra Arias	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	93	127	0.732

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Third Places

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	I	Nila – Ingrid	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	97	90	1.078	Round of 32
2	K	Nováková – Hajeckova	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	157	145	1.083
3	G	Fernandez Grasset – Esteves Ribalta	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	137	129	1.062
4	D	Martin – Lessard	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	157	144	1.090
5	L	Osheyko – Baburina	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	149	145	1.028
6	J	Candelas – García	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	146	143	1.021
7	B	Remmers – Stiekema	3	1	2	4	4	5	0.800	150	165	0.909
8	H	Mooren – Wesselink	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	116	123	0.943
9	A	Fendrick – Ivy	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	118	132	0.894
10	F	Giaoui – Hamzaoui	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	140	152	0.921
11	C	Klapalova – Petrova	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	111	117	0.949
12	E	Montagnolli – Hansel	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	95	119	0.798

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Play-off

Round of 32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 July	Mooren – Wesselink	0–2	Talita – Antonelli	12:21	13:21				25:42
2 July	van Breedam – Mouha	2–0	Minusa – Jursone	21:19	21:11				42:30
2 July	Schwaiger – Schwaiger	2–1	Gloria – Momoli	18:21	23:21	15:13			56:55
2 July	Holtwick – Semmler	0–2	Nováková – Hajeckova	16:21	16:21				32:42
2 July	Maria Clara – Carol	2–1	Nila – Ingrid	16:21	21:16	15:7			52:44
2 July	van Iersel – Keizer	2–0	Maaseide – Kongshavn	26:24	21:18				47:42
2 July	Kuhn – Zumkehr	0–2	Xue – Zhang	20:22	15:21				45:43
2 July	Larissa – Juliana	2–0	Candelas – García	21:10	21:15				42:25
2 July	Remmers – Stiekema	0–2	Branagh – Youngs	18:21	10:21				28:42
2 July	Forrer – Schmocker	0–2	Saka – Rtvelo	14:21	16:21				30:42
2 July	Pohl – Rau	0–2	Zhang Xi – Huang Y.	15:21	15:21				30:42
2 July	Ana Paula – Shelda	2–1	Fernandez Grasset – Esteves Ribalta	21:14	19:21	17:15			57:50
2 July	Turner – Akers	2–1	Martin – Lessard	18:21	24:22	17:15			59:58
2 July	Goller – Ludwig	2–0	Banck – Günther	21:12	21:16				42:28
2 July	Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani	2–0	Barrera – Sarpaux	21:17	21:15				42:32
2 July	Ross – Kessy	2–0	Osheyko – Baburina	21:17	21:10				42:27

Round of 16

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 July	van Breedam – Mouha	0–2	Talita – Antonelli	15:21	15:21				30:42
3 July	Nováková – Hajeckova	0–2	Schwaiger – Schwaiger	15:21	19:21				34:42
3 July	van Iersel – Keizer	2–1	Maria Clara – Carol	19:21	21:19	15:13			55:53
3 July	Larissa – Juliana	2–0	Xue – Zhang	21:16	21:17				42:33
3 July	Saka – Rtvelo	0–2	Branagh – Youngs	12:21	14:21				26:42
3 July	Ana Paula – Shelda	2–0	Zhang Xi – Huang Y.	22:20	21:16				43:36
3 July	Goller – Ludwig	1–2	Turner – Akers	21:17	21:23	11:15			53:55
3 July	Ross – Kessy	2–0	Arvaniti – Tsiartsiani	21:11	21:12				42:23

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
3 July	Schwaiger – Schwaiger	0–2	Talita – Antonelli	17:21	16:21				33:42
3 July	Larissa – Juliana	2–0	van Iersel – Keizer	21:13	21:16				42:29
3 July	Ana Paula – Shelda	2–1	Branagh – Youngs	17:21	22:20	15:12			54:53
3 July	Ross – Kessy	2–1	Turner – Akers	17:21	21:12	15:9			53:42

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 July	Larissa – Juliana	2–1	Talita – Antonelli	21:17	18:21	15:13			54:51
4 July	Ross – Kessy	2 –1	Ana Paula – Shelda	28:26	15:21	15:9			58:56

Bronze medal Match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 July	Ana Paula – Shelda	0–2	Talita – Antonelli	13:21	16:21				29:42

Gold medal Match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 July	Ross – Kessy	2–0	Larissa – Juliana	30:28	23:21				53:49

Final ranking

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RANK	NAME ATHLETES	SEED
	April Ross and Jennifer Kessy  (USA)	1
	Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta  (BRA)	3
	Talita Antunes and Maria Antonelli  (BRA)	2
4.	Ana Paula Connelly and Shelda Bede  (BRA)	5
5.	Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs  (USA)	4
	Tyra Turner and Angie Akers  (USA)	6
	Doris Schwaiger and Stefanie Schwaiger  (AUT)	12
	Marleen van Iersel and Sanne Keizer  (NED)	14
9.	Maria Clara Salgado Rufino and Carolina Solberg Salgado  (BRA)	8
	Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig  (GER)	10
	Soňa Nováková and Lenka Hajeckova  (CZE)	11
	Zhang Xi and Huang Ying  (CHN)	15
	Liesbet Van Breedam and Liesbeth Mouha  (BEL)	17
	Vassiliki Arvaniti and Maria Tsiartsiani  (GRE)	20
	Xue Chen and Zhang Ying  (CHN)	23
	Cristine "Saka" Santanna and Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins  (GEO)	33
17.	Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler  (GER)	7
	Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen  (NOR)	9
	Kathrine Maaseide and Janne Kongshavn  (NOR)	13
	Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau  (GER)	16
	Daniela Gloria and Giulia Momoli  (ITA)	18
	Geeske Banck and Anja Günther  (GER)	21
	Inguna Minusa and Inese Jursone  (LAT)	24
	Daniëlle Remmers and Michelle Stiekema  (NED)	26
	Simone Kuhn and Nadine Zumkehr  (SUI)	27
	Annie Martin and Marie-Andrée Lessard  (CAN)	28
	Bibiana Candelas and Mayra García  (MEX)	34
	Tatiana Barrera and Virginie Sarpaux  (FRA)	35
	Galyna Osheyko and Svitlana Baburina  (UKR)	37
	Merel Mooren and Maloes Wesselink  (NED)	41
	Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Imara Esteves Ribalta  (CUB)	42
	Isabelle Forrer and Sarah Schmocker  (SUI)	43
33.	Hana Klapalova and Tereza Petrova  (CZE)	22
	Lauren Fendrick and Ashley Ivy  (USA)	25
	Sara Montagnolli and Barbara Hansel  (AUT)	29
	Deborah Giaoui and Eva Hamzaoui  (FRA)	30
37.	Karin Lundqvist and Angelica Ljungquist  (SWE)	19
	Claudia Lehmann and Julia Sude  (GER)	31
	Becchara Palmer and Heike Jensen  (AUS)	32
	Muriel Graessli and Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker  (SUI)	36
	Ester Alcon and Olga Matveeva  (ESP)	38
	Erika Nyström and Emilia Nyström  (FIN)	39
	Stine Andreasen and Lotte Vestergaard  (DEN)	40
	Lucy Boulton and Denise Johns  (GBR)	44
	Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin  (GBR)	45
	Efthalia Koutroumanidou and Eydoxia Argiropoulou  (GRE)	46
	Maria Bratkova and Evgenia Ukolova  (RUS)	47
	Ragnhild Aas and Siri Bjørkesett  (NOR)	48

References

1. Stavanger to host 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips: "A fair battle with Moscow won by Norway," says FIVB President, FIVB, February 29, 2008
2. Women's US$500,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips June 25 – July 4, 2009, Beach Volleyball Database. Accessed 2009-07-05. Archived 2009-07-24.