Beach Volleyball Major Series

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Beach Volleyball Major Series
Full nameBeach Volleyball Major Series
RegionInternational
Date spanFebruary–September
TournamentsMen & Women
Type Beach volleyball
CEO Hannes Jagerhofer
History
First tour2015
Number of tour stops4 (2015), 5 (2016), 4 (2017), 4 (2018), 2 (2019)
Most tournament wins
Women (team) Flag of Brazil.svg Talita/Larissa (5 wins)
Men (team) Flag of Norway.svg Mol/Sørum (5 wins)
Present World Tour Final winners
Women Flag of Germany.svg Ludwig/Kozuch
Men Flag of Russia.svg Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy

The Beach Volleyball Major Series (or Beach Major Series and formerly the Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series) was an international series of beach volleyball tournaments from 2015 to 2020. The tournaments consisted of Tour Stops and formed part of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. The series concluded with the FIVB World Tour Finals.

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Each tournament in the series had a prize pool of US$300,000 per gender, except for the World Tour Finals which had a prize pool of US$400,000 per gender. [1]

History

The Beach Volleyball Major Series arose out of a joint-venture between Austrian companies Red Bull and the ACTS Group. [2]

Red Bull was established in 1987 by Dietrich Mateschitz. Aside from the energy drink, Red Bull's direct marketing focuses heavily on sports and lifestyle.

ACTS Group is a marketing agency founded in 1990 by Hannes Jagerhofer. [3] It offers services including event-marketing, event-organization, external-communication and public relations. The group has also been responsible for the organizing beach volleyball tournaments, including the FIVB Grand Slams in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria.

Swatch was the title sponsor of the Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series between 2015 and 2017.

The Series will not continue because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Relation to the FIVB

The competition was overseen by the FIVB, the international governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball. [4]

In the category of Beach Volleyball, the FIVB oversees three competitions, namely: the FIVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour and lastly the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.

The Beach Volleyball Major Series formed part of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.

Olympic qualification

Beach volleyball was formally recognized as an Olympic discipline in 1996. In order for a beach volleyball athlete to participate in the Olympics, minimum requirements must be met and one of these requirements as stipulated by the FIVB is that all athletes must have participated in a minimum of 12 official FIVB Olympic qualification tournaments as an individual.

Also an athlete hoping to participate in the Olympics must earn FIVB World Ranking points which tallies up to make up the Olympic Ranking.

Participation in Major Series tournaments counts towards Olympic qualification tournaments and also earns athletes FIVB World Ranking points. An exception is the FIVB World Tour Finals – participating teams do not earn FIVB World Ranking points for this event.

In 2016, the smart Major Hamburg was the final tournament where Olympic ranking points for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro could be obtained. [5]

Tournaments

2015

The first Beach Volleyball Major Series began in 2015. There were Tour Stops in Poreč, Croatia; Stavanger, Norway and Gstaad, Switzerland. The Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals took place in Fort Lauderdale Florida, United States.

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
2–7 June Poreč Poreč Major Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Brouwer/Meewusen Flag of the Netherlands.svg [6] Larissa/Talita Flag of Brazil.svg [7]
9–12 June Stavanger Stavanger Major Flag of Norway.svg NorwayEvandro/Pedro Solberg Flag of Brazil.svg [8] Juliana/Antonelli Flag of Brazil.svg [9]
7–12 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Alison/Bruno Schmidt Flag of Brazil.svg [10] Larissa/Talita Flag of Brazil.svg [11]
29-Sept-4 Oct Fort Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals Flag of the United States.svg United States Alison/Bruno Schmidt Flag of Brazil.svg [12] Larissa/Talita Flag of Brazil.svg [13]

2016

The 2016 Major Series schedule began in Hamburg, Germany, and took in further stops in Croatia, Switzerland and Klagenfurt in Austria. The Series culminated with the Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals in Toronto.

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
7–12 June Hamburg smart Major Hamburg Flag of Germany.svg GermanyLucena/Dalhausser Flag of the United States.svg [14] [15] Ludwig/Walkenhorst Flag of Germany.svg [16] [17]
28-Jun-3 Jul Poreč Poreč Major Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Alison/Bruno Schmidt Flag of Brazil.svg Laboureur/Sude Flag of Germany.svg
5–10 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg SwitzerlandEvandro/Pedro Solberg Flag of Brazil.svg Larissa/Talita Flag of Brazil.svg
26–31 July Klagenfurt A1 Major Klagenfurt/Kärnten Flag of Austria.svg AustriaSamoilovs/Smedins Flag of Latvia.svg Ludwig/Walkenhorst Flag of Germany.svg
13–18 September Toronto Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaAlison/Bruno Schmidt Flag of Brazil.svg Ludwig/Walkenhorst Flag of Germany.svg

2017

The 2017 Major Series schedule was released in October 2016. [18] As part of the FIVB World Tour, the Swatch Major Series did include trips to Poreč and Gstaad. The 2017 tour began in February in Fort Lauderdale, the site of the 2015 World Tour Finals. The 2017 Finals were held in August in Hamburg. The Swatch Major Series was also responsible for the organization of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Vienna in July and August. [19]

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
7–12 February Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Major Flag of the United States.svg United States Alvaro/Saymon Flag of Brazil.svg Larissa/Talita Flag of Brazil.svg
27-Jun-2 Jul Poreč Poreč Major Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Guto/Pedro Solberg Flag of Brazil.svg Pavan/Humana-Paredes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
4–9 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Lucena/Dalhausser Flag of the United States.svg Laboureur/Sude Flag of Germany.svg
22–27 August Hamburg Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals Flag of Germany.svg Germany Lucena/Dalhausser Flag of the United States.svg Ludwig/Walkenhorst Flag of Germany.svg

2018

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
27 Feb - 4 Apr Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale Major Flag of the United States.svg United States Lucena/Dalhausser Flag of the United States.svg Seixas/Alves Flag of Brazil.svg
5–10 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Mol/Sørum Flag of Norway.svg Humana-Paredes/Pavan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
31 Jul –5 Aug Vienna Vienna Major Flag of Austria.svg Austria Mol/Sørum Flag of Norway.svg Hermannová/Sluková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
14–19 August Hamburg FIVB World Tour Finals Flag of Germany.svg Germany Mol/Sørum Flag of Norway.svg Agatha/Duda Flag of Brazil.svg

2019

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
9 - 14 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Mol/Sørum Flag of Norway.svg Klineman/Ross Flag of the United States.svg
31 Jul - 4 Aug Vienna Vienna Major Flag of Austria.svg Austria Mol/Sørum Flag of Norway.svg Pavan/Melissa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg

2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all three tournaments as well as the whole Beach Volleyball Major Series have been cancelled . [20] [21]

DatesTour StopMajorHost countryMen's winnersWomen's winners
7–12 July Gstaad Gstaad Major Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland CancelledCancelled
12–16 August Vienna Vienna Major Flag of Austria.svg Austria CancelledCancelled
19–23 August Hamburg Hamburg Major Flag of Germany.svg Germany CancelledCancelled

Mascot

The Major Series' official mascot was Marnin. Unveiled prior to the 2016 season, Marnin is described as a cross between a kangaroo and a fox. [22] Marnin made his debut courtside on the FIVB Tour at the Hamburg Major.

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References

  1. ↑ "FIVB Sports Regulations: Beach Volleyball" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. November 30, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Beach Majors GmbH (2015-09-17). "Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series | About". Swatch Major Series. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2015". www.fivb.org.
  5. ↑ "smart Major Hamburg". www.fivb.org.
  6. ↑ "Porec MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  7. ↑ "Porec MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  8. ↑ "Stavanger MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  9. ↑ "Stavanger MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  10. ↑ "Gstaad MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  11. ↑ "Gstaad MAJOR". www.fivb.org.
  12. ↑ "Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals". www.fivb.org.
  13. ↑ "Ft. Lauderdale Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals". www.fivb.org.
  14. ↑ "Dalhausser/Lucena close 2016 Olympic qualification with a gold".
  15. ↑ "smart Major Hamburg". www.fivb.org.
  16. ↑ beach-volleyball.de. "beach-volleyball.de: Gold für Ludwig/Walkenhorst beim Hamburg Major". www.beach-volleyball.de.
  17. ↑ "smart Major Hamburg". www.fivb.org.
  18. ↑ "News". www.fivb.com.
  19. ↑ "FIVB - Volleyball". www.fivb.org.
  20. ↑ "Beachvolleyball: Major auf Wiener Donauinsel abgesagt". 25 March 2020.
  21. ↑ ""Aus diesem Grund haben wir auch den Gedanken der Major Series ad acta gelegt..."". www.leadersnet.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  22. ↑ "Hi everybody, I'm Marnin!".
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