Dates
Location
2012 International Schedule Event
April 16-23 Brasilia, Brasil April 24-29 Sanya, China
April 24-29 Myslowice, Poland April 30-May 6 Shanghai May 7-13
Beijing, China Brasilia Open
Olympic Bay Sanya Open Silesia Open
Shanghai Grand Slam Beijing Grand Slam
May 22-27 Prague, Czech Republic Petria Direct Prague Open June 6-12 Moscow, Russia June 12-17 Rome, Italy July 2-8
Moscow Grand Slam Rome Grand Slam
Gstaad, Switzerland
July 10-15 Berlin, Germany July 16-22 Klagenfurt, Austria July 28-Aug. 9 London, England
1to1 Energy Grand Slam
Prize Money Gender $380,000 Dual $190,000 Women $380,000 Men $600,000 Dual $600,000 Dual $190,000 Men $600,00 Dual $600,000 Dual $600,000 Dual
smart Grand Slam Berlin 2012 $600,000 Dual A1 Grand Slam/Volksbank Olympic Games
Aug. 13-19 Stare Jablonki, Poland Mazuri Orlen Grand Slam Aug. 21-26 Quebec, Canada Aug 28-Sept. 2 Aland, Finland Oct. 2-7
Quebec Open Jeep Paf Open
Agadir, Morocco Oct. 23-28 Bang Saen, Thailand Agadir Open Bangsaen Thailand Open
$600,000 Dual ———————— Dual $600,000 Dual $190,000 Dual $190,000 Women $190,000 Men $190,000 Women
FOCUSED ON REPEAT: Phil Dalhausser’s strong hitting should help him celebrate with partner Todd Rogers on the podium many times this summer. (Photos: FIVB)
and now with the offi cial sanction from USA Volleyball. The 2012 NVL will include The Preakness season opener in Baltimore (May 17-19), the Waupaca Boatride and U.S. Open of Grass Volleyball in Oshkosh, Wis., (July 11-15), the West Coast Championships in Long Beach, Calif., (Aug. 17-19) and the annual the Motherlode Tournament In Aspen, Colo., (Aug. 30-Sept. 3) as part of its schedule.
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The FIVB Board of Administration approved a key change to women’s beach volleyball uniforms after a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March. The Board approved to apply the modifi ed women’s uniform rule for all beach volleyball tournaments, including the Olympic Games. This is to respect the custom and/or religious beliefs. Previously there were two uniform choices for female players, a one-piece bath-
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John Mayer and Brad Keenan, two former teammates on an NCAA men’s championship team at Pepperdine, have reunited for the 2012 season. The pair was signed up to play FIVB events in Brazil and China during the month of April. As a team, Mayer and Keenan fi nished third in the AVP Hermosa Beach Open in 2006 after advanc- ing through the tournament qualifi er.
The National Volleyball League will again incorporate popular existing events as part of its second full season
ing suit or a bikini with a maximum side width of 7cm. Now, there are two extra choices. Players can wear shorts of a maximum length of 3cm above the knee and sleeved or sleeve- less tops.
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The Wide Open Beach Volleyball Tour, which has
worked with USA Vol- leyball for fi ve seasons, has ended its sponsor- ship with Corona Light Beer and was seeking a new title sponsor
for the 2012 season. Steve Lindecke of the Elevation Management Group, which con- ducts the tour, said the 2012 season revised its schedule to start May 19-20 at Clearwater, Fla.
selection process for 2016. Dave Williams, USA Volleyball’s Managing director of Beach Volleyball, said the FIVB’s proposed changes to the competition structure would be evaluated before USAV commited to a particular path.
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USA Volleyball is contemplat- ing Olympic Trials for beach volleyball as part of the athlete
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Ryan Doherty, at seven-feet tall, is the tallest American beach volleyball playing competitively.
Doherty, a former baseball pitcher at Notre Dame, will team with 6-6 Casey Patterson to form one of the tallest teams in the world in 2012.
Prince Harry reportedly is already a ticket holder for the beach vol- leyball Olympics to be played in a 15,000-seat stadium around a makeshift beach on iconic Horse Guards Parade, a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace in London.
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