# 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is an international beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
From this season, the FIVB World Tour calendar comprises the 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
For the first time since 2002 the competition does not take the name of Swatch, the main sponsor.

## Schedule
### Men

| Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Shanghai Grand Slam Shanghai, China 30 April – 4 May | Jake Gibb (USA) Casey Patterson (USA) 21–16, 9–21, 15–9 | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) | Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) 21–12, 21–10 | Michał Kądzioła (POL) Jakub Szałankiewicz (POL) |
| Corrientes Grand Slam Corrientes, Argentina 22 – 26 May | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) 21–16, 21–19 | Jake Gibb (USA) Casey Patterson (USA) | Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA) 21–13, 23–21 | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) |
| The Hague Grand Slam The Hague, Netherlands 11 – 16 June | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–19, 21–12 | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) | Grzegorz Fijałek (POL) Mariusz Prudel (POL) 21–18, 21–16 | Alexander Huber (AUT) Robin Seidl (AUT) |
| Rome Grand Slam Rome, Italy 18 – 23 June | Phil Dalhausser (USA) Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21–19, 21–18 | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 21–10, 21–11 | Alison Cerutti (BRA) Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
| FIVB World Championships Stare Jablonki, Poland 2 – 7 July | Alexander Brouwer (NED) Robert Meeuwsen (NED) 21–18, 21–16 | Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) | Jonathan Erdmann (GER) Kay Matysik (GER) 21–17, 21–19 | Alison Cerutti (BRA) Emanuel Rego (BRA) |
| Gstaad Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland 9 – 14 July | Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) 21–16, 21–18 | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) | Jake Gibb (USA) Casey Patterson (USA) 21–18, 21–18 | Alexander Brouwer (NED) Robert Meeuwsen (NED) |
| Long Beach Grand Slam Long Beach, United States 22 – 27 July | Phil Dalhausser (USA) Sean Rosenthal (USA) 21–15, 21–18 | Pablo Herrera (ESP) Adrián Gavira (ESP) | Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA) 21–16, 21–13 | Jake Gibb (USA) Casey Patterson (USA) |
| Berlin Grand Slam Berlin, Germany 6 – 10 August | Vitor Felipe (BRA) Evandro Oliveira (BRA) 21–23, 21–13, 15–10 | Konstantin Semenov (RUS) Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS) | Pablo Herrera (ESP) Adrián Gavira (ESP) 21–19, 21–16 | Andrea Tomatis (ITA) Alex Ranghieri (ITA) |
| Moscow Grand Slam Moscow, Russia 21 – 25 August | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) 21–17, 21–16 | Emanuel Rego (BRA) Evandro Oliveira (BRA) | Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) 21–15, 21–14 | Lorenz Petutschnig (AUT) Alexander Horst (AUT) |
| São Paulo Grand Slam São Paulo, Brazil 8 – 13 October | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) 23–21, 19–21, 15–13 | Phil Dalhausser (USA) Casey Jennings (USA) | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) 21–14, 21–12 | Pablo Herrera (ESP) Adrián Gavira (ESP) |
| Xiamen Grand Slam Xiamen, China 22 – 26 October | Alison Cerutti (BRA) Vitor Felipe (BRA) 18–21, 21–15, 15–13 | Alexander Brouwer (NED) Robert Meeuwsen (NED) | Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA) 22–20, 21–19 | Jon Stiekema (NED) Christiaan Varenhorst (NED) |

### Women

| Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Shanghai Grand Slam Shanghai, China 1 – 5 May | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–13, 21–11 | Doris Schwaiger (AUT) Stefanie Schwaiger (AUT) | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 16–21, 21–19, 15–8 | Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) |
| Corrientes Grand Slam Corrientes, Argentina 22 – 26 May | Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) 21–17, 21–19 | Maria Antonelli (BRA) Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–16, 18–21, 15–13 | Jennifer Kessy (USA) April Ross (USA) |
| The Hague Grand Slam The Hague, Netherlands 11 – 16 June | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–16, 21–13 | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) | Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–12, 21–14 | Jantine van der Vlist (NED) Marloes Wesselink (NED) |
| Rome Grand Slam Rome, Italy 18 – 23 June | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–17, 19–21, 15–12 | Jennifer Kessy (USA) April Ross (USA) | Liliane Maestrini (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–17, 21–19 | Karla Borger (GER) Britta Büthe (GER) |
| FIVB World Championships Stare Jablonki, Poland 1 – 6 July | Xue Chen (CHN) Zhang Xi (CHN) 18–21, 21–17, 21–19 | Karla Borger (GER) Britta Büthe (GER) | Liliane Maestrini (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) 21–18, 21–15 | April Ross (USA) Whitney Pavlik (USA) |
| Gstaad Grand Slam Gstaad, Switzerland 9 – 14 July | Xue Chen (CHN) Zhang Xi (CHN) 21–16, 21–14 | Liliane Maestrini (BRA) Bárbara Seixas (BRA) | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 21–14, 21–13 | Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) |
| Long Beach Grand Slam Long Beach, United States 22 – 26 July | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 20–22, 21–15, 15–13 | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) | Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–18, 25–23 | Emily Day (USA) Summer Ross (USA) |
| Berlin Grand Slam Berlin, Germany 7 – 11 August | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) 16–21, 23–21, 15–12 | Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) | Jennifer Fopma (USA) Brooke Sweat (USA) 21–18, 17–21, 15–12 | Kristýna Kolocová (CZE) Markéta Sluková (CZE) |
| Moscow Grand Slam Moscow, Russia 21 – 25 August | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–15, 21–18 | Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) | Liliana Fernández (ESP) Elsa Baquerizo (ESP) 22–20, 21–19 | Marta Menegatti (ITA) Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA) |
| São Paulo Grand Slam São Paulo, Brazil 8 – 13 October | April Ross (USA) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 19–21, 31–29, 15–12 | Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) | Maria Antonelli (BRA) Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) 25–23, 13–21, 15–10 | Marta Menegatti (ITA) Viktoria Orsi Toth (ITA) |
| Xiamen Grand Slam Xiamen, China 23 – 27 October | April Ross (USA) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) 21–14, 17–21, 15–12 | Talita Antunes (BRA) Taiana Lima (BRA) | Laura Ludwig (GER) Kira Walkenhorst (GER) 21–14, 21–19 | Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) |

## Medal table by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil (BRA) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Latvia (LAT) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |

## Open tournaments

In this season, the FIVB Open tournaments no longer form part of the World Tour and are considered separate events.

### Men

| Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Fuzhou Open Fuzhou, China 23 – 27 April | Sean Rosenthal (USA) Phil Dalhausser (USA) 21–18, 24–22 | Paolo Nicolai (ITA) Daniele Lupo (ITA) | Alexander Huber (AUT) Robin Seidl (AUT) 21–18, 21–18 | Ricardo Santos (BRA) Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA) |
| Anapa Open Anapa, Russia 24 – 28 July | Konstantin Semenov (RUS) Yaroslav Koshkarev (RUS) 25–23, 24–26, 15–13 | Lars Flüggen (GER) Alexander Walkenhorst (GER) | Alexey Pastukhov (RUS) Viacheslav Krasilnikov (RUS) Forfeit | Finn Dittelbach (GER) Eric Koreng (GER) |
| Durban Open Durban, South Africa 11 – 15 December | Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Samoilovs (LAT) 15–21, 21–17, 15–10 | Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (LAT) Aleksandrs Solovejs (LAT) | Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA) Bruno Oscar Schmidt (BRA) Forfeit | Přemysl Kubala (CZE) Jan Dumek (CZE) |

### Women

| Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Fuzhou Open Fuzhou, China 24 – 28 April | Xue Chen (CHN) Zhang Xi (CHN) 21–14, 21–10 | Liliana Fernández (ESP) Elsa Baquerizo (ESP) | Katrin Holtwick (GER) Ilka Semmler (GER) 21–17, 21–18 | Madelein Meppelink (NED) Sophie van Gestel (NED) |
| Anapa Open Anapa, Russia 23 – 27 July | Evgenia Ukolova (RUS) Ekaterina Khomyakova (RUS) 21–10, 21–14 | Teresa Mersmann (GER) Isabel Schneider (GER) | Maria Prokopeva (RUS) Svetlana Popova (RUS) 21–16, 21–12 | Heather Hughes (USA) Kaitlin Sather Nielsen (USA) |
| Phuket Open Phuket, Thailand 29 October – 3 November | Xue Chen (CHN) Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–16, 21–18 | Emily Day (USA) Summer Ross (USA) | Maria Clara Salgado (BRA) Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA) 21–18, 24–22 | Agatha Bednarczuk (BRA) Maria Antonelli (BRA) |
| Durban Open Durban, South Africa 11 – 15 December | Xue Chen (CHN) Xia Xinyi (CHN) 21–18, 21–18 | Chantal Laboureur (GER) Julia Sude (GER) | Whitney Pavlik (USA) Jennifer Kessy (USA) 36–34, 21–18 | Teresa Mersmann (GER) Isabel Schneider (GER) |