# Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003

The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2003 was the official international beach volleyball tour for 2003.
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 | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Hellas Open 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Hellas Open 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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) |

## 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 |
| 8 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |