2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships

The 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is a beach volleyball event, that was held from June 26 to July 5, 2009 in Stavanger, Norway. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Norway is the first Northern European country to host the event. The city of Stavanger had earlier hosted ten Open and Grand Slam events at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

The 2009 event was the seventh official edition of the championship, after ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The total Prize Money for 2009 was US$1 Million.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Women's	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete

Men's competition

Play-off

Round of 32

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal Match

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Gold medal Match

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Women's competition

Play-off

Round of 32

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal Match

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Gold medal Match

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Final ranking

Women's competition

RANK	NAME ATHLETES	SEED
	Template:Flagathlete	1
	Template:Flagathlete	3
	Template:Flagathlete	2
4.	Template:Flagathlete	5
5.	Template:Flagathlete	4
	Template:Flagathlete	6
	Template:Flagathlete	12
	Template:Flagathlete	14
9.	Template:Flagathlete	8
	Template:Flagathlete	10
	Template:Flagathlete	11
	Template:Flagathlete	15
	Template:Flagathlete	17
	Template:Flagathlete	20
	Template:Flagathlete	23
	Template:Flagathlete	33
17.	Template:Flagathlete	7
	Template:Flagathlete	9
	Template:Flagathlete	13
	Template:Flagathlete	16
	Template:Flagathlete	18
	Template:Flagathlete	21
	Template:Flagathlete	24
	Template:Flagathlete	26
	Template:Flagathlete	27
	Template:Flagathlete	28
	Template:Flagathlete	34
	Template:Flagathlete	35
	Template:Flagathlete	37
	Template:Flagathlete	41
	Template:Flagathlete	42
	Template:Flagathlete	43
33.	Template:Flagathlete	22
	Template:Flagathlete	25
	Template:Flagathlete	29
	Template:Flagathlete	30
37.	Template:Flagathlete	19
	Template:Flagathlete	31
	Template:Flagathlete	32
	Template:Flagathlete	36
	Template:Flagathlete	38
	Template:Flagathlete	39
	Template:Flagathlete	40
	Template:Flagathlete	44
	Template:Flagathlete	45
	Template:Flagathlete	46
	Template:Flagathlete	47
	Template:Flagathlete	48

Men's competition

RANK	NAME ATHLETES	SEED
	Template:Flagathlete	3
	Template:Flagathlete	1
	Template:Flagathlete	2
4.	Template:Flagathlete	6
5.	Template:Flagathlete	5
	Template:Flagathlete	10
	Template:Flagathlete	15
	Template:Flagathlete	17
9.	Template:Flagathlete	11
	Template:Flagathlete	16
	Template:Flagathlete	23
	Template:Flagathlete	24
	Template:Flagathlete	26
	Template:Flagathlete	28
	Template:Flagathlete	31
	Template:Flagathlete	37
17.	Template:Flagathlete	4
	Template:Flagathlete	8
	Template:Flagathlete	9
	Template:Flagathlete	12
	Template:Flagathlete	13
	Template:Flagathlete	14
	Template:Flagathlete	18
	Template:Flagathlete	20
	Template:Flagathlete	21
	Template:Flagathlete	27
	Template:Flagathlete	29
	Template:Flagathlete	30
	Template:Flagathlete	32
	Template:Flagathlete	35
	Template:Flagathlete	40
	Template:Flagathlete	43
33.	Template:Flagathlete	7
	Template:Flagathlete	22
	Template:Flagathlete	25
	Template:Flagathlete	39
37.	Template:Flagathlete	19
	Template:Flagathlete	33
	Template:Flagathlete	34
	Template:Flagathlete	36
	Template:Flagathlete	38
	Template:Flagathlete	41
	Template:Flagathlete	42
	Template:Flagathlete	44
	Template:Flagathlete	45
	Template:Flagathlete	46
	Template:Flagathlete	47
	Template:Flagathlete	48

External links

• Official site
• US Broadcast