The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons[5]) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021 when it was replaced by the new Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour.
Several tournaments were staged throughout the year. All athletes who competed in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earned points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings, and after the last stage the pair that accumulated the most points during the year was declared the champion of the World Tour (only points from 75% of the tournaments in the season were considered for the ranking). Winning the World Tour was considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball, being surpassed only by the World Championships, and the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games. The Tour was historically dominated by Brazilian teams.
The international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series, and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women. It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.[6] The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players.[7] The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.[8]
Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the star rating structure in 2017.[9]
FIVB established the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in October 2021 to replace the World Tour, starting with the inaugural 2022 edition.[10]
Tournament categoriesedit
The star ranking tournament structure was introduced in 2017.[11] World Tour tournaments were ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour had 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million.[12] Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allowed players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points.[13] The World Tour concluded with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.[13] A new tournament classification was introduced in 2022.
The Tour Finals were the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and featured only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.
Men's Resultsedit
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals[17] Fort Lauderdale, United States 29 September – 4 October 2015
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The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons 5 was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Federation Internationale de Volleyball FIVB the sport s global governing body The World Tour was introduced 1989 for men and in 1992 for women being held yearly since then until 2021 when it was replaced by the new Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Beach Volleyball World TourFull nameFIVB Beach Volleyball World TourRegionWorldDate spanFebruary September 2021 Tournaments Men amp Women Men Women TypeBeach volleyballHistoryFirst tour1989Last tour2021Final edition33rd 2021 Most World Tour titlesMen team Emanuel Ricardo 5 World Tour titles 2002 2009Women team Larissa Juliana 7 World Tour titles 2004 2012Men individual Emanuel Rego 10 World Tour titles 1996 2012Women individual Larissa Franca Juliana Silva 8 World Tour titles each 2004 2017Final World Tour championsMenCherif Samba Ahmed Tijan 2021 first World Tour title as individuals and as a team WomenAgatha Bednarczuk Eduarda Lisboa 2021 second World Tour title as a team Most tournament titlesMen team Emanuel Ricardo 34 titles 2002 2009 1 Women team Larissa Juliana 45 titles 2004 2012 2 Men individual Emanuel Rego 77 titles 1996 2012 3 Women individual Larissa Franca 62 titles 2005 2017 4 Several tournaments were staged throughout the year All athletes who competed in the qualifying and main draws of the tournaments earned points in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings and after the last stage the pair that accumulated the most points during the year was declared the champion of the World Tour only points from 75 of the tournaments in the season were considered for the ranking Winning the World Tour was considered to be one of the highest honours in international beach volleyball being surpassed only by the World Championships and the Beach Volleyball tournament at the Summer Olympic Games The Tour was historically dominated by Brazilian teams Contents 1 History 2 Tournament categories 3 Champions 4 FIVB World Tour Finals 4 1 Men s Results 4 2 Women s Results 5 Award winners 5 1 Men s FIVB World Tour award winners 5 2 Women s FIVB World Tour award winners 6 Sponsorship 7 References 7 1 Sources 8 External linksHistory editThe international professional tour was originally known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Series and began in 1989 for men and 1992 for women It was rebranded as the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997 6 The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events which served as a developmental circuit for up and coming players 7 The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009 8 Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams Majors or Opens This was replaced by the star rating structure in 2017 9 FIVB established the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in October 2021 to replace the World Tour starting with the inaugural 2022 edition 10 Tournament categories editThe star ranking tournament structure was introduced in 2017 11 World Tour tournaments were ranked from 1 to 5 stars with 5 star tournaments offering the most prize money The 2018 World Tour had 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US 7 million 12 Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allowed players to earn FIVB Ranking Points with higher star events being worth more points 13 The World Tour concluded with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season 13 A new tournament classification was introduced in 2022 Tournaments 1989 1996 1997 2014 2015 16 2017 21 2022 Tiers 0 World Tour FinalsI Opens Grand Slam Grand Slam Major Series 5 star Major Series Elite 16II Opens 4 star tournament ChallengerIII Challengers 3 star tournament FuturesIV Satellites 2 star tournament V 1 star tournament Prize money 2023 season Event category Prize money per gender World Tour Finals US 800 000World Championships US 500 000Elite 16 US 150 000Challenger US 75 000Futures US 5 000Champions editYear Men s Champions Women s Champions1989 nbsp Sinjin Smith 1 Randy Stoklos 1 1990 nbsp Sinjin Smith 2 Randy Stoklos 2 1991 nbsp Sinjin Smith 3 Randy Stoklos 3 1992 nbsp Sinjin Smith 4 Randy Stoklos 4 nbsp Karolyn Kirby 1 Nancy Reno1993 nbsp Roberto Lopes 1 Franco Neto 1 nbsp Karolyn Kirby 2 Liz Masakayan1994 nbsp Jan Kvalheim Bjorn Maaseide nbsp Monica Rodrigues Adriana Samuel1995 nbsp Roberto Lopes 2 Franco Neto 2 nbsp Sandra Pires 1 Jackie Silva 1 1996 nbsp Ze Marco de Melo 1 Emanuel Rego 1 nbsp Sandra Pires 2 Jackie Silva 2 1997 nbsp Ze Marco de Melo 2 Emanuel Rego 2 nbsp Adriana Behar 1 Shelda Bede 1 1998 nbsp Rogerio Ferreira Guilherme Marques nbsp Adriana Behar 2 Shelda Bede 2 1999 nbsp Jose Loiola Emanuel Rego 3 nbsp Adriana Behar 3 Shelda Bede 3 2000 nbsp Ze Marco de Melo 3 Ricardo Santos 1 nbsp Adriana Behar 4 Shelda Bede 4 2001 nbsp Tande Ramos Emanuel Rego 4 nbsp Adriana Behar 5 Shelda Bede 5 2002 nbsp Mariano Baracetti Martin Conde nbsp Misty May Kerri Walsh2003 nbsp Emanuel Rego 5 Ricardo Santos 2 nbsp Ana Paula Connelly 1 Sandra Pires 3 2004 nbsp Emanuel Rego 6 Ricardo Santos 3 nbsp Adriana Behar 6 Shelda Bede 6 2005 nbsp Emanuel Rego 7 Ricardo Santos 4 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 Juliana Silva 1 2006 nbsp Emanuel Rego 8 Ricardo Santos 5 nbsp Larissa Franca 2 Juliana Silva 2 2007 nbsp Emanuel Rego 9 Ricardo Santos 6 nbsp Larissa Franca 3 Juliana Silva 3 2008 nbsp Harley Marques Pedro Solberg Salgado nbsp Shelda Bede 7 Ana Paula Connelly 2 2009 nbsp Julius Brink Jonas Reckermann nbsp Larissa Franca 4 Juliana Silva 4 2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers nbsp Larissa Franca 5 Juliana Silva 5 2011 nbsp Alison Cerutti 1 Emanuel Rego 10 nbsp Larissa Franca 6 Juliana Silva 6 2012 nbsp Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal nbsp Larissa Franca 7 Juliana Silva 7 2013 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs 1 Janis Smedins 1 nbsp Talita Antunes 1 Taiana Lima2014 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs 2 Janis Smedins 2 nbsp Maria Elisa Antonelli Juliana Silva 8 2015 nbsp Alison Cerutti 2 Bruno Oscar Schmidt nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk 1 Barbara Seixas2016 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs 3 Janis Smedins 3 nbsp Laura Ludwig Kira Walkenhorst2017 nbsp Evandro Oliveira Andre Stein nbsp Talita Antunes 2 Larissa Franca 8 2018 nbsp Anders Mol 1 Christian Sorum 1 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk 2 Eduarda Lisboa2019 nbsp Anders Mol 2 Christian Sorum 2 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes Sarah Pavan2020 No official champions due to several events being postponed or canceled amidst the COVID 19 pandemic 14 15 16 2021 nbsp Cherif Samba 1 Ahmed Tijan 1 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk 3 Eduarda Lisboa 2 FIVB World Tour Finals editThe Tour Finals were the season ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and featured only the top performing teams during the regular season The tournament was first held in 2015 Men s Results edit Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 17 Fort Lauderdale United States29 September 4 October 2015 nbsp Alison Cerutti BRA nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 21 13 21 15 nbsp Phil Dalhausser USA nbsp Nicholas Lucena USA nbsp Evandro Oliveira BRA nbsp Pedro Solberg Salgado BRA 21 19 21 14 nbsp Alexander Brouwer NED nbsp Robert Meeuwsen NED 2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 18 Toronto Canada13 18 September 2016 nbsp Alison Cerutti BRA nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt BRA 21 19 21 19 nbsp Evandro Oliveira BRA nbsp Pedro Solberg Salgado BRA nbsp Tri Bourne USA nbsp John Hyden USA 21 14 22 20 nbsp Ben Saxton CAN nbsp Chaim Schalk CAN 2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 19 Hamburg GermanyUS 400 00022 27 August 2017 nbsp Phil Dalhausser USA nbsp Nick Lucena USA 21 15 21 13 nbsp Evandro Oliveira BRA nbsp Andre Stein BRA nbsp Daniele Lupo ITA nbsp Paolo Nicolai ITA 21 17 19 21 15 12 nbsp Piotr Kantor POL nbsp Bartosz Losiak POL 2018 FIVB World Tour Finals 20 Hamburg GermanyUS 400 00014 19 August 2018 nbsp Anders Mol NOR nbsp Christian Sorum NOR 21 19 21 17 nbsp Michal Bryl POL nbsp Grzegorz Fijalek POL nbsp Piotr Kantor POL nbsp Bartosz Losiak POL 19 21 21 15 15 13 nbsp Julius Thole GER nbsp Clemens Wickler GER 2019 FIVB World Tour Finals 21 Rome ItalyUS 300 00028 August 8 September 2019 nbsp Viacheslav Krasilnikov RUS nbsp Oleg Stoyanovskiy RUS 21 16 21 16 nbsp Julius Thole GER nbsp Clemens Wickler GER nbsp Anders Mol NOR nbsp Christian Sorum NOR 21 16 21 15 nbsp Taylor Crabb USA nbsp Jake Gibb USA 2021 FIVB World Tour Finals 22 Cagliari ItalyUS 300 000 6 10 October 2021 nbsp Anders Mol NOR nbsp Christian Sorum NOR 22 20 23 21 nbsp Ondrej Perusic CZE nbsp David Schweiner CZE nbsp Steven van de Velde NED nbsp Christiaan Varenhorst NED 23 21 21 17 nbsp Paolo Nicolai ITA nbsp Daniele Lupo ITA Women s Results edit Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place2015 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 23 Fort Lauderdale United States29 September 4 October 2015 nbsp Talita Antunes BRA nbsp Larissa Franca BRA 21 17 21 18 nbsp Laura Ludwig GER nbsp Kira Walkenhorst GER nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk BRA nbsp Barbara Seixas BRA 22 20 14 21 15 10 nbsp Heather Bansley CAN nbsp Sarah Pavan CAN 2016 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 24 Toronto Canada13 18 September 2016 nbsp Laura Ludwig GER nbsp Kira Walkenhorst GER 21 18 21 16 nbsp Joana Heidrich SUI nbsp Nadine Zumkehr SUI nbsp Isabelle Forrer SUI nbsp Anouk Verge Depre SUI 21 19 21 18 nbsp Talita Antunes BRA nbsp Larissa Franca BRA 2017 Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals 25 Hamburg GermanyUS 400 00022 27 August 2017 nbsp Laura Ludwig GER nbsp Kira Walkenhorst GER 21 17 19 21 15 10 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk BRA nbsp Eduarda Lisboa BRA nbsp Talita Antunes BRA nbsp Larissa Franca BRA 21 17 21 19 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes CAN nbsp Sarah Pavan CAN 2018 FIVB World Tour Finals 26 Hamburg GermanyUS 400 00014 19 August 2018 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk BRA nbsp Eduarda Lisboa BRA 21 15 21 19 nbsp Barbora Hermannova CZE nbsp Marketa Slukova CZE nbsp Mariafe Artacho del Solar AUS nbsp Taliqua Clancy AUS 21 15 19 21 15 8 nbsp Maria Elisa Antonelli BRA nbsp Carolina Solberg Salgado BRA 2019 FIVB World Tour Finals 27 Rome ItalyUS 300 00028 August 8 September 2019 nbsp Margareta Kozuch GER nbsp Laura Ludwig GER 21 19 21 17 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk BRA nbsp Eduarda Lisboa BRA nbsp Rebecca Cavalcante BRA nbsp Ana Patricia Ramos BRA 19 21 21 18 16 14 nbsp Joana Heidrich SUI nbsp Anouk Verge Depre SUI 2021 FIVB World Tour Finals 28 Cagliari ItalyUS 300 000 6 10 October 2021 nbsp Julia Sude GER nbsp Karla Borger GER 21 13 23 21 nbsp Sarah Pavan CAN nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes CAN nbsp April Ross USA nbsp Alix Klineman USA 21 8 21 17 nbsp Nadezda Makroguzova RUS nbsp Svetlana Kholomina RUS Award winners editMen s FIVB World Tour award winners edit Year Best Blocker2005 nbsp Fabio Luiz Magalhaes2006 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 1 2007 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 2 2008 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 3 2009 nbsp Jonas Reckermann2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 4 2011 nbsp Alison Cerutti 1 2012 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 5 2013 nbsp Pedro Solberg Salgado2014 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 6 2015 nbsp Alison Cerutti 2 2016 nbsp Paolo Nicolai2017 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 7 2018 nbsp Anders Mol 1 2019 nbsp Anders Mol 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Defensive Player2005 nbsp Marcio Araujo2006 nbsp Martin Conde nbsp Todd Rogers 1 2007 nbsp Todd Rogers 2 2008 nbsp Todd Rogers 3 2009 nbsp Reinder Nummerdor 1 2010 nbsp Todd Rogers 4 2011 nbsp Reinder Nummerdor 2 2012 nbsp Martins Plavins2013 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 1 2014 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 2 2015 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 3 2016 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 4 2017 nbsp Viacheslav Krasilnikov2018 nbsp Christian Sorum 1 2019 nbsp Christian Sorum 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Hitter2005 nbsp Ricardo Santos2006 nbsp Emanuel Rego2007 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 1 2008 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 2 2009 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 3 2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 4 2011 nbsp Alison Cerutti 1 2012 nbsp Alison Cerutti 2 2013 nbsp Janis Smedins 1 2014 nbsp Janis Smedins 2 2015 nbsp Christiaan Varenhorst2016 nbsp Alison Cerutti 3 2017 nbsp Alexander Brouwer 1 2018 nbsp Alexander Brouwer 2 2019 discontinued Year Best Offensive Player2005 nbsp Ricardo Santos 1 2006 nbsp Ricardo Santos 2 2007 nbsp Ricardo Santos 3 2008 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 1 2009 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 2 2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 3 2011 nbsp Alison Cerutti2012 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 4 2013 nbsp Janis Smedins 1 2014 nbsp Paolo Nicolai2015 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt2016 nbsp Janis Smedins 2 2017 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 5 2018 nbsp Anders Mol 1 2019 nbsp Anders Mol 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Server2005 nbsp Conrad Leinemann2006 nbsp Iver Horrem2007 nbsp Igor Kolodinsky 1 2008 nbsp Igor Kolodinsky 2 2009 nbsp Igor Kolodinsky 3 2010 nbsp Igor Kolodinsky 4 2011 nbsp Eric Koreng 1 2012 nbsp Eric Koreng 2 2013 not awarded2014 nbsp Phil Dalhausser2015 nbsp Evandro Oliveira 1 2016 nbsp Evandro Oliveira 2 2017 nbsp Evandro Oliveira 3 2018 nbsp Evandro Oliveira 4 2019 nbsp Evandro Oliveira 5 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Setter2005 nbsp Todd Rogers2006 nbsp Marcio Araujo 1 2007 nbsp Marcio Araujo 2 2008 nbsp Marcio Araujo 3 2009 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 1 2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 2 2011 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 3 2012 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 4 2013 nbsp Janis Smedins 1 2014 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 5 2015 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 6 2016 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 7 2017 nbsp Bartosz Losiak2018 nbsp Janis Smedins 2 2019 nbsp Anders Mol2020 not awarded2021 Year Most Improved Player2005 nbsp Fabio Luiz Magalhaes2006 nbsp Phil Dalhausser2007 nbsp Dmitri Barsuk nbsp Xu Linyin2008 nbsp Andy Ces2009 nbsp Alison Cerutti2010 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt2011 nbsp Mariusz Prudel2012 nbsp Paolo Nicolai2013 nbsp Alvaro Morais Filho2014 nbsp Ryan Doherty2015 nbsp Lombardo Ontiveros2016 nbsp Piotr Kantor2017 nbsp Sam Pedlow2018 nbsp Anders Mol2019 discontinued Year Most Inspirational2005 nbsp Mark Heese2006 nbsp Franco Neto 1 2007 nbsp Franco Neto 2 2008 nbsp Todd Rogers2009 nbsp Harley Marques2010 nbsp Xu Linyin2011 nbsp Emanuel Rego 1 2012 nbsp Emanuel Rego 2 2013 nbsp Jake Gibb 1 2014 nbsp Jake Gibb 2 2015 nbsp Emanuel Rego 3 2016 nbsp Reinder Nummerdor2017 nbsp John Hyden2018 nbsp Ricardo Santos2019 discontinued Year Most Outstanding Player2005 nbsp Ricardo Santos 1 2006 nbsp Emanuel Rego 1 2007 nbsp Ricardo Santos 2 2008 nbsp Harley Marques 1 2009 nbsp Harley Marques 2 nbsp Richard Schuil2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 1 2011 nbsp Emanuel Rego 2 2012 nbsp Sean Rosenthal2013 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 2 2014 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 3 2015 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 1 2016 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 2 2017 nbsp Phil Dalhausser 4 2018 nbsp Anders Mol 1 2019 nbsp Anders Mol 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Sportsperson of the Year2005 nbsp Emanuel Rego 1 2006 nbsp Franco Neto 1 2007 nbsp Franco Neto 2 2008 nbsp Phil Dalhausser2009 nbsp Rivo Vesik2010 nbsp Emanuel Rego 2 2011 nbsp Emanuel Rego 3 2012 nbsp Emanuel Rego 4 2013 nbsp Janis Smedins2014 nbsp Emanuel Rego 5 2015 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 1 2016 nbsp Bruno Oscar Schmidt 2 2017 nbsp Alvaro Morais Filho2018 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs nbsp Ricardo Santos2019 discontinued Year Team Of The Year2005 nbsp Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos 1 2006 nbsp Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos 2 2007 nbsp Emanuel Rego Ricardo Santos 3 2008 nbsp Harley Marques Pedro Solberg Salgado2009 nbsp Julius Brink Jonas Reckermann2010 nbsp Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers2011 nbsp Alison Cerutti Emanuel Rego2012 nbsp Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal2013 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs Janis Smedins 1 2014 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs Janis Smedins 2 2015 nbsp Alison Cerutti Bruno Oscar Schmidt2016 nbsp Aleksandrs Samoilovs Janis Smedins 3 2017 nbsp Evandro Oliveira Andre Stein2018 nbsp Anders Mol Christian Sorum 1 2019 nbsp Anders Mol Christian Sorum 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Top Rookie2005 nbsp Jake Gibb nbsp Matteo Varnier2006 nbsp Sean Rosenthal2007 nbsp Igor Kolodinsky2008 nbsp Adrian Gavira2009 nbsp Ruslans Sorokins2010 nbsp Karl Jaani2011 nbsp Sebastien Chevallier2012 nbsp Christiaan Varenhorst2013 nbsp Alvaro Morais Filho2014 nbsp Tri Bourne2015 nbsp Adrian Carambula2016 nbsp Gustavo Carvalhaes2017 nbsp Anders Mol2018 nbsp Igor Velichko2019 discontinued Year Most Entertaining Player2019 nbsp Adrian Carambula2020 not awarded2021 Year Most Improved Team2019 nbsp Julius Thole Clemens Wickler2020 not awarded2021 Women s FIVB World Tour award winners edit Year Best Blocker2005 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 1 2006 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 2 2007 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 3 2008 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 4 2009 nbsp Juliana Silva 1 2010 nbsp Juliana Silva 2 2011 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 5 2012 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 6 2013 nbsp Talita Antunes2014 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 7 2015 nbsp Sarah Pavan 1 2016 nbsp Kira Walkenhorst2017 nbsp Sarah Pavan 2 2018 nbsp Brandie Wilkerson2019 nbsp Sarah Pavan 3 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Defensive Player2005 nbsp Shelda Bede 1 2006 nbsp Shelda Bede 2 2007 nbsp Misty May Treanor 1 2008 nbsp Misty May Treanor 2 2009 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 2010 nbsp Zhang Xi2011 nbsp Misty May Treanor 3 2012 nbsp Larissa Franca 2 2013 nbsp Laura Ludwig 1 2014 nbsp Larissa Franca 3 2015 nbsp Heather Bansley 1 2016 nbsp Heather Bansley 2 2017 nbsp Laura Ludwig 2 2018 nbsp Heather Bansley 3 2019 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Hitter2005 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 1 2006 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 2 2007 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 3 2008 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 2009 nbsp April Ross 1 2010 nbsp Larissa Franca 2 2011 nbsp April Ross 2 2012 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 4 2013 nbsp Talita Antunes 1 2014 nbsp Talita Antunes 2 2015 nbsp Talita Antunes 3 2016 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 5 2017 nbsp Kira Walkenhorst2018 nbsp Eduarda Lisboa2019 discontinued Year Best Offensive Player2005 nbsp Misty May Treanor 1 2006 nbsp Juliana Silva 1 2007 nbsp Misty May Treanor 2 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 1 2008 nbsp Misty May Treanor 3 2009 nbsp April Ross2010 nbsp Juliana Silva 2 2011 nbsp Laura Ludwig2012 nbsp Juliana Silva 3 2013 nbsp Talita Antunes2014 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 2 2015 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 2016 nbsp Larissa Franca 2 2017 nbsp Larissa Franca 3 2018 nbsp Eduarda Lisboa 1 2019 nbsp Eduarda Lisboa 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Server2005 nbsp Ana Paula Connelly 1 2006 nbsp Ana Paula Connelly 2 2007 nbsp Ana Paula Connelly 3 2008 nbsp Maria Clara Salgado 1 2009 nbsp Maria Clara Salgado 2 2010 nbsp Marleen van Iersel2011 nbsp April Ross 1 2012 nbsp April Ross 2 2013 not awarded2014 nbsp Karla Borger2015 nbsp April Ross 3 2016 nbsp April Ross 4 2017 nbsp April Ross 5 2018 nbsp Taliqua Clancy2019 nbsp Eduarda Lisboa2020 not awarded2021 Year Best Setter2005 nbsp Misty May Treanor2006 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 2007 nbsp Larissa Franca 2 2008 nbsp Larissa Franca 3 nbsp Vasso Karantasiou2009 nbsp Larissa Franca 4 2010 nbsp Larissa Franca 5 2011 nbsp Larissa Franca 6 2012 nbsp Larissa Franca 7 2013 nbsp Ilka Semmler2014 nbsp Larissa Franca 8 2015 nbsp Marleen van Iersel2016 nbsp Larissa Franca 9 2017 nbsp Larissa Franca 10 2018 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes 1 2019 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes 2 2020 not awarded2021 Year Most Improved Player2005 nbsp Vassiliki Arvaniti2006 nbsp Leila Barros2007 nbsp Tamsin Barnett nbsp Laura Ludwig2008 nbsp Nicole Branagh2009 nbsp Marleen van Iersel2010 nbsp Taiana Lima2011 nbsp Marta Menegatti2012 nbsp Sophie van Gestel2013 nbsp Kira Walkenhorst2014 nbsp Tanja Huberli2015 nbsp Linline Matauatu2016 nbsp Joana Heidrich2017 nbsp Melissa Humana Paredes2018 nbsp Mariafe Artacho del Solar2019 discontinued Year Most Inspirational2005 nbsp Shelda Bede 1 2006 nbsp Shelda Bede 2 2007 nbsp Shelda Bede 3 2008 nbsp Shelda Bede 4 2009 nbsp Shelda Bede 5 2010 nbsp Denise Johns2011 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 1 2012 nbsp Misty May Treanor nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 2 2013 nbsp Laura Ludwig 1 2014 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 3 2015 nbsp Miller Pata 3 2016 nbsp Nadine Zumkehr2017 nbsp Laura Ludwig 2 2018 nbsp Agatha Bednarczuk2019 discontinued Year Most Outstanding Player2005 nbsp Misty May Treanor 1 2006 nbsp Larissa Franca 1 2007 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 1 2008 nbsp Misty May Treanor 2 nbsp Zhang Xi2009 nbsp Juliana Silva 1 2010 nbsp Juliana Silva 2 2011 nbsp Juliana Silva 3 2012 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 2 2013 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 3 2014 nbsp Kerri Walsh Jennings 4 2015 nbsp, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,