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 gave a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments. Berlin, GermanyVodafone Grand Slam, 24–29 June 2003 Marseille, FranceWorld Series 13 Grand Slam, 15–20 July 2003 Klagenfurt, AustriaA1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, 30 July–3 August 2003 Carson, California, USANissan Grand Slam, 18–21 September 2003

Schedule Key World ChampionshipsGrand SlamOpen tournaments

Tournament results

Women Tournament, FIVB.orgChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeHellas Open, FIVB.orgRhodes, GreeceUS$150,00011–15 June 2003 23–21, 21–19, 15–12 21–15, 25–23 1to1 Energy Open, FIVB.orgGstaad, SwitzerlandUS$150,00017–21 June 2003 23–21, 21–15 21–15, 21–15 Vodafone Grand Slam, FIVB.orgBerlin, GermanyUS$300,00024–28 June 2003 20–22, 29–27, 15–13 21–18, 21–19 ConocoPhillips Open, FIVB.orgStavanger, NorwayUS$150,0004-5 July 2003 21–19, 21–15 21–13, 21–17 World Series 13 Grand Slam, FIVB.orgMarseille, FranceUS$270,00015–19 July 2003 21–10, 21–13 21–14, 21–18 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, FIVB.orgKlagenfurt, AustriaUS$260,000July 30-August 2 21–17, 21–12 21–17, 21–18 Japan Open, FIVB.orgOsaka, JapanUS$150,00006–10 August 2003 21–18, 19–21, 15–13 18–21, 21–15, 15–10 Lianyungang Open, FIVB.orgLianyungang, ChinaUS$150,00013–17 August 2003 21–15, 17–21, 15–13 17–21, 26–24, 18–16 Bali Open, FIVB.orgBali, IndonesiaUS$150,00020–24 August 2003 21–17, 21–19 21-15, 21–10 Estathe' Italian Open, FIVB.orgMilan, ItalyUS$150,0003–7 September 2003 17–21, 22–20, 15–10 21-16, 21–13 Nissan Grand Slam, FIVB.orgCarson, United StatesUS$300,00018–21 September 2003 22-24, 22–20, 15–13 21–13, 21–18 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch, FIVB.orgRio de Janeiro, BrazilUS$400,00007–12 October 2003 21-19, 21–19 21–16, 21–17

Men TournamentChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeHellas Open, FIVB.orgRhodes, GreeceUS$150,0004–8 June 2003 22-20, 21–18 21-17, 18–21, 18–16 1to1 Energy Open, FIVB.orgGstaad, SwitzerlandUS$150,00018–22 June 2003 23–25, 21–13, 15–10 21–18, 19–21, 15–10 Vodafone Grand Slam, FIVB.orgBerlin, GermanyUS$300,00025–29 June 2003 21–18, 21–16 21–15, 21–16 ConocoPhillips Open, FIVB.orgStavanger, NorwayUS$150,0002-6 July 2003 16–21, 21–16, 15–12 21–18, 22–20, 15–6 World Series 13 Grand Slam, FIVB.orgMarseille, FranceUS$270,00016–20 July 2003 21–18, 20–22, 15–13 19-21, 21–15, 15–8 Portugal Open, FIVB.orgEspinho, PortugalUS$150,00023–27 July 2003 21-23, 21–14, 20–18 21-17, 21–17 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, FIVB.orgKlagenfurt, AustriaUS$260,000July 31-August 3 22–20, 21–12 19-21, 21–19, 15–8 World of TUI Open de Mallorca, FIVB.orgMallorca, SpainUS$150,00003–7 September 2003 14-21, 21–19, 34–32 22-20, 21–13 Nissan Grand Slam, FIVB.orgCarson, United StatesUS$300,00018–21 September 2003 }21-11, 21–18 22-20, 21–16 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch, FIVB.orgRio de Janeiro, BrazilUS$400,00014–19 October 2003 }21-18, 21–15 Walkover

Rankings

Men

Top 15 Rankings as of February 18, 2004.2003 FIVB World Ranking - Men; FIVB Rank Pair Points1 Emanuel Rego & Ricardo Santos3,7522 Márcio Araújo & Benjamin Insfran3,2363 Martin Laciga & Paul Laciga2,6904 Patrick Heuscher & Stefan Kobel2,3305 Markus Dieckmann & Jonas Reckermann2,2966 Harley Marques & Franco Neto2,2147 Nikolas Berger & Clemens Doppler2,1588 Vegard Høidalen & Jørre Kjemperud2,0929 Mariano Baracetti & Martín Conde2,06610 Markus Egger & Sascha Heyer2,03211 Dain Blanton & Jeff Nygaard1,99612 Christoph Dieckmann & Andreas Scheuerpflug1,70213 João Brenha & Miguel Maia1,54214 Björn Berg & Simon Dahl1,41615 Todd Rogers & Sean Scott1,384

Women Top 15 Rankings as of February 18, 2004.2003 FIVB World Ranking - Women; FIVB Rank Pair Points Best Finish1 Ana Paula Connelly & Sandra Pires3,8641st (4 times)2 Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor3,6901st (5 times)3 Adriana Behar & Shelda Bede3,5782nd (4 times)4 Natalie Cook & Nicole Sanderson2,9063rd (4 times)5 Tian Jia & Wang Fei2,3881st (2 times)6 Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs2,1702nd (1 time)7 Annett Davis & Jenny Johnson Jordan2,1444th (2 times)8 Soňa Nováková & Eva Celbová-Ryšavá1,9763rd (1 time)9 Rebekka Kadijk & Marrit Leenstra1,9501st (1 time)10 Stephanie Pohl & Okka Rau1,9485th (3 times)11 Simone Kuhn & Nicole Schnyder-Benoit1,9004th (1 time)12 Tatiana Minello & Alexandra Fonseca1,6464th (1 time)13 Dianne DeNecochea & Nancy Mason Reynolds1,6443rd (1 time)14 Wang Lu & You Wenhui1,6424th (1 time)15 Susanne Lahme & Danja Musch1,5722nd (1 time)

Medal table by country

References

External links Beach Volleyball Database 2003 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar at FIVB.org