2009 Beach Volleyball World Championships
The Beach Volleyball World Championships 2009 took place from July 5 in Stavanger (Norway ) from 26 June. The competitions for men and women were held in parallel. It was the seventh official World Cup. For men, were the Germans Julius Brink and Jonas Recker man with a victory against the Brazilian duo Harley / Alison were the first Europeans world champion after they defeated the defending champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser in the semifinals. In the women sat April Ross and Jennifer Kessy in the absence of defending champions Walsh / May- Treanor continues the successful U.S. TV series. In the final, they sat down against the Brazilians Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta because by Silva. The German Volleyball Federation was a total of nine, with five Austria and Switzerland represented by six teams.
- 2.2.1 Group Games
- 2.2.2 Main Round
Mode
For women and men, respectively 48 teams competed. For both tournaments three wildcards were awarded. This included benefited the German duo Lehmann / brews. The matches were played Vågen the harbor. For the tournament winner, it gave $ 60,000 each in prize money and 1000 points for the world rankings for each team.
In twelve preliminary round groups of four teams played FFA for a place in the main round. For a victory, there were two points for a defeat one point. In case of equal first counted the direct comparison and then the rate ratio. The top two teams from each group and the eight best third reached the next round. From there on it was in the simple knockout system on to the finals.