The 2009 SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is a beach volleyball

Beach volleyball

Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

 event, that was held from June 26 to July 5, 2009 in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The Swatch FIVB World Championships

Swatch FIVB World Championships

The Swatch FIVB World Championships is an international beach volleyball championship....

 are organized every two years, and Norway is the first Northern Europe

Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...

an country to host the event. The city of Stavanger had earlier hosted ten Open and Grand Slam events at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour

Swatch FIVB World Tour

The Swatch FIVB Beach Volley World Tour is an intercontinental beach volleyball tour....

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

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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

Medal summary

Men's
Women's

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool G

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Pool H

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Pool I

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Pool J

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Pool K

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Pool L

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Best Third Places

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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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Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool G

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Pool H

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Pool I

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Pool J

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Pool K

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Pool L

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Best Third Places

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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

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

Men's competition

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

External links

• Official site
• US Broadcast