2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Tournament Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Shanghai Grand Slam Shanghai , China 1 - 5 May Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 21-13 , 21-11 Doris Schwaiger ( AUT ) Stefanie Schwaiger ( AUT ) Maria Clara Salgado ( BRA ) Carolina Solberg Salgado ( BRA ) 16-21 , 21-19 , 15-8 Madelein Meppelink ( NED ) Sophie van Gestel ( NED )
Corrientes Grand Slam Corrientes , Argentina 22 - 26 May Madelein Meppelink ( NED ) Sophie van Gestel ( NED ) 21-17 , 21-19 Maria Antonelli ( BRA ) Agatha Bednarczuk ( BRA ) Maria Clara Salgado ( BRA ) Carolina Solberg Salgado ( BRA ) 21-16 , 18-21 , 15-13 Jennifer Kessy ( USA ) April Ross ( USA )
The Hague Grand Slam The Hague , Netherlands 11 - 16 June Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 21-16 , 21-13 Maria Clara Salgado ( BRA ) Carolina Solberg Salgado ( BRA ) Katrin Holtwick ( GER ) Ilka Semmler ( GER ) 21-12 , 21-14 Jantine van der Vlist ( NED ) Marloes Wesselink ( NED )
Rome Grand Slam Rome , Italy 18 - 23 June Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 21-17 , 19-21 , 15-12 Jennifer Kessy ( USA ) April Ross ( USA ) Liliane Maestrini ( BRA ) Bárbara Seixas ( BRA ) 21-17 , 21-19 Karla Borger ( GER ) Britta Büthe ( GER )
FIVB World Championships Stare Jablonki , Poland 1 - 6 July Xue Chen ( CHN ) Zhang Xi ( CHN ) 18-21 , 21-17 , 21-19 Karla Borger ( GER ) Britta Büthe ( GER ) Liliane Maestrini ( BRA ) Bárbara Seixas ( BRA ) 21-18 , 21-15 April Ross ( USA ) Whitney Pavlik ( USA )
Gstaad Grand Slam Gstaad , Switzerland 9 - 14 July Xue Chen ( CHN ) Zhang Xi ( CHN ) 21-16 , 21-14 Liliane Maestrini ( BRA ) Bárbara Seixas ( BRA ) Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 21-14 , 21-13 Laura Ludwig ( GER ) Kira Walkenhorst ( GER )
Long Beach Grand Slam Long Beach , United States 22 - 26 July Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 20-22 , 21-15 , 15-13 Maria Clara Salgado ( BRA ) Carolina Solberg Salgado ( BRA ) Katrin Holtwick ( GER ) Ilka Semmler ( GER ) 21-18 , 25-23 Emily Day ( USA ) Summer Ross ( USA )
Berlin Grand Slam Berlin , Germany 7 - 11 August Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) 16-21 , 23-21 , 15-12 Katrin Holtwick ( GER ) Ilka Semmler ( GER ) Jennifer Fopma ( USA ) Brooke Sweat ( USA ) 21-18 , 17-21 , 15-12 Kristýna Kolocová ( CZE ) Markéta Sluková ( CZE )
Moscow Grand Slam Moscow , Russia 21 - 25 August Maria Clara Salgado ( BRA ) Carolina Solberg Salgado ( BRA ) 21-15 , 21-18 Laura Ludwig ( GER ) Kira Walkenhorst ( GER ) Liliana Fernández ( ESP ) Elsa Baquerizo ( ESP ) 22-20 , 21-19 Marta Menegatti ( ITA ) Viktoria Orsi Toth ( ITA )
São Paulo Grand Slam São Paulo , Brazil 8 - 13 October April Ross ( USA ) Kerri Walsh Jennings ( USA ) 19-21 , 31-29 , 15-12 Laura Ludwig ( GER ) Kira Walkenhorst ( GER ) Maria Antonelli ( BRA ) Agatha Bednarczuk ( BRA ) 25-23 , 13-21 , 15-10 Marta Menegatti ( ITA ) Viktoria Orsi Toth ( ITA )
Xiamen Grand Slam Xiamen , China 23 - 27 October April Ross ( USA ) Kerri Walsh Jennings ( USA ) 21-14 , 17-21 , 15-12 Talita Antunes ( BRA ) Taiana Lima ( BRA ) Laura Ludwig ( GER ) Kira Walkenhorst ( GER ) 21-14 , 21-19 Katrin Holtwick ( GER ) Ilka Semmler ( GER )
Schedule -- Women
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is an international beach volleyball circuit organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). From this season, the FIVB World Tour calendar comprises the 10 FIVB World Tour Grand Slams and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. For the first time since 2002 the competition does not take the name of Swatch, the main sponsor.