FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour


The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. The World Tour was introduced for men in 1989 while the women first competed in 1992.
Winning the World Tour is 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.

History

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. The World Tour was previously accompanied by FIVB Challenger and Satellite events, which served as a developmental circuit for up-and-coming players. The FIVB handed over the organizing of Challenger and Satellite events to the continental confederations in 2009.
Tournaments in the World Tour were previously categorized as either Grand Slams, Majors or Opens. This was replaced by the current star rating structure in 2017.

Tournament categories

The current tournament structure was introduced in 2017. World Tour tournaments are ranked from 1 to 5 stars, with 5-star tournaments offering the most prize money. The 2018 World Tour has 47 international tournaments with a total prize purse of over US$7 million. Competing in the World Tour as well as other FIVB-recognized tournaments such as the Summer Olympics allows players to earn FIVB Ranking Points, with higher-star events being worth more points. The World Tour concludes with the World Tour Finals at the end of each season.

History

Champions

Men's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

TourChampions
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

Women's FIVB World Tour Points Champions

TourChampions
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

FIVB World Tour Finals

The Tour Finals are the season-ending championships of the FIVB World Tour and features only the top performing teams during the regular season. The tournament was first held in 2015.

Men's Results

Women's Results

Award winners

Men's FIVB World Tour award winners

Women's FIVB World Tour award winners

Sponsorship