Swatch FIVB World Championships 2009 Live

If you like beach volleyball then get ready to watch some great competitions because the 2009 Edition of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is worth a cool million to these competitors. The tournament began in 1997, in Los Angeles, and was officially the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships. Before that, ten tournaments were held, all unofficial, in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. These World Championships are held every two years, with the previous final in 2007, held in Gstaad, and this year, the finals come to you live from Stavanger, Norway June 25^th through July 6^th.

There are twelve pools for the men's competition, each consisting of four players from various nations. Names like Heyer, Wu, Yin, Mesa and Doppler make up the men's pools, and the women's has twelve as well, all in the same format. Last year, the event at Gstaad had Ana Paula and Shelda winning the Gold, Tian and Wang with the Silver and Xue and Zhang with the Bronze medal for the women's competition. The men's winners were Brazil's Harley and Salgado with the Gold medal, The Netherland's Nummerdor and Schuil taking the silver and Alison and Emannual of Brazil with the Bronze.

Beach Volleyball is an Olympic Event as well, with the top competitors qualifying to participate in that prestigious event. The World Rankings right now have Brazilians Harley and Alison at the top spot, with another Brazilian team at number two Cunha and Pedro. Brink and Reckermann from Germany hold the number three world ranking and Ricardo and Emanuel have fourth. Number five is held by the Russian duo of Kolodinksky and Barsouk. If you want to watch this year's World Volleyball Championships then get your membership today, by clicking on the links on this page. Don't miss all the action from the beach, as these men and women fight for their well-deserved place in the Olympic Games. It all happens June 25^th through July 6^th.