News 01/11/2018 Itapema 4-star returns in May Itapema, Brazil, November 1, 2018 - Known as the Ultralight Capital, Itapema returns to the international beach volleyball schedule for one of the top point-producing men's and women's events on the schedule with the winning teams securing 800 points for finishing atop the podium.The Itapema Open in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina marks the 47th men's and 42nd women's event staged in Brazil since the start of sanctioned FIVB Beach Volleyball tournaments in 1987 for men and 1992 for women.Brazilian teams captured both the men's and women's titles last season with Evandro Goncalves/Andre Loyola and Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda "Duda" Lisboa topping the podiums by defeating teams from Europe in the finals.Evandro and Loyola posted a 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) victory in 37 minutes over Anders Mol/Christian Sorum of Norway in the men's gold medal match. Agatha and Duda defeated Joana Heidrich/Anouk Verge-Depre of Switzerland 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) in the 36-minute women's finale.Brazilian teams have dominated the competition at Brazilian FIVB World Tour events with 53 gold medals followed by the United States (24), Germany (3), China (1), Latvia (1) the Netherlands (1), Poland (1) and Romania (1). Here is a list of gold medal teams at Brazilian FIVB World Tour events.Men (Brazil 28 gold medals, United States 12, Germany 2, Latvia 1, the Netherlands 1, Poland 1)1987 Rio de Janeiro - Randy Stoklos/Sinjin Smith, USA1988 Rio de Janeiro - Karch Kiraly/Pat Powers, USA1989 Rio de Janeiro - Stoklos/Smith, USA1990 Rio de Janeiro - Stoklos/Smith, USA1991 Rio de Janeiro - Stoklos/Smith, USA1992 Rio de Janeiro - Stoklos/Smith, USA1993 Rio de Janeiro - Adam Johnson/Kent Steffes, USA1994 Rio de Janeiro - Franco Neto/Roberto Lopes, BRA1994 Fortaleza - Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA1995 Rio de Janeiro Andre Gomes/Carlos Loss, BRA1995 Fortaleza - Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA1996 Rio de Janeiro - Franco/Roberto Lopes, BRA1996 Joao Pessoa - Paulao Moreira/Paulo Emilio Silva, BRA1996 Fortaleza - Mike Dodd/Mike Whitmarsh, USA1997 Rio de Janeiro - Emanuel Rego/Ze Marco de Melo, BRA1997 Fortaleza - Emanuel/Ze Marco, BRA1998 Rio de Janeiro - Ze Marco/Ricardo Santos, BRA1998 Vitória - Guilherme Guilherme Marques/Para Ferreria, BRA1999 Vitória - Ze Marco/Ricardo, BRA2000 Guaruja - Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRA2000 Vitória - Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA2001 Vitória - Emanuel/Tande Ramos, BRA2002 Fortaleza - Marcio Araujo/Benjamin, BRA2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships - Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA2004 Salvador - Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA2004 Rio de Janeiro - Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckerman, GER2005 Salvador - Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA2006 Vitória - Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER2007 Fortaleza - Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA2008 Guarajà - Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA2009 Brasília - Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA2010 Brasília - Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, USA2011 Brasília - Dalhausser/Rogers, USA2012 Brasília - Dalhausser/Rogers, USA2013 São Paulo - Pedro Salgado/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, BRA2014 São Paulo - Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst, NED2015 Rio de Janeiro - Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, LAT 2016 Maceio - Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, USA2016 Rio de Janeiro - Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak, POL2016 Vitória - Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar, BRA2016 Fortaleza - Oscar Brandao/Andre Loyola, BRA2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA2017 Rio de Janeiro - Alison/Bruno Oscar, BRA2018 Itapema - Evandro Goncalves/Loyola, BRA2018 Miguel Pereira - Luciano Ferreira/Vinicius Rezende, BRA2019 Miguel Pereira - to be determined 2019 Itapema - to be determinedWomen (Brazil 25 gold medals, United States 12, China 1, Germany 1, Romania 1)1993 Rio de Janeiro - Nancy Reno/Karolyn Kirby, USA1993 Santos - Liz Masakayan/Kirby, USA1994 Santos - Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA1995 Rio de Janeiro - Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA1995 Santos - Linda Hanley/Barbra Fontana, USA1996 Maceio - Sandra/Jackie, BRA1996 Recife - Sandra/Jackie, BRA1996 Rio de Janeiro - Sandra/Jackie, BRA1996 Salvador - Samuel/Monica, BRA1997 Rio de Janeiro - Samuel/Monica, BRA1997 Salvador - Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA1998 Rio de Janeiro - Shelda/Adriana, BRA1998 Salvador - Shelda/Adriana, BRA1999 Salvador - Shelda/Adriana, BRA2000 Fortaleza - Holly McPeak/Misty May-Treanor, USA2000 Vitória - Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA2001 Fortaleza - Shelda/Adriana, BRA2002 Vitória - Youngs/McPeak, USA2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships - May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings, USA2004 Fortaleza - May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA2004 Rio de Janeiro - Ana Paula Connolly/Sandra, BRA2005 Salvador - May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA2006 Vitória - Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca, BRA2007 Fortaleza - May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, USA2008 Guarajà - Vivian Cunha/Larissa, BRA2009 Brasília - Juliana/Larissa, BRA2010 Brasília - Juliana/Larissa, BRA2011 Brasília - Juliana/Larissa, BRA2012 Brasília - Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN2013 São Paulo - April Ross/ Walsh Jennings, USA2014 São Paulo - Talita Antunes/Larissa, BRA2015 Rio de Janeiro - Talita/Larissa, BRA2016 Maceio - Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa/Elize Maia, BRA2016 Rio de Janeiro - Ross/Walsh Jennings, USA2016 Vitória - Talita/Larissa, BRA2016 Fortaleza - Duda/Elize, BRA2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, GER2017 Rio de Janeiro - Agatha Bednarczuk/Duda, BRA2018 Itapema - Agatha/Duda, BRA2018 Miguel Pereira - Adriana-Maria Matei/Beata Vaida, Romania 2019 Miguel Pereira - to be determined 2019 Itapema - to be determined Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News