FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

For the most current Championships, see 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships is an international beach volleyball double-gender championship held every two years.

The first official edition of this event, was the 1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Los Angeles, California. Before that there had been ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was hosted in 2005 in Berlin, in 2007 in Gstaad, in 2009 in Stavanger and in 2011 in Rome. The 2013 edition took place in Stare Jablonki, Poland.

Results

Men

Men's World Championship
Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
1997 Details	Los Angeles	Rogerio Ferreira and Guilherme Marques (BRA)	Canyon Ceman and Mike Whitmarsh (USA)	Dain Blanton and Kent Steffes (USA) Paulão Moreira and Paulo Emilio Silva (BRA)
1999 Details	Marseille	José Loiola and Emanuel Rego (BRA)	Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga (SUI)	Rogerio Ferreira and Guilherme Marques (BRA)
2001 Details	Klagenfurt	Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde (ARG)	José Loiola and Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud (NOR)
2003 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA)	Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger (USA)	Márcio Araújo and Benjamin Insfran (BRA)
2005 Details	Berlin	Márcio Araújo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães (BRA)	Sascha Heyer and Paul Laciga (SUI)	Julius Brink and Kjell Schneider (GER)
2007 Details	Gstaad	Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers (USA)	Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky (RUS)	Andrew Schacht and Joshua Slack (AUS)
2009 Details	Stavanger	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER)	Harley Marques Silva and Alison Cerutti (BRA)	Todd Rogers and Philip Dalhausser (USA)
2011 Details	Rome	Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti (BRA)	Ricardo Santos and Márcio Araújo (BRA)	Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann (GER)
2013 Details	Stare Jabłonki	Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen (NED)	Ricardo Santos and Álvaro Morais Filho (BRA)	Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik (GER)
2015 Details	Netherlands	Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt (BRA)	Reinder Nummerdor and Christiaan Varenhorst (NED)	Pedro Solberg and Evandro Gonçalves (BRA)

Women

Women's World Championship
Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
1997 Details	Los Angeles	Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva (BRA)	Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak (USA)	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA) Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno (USA)
1999 Details	Marseille	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA)	Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA)	Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs (USA)
2001 Details	Klagenfurt	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA)	Tatiana Minello and Sandra Pires (BRA)	Eva Celbová and Soňa Nováková (CZE)
2003 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (USA)	Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA)	Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson (AUS)
2005 Details	Berlin	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (USA)	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)	Tian Jia and Wang Fei (CHN)
2007 Details	Gstaad	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (USA)	Tian Jia and Wang Jie (CHN)	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)
2009 Details	Stavanger	April Ross and Jennifer Kessy (USA)	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)	Talita Antunes and Maria Antonelli (BRA)
2011 Details	Rome	Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França (BRA)	Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (USA)	Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (CHN)
2013 Details	Stare Jabłonki	Xue Chen and Zhang Xi (CHN)	Karla Borger and Britta Büthe (GER)	Liliane Maestrini and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)
2015 Details	Netherlands	Bárbara Seixas and Ágatha Bednarczuk (BRA)	Taiana Lima and Fernanda Alves (BRA)	Maria Antonelli and Juliana Silva (BRA)

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	11	9	9	29
2	United States	5	5	4	14
3	Germany	1	1	3	5
4	China	1	1	2	4
5	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
6	Argentina	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
8	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	Australia	0	0	2	2
10	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1