Swatch FIVB World Tour Men’s 2009 - Post-Season Awards - Congratulations to Harley Marques & Richard Schuil

Les meilleurs joueurs hommes du Swatch FIVB World Tour 2009 ont été annoncés Samedi à Lausanne. Ces nominations sont basées sur le résultat des votes des représentants Swatch, des joueurs, des coachs, des arbitres et des officiels du circuit international de Beach volleyball.

A noter que Harley Marques reçoit la distinction de Most Oustanding Player pour la 2ème année consécutive et Richard Schuil est le 1er joueur européen à obtenir ce titre.

The Top men’s players on the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2009 were announced in Lausanne Saturday based on the results of the voting by Swatch representatives, players, coaches, referees and officials associated with the international Beach Volleyball circuit.

Harley marques receive the award of the Most Oustanding Player for the second consecutive year and Richard Schuil is the first european player to get this title

Most Improved Player
1, Alison Cerutti, Brazil
2, Julius Brink, Germany
3, Adrian Gavira, Spain

Also Receiving Votes - Jefferson Bellaguarda, Switzerland; Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland, Alexander Horst, Austria, Inocencio Lario, Spain, Joao Maciel, Brazil, Paolo Nicolai, Italy, Serguei Prokopiev, Russia, Mariusz Prudel, Poland, Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia, Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil.

Most Inspirational, Player
1, Harley Marques, Brazil
2, Phil Dalhausser, United States
3, Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Also Receiving Votes - Marcio Araujo, Brazil, Julius Brink, Germany, Kristjan Kais, Estonia, Jason Lochhead, New Zealand, Emanuel Rego, Brazil; Richard Schuil, Netherlands, Linyin Xi, China.

Rookie Of The Year
1, Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia
2, Stefan Windscheif, Germany
3, Christian Redmann, Canada

Also Receiving Votes - Yury Bogatov, Russia, Jonathan Erdmann, Germany, Matteo Ingrosso, Italy, Paolo Ingrosso, Italy, Matthias Mellitzer, Austria, Paolo Nicolai, Italy, Joppe Paulides, Netherlands, Martin Spinnangr, Norway, Adrian Gavira, Spain

Sportsman Of The Year
1, Rivo Vesik, Estonia
2, Richard Schuil, Netherlands
3, Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Also Receiving Votes - Phil Dalhausser, United States, Adrian Gavira, Spain, Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, Casey Jennings, United States, Kristjan Kais, Estonia, Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands, Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Linyin Xi, China

Best Defensive Player
1, Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands
2, Harley Marques, Brazil
3, Julius Brink, Germany

Also Receiving Votes - Marcio Araujo, Brazil, Kevin Ces, France, Casey Jennings, United States, Kristjan Kais, Estonia, David Klemperer, Germany, Jason Lochhead, New Zealand, Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Todd Rogers, United States, Sean Rosenthal, United States, Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, Matteo Varnier, Italy

Top Servers
1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 113.7 Moscow
2 Julius Brink GER 102.7 Moscow
3 Serguei Prokopiev RUS 102.6 Sanya
4 Ruslans Sorokins LAT 102.5 Moscow
5 Pablo Herrera ESP 102.4 Aland
6 Eric Koreng GER 100.5 Rome

Best Offensive Player
1, Phil Dalhausser, United States
2, Richard Schuil, Netherlands
3, Pablo Herrera, Spain

Also Receiving Votes - Dmitri Barsouk, Russia, Julius Brink, Germany, Igor Kolodinsky, Russian, Harley Marques, Brazil, Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands, Jonas Reckermann, Germany, Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Pedro Salgado, Brazil, Ricardo Santos, Brazil

Best Blocker
1, Jonas Reckermann, Germany
2, Phil Dalhausser, United States
3, Alison Cerutti, Brazil

Also Receiving Votes – Andy Ces, France, Matt Fuerbringer, United States, Florian Gosch, Austria, Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland, Pablo Herrera, Spain Eric Koreng, Germany Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil Paolo Nicolai, Italy Pedro Salgado, Brazil, Ricardo Santos, Brazil, Richard Schuil, Netherlands, , Richard VanHuizen, Canada, Linyin Xu, China

Best Setter
1, Phil Dalhausser, United States
2, Harley Marques, Brazil
3, Jonas Reckermann, Germany

Also Receiving Votes -Marcio Araujo, Brazil, Dmitri Barsouk, Russia, Pablo Herrera, Spain, Alexander Horst, Austria, Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, Eric Koreng, Germany, Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Todd Rogers, United States, Tarjei Skarlund, Norway

Best Hitter
1, Phil Dalhausser, United States
2, Reinder Nummerdor, Netherlands
3, Harley Marques, Brazil

Also Receiving Votes - Matt Fuerbringer, United States, Pablo Herrera, Spain, Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, Jonas Reckermann, Germany, Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Ricardo Santos, Brazil. Pedro Salgado, Brazil, Richard Schuil, Netherlands, Linyin Xu, China

SWATCH Most Outstanding Player Awards
1. Harley Marques, Brazil, Shanghai, Myslowice, Klagenfurt
Richard Schuil, Netherlands, Aland, The Hague, Sanya
3. Jonas Reckermann, Germany, Rome, Gstaad
4. Julius Brink, Germany, Stavanger
Emanuel Rego, Brazil, Brasília
Martin Laciga, Switzerland, Moscow
Phil Dalhausser, United States, Marseille
Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, Kristiansand
Pedro Salgado, Brazil, Stare Jablonki

Men’s Team World Ranking, points
1, Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany, 6,140

Swatch FIVB World Tour Champions
2, Alison Cerutti/Harley Marques, Brazil, 5,760
3, Adrian Gavira Collado/Pablo Herrera, Spain, 4,920
4, Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 4,420
5, Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, 3,780
6, David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany, 3,700
7, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia, 3,480
8, Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 3,360
9, Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States, 3,300
10, Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland, 2,960
11, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil, 2,564
12, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria, 2,520
13, Jefferson Bellaguarda/Martin Laciga, Switzerland, 2,500
13, Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France, 2,500
15, Matt Fuerbringer/Casey Jennings, United States, 2,340
16, Renato "Geor" Gomes/Jorge "Gia" Terceiro, Georgia, 2,280
17, Benjamin Insfran/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 2,240
18, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia, 2,220
19, Joao Maciel/Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil, 2,140
20, Pedro Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, 1,880
21, Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States, 1,860
22, Inocencio Lario/Raul Mesa, Spain, 1,820
23, Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand, 1,780
24, Christian Redmann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada, 1,464

in Black: European Teams

in Green: Brasilian teams

in Red: American Teams

in Purple: Canadian team

in Orange: New Zealand team

in Blue: French team

A noter: Le classement final pour déterminer le Champion du Swatch FIVB World Tour 2009 est calculé sur les 10 meilleurs résultats hommes basé sur 75% des 14 événements hommes de la saison (événements Open, World Championship et Grand Slam uniquement).

Note: The Swatch FIVB World Tour champions 2009 were determined by calculating the points for a team’s best 10 men finishes based on 75 percent of the 14 men’s events (Open, World Championship and Grand Slam events only) staged during season and rounded down.