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competition. The tour consists of 12 tournaments with both genders and 10 separate gender tournaments. One of the tournaments, was the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships in

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Grand Slam

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Grand Slam, June 19 - 24, 2007 *

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Grand Slam, June 26 - July 1, 2007 *

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Grand Slam, July 11 - 15, 2007 *

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A1 Grand Slam presented by

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, August 1 - 5, 2007

Tournament results

Women

Men

Medal table by country

Award winners

Men's Points Champions

Women’s Points Champions

Men's Award Winners

Women's Award Winners

SWATCH Most Outstanding Player

For each tournament, there is selected one MOP (Most Outstanding Player)2007 Tour Notes
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Men

* ** Montreal Open ** A1 Grand Slam presented by NOKIA ** Otera Open ** Mazuri Open presented by Hotel Anders * ** Italian Open presented by Abruzzo ** Espinho Open ** Brazil Open * ** Henkel Grand Slam ** World Series 13 * - VIP Open * - Smart Grand Slam * - St. Petersburg Open * - ConocoPhilips Grand Slam * - Bahrain Open * - SWATCH FIVB World Championship powered by 1 to 1 Energy * - PAF Open * - China Shanghai Jinshan Open

References

Americans & Brazilians Headline 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Women’s Award Recipients
FIVB, November 8, 2007

External links

2007 Swatch FIVB World Tour - tour calendar
at FIVB.org {{FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2007 in beach volleyball