FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships

The FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships (previously known as the FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH Youth World Championships)[1] is a double-gender international beach volleyball tournament for athletes under the age of 19. The competition first took place in Xylokastro, Greece, in 2002.[2][3] Prior to the 2005 edition, it was an under-18 tournament.[4]

Results summary

Men

Men's U19 World Championship
Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
2002[5]	Xylokastro	Ian Borges and Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)	Andreas Gortsianiouk and Thodoris Papadimitriou (GRE)	Ruslan Dayanov and Yaroslav Koshkarev (RUS)	Kamil Lyczko and Sebastian Pecherz (POL)
2003[6]	Pattaya	Sebastian Fuchs and Thomas Kaczmarek (GER)	Ian Borges and Pedro Solberg Salgado (BRA)	Tomasz Sinczak and Rafal Szternel (POL)	Michel Mokondoko and Juan Virgen (MEX)
2004	Termoli	Arunas Kirsnys and Arvydas Miseikis (LIT)	Zbigniew Bartman and Michał Kubiak (POL)	Ingars Ivanovs and Jānis Šmēdiņš (LAT)	Reid Hall and Adam Podstawka (CAN)
2005[lower-alpha 1]	Saint-Quay-Portrieux	Tine Urnaut and Nejc Zemljak (SLO)	Joey Dykstra and Mark van Zwieten (USA)	Grzegorz Fijałek and Michal Matyja (POL)	Jonathan Erdmann and Stefan Windscheif (GER)
2006	Bermuda	Jonathan Erdmann and Marvin Klass (GER)	Francesco Giontella and Paolo Nicolai (ITA)	Matteo Ingrosso and Paolo Ingrosso (ITA)	Brice Thesee and Renaud Ventresque (FRA)
2007	Mysłowice	Michał Kądzioła and Jakub Szałankiewicz (POL)	Stefan Köhler and Malte Stiel (GER)	Vitalii Didukh and Pavlo Ostapenko (UKR)	Marcin Kantor and Damian Wojtasik (POL)
2008	The Hague	Kristo Kollo and Oliver Venno (EST)	Jeffrey Carlson and Antonio Ciarelli (USA)	Marek Leznicki and Damian Wojtasik (POL)	Víctor Bouza and Jesús Castizo (ESP)
2009	Alanya	Sergiy Popov and Valeriy Samoday (UKR)	Andrey Bolgov and Ruslan Bykanov (RUS)	Kevin Medina and César Menéndez (ESP)	Michel Bargmann and Felix Quecke (GER)
2010	Porto	Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Łosiak (POL)	Maxim Anufriev and Artem Kucherenko (RUS)	Lorenz Schümann and Dominik Stork (GER)	Nick Del Bianco and Garrett May (CAN)
2011	Umag	Lukasz Kaczmarek and Maciej Kosiak (POL)	Runar Sannarnes and Andreas Takvam (NOR)	Aaron Nusbaum and Grant O'Gorman (CAN)	Benjamin Lerch and Dennis Lerch (SUI)
2012	Larnaca	Michal Bryl and Kacper Kujawiak (POL)	Łukasz Kaczmarek and Sebastian Kaczemarek (POL)	Viacheslav Kirienko and Dmitry Uraikin (RUS)	Martin Ermacora and Lukas Stranger (AUT)
2013	Porto	Moritz Reichert and Clemens Wickler (GER)	Bjarne Huus and Christian Sørum (NOR)	Torey DeFalco and Lucas Yoder (USA)	Lukas Každailis and Arnas Rumševičius (LIT)
2014	Porto	Arthur Lanci and George Wanderley (BRA)	Illia Kovaliov and Oleh Plotnytskyi (UKR)	Tigrito Gómez and Peter Hernández (VEN)	Jasper Bouter and Tom van Steenis (NED)
2016	Larnaka	Rafael Quiero and Renato Carvalho (BRA)	Florian Breer and Yves Haussener (SUI)	Kristaps Smits and Mihails Samoilovs (LAT)	Timothée Platre and Rémi Bassereau (FRA)
2018	Nanjing	Denis Shekunov and Dmitrii Veretiuk (RUS)	Lukas Pfretzschner and Filip John (GER)	Alexey Gusev and Pavel Shustrov (RUS)	Mauro Zelayeta and Bautista Amieva (ARG)

Notes:

1. From 2005 onwards, the tournament was changed from under-18 to under-19.[4]

Women

Women's U19 World Championship
Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
2002[7]	Xylokastro	Sanne Keizer and Arjanne Stevens (NED)	Claudia Lehmann and Friederike Romberg (GER)	Ruth Flemig and Ilka Semmler (GER)	Isabel Grael and Carolina Solberg Salgado (BRA)
2003[8]	Pattaya	Jana Köhler and Laura Ludwig (GER)	Carolina Solberg Salgado and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)	Frederike Fischer and Sandra Piasecki (GER)	Diana Estrada and Martha Revuelta (MEX)
2004	Termoli	Katarzyna Urban and Joanna Wiatr (POL)	Carolina Solberg Salgado and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)	Florentina Büttner and Julia Sude (GER)	Marleen van Iersel and Margo Wiltens (NED)
2005[lower-alpha 1]	Saint-Quay-Portrieux	Carolina Aragão and Bárbara Seixas (BRA)	Katarzyna Urban and Joanna Wiatr (POL)	Florentina Büttner and Julia Sude (GER)	Veronika Opravilová and Markéta Sluková (CZE)
2006	Bermuda	Becchara Palmer and Alice Rohkamper (AUS)	Daniëlle Remmers and Marleen van Iersel (NED)	Britta Büthe and Svenja Engelhardt (GER)	Tanja Goricanec and Taryn Sciarini (SUI)
2007	Mysłowice	Daniëlle Remmers and Michelle Stiekema (NED)	Gilda Lombardo and Marta Menegatti (ITA)	Iveta Halbichová and Barbora Jerábková (CZE)	Monika Brzostek and Weronika Kurek (POL)
2008	The Hague	Chantal Laboureur and Levke Spinger (GER)	Rimke Braakman and Sophie van Gestel (NED)	Irina Chaika and Ekaterina Karapischenko (RUS)	Beata Galek and Daria Paszek (POL)
2009	Alanya	Christine Aulenbrock and Victoria Bieneck (GER)	Irina Chaika and Ekaterina Karapischenko (RUS)	Ksenia Sukhareva and Maria Ushkova (RUS)	Olga Samul and Izabela Soja (POL)
2010	Porto	Jane Croson and Summer Ross (USA)	Ekaterina Karapischenko and Maria Ushkova (RUS)	Taliqua Clancy and Eliza Hynes (AUS)	Rebecca Cavalcanti and Juliana Simões (BRA)
2011	Umag	Karolina Baran and Katarzyna Kociołek (POL)	Lena Plesiutschnig and Katharina Schützenhöfer (AUT)	Lin Lingling and Zhang Changning (CHN)	Pauline Martin and Lisa Menet-Haure (FRA)
2012	Larnaca	Ieva Dumbauskaitė and Monika Povilaitytė (LIT)	Karolina Baran and Katarzyna Kociołek (POL)	Ksenia Dabizha and Anna Gorbunova (RUS)	Sandra Ittlinger and Yanina Weiland (GER)
2013	Porto	Eduarda Lisboa and Tainá Silva (BRA)	Anna Gorbunova and Nadezda Makroguzova (RUS)	Kelly Claes and Sara Hughes (USA)	Sarah Schneider and Lara Schreiber (GER)
2014	Porto	Andressa Ramalho and Eduarda Lisboa (BRA)	Lisa Arnholdt and Sarah Schneider (GER)	Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara (CAN)	Kristýna Adamčíková and Kateřina Valková (CZE)
2016	Larnaka	Eduarda Lisboa and Victoria Tosta (BRA)	Nika Daalderop and Mexime van Driel (NED)	Kathryn Plummer and Milica Mirkovic (USA)	Ana Carolina Almeida and Vitoria de Souza (BRA)
2018	Nanjing	Mariia Bocharova and Maria Voronina (RUS)	Raïsa Schoon and Emi van Driel (NED)	Daniela Álvarez and Tania Moreno (ESP)	Devon Newberry and Lindsey Sparks (USA)

Notes:

1. From 2005 onwards, the tournament was changed from under-18 to under-19.[4]

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	7	3	0	10
2	Poland (POL)	6	5	3	14
3	Germany (GER)	6	3	6	15
4	Russia (RUS)	2	5	6	13
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	3	0	5
6	Lithuania (LIT)	2	0	0	2
7	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
8	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
9	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
10	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	0	1
12	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
13	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	2
14	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
16	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
18	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		30	28	28	86

References

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4. "BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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