2007 Beach Volleyball World Championships – Women's tournament

2007 Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
City	Gstaad
Dates	24 July – 28 July
Teams	48 (from 5 confederations)
Champions	United States; Kerri Walsh Jennings; Misty May-Treanor (1st title)
Runners-up	China; Tian Jia; Wang Jie
Third place	Brazil; Larissa França; Juliana Silva
Fourth place	China; Xue Chen; Zhang Xi
Official website
	Official website

The women's tournament was held from July 24 to July 28, 2007, in Gstaad, Switzerland.^[1]

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Round of 32 as pool winners or runners-up
	Qualified for the Round of 32 as one of the best four third-placed teams
	Qualified for the Lucky Losers Playoffs
	Eliminated

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Walsh–May-Treanor	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	70	1.800	Round of 32
2	Wacholder–Turner	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	107	98	1.092	Round of 32
3	Augoustides–Naidoo	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	99	121	0.818	3rd place ranking
4	Saiki–Kusuhara	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	85	128	0.664	Eliminated

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Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Larissa–Juliana	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	83	1.518	Round of 32
2	Banck–Lahme	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	122	123	0.992	Round of 32
3	Minusa–Jursone	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	124	135	0.919	3rd place ranking
4	Zumkehr–Skrivan	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	95	126	0.754	Eliminated

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Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tian–Wang	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	147	116	1.267	Round of 32
2	Maaseide–Glesnes	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	131	120	1.092	Round of 32
3	Van Breedam–Mouha	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	117	125	0.936	3rd place ranking
4	Keizer–Leenstra	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	92	126	0.730	Eliminated

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Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Xue–Zhang	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	139	110	1.264	Round of 32
2	Esteves Ribalta–Crespo	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	118	112	1.054	Round of 32
3	Fernández–Larrea	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	127	131	0.969	3rd place ranking
4	Celbová–Petrová	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	95	126	0.754	Eliminated

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Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Montagnolli–Swoboda	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	130	117	1.111	Round of 32
2	Pascua–Ilustre	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	136	134	1.015	Round of 32
3	Barnett–Cook	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	159	148	1.074	3rd place ranking
4	Nyström–Nyström	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	114	140	0.814	Eliminated

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Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Claasen–Röder	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	143	132	1.083	Round of 32
2	Goller–Ludwig	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	170	164	1.037	Round of 32
3	Pohl–Rau	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	130	0.962	3rd place ranking
4	Momoli–Gioria	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	136	148	0.919	Eliminated

Source:

Pool G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Behar–Shelda	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	134	117	1.145	Round of 32
2	Wang–Zuo	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	144	132	1.091	Round of 32
3	Uryadova–Shiryaeva	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	148	155	0.955	3rd place ranking
4	Lessard–Maxwell	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	125	147	0.850	Eliminated

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Pool H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Håkedal–Tørlen	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	91	1.385	Round of 32
2	Leila–Ana Paula	3	2	1	5	4	2	2.000	116	111	1.045	Round of 32
3	Tanaka–Koizumi	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	106	124	0.855	3rd place ranking
4	Kadijk–Mooren	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	108	130	0.831	Eliminated

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Pool J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Branagh–Youngs	3	3	0	6	6	3	2.000	161	155	1.039	Round of 32
2	Cooke–Martin	3	1	2	4	4	4	1.000	154	151	1.020	Round of 32
3	Koutroumanidou–Tsiartsiani	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	131	139	0.942	3rd place ranking
4	Boss–Ross	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	154	155	0.994	Eliminated

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Pool K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Maria Clara–Carolina	3	3	0	6	6	2	3.000	150	127	1.181	Round of 32
2	Karantasiou–Arvaniti	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	135	125	1.080	Round of 32
3	Saka–Rtvelo	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	139	145	0.959	3rd place ranking
4	Schwaiger–Schwaiger	3	0	3	3	1	6	0.167	106	133	0.797	Eliminated

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Pool L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brink-Abeler–Jurich	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	127	100	1.270	Round of 32
2	Alcón–Matveeva	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	130	130	1.000	Round of 32
3	Barrera–Gemise Fareau	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	136	148	0.919	3rd place ranking
4	Erni–Graessli	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	121	136	0.890	Eliminated

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Pool M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Renata–Talita	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	132	107	1.234	Round of 32
2	Faure–Sarpaux	3	2	1	5	5	3	1.667	150	120	1.250	Round of 32
3	Kuhn–Schwer	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	113	136	0.831	3rd place ranking
4	Gattelli–Perrotta	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	94	126	0.746	Eliminated

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3rd place ranked teams

The eight best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Barnett–Cook	3	2	1	5	5	4	1.250	159	148	1.074	Round of 32
2	Uryadova–Shiryaeva	3	2	1	5	4	4	1.000	148	155	0.955
3	Fernández–Larrea	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	127	131	0.969
4	Pohl–Rau	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	125	130	0.962
5	Koutroumanidou–Tsiartsiani	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	131	139	0.942
6	Minusa–Jursone	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	124	135	0.919
7	Kuhn–Schwer	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	113	136	0.831
8	Saka–Rtvelo	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	139	145	0.959
9	Barrera–Gemise Fareau	3	1	2	4	3	5	0.600	136	148	0.919	Eliminated
10	Van Breedam–Mouha	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	117	125	0.936
11	Tanaka–Koizumi	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	106	124	0.855
12	Augoustides–Naidoo	3	1	2	4	2	4	0.500	99	121	0.818

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Knockout round

Round of 32

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul	Koutroumanidou–Tsiartsiani	1–2	Larissa–Juliana	15–21	21–18	10–15
27 Jul	Esteves Ribalta–Crespo	1–2	Wang–Zuo	21–17	13–21	12–15
27 Jul	Renata–Talita	2–0	Alcón–Matveeva	21–13	21–16
27 Jul	Montagnolli–Swoboda	0–2	Pohl–Rau	19–21	16–21
27 Jul	Behar–Shelda	1–2	Barnett–Cook	21–19	12–21	13–15
27 Jul	Maria Clara–Carolina	2–0	Cooke–Martin	21–19	21–17
27 Jul	Karantasiou–Arvaniti	2–1	Leila–Ana Paula	19–21	25–23	15–10
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Minusa–Jursone	21–16	21–12
27 Jul	Saka–Rtvelo	0–2	Xue–Zhang	14–21	16–21
27 Jul	Maaseide–Glesnes	2–0	Pascua–Ilustre	21–16	21–13
27 Jul	Branagh–Youngs	2–0	Goller–Ludwig	21–17	21–19
27 Jul	Håkedal–Tørlen	0–2	Fernández–Larrea	17–21	17–21
27 Jul	Claasen–Röder	2–0	Uryadova–Shiryaeva	21–13	22–20
27 Jul	Brink-Abeler–Jurich	2–0	Banck–Lahme	21–17	21–10
27 Jul	Wacholder–Turner	2–0	Faure–Sarpaux	21–19	21–16
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Kuhn–Schwer	21–19	21–18

Round of 16

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul	Wang–Zuo	0–2	Larissa–Juliana	17–21	14–21
27 Jul	Pohl–Rau	2–0	Renata–Talita	21–19	21–15
27 Jul	Maria Clara–Carolina	2–1	Barnett–Cook	21–16	18–21	15–12
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Karantasiou–Arvaniti	21–14	21–19
27 Jul	Maaseide–Glesnes	0–2	Xue–Zhang	17–21	14–21
27 Jul	Fernández–Larrea	0–2	Branagh–Youngs	19–21	15–21
27 Jul	Brink-Abeler–Jurich	1–2	Claasen–Röder	21–16	29–31	14–16
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Wacholder–Turner	21–17	21–16

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
27 Jul	Pohl–Rau	0–2	Larissa–Juliana	16–21	19–21
27 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–0	Maria Clara–Carolina	21–15	21–19
27 Jul	Branagh–Youngs	1–2	Xue–Zhang	21–17	16–21	11–15
27 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Claasen–Röder	21–10	22–20

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Tian–Wang	2–1	Larissa–Juliana	23–25	21–19	15–11
28 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Xue–Zhang	21–14	21–19

Third place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Xue–Zhang	1–2	Larissa–Juliana	21–19	19–21	16–18

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
28 Jul	Walsh–May-Treanor	2–0	Tian–Wang	21–16	21–10

References

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