Annoucement of the 2004 dates
Big revolutions for the International Beach Volley Tournament of Lausanne: first because of the dates as it will take place earlier, because of the Olympic Games in Athens, i.e. 4th August to 8th August; then because of the formula as a Women Challenger will be held during this same event.

And the winners are...
...Heuscher-Kobel with 21-14 and 21-14. The world ranking logic was respected in this game which closes this 14th edition of the Swiss Life International Beach Volley Tournament, probably the best ever.

Heyer-Egger third
Kjemperud-Hoidalen (NOR) couldn't make the difference against Heyer-Egger (SUI). Losing 21-12 and 21-15, the Norge give the home public two swiss teams on the podium.

Italy - Switzerland in final
New surprise by the italian team Galli F.-Fenili: they easily beat world seed number 8, the Norge Kjemperud-Hoidalen, 21-17 and 21-15. In the other semi-final, the world logic has been respected, but not without pain and sweat. Though, Heyer-Egger left a doubt in Heuscher-Kobel's head till the end by only losing 21-23 in the hard fought second set. Results are online now.

Here are the semi-finalists
The first three top seeds will meet on Sunday August 17th on the sand of Vidy-Coubertin in Lausanne in the semi finals that will start at 11:30 a.m. Heuscher-Kobel (SUI - World Ranking # 6) will play against another Swiss teams: Heyer-Egger (World Ranking # 11). In the second semi-final, the Norge Kjemperud-Hoidalen (World Ranking # 8) will have to give they have versus the surprising Italians Galli F.-Fenili. Results online.

Round of 16 starts now
Gscheidle-Vesti (SUI) finally won their ticket for the round of 16 by beating the American team Kiedaisch-Ho. Otherwise, the three top seeds won all their games and might therefore play only on Sunday against each other. Note that the Swiss team Viollier-Pasquali will still play this afternoon. Results online.

Seed number 4 has trouble...
Surprise for one top seed: Gscheidle-Vesti (SUI) lost their second match today versus the Italians Galli-Fenili (15-11 in the final third set). Therefore, the top seed number 4 has to win against the American team Kiedaisch-Ho to hope being qualified for the next round. The three top seeds (in the correct order Heuscher-Kobel, Kjemperud-Hoidalen and Heyer-Egger), easily won their games during this first day of the Main Draw. All the results are online now.

Schuetz-Reinmann, Roethlisberger-Dougoud and Kertai-Schnider qualified
While the Swiss teams Heuscher-Kobel, Heyer-Egger and Gscheidle-Vesti can acceed directly to the Main Draw, which starts on Friday 15th, 9 Swiss teams have played a Qualification Tournament, the host country allowed to make 6 teams play in the Main Draw. Schuetz-Reinmann, Roethlisberger-Dougoud and Kertai-Schnider have successfully passed this Qualification Competition.

Beach Volley night @ the Amnesia Club
On Saturday August 16th a Beach Volley night will start at 11:00 p.m. at the Amnesia Club in Lausanne. This will be a good oportunity to remain in the beach mood, but also to dance or to have a drink with your favorit player!

Article in Lausanne Cités
Our press partner, Lausanne Cités, talks about our tournament, about its origines, about its goals and also about what you will find there in 2003. In French only. [113Ko]

First press release available now (french and german only)
The first Swiss Life International Beach Volley Tournament press release is available in the media section. You will find it in french as well as in german. And a printer friendly version (pdf) is also available. Have fun reading it !

Exhibition game : Yves Detrey (Alinghi) will play on Saturday
Yves Detrey (Team Alinghi) will support the Foundation Pass the baton on 16th August at 7:00 p.m. by playing against an LHC (Lausanne Hockey Club) selection. He needs your applause ! More information here.

Exhibition game : Anne-Catherine Lyon returns
As last year, Anne-Catherine Lyon (State Councillor) will play on the sand of Vidy, but this time to promote organ donation through the Foundation Pass the baton. Kevin Widmer (athletics) will also be there on Sunday. More information here !

Presentation of our tournament on FIVB.org
On this page, you will find a presentation of the Swiss Life International Beach Volley Tournament made by the FIVB.

Exhibition game: some celebrities already announced
Already three people announced that they will be playing for a good cause during an exhibition game of our tournament. Saturday we'll have the honour to welcome Dano Halsall (swimming). And on Sunday, Gregory Martinetti (wrestling) and Oscar Tosato (Deputy Mayor of Lausanne) will touch the sand of Lausanne between the second semi-final and the bronze final. More infos about this event here.

Promotion of our event...
If you have any way to promote our event on a web site, anywhere in the world, we created a banner. This way, our visual indentity is respected, but more important your work is a lot simplified. Thus below you will find the official banner of the 2003 Swiss Life International Beach Volley Tournament. Thank you in advance for your help.

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