| Paf Open - the hottest event in the Nordic region! Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Paf Open is a tournament for men and women on the international world tour of beach volleyball - Swatch FIVB World Tour. The event is hosted at the Arkipelag Arena in the city centre of Mariehamn during the third week of August. The competition gathers the very best world class beach volleyball players from all over the world. Beach volleyball - the most equal of all sports The athletes are competing for 380'000 US dollar of prize money and valuable ranking points that are used to gain status in the world rankings as well as entry to the World Championships and Olympic Games. Beach volleyball is the most equal of all sports due to the equal split of prize money and tv hours between men and women since 1998. Paf Open is unique Paf Open is unique thanks to the fact that it is the only event on the Swatch FIVB World Tour that are hosted by two countries - Finland and Sweden. The competition is broadcasted in Finland, Sweden and internationally. The vision is that Paf Open will develop into one of the major annual sports events in the Nordic region. Third edition during 2010 Paf Open was hosted for the first time in 2007. Due to a calendar clash with the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 Paf Open had a break and the second edition of Paf Open was hosted during the third week of August 2009. Paf Open 2010 will be the third edition of the event. Paf Open 2009, women Podium 1. Larissa/Juliana, Brazil 2. April Ross/Jennifer Kessy, USA 3. Talita/Antonelli, Brazil Results Finnish and Swedish teams 17. Emilia Nyström/Erika Nyström, Finland 25. Kirsi Hyttinen/Merja Korhonen, Finland 25. Karin Lundqvist/Angelika Ljungquist, Sweden 25. Tora Hansson/Camilla Nilsson, Sweden More results Pictures Paf Open 2009 men Podium 1. Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, Netherlands 2. Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 3. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng, Germany Results Finnish and Swedish teams 17. Hannes Brinkborg/Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden 25. Toni Vahela/Timo Haavisto, Finland 25. Anssi Hakala/Lauri Hakala, Finland More results Pictures Paf Open 2007, women Podium 1. Larissa/Juliana, Brazil 2. Tian Jia/Wang, China 3. Xue/Zhang Xi, China Results Finnish and Swedish teams 17. Emilia Nyström/Erika Nyström, Finland 17. Karin Lundqvist/Angelika Ljungquist, Sweden 25. Riikka Lehtonen/Tanja Eteläaho, Finland More results Pictures Paf Open 2007 men Podium 1. Harley/Pedro, Brazil 2. Jonas Reckermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany 3. Alexander Horst/Florian Gosch, Austria Results Finnish and Swedish teams 25. Björn Berg/Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden 25. Lauri Hakala/Jaakko Keskitalo, Finland 25. Anssi Hakala/Toni Kankaanpää, Finland More results Pictures |   |
