2017 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – VIENNA
- July 28 to August 6
- Vienna Centre Court, Vienna, Austria
- Co-ed
- Championships
- Event Site
The 2017 Vienna Beach World Championships is set to begin this week with a $1 million purse prize. In total, each gender will be awarded $500,000 in prize money broken up by their finish in the competition.
The winners of the both the men’s and women’s competition will earn $60,000 to split along with 800 FIVB World Ranking points. The second place team will receive $45,000 while the third and fourth place teams will take home $35,000 and $28,000, respectively.
There will be a total of four fifth place finishers that will be awarded $18,000 per team, eight ninth place finishers taking home $11,000 per team. There will be 16 17th place finishers earning $7,000 per team, four 33rd place finishers at $4,800 per team and finally 12 37th place finishers earning $3,400 per team.
The $1 million purse prize is the same amount that was awarded in 2015 when the competition was in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, Bruno Schmidt/Alison Cerutti took home the top prize for the men while Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas won the women’s side for a Brazilian sweep of the event. Bednarczuk/Seixas are no longer partners – Bednarczuk teamed up with Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa while Seixas is now with Fernanda Alves.
Below is the breakup of monies being awarded at the World Championships:
| Rank | Prize Money Per Team in USD | Total Prize Money Per Place in USD |
| 1st x 1 | $60,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 2nd x 1 | $45,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 3rd x 1 | $35,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 4th x 1 | $28,000.00 | $28,000.00 |
| 5th x 4 | $18,000.00 | $72,000.00 |
| 9th x 8 | $11,000.00 | $88,000.00 |
| 17th x 16 | $7,000.00 | $112,000.00 |
| 33rd x 4 | $4,800.00 | $19,200.00 |
| 37th x 12 | $3,400.00 | $40,800.00 |
| $500,000.00 |
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