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Men's World Tour 2001 Beach Volleyball World Tour
FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 CALENDAR *Revised December 13, 2000-Provisional Schedule
Men Site Ctry Event Main Draw Qualifier Entry PrizeMoney
Mexico Rosarito Open *CANCELLED 16-20May $180,000 Spain Tenerife,Canary Iles Open 13/17-June $180,000 Switzerland Gstaad 20/24-June $180,000 Germany,Berlin 27 June-1 July $180,000 Norway,Stavanger Open 04/8-July $180,000 Italy Lignano Open 11/15-July $180,000 France Marseille Open(GS) 17/22-July $225,000 Portugal Espinho Open 25/29-July $180,000 Austria Klagenfurt Open(WCH) 01/05-August $250,000 Belgium Ostende Open 8/12-August $180,000 Australia,BrisbaneGoodwill Games 29 August/ 4 Sept. $150,000 Spain Mallorca Open 12/16-Sept $180,000 Brazil Vitoria Open 27 Nov-2 Dec $180,000
GOODWILL GAMES* $150,000 FIVB BONUS POOL ** $1,000,000 PRIZE MONEY $1,275,000 TOTAL $2,425,000 OP = Open WCH = World Championship GS = Grand Slam MS = Multi sports
Other potential interested organisers under discussion are as follows:
- Hong Kong ( Women ) - USA ( Men and Women ) - Spain ( Men ) - Bahrein ( Men and Women )
* Participation in the World Championships (Prize money: USD 250,000 for each gender) and Goodwill Games (Prize money: USD 150,000 for each gender) is compulsory for all eligible players in accordance with the FIVB Competition Entry regulations. Priority to enter into the World Championships will be given to players having taken part in a minimum of 5 events in 2001.
** Only players who participate in a minimum of eight ( 8 ) FIVB events scheduled in 2001 ( e.g. World Championships, Grand Slam and Open ) will be eligible for the 2 million dollar FIVB Bonus Pool.
Bonus Pool breakdown and specific prize money regulations will be announced by the FIVB at the end of November upon finalisation of the calendar.
Major decisions: Rally Point System, Playing Court 8x8m, US$4,650,000 Prize Money 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES-ATHENS GREECE An inspection visit was carried out by the FIVB last March in Athens. On this occasion ATHOC has granted the FIVB to set up a venue with 2 stadiums for 10,000 and 7,500 spectators. Full Story
BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001Spain Open, Men, in Tenerife 13-17 June The 2001 FIVB Men's World Tour Begins in Spain Tenerife, Spain, 14 June, 2001 - The Spain Open (Tenerife) is the season opener for the Men's 2001 FIVB World Tour.The best men's beach volleyball teams in the world - including all the medalists from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games will compete at Playa de Les Teresitas - the beautiful beach located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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FOUR USA MEN'S TEAM OPEN FIVB EVENT FRIDAY IN CANARY ISLANDS TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS - Led by Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, four teams from the Association ofVolleyballProfessionals (AVP) open the international season for men's here Friday (June15) in a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.Joining Blanton (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif. in the 32-team Main Draw competition for the United States are the teams of Dax Holdren (Santa Barbara, Calif.)/Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.),Stein Metzger (Honolulu, Hi.)/Kevin Wong (Pearl City, Hi.) and Carl Henkel(Redondo Beach, Calif.)/Sinjin Smith (Pacific Palisades, Calif.). Holdren and Rogers staged one of the sport's "most impressive" comebacks in defeating Blanton and Fonoimoana 21-18, 16-21 and 17-15 in the 62-minute GoldMedal match last Sunday (June 10) at the opening 2001 AVP event of the season. The title was Holdren and Rogers' second domestic Gold Medal this season after defeating Metzger and Wong in the finals of an April 22 event inClearwater Beach, Fla.Blanton and Fonoimoana have one domestic title to their credit this season after beating Holdren and Rogers twice in three matches May 27 at an invitational event in Oceanside, Calif. Blanton and Fonoimoana upset the Brazilian pair of Ze'Marco de Melo and Ricardo Santos to win the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medal. Ze'Marco and Ricardo had won five FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events in 2000 enroute to $231,000 in international earnings. Following this week's event, the four AVP teams remain in Europe for a combined stop with the men in Gstaad, Switzerland (June 19-24). The FIVB men's circuit continues in Germany (Berlin, June 27-July 1), Norway (Stavanger, July 4-8) and Italy (Lignano Sabbiadoro, July 11-15) before July 16-22's men's and women's international event in Marseille, France. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Spain Open, Men, in Tenerife 13-17 June Top Two Brazillian Teams Undefeated Tenerife, Spain, 15 June, 2001 - The number one seeded team of Emanuel-Tande (BRA) and the number two seeded team of Ricardo-Loiola (BRA)are both undefeated after the first day of competition. Emanuel-Tande defeated Carvajal-Bernal (CUB) 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) and Kobel-Heuscher (SUI) 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) while Ricardo-Loiola were victorious against Kais-Kais (EST) 2-0 (21-18, 21-14) and Holden-Leinemann 2-0 (21-5, 26-24).Blanton-Fonoimoana (USA) the 2000 Sydney Olympic Champions and Laciga-Laciga (SUI) the defending 2000 Tenerife Champions were also undefeated on the first day of competition. In fact, these strong teams will play against each other in the first round of matches on Saturday morning.The other undefeated teams from Friday's competition are: Wong-Metzger(USA), Marcio-Adriano (BRA), Baracetti-Conde (ARG), Child-Hesse (CAN).The eight remaining teams with only one loss are: Emishin-Kouchnerev(RUS), Bosma-Cotrino (ESP), Ze Marco-Para (BRA), Kjemperud-Hoidalen (NOR),Maaseide-Horrem (NOR), Zahner-Prosser AUS US),Slack-Novosel (AUS),Kobel-Heuscher (SUI).The matches will begin on Saturday June 16 at 9:00. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Spain Open, Men, in Tenerife 13-17 June-Teams from four different countries compete in the semi-finals Tenerife, Spain, 16 June, 2001 Teams from four different countires will compete in the semi-finals of the first Men’s FIVB World Tour event of the 2001 season. Emanuel-Tande (BRA), Child-Heese (CAN), Laciga-Laciga (SUI)and Baracetti-Conde (ARG) will battle for the 2001 Spain Open (Tenerife)Championship on Sunday. The beauty of Playa de Las Teresitas combined with perfect weather (28C and sunny) provided an excellent backdrop for todays matches. 3000 enthusiatic spectators were treated to the best beach volleyball in the world. Ten of the 18 matches played this day were decided in an exciting third set. Emanuel-Tande (BRA) will play Child-Heese (CAN) in the first semi-final on Sunday while Baracetti-Conde (ARG) will duel Laciga-Laciga (SUI) in the second semi-final. The first semi-final match will begin on Sunday June 17 at 10:00. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Spain Open, Men, in Tenerife 13-17 June-Emanuel-Tande (BRA) dominate the first event of the 2001 season Tenerife, Spain, 17 June, 2001 Emanuel-Tande (BRA) had convincing victories in both their semi-final match against Child-Heese (CAN) and in the final against Laciga-Laciga (SUI).Emanuel-Tande took only 40 minutes to defeat Child-Hesse 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) in the first semi-final and only 31 minutes to win the championship from Laciga-Laciga 2-0 (21-19, 21-14).This was a very successsful beginning to the new partnership of Emanuel-Tande who will now wear the gold jerseys in the next weekends FIVB World Tour Open in Gstaad, Switzerland.In the other semi-final match today Laciga-Laciga defeated Baracetti-Conde(ARG) 2-1 (19-21, 21-11, 15-13). Baracetti-Conde managed to win the bronze medal against Child-Heese 2-0 (21-15, 25-23).
Rk Players Country Prize Main Draw Ranking 1 Emanuel-Tande BRA 360 $27,000.00 2 Laciga P.-Laciga M.SUI 324 $18,000.00 3 Baracetti-Conde ARG 288 $14,000.00 4 Child-Heese CAN 244 $11,000.00 5 Ricardo-Loiola BRA 216 $ 9,000.00 5 Wong-Metzger USA 216 $ 9,000.00 7 Kobel-Heuscher SUI 180 $ 7,000.00 7 Blanton-Fonoimoana E.USA180 $ 7,000.00 9 Zahner-Prosser AUS 144 $ 5,500.00 17 Rogers-Holdren USA 72 $ 3,000.00 17Sinjin Smith-Henkel USA 72 $ 3,000.00
A warm welcome to everybody ! Gstaad stands for peaceful holidays under clear blue sky with sunshine. Everything is done that our guests feel welcome, because in the Saanenland, hospitality is a time-honoured tradition and not just an empty phrase.Gstaad – Saanenland is located in the southwestern Switzerland on the border to the French-speaking region. It is a beautiful village in a superb Alpine setting, embraces timeless tradition, a wealth of leisure and pleasure attraction and events of international renown. It’s a great region to escape the pace and pressure of everyday lifeGstaad the pretty chalet village with its lively pedestrian centre has about 3’500 inhabitants and as much cows.The official language is Swiss German, but English and French is widely used in trade and tourism. The weather in Gstaad in June has an average temperature of 20o C, the humidity is not too high and the winds are mostly light winds. There are sometimes some storms in the evenings.Gstaad is easily accessible from the aeroports Zürich (2.5 hours) and Geneva (1.5 hours) by car or by train.We are looking forward to welcome you at the beach volleyball world tour Gstaad 2001 and wish you already today a good trip.Gstaad's remarkable high vacation quality has been proved by its guests: 60% of them come back year for year.
Men finished qualification tournament, 8 of the teams qualified for the main draw 22-Jun-2001 The men's teams finished the qualilfication tournaments yesterday under the blue sky of Gstaad in the Saanenland region. From a swiss view, it is great to see that the team Gscheidle/Vesti played well in the qualification so that there are now 4 Swiss teams playing in the main draw. Their opponents in the looser's round, Gartmayer-Nowotny AUT could qualify for the main draw after two wins in the playoffs. An additional playoff was played between the brasilian teams Paulao-Bellaguarda BRA and Fred-Paulo Emilo BRA, which was won by Paulao-Bellaguarda. Beside these three teams, the following 5 teams qualified for the main draw: Slack-Novosel AUS, Ferrer Cutino-Perez Falcon CUB, Bosmo-Cotrino ESP, Klemperer-Rademacher GER, Wong-Metzger USA. Today the Saanenland is awaiting the olympic winners Blanton-Fonoimoana USA. Together with the other teams, the world's elite will play the first 40 matches of the main draw.Matches start at 9am on 4 courts. THREE AVP MEN'S TEAMS POST 2-0 MARKS IN FIVB OPENING MAIN DRAW ROUNDS;FONTANA & YOUNGS ADVANCE TO FIFTH WOMEN'S "FINAL FOUR" THIS SEASON GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - Led by Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, three men's teams from the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) each posted 2-0 match marks here Friday (June 22) during the opening Main Draw rounds of this week's $360,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.While the AVP men posted an 8-1 match record Friday, third-seeded Barbra Fontana (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (Encinitas, Calif.) won both of their matches Friday to advance to Saturday's women's "final four" for the fifth-straight time this season. Fontana and Youngs have now won their last 10 international matches.The Gstaad stop is the first of five combined men's and women's events on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this season. The 32-team women's Main Draw started Thursday and ends Saturday with the semi-finals and medal matches. The men's 32-team Main Draw started Friday and concludes Sunday on the Village Centre Courts.Fontana and Youngs advanced to the "final four" with wins over USA rivals Misty May (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Los Gatos, Calif.), and second-seeded Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil. Fontana and Youngs captured last week's FIVB event in Italy by defeating Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst of Australia (the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Gold Medallists) in the Gold Medal match,A fourth-place finisher in the season opening FIVB event in Macau this past April, Fontana and Youngs placed first and second in their next two starts in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and Hermosa Beach, Calif., respectively. Fontana and Youngs dropped the Hermosa AVP title match to Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak, who placed fifth this week.May and Walsh will have a chance to avenge their Friday setback to Fontana and Youngs when they challenge the AVP veterans Saturday in the second women's semi-finals. After losing their opening match Friday, May and Walsh scored elimination wins over teams from Brazil, the Czech Republic and Cuba to gain a spot in the "final four."Seeded sixth in the men's Main Draw, Blanton (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) defeated teams from Switzerland and Germany to advance to Saturday's opening winner's bracket matches where they face third-seeded Jose Loiola and Ricardo Santos of Brazil. Blanton and Fonoimoana scored a 21-16, 16-21 and 18-16 over 22nd-seeded Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager in a battle of Sydney medallists as the Germans earned the Olympic Bronze last September.Also winning two matches each Friday for the AVP were the teams of seventh-seeded Stein Metzger (Honolulu, Hi.) and Kevin Wong (Pearl City, Hi.) and 21st-seeded Dax Holdren (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.). Metzger and Wong, who had to win four qualifying matches to earn a Main Draw berth, defeated teams from Italy and Portugal Friday. Metzger and Wong challenge the second-seeded Laciga brothers (Martin and Paul) Saturday morning.Holdren and Rogers, who placed 17th last week in the FIVB men's season opener in the Canary Islands, scored two upset wins Friday over two teams from Brazil to advance to Saturday's play where they face 20th-seeded Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde, Argentina. Holdren and Rogers have claimed two pro beach titles earlier this season in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and Hermosa Beach, Calif.Carl Henkel (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Sinjin Smith (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), who were seeded 17th for the United States, bounced back from an opening defeat to a Swedish team to eliminate tandems from China and Spain. Henkel and Smith challenge eighth-seeded John Child and Mark Heese of Canada in an opening elimination match Saturday.In the women's competition, Arce (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) finished fifth for the second-straight international event. Arce and McPeak eliminated top-seeded Cook and Pottharst before being ousted from the competition by second-seeded Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil.Behar and Bede, who captured the inaugural women's Swiss Open last season by defeating May and McPeak in the finals, will play fifth-seeded Sandra Pires and Tatiana Minello of Brazil in Saturday's first women's semi-finals. Pires and Minello, who handed Arce and McPeak their first defeat Friday, advanced to the "final four" with a win eighth-seeded Dalixia Larrea Peraza and Tamara Fernandez Grosset of Cuba.Diane DeNecochea (LaJolla, Calif.) and Liz Masakayan (San Diego, Calif.), who were seeded 17th, placed 13th after dropping an elimination match to seventh-seeded Jackie Silva and Claudia Costa of Brazil. Arce and McPeak then ousted Silva and Claudia.The Gstaad stop is the third women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event this season and the second for the men. The AVP women remain in Europe for an event in event in Gran Canaria, Spain before resuming domestic play July 13-15 at the $125,000 Sunkist Open at Muskegon (Mich.). The AVP men have events in Berlin, Germany and Stavanger, Norway before Muskegon. BRAZILIANS DEFEAT AVP's FONTANA & YOUNGS IN FIVB GOLD MEDAL MATCH;UNITED STATES CAPTURES TWO SWISS MEDALS GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - Second-seeded Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede snapped a four-event Gold Medal drought here Saturday (June 23) as the Brazilians defeated third-seeded Barbra Fontana and Elaine Youngs of the Association of Volleyball Professionals to win the first-place prize in the $180,000 women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.The Gstaad stop is the first of five combined men's and women's events on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this season. The 32-team women's Main Draw started Thursday and ended Saturday with the semi-finals and medal matches.The men's 32-team Main Draw started Friday and concludes Sunday on the Village Centre Courts. The winningest team in FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour history, Behar and Bede won their 21st international event and 40th medal by scoring a 21-15 and 22-20 win in 43 minutes over Fontana (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Youngs(Encinitas, Calif.). Behar and Bede shared the $27,000 first-place prize while Fontana and Youngs split $18,000. The Swiss Gold Medal was the second-straight for Behar and Bede, who captured the inaugural Gstaad women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event last season when they defeated Misty May and Holly McPeak of the United States in the title match. Prior to Saturday's title, Behar and Bede had finished second, fourth, second and third in their previous four international starts. Two of the runner up finishes were to Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst of Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games last September and in Macau this past April. Behar and Bede had placed fourth last November in Brazil and third last week in Italy where Fontana and Youngs defeated Cook and Pottharst for the Gold Medal.Behar and Bede, the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Champions and Pan American Gold Medallists, were competing in their 48 international event together with 44 "final four" finishes. Behar and Bede advanced to Saturday's final with a 21-14 and 21-19 win over fifth-seeded Sandra Pires and Tatiana Minello of Brazil.Fontana and Youngs, who were competing in only their fifth event together,entered Saturday's Gold Medal match with an 11-match international winning streak. Fontana and Youngs opened Saturday's play with a 21-19 and 21-16 win over USA rivals Misty May and Kerri Walsh in a semi-final contest.May (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Walsh (Los Gatos, Calif.) rebounded from their opening defeat Saturday to capture the Bronze Medal with a 21-15 and 21-16 win over Pires and Minello. May and Walsh, who was competing in her fourth pro beach event, split $14,000 for the third-place finish. Pires and Minello, who placed fourth in Italy last week, shared $11,000 for fourth-place.A fourth-place finisher in the season opening FIVB event in Macau, Fontana and Youngs placed first and second in their next two starts in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and Hermosa Beach, Calif., respectively. Fontana and Youngs dropped the Hermosa AVP title match to Lisa Arce and McPeak, who placed fifth this week to share $9,000.Saturday's Gold Medal match was the 36th-time that the United States has played Brazil in a women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour final. Both countries have won 18 times with the United States winning the previous three Gold Medal meetings in Chicago, France and Brazil last season.Brazil has now won 41 of the 73 women's FIVB events since the start of the international tour in 1992. The South Americans have gathered 112 medals and earned 135 "final four" finishes. With two teams on the podium Saturday, the United States has now claimed 80 international medals. With Fontana and Youngs' title last week in Italy, the United States has 29 Gold Medal finishes and 109 "final four" placements.Arce (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) finished fifth for the second-straight international event. Arce and McPeak eliminated top-seeded Cook and Pottharst before being ousted from the competition by Behar and Bede. The AVP teams of 17th-seeded Diane DeNecochea(LaJolla, Calif.)/Liz Masakayan (San Diego, Calif.) and 21st-seeded Danalee Bragado (Honolulu, Hi.)/Ali Wood (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.), placed 13th($4,000) and 17th ($3,000), respectively, at the Swiss FIVB event.The Gstaad stop is the third women's FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event this season and the second for the men. The AVP women remain in Europe for an event in event in Gran Canaria, Spain (July 4-8) before resuming domestic play July 13-15 at the $125,000 Sunkist Open at Muskegon (Mich.). The AVP men have events in Berlin, Germany (June 27-July 1) and Stavanger, Norway (June 4-8) before Muskegon. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Gstaad Men's Open 2001, in Gstaad/Switzerland, 20-24 June << Great final in the men's tournament in Gstaad with three nations on the winners' podium >>The last day of the FIVB Beach World Tour tournament in Gstaad was as warm and sunny as all the previous days - a world record to add to the Beach records! Kevin Wong and Stein Metzger are the victors of this first men's World Tour in Switzerland. The American duo beat the top Swiss duo Paul and Martin Laciga 2:0 (21:17 / 22:20). Standing on the winner's podium, the Americans won the hearts of the 4,000 spectators with storms of applause when they expressed their conviction "we love Switzerland, we love Gstaad,the cows, the beautiful setting, and we love you all". Even in the semi-final against the duo Ricardo-Loiola (BRA) the Swiss had a very rough start. They lost the first set 21:16. But then they were able to count on the total support of the public who literally whipped up their enthusiasm and their national team duo to push the latter into the Final.With resounding cries of "La-Ola" and "Hopp Schwiz" and much stamping of feet the public gave as much as their best to the two Swiss "Beachboys", and this outstanding public display of support was all that it needed to push the two Lacigas to victory and a place in the Final.In the match for 3rd place the two newly formed Brazilian teams Emanuel-Tande and Ricardo-Loiola were face to face. The winners from Teneriffe Emanuel-Tande (BRA) managed to impose their victory with the score of 2:0 setsAs is now traditional in this alpine region of Switzerland, the three top place teams each receive traditional and native cow bells to take home with them The Organising Committee would like to thank all the players - Good bye,and see you next year, same time, same place... AVP's METZGER & WONG CAPTURE FIVB SWISS OPEN GOLD MEDAL GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND - For the second-straight week, a team from the Association of Volleyball Professsionals (AVP) captured a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event as Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong upset the top two seeded teams here Sunday (June 24) to claim the Gold Medal at the $180,000 men's Swiss Open.The Gstaad stop was the first of five combined men's and women's events on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this season. The women's international event concluded Saturday with Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede of Brazil defeating the AVP's Barbra Fontana and Elaine Youngs in the Gold Medal match Fontana and Youngs had captured the AVP's first international Gold Medal this season when they defeated Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Gold Medallists, to win the Italy event in Calgiari last Sunday. The United States women netted two medals on Gstaad's Village Centre courts with Misty May and Kerry Walsh winning the Bronze Medal.Seeded seventh in the 32-team men's Main Draw, Metzger (Honolulu, Hi.) and Wong (Pearl City, Hi.) shared the $27,000 first-place prize by scoring a 21-17 and 22-20 win over the second-seeded Laciga brothers (Martin and Paul) in the 38-minute title match. The Gold Medal was the 24th for the United States in 117 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events and the first "open"crown since Dax Holdren and Todd Rogers advanced through the qualifier to win the 2000 Mexico Open in Rosarito last June.The win was Metzger's first-ever as a pro beach player while Wong was winning for the second time. Wong and Rob Heidger, who finished fifth at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games with the Lacigas, captured a Gold Medal September 12, 1999 in an international invitational in San Diego, Calif. The Lacigas were competing in their ninth FIVB final.Metzger and Wong opened Sunday's play with a 22-20, 16-21 and 15-11 semi-final win over top-seeded Emanuel Rego and Tande Ramos of Brazil.Emanuel, who has won a record 31 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour titles, and Tande had won last week's men's event in the Canary Islands as Metzger and Wong placed fifth in their first international event together. Metzger and Wong dropped a 21-15 and 21-16 decision to Emanuel and Tande in the Canary Islands June 16.With the semi-final win, Metzger and Wong faced the second-seeded Laciga brothers (Martin and Paul) for the second time in two days in the Swiss Open finals. Metzger and Wong scored a 21-19, 21-19 and 15-11 win in 53 minutes over the Lacigas in Saturday's opening match in the third-round of the winner's bracket.Metzger and Wong, who had to win four matches in the 69-team Qualification Tournament Wednesday and Thursday, were playing in only fourth their pro beach event together. The pair opened the season by placing second and third in domestic events in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and Hermosa Beach, Calif.,respectively.In four events this season, Metzger and Wong have shared $53,700 in earnings while posting a 23-6 match mark. Metzger and Wong have also won three of four matches against the AVP's Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Gold Medallists for the United States. Internationally, Metzger and Wong have a 14-3 match mark. The Lacigas, who were playing in the second-straight international finale after dropping last week's Gold Medal match to Emanuel and Tande (21-19 and 21-14), split $18,000 for the Silver Medal. The Lacigas scored a 16-21,21-18 and 15-10 win over third-seeded Jose Loiola and Ricardo Santos of Brazil in Sunday's second semi-final match. Emanuel and Tande, who had a 10-match FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour winning streak snapped by Metzger and Wong, captured the Bronze Medal by defeating Loiola and Ricardo 22-20 and 21-17. Emanuel and Tande shared $14,000 for third-place while Loiola and Ricardo split $11,000. For the first time in 13 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour events, Brazil did not have a team in the Gold Medal match. The All-USA final where Holdren and Rogers defeated Heidger and Wong for the Mexico Gold Medal last June was the last time that the South American country did not have a team in an international final.AVP teams also gathered two ninths and a 13th Saturday. Blanton (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Fonoimoana (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), who were seeded sixth= ,dropped Saturday matches to Loiola/Ricardo and 18th-seeded Sergey Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev of Russia to place ninth and split $5,500.Holdren (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), who were seeded 21st, also dropped a pair of matches Saturday to 20th-seeded Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde of Argentina and John Child/Mark Heese of Canada.After finishing 17th last week in the Canary Islands, Holdren and Rogers improved to ninth this weekend to share $5,500.Holdren and Rogers had claimed two pro beach titles earlier this season in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and Hermosa Beach, Calif. Holdren and Rogers defeated Metzger and Wong in the Clearwater final. Holdren and Rogers rallied from a 13-7 deficit in the third game to capture the AVP Hermosa title over Blanton and Fonoimoana.Carl Henkel (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Sinjin Smith (Pacific Palisades,Calif.), who were seeded 17th for the United States, dropped their opening match Saturday to Child and Heese to place 13th. Henkel and Smith, who finished 17th in the Canary Islands, shared $4,000. FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour June 22, 2001 at Gstaad, Switzerland - Women's Main Draw Results/Schedule Winner's Bracket, Third-round · Dalixia Larrea Peraza/Tamara Fernandez Grosset, Cuba (8) def. Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, Australia (1), 14-21, 29-27 and 15-13 (55 minutes); · Sandra Pires/Tatiana Minello, Brazil (5) def. Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, United States (4), 21-18, 19-21 and 15-8 (57); · Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (3) def. Misty May/Kerri Walsh, United States (6), 21-15 and 21-16 (34); · Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (2) def. Eva Celbova/Sona Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (23), 24-22 and 21-14 (43). Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $4,000) · Zi Xiong/Rong Chi, China (17) def. Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands (26, 7), 15-21, 21-19 and 15-10 (53); · Tian Jia/Wang Fei, China (11) def. Ulrike Schmidt/Jana Vollmer, Germany (29), 21-14, 18-21 and 15-12 (57); · Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany (27, 2) def. Zhang Jingkun/Liu Chun Ying, China (19, 3), 21-18 and 21-17 (34); · Jackie Silva/Claudia Costa, Brazil (7) def. Diane DeNecochea/Liz Masakayan, United States (17), 19-21, 21-15 and 15-8 (50). Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $5,500) · Arce/McPeak, United States (4) def. Chi/Xiong, China (17), 21-15 and 21-12 (48); · Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1) def. Tian Jia/Wang Fei, China (11), 21-15 and 21-14 (34); · Celbova/Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (23) def. Pohl/Rau, Germany (27, 2),21-16 and 21-13 (34); · May/Walsh, United States (6) def. Silva/Claudia, Brazil (7), 21-11 and 24-22 (34). Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winner's advance to Saturday's semi-finals · Pires/Minello, Brazil (5) def. Larrea Peraza/Fernandez Grosset, Cuba (8),21-17 and 21-16 (38); · Fontana/Youngs, United States (3) def. Behar/Bede, Brazil (2), 21-15 and 21-19 (39). Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $7,000) · Arce/McPeak, United States (4) def. Cook/Pottharst, Australia (1), 20-22,21-16 and 15-13 (53); · May/Walsh, United States (6) def. Celbova/Dosoudilova, Czech Republic (23),21-16 and 21-10 (30). Loser's Bracket, Sixth-round (winners to Saturday's semi-finals; losers eliminated, place fifth, split $9,000) · Behar/Bede, Brazil (2) def. Arce/McPeak, United States (4), 23-21, 12-21 and15-11 (57); · May/Walsh, United States (6) def. Larrea Peraza/Fernandez Grosset, Cuba (8),21-14 and 21-12 (28). June 23, 2001 at Gstaad, Switzerland - Women's Main Draw Schedule Semi-finals Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (2) def. Sandra Pires/Tatiana Minello,Brazil (5), 21-14 and 21-19 (39 minutes); Barbra Fontana/Elaine Youngs, United States (3) def. Misty May/Kerri Walsh,United States (6), 21-19 and 21-16 (41); Bronze Medal Match (winners place third, split $14,000, losers place fourth,split $11,000) May/Walsh, United States (6) def. Pires/Minello, Brazil (5), 21-15 and21-16 (32). Gold Medal Match (winners place first, split $27,000, losers place second,split $18,000) Behar/Bede, Brazil (2) def. Fontana/Youngs, United States (3), 21-15 and 22-20 (43). Adriana Behar & Shelda Bede of Brazil
June 22, 2001 at Gstaad, Switzerland - United States Men's Main Draw Results/Schedule Winner's Bracket, First-round · Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden (No. 16-seeded Main Draw team) def. Carl Henkel/Sinjin Smith, United States (17), 21-13, 27-25 (49 minutes); · Dax Holdren/Todd Rogers, United States (21) def. Zé Marco de Melo/Pará Ferreira, Brazil (12), 21-11 and 22-20 (34); · Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States (6) def. Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (27), 26-24 and 21-15 (47); · Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (7, No. 3-seeded Qualification Tournament team) vs. Andrea Pimponi/Maurizio Raffaelli, Italy (26), 21-15 and 21-17 (38). Winner's Bracket, Second-round Brazil · Holdren/Rogers, United States (21) def. Paulão Moreira/Jefferson Bellaguarda, Brazil (5, 2), 21-18, 12-21 and 15-10 (51); · Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (6) def. Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany (22), 21-16, 16-21 and 18-16 (59); · Metzger/Wong, United States (7, 3) def. Luis Maia/Joao Brenha, Portugal (10), 21-15, 21-22 and 15-11 (59). Loser's Bracket, First-round (losers eliminated, place 25th, split $2,000) · Henkel/Smith, United States (17) def. Gu Yu/Xu Qiang, China (32),21-14 and 21-15 (39); Loser's Bracket, Second-round (losers eliminated, place 17th, split $3,000) · Henkel/Smith,United States(17)def.Javier Bosma/Antonio Cotrino,Spain(15, 4), 23-21 and 21-9 (38). Winner's Bracket, Third-round Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, Brazil (1) def. Niklos Berger/Oliver Stamm,Austria (25), 21-17 and 21-17 (36 minutes); Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina (20) def. Dax Holdren/Todd Rogers, United States (21), 21-14 and 21-13 (37); Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3) def. Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana,United States (6), 26-24, 19-21 and 15-9 (58); Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (7, 3) def. Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, Switzerland (2)., 19-21, 21-19 and 15-11 (53). Loser's Bracket, Third-round (losers eliminated, place 13th, split $4,000) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada (8) def. Henkel/Smith, United States (17),21-17 and 21-16 (45); Marco/Par=E1, Brazil (12) def. Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, Canada(19),21-18 and 21-18 (46); Joshua Slack/Jarrod Novosel, Australia (14, 7) def. Oliver Oetke/ Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11), 21-15, 17-21 and 15-13 (54); Sergery Ermishin/Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (18) def. Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (9), 23-21, 14-21 and 15-12 (53). Loser's Bracket, Fourth-round (losers eliminated, place ninth, split $5,500) Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. Holdren/Rogers, United States (21), 22-20,19-21 and 15-11 (55); Marco/Par=E1, Brazil (12) def. Berger/Stamm, Austria (25), 21-12 and 26-24(83); M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (2) def. Slack/Novosel, Australia (14,7),23-21 and 21-15 (37); Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia (18) def. Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States(6), 21-19, 16-21 and 15-8 (51) Winner's Bracket, Fourth-round (winner's advance to Sunday's semi-finals Emanuel/Tande,Brazil(1)def.Baracetti/Conde, Argentina (20), 21-18,16-21 and 15-7 (50); Loiola/Ricardo,Brazil(3)def.Metzger/Wong,U.States(7, 3),21-15,17-21and 15-7 (56). Loser's Bracket, Fifth-round (losers eliminated,place seventh,split $7,000) Child/Heese, Canada (8) def. ZeMarco/Para, Brazil (12), 21-15 and 21-19(34); M. Laciga/P.Laciga,Switzerland(2)def.Ermishin/Kouchnerev,Russia(18),21-18 and 21-14 (38). Loser's Bracket, Sixth-round (winners to Saturday's semi-finals; losers eliminated, place fifth, split $9,000) Metzger/Wong, United States (7, 3) def. Child/Heese, Canada (8) 21-14 and 21-16 (36); M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (2) def. Baracetti/Conde, Argentina (20),21-15 and 21-12 (30). Semi-finals Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (7, 3), def. Emanuel Rego/Tande Ramos, Brazil (1), 22-20, 16-21 and 15-11 (54 minutes); M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (2) def. Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos,Brazil (3), 16-21, 21-18 and 15-10 (53). Bronze Medal Match (winners place third,split $14,000,losers place fourth,split $11,000) Emanuel/Tande, Brazil (1) def. Loiola/Ricardo, Brazil (3), 22-20 and 21-17(37). Gold Medal Match (winners place first, split $27,000, losers place second,split $18,000) Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, United States (7, 3) def. M. Laciga/P. Laciga,Switzerland (2), 21-17 and 22-20 (38). Kevin Wong Stein Metzger
Rk Players Country Prize Main Draw Ranking 1 Wong-Metzger USA 360 $27,000.00 2 Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 324 $18,000.00 3 Emanuel-Tande BRA 288 $14,000.00 4 Ricardo-Loiola BRA 244 $11.000,00 5 Baracetti-Conde ARG 216 $9.000,00 5 Child-Heese CAN 216 $9.000,00 7 Zé Marco-Pará BRA 180 $7.000,00 7 Ermishin"Russia"-Kouchnerev RUS 180 $7.000,00 9 Slack-Novosel AUS 144 $5.500,00 9 Berger-Stamm AUT 144 $5.500,00 9 Blanton-Fonoimoana E. USA 144 $5.500,00 9 Rogers-Holdren USA 144 $5.500,00 13 Holden-Leinemann CAN 108 $4.000,00 13 Oetke-Scheuerpflug GER 108 $4.000,00 13Kobel-Heuscher SUI 108 $4.000,00 13Sinjin Smith-Henkel USA 108 $4.000,00
Berlin,German Open,27th June-01st July2001
Berlin
On the "Platz an der Jannowitzbrucke", close to the world famous "Brandeburg" door and to the German "Reichstag" in dowtown Berlin, sandy courts will be set up especially to host the FIVB World Tour for the fifth consecutive year.
Rk Players Country Prize (US$) Main Draw Ranking 1st Zahner-Prosser AUS 360 $ 27,000 2nd Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 324 18,000 3rd Emanuel-Tande BRA 288 14,000 4th Kobel-Heuscher SUI 244 11,000 5th Zé Marco-Pará BRA 216 9,000 5th Child-Heese CAN 216 9,000 7th Baracetti-Conde ARG 180 7,000 7th Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR 180 7,000 9th Paulão-Bellaguarda BRA 144 5,500 9th Ahmann-Hager GER 144 5,500 9th Zaitsev-Karasev RUS 144 5,500 9th Rogers-Holdren USA 144 5,500 13th Slack-Novosel AUS 108 4,000 13th Dieckmann M.-Reckermann GER 108 4,000 13th McCaw-Heidger R. USA 108 4,000 13th Sinjin Smith-Henkel USA 108 4,000 17th Berger-Stamm AUT 72 3,000 17th Holden-Leinemann CAN 72 3,000 17th Milian Carvajal-Ramirez Bernal CUB 72 3,000 17th Oetke-Scheuerpflug GER 72 3,000 17th Maaseide-Horrem NOR 72 3,000 17th Maia-Brenha POR 72 3,000 17th Ermishin " Russia"-Kouchnerev RUS 72 3,000 17th Blanton-Fonoimoana E. USA 72 3,000
Olympic medallists Blanton/Fonoimoana(USA)eliminated Ahmann/Hager qualify 29-Jun-2001 Berlin, June 29th 2001:Todd Rogers/Day Holdren(USA) defeated fellow countryman Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, Gold medallists at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney, 19:21,21:14 and 15:12 in a exhausting 55 minutes battle in the last match of the day which eliminated the gold medallist from the tournament. The two top seeded teams Emanuel/Tande (BRA) and Laciga/Laciga (SUI) played to expectation and didn't lose a match. Zé Marco/Pará and Paulao/Bellaguarda from Brasil and Child Heese, Canada, Baracetti/Conde, Argentina, Zahner/Prosser, Australia and Kjemperud/Hoidale, Norway also played well and will play in tomorrows winners bracket quarter finals.Warmed by bright sunshine and 24°C temperatures, 3.000 spectators enjoyed tremendous Beach Volleyball matches close to the "Alexanderplatz". in the heart of Germanys capital Berlin. The main draw consisted of the best male Beach Volleyball teams of the world, including all medallists at the Olympic games in Sydney 2000 Olympic bronze medallists Ahmann/Hager defeated fellow German players Oetke/Scheuerpflug to advance to tomorrows 2nd round where they join another German team Dieckmann/Reckermann who also survived a tough first day of the main draw. Laciga/Laciga hope to win their first FIVB tournament 2001! New formed team Emanuel/Tande is successful Berlin, June 30th 2001: The Swiss brothers Laciga/Laciga so far undefeated in this tournament have qualified for the semi-finals. After being beaten in the final in Spain and Switzerland they hope to win their first FIVB tournament for 2001 at the German Open 2001 in Berlin. They will play their semi-final against their countrymen Kobel/Heuscher the surprise team of the 2nd day of the main draw.1st -seeded world ranking leaders Emanuel/Tande (BRA) also played well, winning all of their matches and gaining direct access to the semi-finals. Their opponent will be the team Zahner/Prosser from Australia who defeated 8th seeded Zé Marco/Pará from Brasil in a nerve-racking quarter-final.Olympia bronze medallists Ahmann/Hager from Germany were able to win the longest match of the day in 1:10 min against the legendary Beach Volleyball player Sinjin Smith an his partner Carl Henkel by 14:21, 21:16 and 13:15. However they were defeated by Baracetti/Conde from Argentina in two sets and finished in 9th place. 12.000 Spectators watched some great Beach Volleyball under clear blue skies and 26°C temperatures.The tournament continues with the semi-finals tomorrow at 9:30 am. The final starts at 13:30 and will be live broadcasted on SFB. Zahner/Prosser win their first FIVB tournament ever! Swiss team Laciga/Laciga deafeated in a final for the third time this year! Berlin, July 1st 2001: The German Open 2001 in Berlin ended with a very big surprise. The Australian team Lee Zahner/ Julien Prosser defeated Paul and Martin Laciga from Switzerland in a nerve-racking three sets final(18:21, 28:26 , 22:20). Although the swiss team had 6 matchballs in the second set they lost it finally due to a red card against Martin Laciga for pulling down the net in anger. 7000 spectators were very excited by a tremendous match. The first surprise of the day was when the Australians defeated the top seeded Emanuel/Tande in the semi-final by 28:26,14:21 and 15:11. In the all swiss semi-final Paul and Martin Laciga triumphed over their countryman Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher by 27:25 and 26:24. In the battle for the 3rd Place the Swiss team Kober/Heuscher presented themselves as fearless opponent against the major favorite team Emanuel/Tande from Brasil. In the end however the brasillian team won by two sets (21:16, 21:18) 32.000 Spectators joined exciting matches on all days of the tournament. Warm days and hardly any clouds made for perfect conditions for the German Open 2001. Once more downtown Berlin presented as much beach feeling as at the copacabana. We are looking forward to the next German Open when it might take place on a different ground but for sure in berlin again.
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Emanuel-Tande BRA - Gold Medal Winners 2001
Rk Players Country Prize (US$) Main Draw Ranking 1st Emanuel-Tande BRA $ 27,000 2nd Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 18,000 3rd Zé Marco-Pará BRA 14,000 4th Child-Heese CAN 11,000 5th Oetke-Scheuerpflug GER 9,000 5th Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR 9,000 7th Ahmann-Hager GER 7,000 7th Berg B.-Dahl SWE 7,000 9th Baracetti-Conde ARG 5,500 9th Maia-Brenha POR 5,500 9th Ermishin -Kouchnerev RUS 5,500 9th Sinjin Smith-Henkel USA 5,500 13th Zahner-Prosser AUS 4,000 13th Maaseide-Horrem NOR 4,000 13th Blanton-Fonoimoana E. USA 4,000 13th Wong-Metzger USA 4,000 17th Martinez-Salema ARG 3,000 17th Slack-Novosel AUS 3,000 17th Berger-Stamm AUT 3,000 17th Ricardo-Loiola BRA 3,000 17th Roberto Lopes-Franco BRA 3,000 17th Holden-Leinemann CAN 3,000 17th Watanabe-Shiratori JPN 3,000 17th Rogers-Holdren USA 3,000
Swedish Surprise in Main Draw, Stavanger-07-Jul-2001 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Title: Phillips Open Location: Norway - Stavanger - in Vågen Late: July 4th through July 8th 2001, Men´s competition Prize money: US $ 180.000
Bjørn Berg and Simon Dahl, the Swedish No. 1 team, are unbeaten after two rounds in the Main Draw of the Phillips Open 2001 in Stavanger, Norway. The two wins by the Swedes was the biggest surprise on another fantastic day in Vågen Harbour. Not only has it been beach volley of the highest level throughout the competition, it has also proven how close the main draw teams are in standard, and how quickly potential victories can be turned into defeats. Berg and Dahl, seeded 22nd in the competition, made it through to the winners bracket third round with hard fought victories over Loiola/Ricardo from Brazil in their first match, 2-0 (21-15, 21-18), and the Olympic Champions Blanton/Fonomoiana, USA in their second, 2-1 (21-15, 12-21, 20-18). Surprisingly Loiola/Ricardo of Brazil have suffered two losses and have been eliminated from the competition for a final finish of 17th place. The other major surprise of the day occurred when the Japanese team of Watanabe/Shiratori defeated the Gstaad , Switzerland Champions Wong/Metzger, USA, in the first round. The Japan team are competing in the main draw for the very first time. The other 7 teams who will join the Swedes in the third round winners bracket are : Emanuel/Tande, Brazil, Ze Marco/Para, Brazil, Smith/Henkel, USA, Child/Heese, Canada, Oetke/Scheuerpluf, Germany, Kjemperud/Høidalen, Norway and Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland. For the Norwegian fans the most enthralling match of the day was between old teammates, Bjørn Maaseide and Jan Kvalheim, and their new partners in the first round. It was a fight that thrilled the capacity crowd and was played with plenty of emotion being shown by both players. Maaseide/Horrem eventually won the match 2-0 and after a loss and a victory they will be playing in tomorrows losers bracket third round for a chance to continue through to Sundays finals.The competition continues tomorrow at 10 a.m on four courts. For detailed information, please call the Press Center, +47 51 76 94 15,or contact Press Director Kjell-Gunnar Dahle, +47 900 88 249 Brazil, Canada and Switzerland to contest semifinals in Stavanger-07-Jul-2001 Two Brazilian teams, Emanuel/Tande and Ze Marco/Para, will tomorrow battle for a chance to contest the gold medal final in the first semifinal in the FIVB World Tour Phillips Open 2001 in Stavanger, Norway. In the other semifinal the Laciga-brothers from Switzerland will play Child/Heese from Canada for the second spot in the gold medal match. Emanuel/Tande was the first team to reach the semi final with victories over Ze Marco/Para and Child/Heese in their two matches today. Martin and Paul Laciga defeated Kjemperud/Høidalen of Norway in their first game today, and then received a walk over to the semifinal due to an knee injury to Oetke of Germany, who was unable to play the winners bracket semi final. Norwegian team Kjemperud/Høidalen received great support from the home crowd, but fell at the last hurdle and were defeated by Child/Heese for the last semi final spot. An enthusiastic crowd, who filled the stadion to capasity all day, cheered on the players from all countries, and even stayed to cheer on Kjemperud/Høidalen when rain threatened to delay play.The first semi final will commence tomorrow at 12 noon with the bronze medal play off scheduled for 2.30 p.m, with the gold medal match to follow immediately after, in the presence of HRH Princess Mãrtha Louise of Norway. Emanuel and Tande win again in Stavanger-08-Jul-2001 Led by tournament best player, Emanuel, the Brazilian combination Emanuel/Tande dominated the finals in Stavanger, Norway defeating the Laciga-brothers from Switzerland 2-0 (21-19,21-15) in the gold medal match. The Brazilians dominated the tournament going through undefeated. So dominate was their performance that they only lost one set in three days of competition. Early in the day they gave advanced notice of the great form that they were in, by defeating compatriots Ze Marco/Para in the semi final to advance directly to the gold medal game. Paul and Martin Laciga although galant in defeat, have now competed in every final this season, but are still to taste victory. An easy victory in the semi final over Child/Heese of Canada did not translate into a gold medal winning performance in the final. Ze Marco/Para of Brazil recovered from their earlier semi final loss to defeat Child/Heese in a match played in sunshine after both semi finals were played in light rain. The capacity crowd of 3500 spectators were however not detered from enjoing some great beach volleyball.
Rk Players Country Prize (US$) Main Draw Ranking 1st Baracetti-Conde ARG $ 27,000 2nd Ricardo-Loiola BRA 18,000 3rd Emanuel-Tande BRA 14,000 4th Wong-Metzger USA 11,000 5th Holden-Leinemann CAN 9,000 5th Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 9,000 7th Roberto Lopes-Franco BRA 7,000 7th Berg B.-Dahl SWE 7,000 9th Slack-Novosel AUS 5,500 9th Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR 5,500 9th Heyer-Egger M. SUI 5,500 9th Sinjin Smith-Henkel USA 5,500 13th Zahner-Prosser AUS 4,000 13th Maaseide-Horrem NOR 4,000 13th Paulão-Bellaguarda BRA 4,000 13th Witt-Witt USA 4,000 17th Bosma-Cotrino ESP 3,000 17th Ahmann-Hager GER 3,000 17th Oetke-Scheuerpflug GER 3,000 17th Lione-Amore"Eugio" ITA 3,000 17th Maia-Brenha POR 3,000 17th Zaitsev-Karasev RUS 3,000 17th Kobel-Heusche SUI 3,000 17th Rogers-Holdren USA 3,000
BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July 65 teams from 30 nations fight for eight berths into the main draw Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, Tuesday 10th July 2001 - 65 men's teams from 30 nations will compete in the qualification tournament of the 2001 Italy Open for eight available spots in the main draw.Five Italian teams will take part in the qualification tournament. The favorite teams are: Berger-Stamm (AUT), Roberto Lopes-Franco (BRA), Milian Caravajal-Ramirez Bernal (CUB), Bosma-Cotrino (ESP) and Fenilli-Sanguanini (ITA). The first matches will begin at 9:00AM Wednesday morning. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July No major upsets on the first day of competition Wednesday 11th July 2001- Smoothly and without major upsets, the first day of the qualification tournament was concluded late today, Wednesday afternoon, at the Arena Beach of Lignano Sabbiadoro.Early in the morning the sun was shining and the temperature was 32°C, good conditions for a beach volleyball.The matches started this morning at 9 o'clock and 57 matches were played with 65 teams entered. All the Italian teams were defeated in the first round. The undefeated teams continuing in the winners bracket are: Witt-Witt (USA), Cadieux-Chaloupka (CAN), McCaw-Heidger (USA), Rogers-Holdren (USA), Marcio Araujo-Luizao (BRA), Bosma-Cotrino (ESP), Roberto Lopes-Franco (BRA) and Slack-Novosel (AUS). Berger-Stamm (AUS) moved on in the competition with two wins over Soga-Yano (JPN) and Olofsson-Jonsson (SWE). Unfortunately in the third round they lost to the American team Witt-Witt. The most interesting match played today was between the Cuban team Milian Carvajal-Ferrer Cutino and Roberto Lopes-Franco (BRA). The Brazilian team won the match for 2-1 (14-21, 21-19, 15-5).Matches begin tomorrow at 9:00AM. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July Eight teams qualify for the main draw Thursday 12th July 2001 - The second day of the qualification tournament in Lignano Sabbiadoro was concluded today with a total of 17 games being played to determine the eight teams that qualified for the main draw. Over 10,000 spectators enjoyed the matches played by the athletes today,especially the match between Berger-Stamm (AUT) and Marcio Araujo-Luizao (BRA) performed on the central court and won by the Brazilian team for 2-1 (21-11, 16-21, 25-23). The teams that today earned their place in the Main Draw are: Bosma-Cotrino (ESP), Cadieux-Chaloupka (CAN), Heyer-Egger M. (SUI), Witt-Witt (USA), Zaitsev-Karasev (RUS), Franco-Roberto Lopes (BRA), Rogers-Holdren (USA) and Slack-Novosel (AUS). With 40 matches in program, tomorrow is the first day of the Main Draw and the best Beach Volleyball athletes will take part to the competition. The top seeds are Emanuel-Tande (BRA), Laciga brothers (SUI) and Child-Heese (CAN). The first matches of the main draw begin tomorrow at 9:00AM BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July Perfect conditions in the first day of the Main Draw Friday 13th July 2001 - Over 8,000 spectators enjoyed the excellent weather (32C and sunny), the beautiful scenery of Lignano Sabbiadoro and the spectacular play of the best beach volleyball players in the world. The top seeds Emanuel-Tande (BRA) advanced without a loss today. In the first round they defeated the Witt brothers (USA) 2-0 (21-16, 21-15). In the second round they easily handled the Australian team Slack-Novosel with the score of 2-0 (21-10, 21-15). The second seeded team of Laciga-Laciga (SUI) defeated Cadieux-Chaloupka (CAN) 2-0 (21-13, 21-15) and Rogers-Holdren (USA) 2-0 (21-19, 21-13). The third seeded team of Child-Heese (CAN) were upset in the first round by Heyer-Egger (SUI) 0-2 (20-22, 19-21). In the first set of this match Child-Heese were leading 20-15 only to lose the set 20-22. In their second match Child-Heese were eliminated by Maia-Brenha (POR) 0-2 (25-27, 21-11) to finish a surprising 25th. It wasn't a good day for the Italian teams. The three teams of Galli-Cicola, Raffaelli-Pimponi and Lione-Amore were defeated in the first round and in the end no Italian made it to the second day of the main draw.The second day of the main draw will begin at 10:00AM on Saturday July 14th. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July Emanuel-Tande (BRA) qualify for their fifth consecutive semi-final in 2001 Saturday 14th July 2001 - Emanuel-Tande (BRA) managed qualified for their fifth consecutive semi-final in 2001. This means that Emanuel-Tande have managed to play on Sunday in every FIVB World Tour Open this year. Emanuel-Tande defeated their fellow countrymen Roberto Lopes-Franco (BRA) in the first round 2-0 (21-15, 21-16) but lost in the second round to Wong-Metzger (USA) 0-2 (17-21, 19-21). The Brazilians were victorious against Holden-Leinemann (CAN) 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) in the last match of the day.Conversely, the Laciga brothers from Switzerland failed to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in 2001. Today, they were defeated by Ricardo-Loiola (BRA) 0-2 (18-21, 15-21) and by Baracetti-Conde (ARG) 1-2 (23-25, 21-15, 21-19). In the first semi-final on Sunday Wong-Metzeger (USA) will face Baracetti-Conde (ARG) while the second semi-final will feature the Brazilian teams of Ricardo-Loiola (BRA) and Emanuel-Tande (BRA).Tomorrow the first semi final will start at 11:00AM. The Bronze medal final will start at 3.30PM and the Gold medal final at 5.30 PM. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 Italy Open, Men, in Lignano Sabbiadoro 11-15 July New champions crowned in Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro, 15-July 2001 - Baracetti-Conde (ARG) were crowned champions of the 2001 Italy Open. This is the first victory for the new team of Baracetti-Conde in 2001. In the final the Argentinean pair defeated Ricardo-Loiola (BRA) 2-0 (21-17, 21-16) in 40 minutes. Mariano Baracetti was awarded the Speedo Trophy as the best player of the tournament.Today, over 12,000 spectators enjoyed the perfect weather (32C and sunny), the beautiful scenery of Lignano Sabbiadoro and the spectacular play of the best beach volleyball players in the world.In the bronze medal match, Emanuel-Tande (BRA) were victorious against the American team of Wong-Metzger 2-0 (21-19, 21-12) in 38 minutes. This bronze medal is the fifth consecutive medal for Emanuel-Tande in five FIVB World Tour events in 2001.In the first semi-final, earlier in the day, Baracetti-Conde defeated Wong-Metzger 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) in 43 minutes while Emanuel-Tande lost to Ricardo-Loiola 0-2 (17-21, 15-21) in 37 minutes in the second semi-final.
Last year was a big year for Marseille, which celebrated its 26th centenary and hosted the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships. But, rather than concentrate on its past, the city ( with a population of 857,000, one million if you count the whole metropolitan area ) is looking ahead to the future. Marseille is a city of people who work, create, make money, and merit consideration thanks to its critical geographic location on the Mediterranean and its very active cultural life.What to see. take a look in particular at the many architectural landmarks, the picturesque Estaque neighborhood, and the old port nearby, full of restaurants and bars. Plage du Prado will be the area where it is set up an artificial beach with a stadium for 5000 speactators,6 courts and a village of 4,000 m sq. including a swimming pool ,boutiques a restaurant and a VIP tribune.
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Main Draw Ranking
Rk. Players Country Points Earnings (US$) 1st Baracetti-Conde ARG 450 $32,000 2ndEmanuel-Tande BRA 406 22,000 3rdWong-Metzger USA 360 18,000 4thBlanton-FonoimoanaUSA 316 15,000 5Ermishin -Kouchnerev RUS 270 12,000 5 Laciga P.-Laciga M. SUI 270 12,000 7Ricardo-Loiola BRA 226 9,000 7Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR 226 9,000 9Slack-Novosel AUS 180 7,000 9Paulão-Bellaguarda BRA 180 7,000 9Heyer-Egger M. SUI 180 7,000 9Kobel-Heuscher SUI 180 7,000 13Bosma-Cotrino ESP 136 5,000 13Canet-Hamel FRA 136 5,000 13Dieckmann M.-Reckermann GER 136 5,000 13th Rogers-Holdren USA 136 5,000 17 Zahner-Prosser AUS 90 3,500 17Stamm-Berger AUT 90 3,500 17Roberto Lopes-Franco BRA 90 3,500 17 Zé Marco-Pará BRA 90 3,500 17Ljubicic-Slean CAN 90 3,500 17Ahmann-Hager GER 90 3,500 17Oetke-Scheuerpflug GER 90 3,500 17Berg B.-Dahl SWE 90 3,500 25Martinez-Salema ARG 46 2,500 25Palinek-Pochop CZE 46 2,500 25Daguerre-Znatchkowsky FRA 46 2,500 25Kvalheim-Pettersen NOR 46 2,500 25Maaseide-Horrem NOR 46 2,500 25Maia-Brenha POR 46 2,500 25Gil-De Jesus PUR 46 2,500 25thSinjin Smith-Henkel USA 46 2,500
BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 France Men's Grand Slam in Marseille 16 -22 July Prize Money : US $ 225 000 Men's qualification begins tomorrow July 17, for the second competition day the men qualification bracket will begin. Local audience is really exited to wait for the best players of the world. 62 teams will fight for the qualification . After that, 8 teams will join 24 others who are already in the maindraw. French teams of Deulofeu/Molinier and Cès/Baumgartner have big hopes to enter the maindraw in regard of their good results in the French Championships. Concerning the weather, a big sun and less wind are expected for tomorrow. Play commences at 9 am tomorrow morning. Press release, 17-jul-2001 62 teams involved in the qualifications The weather is still beautifull in Marseille, with only a slight breeze for the players to contend. In the first competition day of men's Grand Slam, Marseille France, which began today, 62 teams were entered in the qualification bracket. For the moment American team of Rogers and Holdren and Brazilian team of Roberto Lopez and Franco are still unbeaten. They went easily through the first competition day, thanks to three wonderfull victories. All the French teams have been eliminated. French audience is now waiting for the two teams who are in the main draw : Canet/Hamel and Daguerre/Znatchkovsky. They will sure try to do their best in this tournament, to make their public satisfied. Some famous teams as Sayfulin/Kouvitchka had less success, they will play tomorrow in the looser's bracket. Tomorrow, the men qualification bracket will end and we will know who will have the right to enter the main draw to compete against the best. Play commences at 9.00 am tomorrow morning Press release, 18-jul-2001 Two French teams in the Main Draw. The enthusiastic French audience enjoyed a day in the sun as the watched the second day of qualifying in Marseille, France today in the FIVB French Grand Slam event. Eight teams advanced to the main draw with Brazilians Roberto Lopez/Franco and Americans Holdren/Rogers leading the way. They will be joined by teams from Spain, Canada , Germany and Purto Rico in a 32 team draw. They will join the winners of the last event in Lignano, Italy, Baracetti/Conde and the top seeded Brazilians Emanuel/Tande in a day of anticipated outstanding beach volleyball action. The two best French teams who qualified for the main draw, Daguerre/Znatchkovsy (2000 French champions) and Canet/Hamel will both do their best in front of the passionate French audience. Beautifull weather is expected for tomorrows play. Play commences at 9.00 am tomorrow morning Press release, 19-jul-2001 Top seeds go through undefeated Top seeded Brazilians Emanuel Rego and Tande Ramos won their two matches today against the Argentinian team of Martinez/Salema and the German team of Ahmann and Hager to advance to the quarter finals tomorrow. They will meet Olympic Gold Medalist, Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana in a match which will determine the semi finalists for Saturday. In another USA / Brazil match-up, Kevin Wong/ Stein Metzger will play against Ricardo Santos and Jose Loiola for the second semi final spot. The vice-world champions Paul and MartinLaciga of Switzerland easily won both of their games on the third day of competition and advanced to a quarter final clash with the Norwegians Jorre Kjemperud and Vegard Hoidalen . In the last of the quarter finals the winners of the World Tour event in Lignano, Italy last week Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde will play the Swiss combination of Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher. The loosers bracket will be tough for all teams with previous World Tour Gold Medalists Zahner/Prosser (AUS), Rogers/Holdren (USA), Roberto/Franco (BRA) and Ahmann/Hager (GER) all fighting to remain in contention for the medal play-offs on Sunday afternoon. Players will be hoping that the wind which was blowing in Marseille today will abeit and provide calmer conditions for the third day of Men's competition tomorrow. Play commences at 9.00 pm tomorrow morning on the plage du Prado. Press release, 20-jul-2001 Wind suspends play in Marseille The famous " Mistral " wind of southern France arrived today and caused the cancellation of play from 1045 on the sand courts of plages de Prado. It was impossible to continue play at that time and matches have been posponed until the calmer conditions which are expected tomorrow. Only 5 matches were completed in the morning, with play in two other matches cancelled before they were able to be finished. These will be restarted from the beginning of each game from 9am tomorrow. Due to the cancellation of play today, the mens semi finals which were scheduled for Saturday afternoon will now be played from 1030 Sunday morning. The womens semi finals due to be played tomorrow afternoon will go ahead as scheduled from 3pm. Press release, 21-jul-2001 Sydney Olympics Champions in semi final. The sun was really hot today in Marseille and the wind which suspended the competition yesterday completely disappeared. The men's main draw bracket matches of this Grand Slam Event were played in front of a big and enthusiastic audience. The Sydney Gold medalist Blanton/Fonoimoana (USA) are still unbeaten in this tournament. It's good for this team which best performance this year was a 7 th place in the Spanish Open (Tenerife). Today, they qualify for the semi final by defeating their countrymen Kevin Wong and Stein Metzger. Tomorrow they will be opposed to the top seeded Brazilians Emanuel/Tande who have won two tournaments this year , Stavanger (Norway) and Tenerife (Spain). Emanuel Rego and Tande Ramos defeated the Laciga brothers in a looser's bracket match to win their place in the semi-finals. The Argentinian team of Baracetti and Conde, 10th seed, won their quarter final against the World Vice-Champions and second seeded, Laciga brothers to advance to the semi finals. Tomorrow they will play the American combination of Wong/Metzger (USA) whose match against the Russian team of Ermishin / Kouchnerev was declared a forfeit on protest. Tomorrow the men's final will be played at 4. 30 pm. BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR 2001 France Men's Grand Slam in Marseille 16 -22 July Press release, 21-jul-2001 Prize Money : US $ 225 000 Baracetti / Conde 1st It was a under a hot sun that the Men's semi finals of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Grand Slam in Marseille were played today. A big crowed was there to support the best Beach Volleyball players of the world. The Brazilians Emanuel and Tande , qualified to the semi finals by defeating the American team of Blanton and Fonoimoana in a three set match (21-18, 17-21, 14-16). The Argentinian team of Baracetti and Conde won their place in final after dominating the American team of Wong and Metzger. The French audience had the chance to see a wonderfull match between two american teams for the third place. Wong and Metzger won finally against their countrymen Blanton and Fonoimoana (33-31, 21-13, 15-11). The final was won by the Argentinian's Baracetti and Conde, who also won the last Event in Lignano (Italy). After very even match against the famous Brazilians Emanuel and Tande, Baracetti and Conde made some crucial defensive plays at the end of both sets to win the match and the French Grand Slam title (21-19, 21-19).
2000 & 2001
PART I (1st 10 AVP 2007 events)
