Montréal Open Fédération Internationale de [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Wednesday (July 12) is the second of six days of competition for the US$400,000 Montréal Open, fifth of 10 double gender events this season.

· Montréal 2006 - The SWATCH-FIVB World Tour returns to the French-speaking city for the first of two double gender events in 2006 on the North American continent (Mexico in October). Organized by Volleyball , the event will be held at the Uniprix Stadium for the second- straight season. With extensive facilities, Uniprix Stadium also stages major tournaments. Canada is not new to hosting major international events as the country hosted the 1999 Pan-American Games in and SWATCH-FIVB World tour stops in (1998) and Montréal’s (2002, 2005). Montréal’s 360 years of history have left an indelible mark on the vibrant character of the city in Quebec province. It’s been in turn a French settlement, a British stronghold, and today, the world’s second-largest French-speaking city. Over the years, European flair has blended with North American savoir-faire to create the story of Montréal: a rich tradition, a mosaic of cultures, and a fierce passion for the future.

· A total of 56 men’s and 54 women’s teams from 28 countries entered the Montréal Open, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, the Ukraine and the . FIVB Officials · Lori Okimura, United States...... Tech Supervisor · Tim Simmons, United States...... Press Delegate · José Casanova, Portugal ...... Referee Delegate · Steve Paulseth, United States...... Physio · Marco Gonzalez, Canada...... TV Delegate Referees · Richard Casutt, New Zealand · Antonia Moreira, Portugal · Oana Sarb, Romania · Marc Cossarin, Canada · Omid Mojtahedi, Canada · Kerry Sawatsky, Canada · Geir Dahl, Norway · Vitor-Hugo Oliviera, Brazil · Sylvain Veilleux, Canada · Darryl Friesen, Canada · Mario Provincal, Canada · Maria Villas-Boas, Brazil · Lucie Guillemette, Canada · Miguel Ramirez, Mexico · Marrick Yee, Canada · Martin Kingsbury, Canada · Robert Rocque, Canada · Sylvia Jaksetic, Canada · Patricia Salvatore, United States

· The Montréal Open will be the 141st women’s and the185th men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in , Brazil. The SWATCH-FIVB World Tour is at the start of its 20th season of international Beach Volleyball play sanctioned by the FIVB. The first women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. The 2006 season is Year No. 15 for the women. PAST CANADA WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - Brazil 9, USA 7, Australia 1, Mexico 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Toronto 1998 Sandra Pires/Adriana Samuel, BRA Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Toronto 1999 McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan, USA Winnipeg* 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Marsha Miller/Jenny Pavley, USA Laura Almaral/Mayra Huerta, MEX Toronto 2000 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA /, AUS Montréal 2002 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA McPeak/, USA Montréal 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Renata Ribeiro/Talita Antunes, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA *PanAm Games

PAST CANADA MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - Brazil 10, Canada 3, USA 2, Argentina 1, Australia 1, Spain 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Toronto 1998 Martin Conde/Eduardo Martinez, ARG /Jose Loiola, BRA Javier Bosma/Fabio Diez, ESP Toronto 1999 Ze Marco de Melo/, BRA Emanuel/Loiola, BRA Rob Heidger/Kevin Wong, USA Winnipeg* 1999 Jody Holden/Conrad Leinemann, CAN Lula Barbosa/Adriano Garrido, BRA Roberto Lopes/Franco Neto, BRA Toronto 2000 Emanuel/Loiola, BRA Child/Heese, CAN Julien Prosser/Lee Zahner, AUS Montréal 2002 Loiola/Ricardo, BRA Child/Heese, CAN Stein Metzger/Kevin Wong, USA Montréal 2005 Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA *PanAm Games Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 6 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Montréal Open Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35

· The FIVB & CANADIAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL - Entering the 2006 season, Canada was ranked ninth in international Beach Volleyball participations with 143 players competing in at least one FIVB-sanctioned event, including 66 men and 77 women. Canada is one of 15 countries to have at least one team in each of the three Olympic Beach Volleyball competitions. Led by John Child and Mark Heese, Canada has compiled 16 podium placements and 27 “final four” finishes on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour to rank eighth behind Brazil (502 medals, 602 “final fours”), the United States (228, 297), Australia (40, 64), Switzerland (44, 61), Argentina (34, 48), Germany (31, 48) and Norway (25, 37). The Canadians have also earned six medals and eight “final four” finishes at challenger/satellite events. The bronze medalists at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Child and Heese captured Canada’s only SWATCH gold medal at the 1996 Berlin stop. Child and Heese compiled 14 podium and 22 “final four” finishes together in 114 SWATCH events as they rank sixth on the all-time men’s team earning list with $791,800. Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, one of the surprise teams at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, posted Canada’s best women’s SWATCH finishes with a fourth at the 2004 Norwegian stop in Stavanager. Marie-Andree Lessard and Sarah Maxwell won a 2004 FIVB satellite event in Italy.

2006 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Schedule & Results Complete Events Site...... Gold medalists Men May 23-27 Shanghai, China...... Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil May 31-June 4 Zagreb, Croatia ...... Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil June 7-11 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy...... Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland June 14-18 Espinho, Portugal...... Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany June 21-25 Gstaad, Switzerland...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil June 28-July 2 Stavanger, Norway...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil July 5-9 Marseille, France...... Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil Women May 10-14 Modena, Italy ...... Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil May 24-28 Shanghai, China...... Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, China May 31-June 4 Athens, Greece ...... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States June 20-24 Gstaad, Switzerland...... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 27-July 1 Stavanger, Norway...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil July 4-8 Marseille, France...... Juliana/Larissa, Brazil

Date Site Gender (final date) ...... Prize Money

July 12-16 Montréal, Canada Women (July 16) & Men (16) ...... $400,000 July 18-23 St. Petersburg, Russia Women (July 22) & Men (23) ...... $400,000 July 25-30 Paris, France Women (July 29) & Men (30) ...... $580,000 August 1-6 Klagenfurt, Austria Women (August 5) & Men (6) ...... $580,000 August 9-13 Stare Jablonki, Poland Men (August 13) ...... $200,000 August 30-September 3 Warsaw, Poland Women (September 3) ...... $200,000 September 13-17 Porto Santo, Portugal Women (September 17) ...... $200,000 September 26-October 1 Vitoria, Brazil Women (September 30) & Men (October 1) .....$400,000 October 18-22 Cape Town, South Africa Men (October 22) ...... $200,000 October 24-29 Acapulco, Mexico Men (October 28) & Women (October 29) ...... $400,000 November 1-5 Phuket, Thailand Women (November 5)...... $200,000

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Main Draw, Country (qualifying seed) Qualification Seeds, Team, Country · Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia 1, Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil · Julien Prosser/Brett Richardson, Australia 2, Fabien Dugrip/Kevin Ces, France · Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria 3, Kirk Pitman/Jason Lochhead, New Zealand · Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria 4, Satoshi Watanabe/Kentaro Asahi, Japan · Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil 5, Koichi Nishimura/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan · Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 6, Dmitriy Vorobvev/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan · Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil 7, Daniel Krug/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany · John Child/Djordje Ljubicic, Canada 8, Martin Suan/John Byron, Australia · Conrad Leinemann/Ahren Cadieux, Canada 9, Martin Reader/Jessi Lelliott, Canada · Mark Heese/Rich VanHuizen, Canada 10, Shun Zhou/Jian Li, China · Linyin Xu/Penggen Wu, China 11, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine · Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia 12, Premysl Kubala/Michal Biza, Czech Republic · Thanassis Michalopoulos/Emmanouil Xenakis, 13, Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland Greece 14, Hannes Brinkborg/Mattias Magnusson, Sweden · Fosco Cicola/riccardo Fenili, Italy 15, Martin Tichy/Pavel Kolar, Czech Republic · Ricardo Lione/Eugenio Amore, Italy 16, Pavel Saulko/Sergey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan · Aleksandrs Samoilous/Martins Plavins, Latvia 17, Miguel Domingo/Darren Goss, Canada · Jochem De Gruijter/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands 18, Adam Parkes/Dan Casey, Canada · Iver Horrem/Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway 19, Lauri Hakala/Pekka Seppanen, Finland · Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 20, Roberto Rodríguez-Bertrán/Christopher · Jose Pedrosa/Pedro Rosas, Portugal Underwood, Puerto Rico · Juan Garcia Thompson/Alex Ortiz, Spain 21, Josh Binstock/Christian Redmann, Canada · Raul Mesa/Pablo Herrera, Spain 22, Oyvind Wergeland/Christian Rom, Norway · Martin Laciga/Markus Egger, Switzerland 23, Steve Hannan/Shannon Zunker, Australia · Stefan Kobel/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland 24, Bill Maik/Jim Van Zwieten, United States 25, Bartosz Bachorski/Marcin Dybka, Poland 26, Kevin Edwards/David Thomas, Trinidad and Tobago 27, Steve Van Zwieten/Mark Van Zwieten, United States

Country Quota Teams, Country · Sean Thomas/Anthony Wardrop, Australia · Jon Bain/Anthony Deutscher, Canada · Pascal Cloutier/Dany Cote, Canada · Mark Ellingson/Jason Hofer, Canada · Anton Hauser/Paul Podstawka, Canada

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Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Seeds, Team, Country · Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria 1, Ana Paula Connelly/Leila Barros, Brazil 2, Natalie Cook/Nicole Sanderson, Australia · Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria 3, Lu Wang/Linjun Ji, China · Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, Brazil 4, Ethel-Julie Arjona/Virginie Kadjo, France · Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, Brazil 5, Summer Lochowicz/Tamsin Barnett, Australia · Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil 6, Kathrine Maaseide/Susanne Glesnes, Norway 7, Stacey Kloeden/Kylie Gerlic, Australia · Lina Yanchulova/Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria 8, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Republic · Marie-Andrée Lessard/Sarah Maxwell, Canada 9, Kristine Wiig/Eydis Dalen, Norway · Annie Martin/Katherine Zakrewski, Canada 10, Hiromi Suzuki/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan · Carolina Fiset/Marie-Christine Pruneau, Canada 11, Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain · Tian Jia/Wang Jie, China 12, Annik Skrivan/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland 13, Mered de Vries/Patricia Labee, Netherlands · Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, China 14, Marie-Christine Mondor/Anouk Boileau, Canada · Zhang Ying/Zuo Man, China 15, Isabelle Forrer/Romana Kayser, Switzerland · Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland 16, Sara Pothaar/Sarah Hogarth, Canada · Tatiana Barerra/Eva Hamzaoui, France 17, Yamileska Yantin/Lyann Puig, Puerto Rico 18, Takemi Nishibori/Miwa Asao, Japan · Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany 19, Pia Larsen/Stine Andreasen, Denmark · Helke Claasen/Antje Röder, Germany 20, Jessie Cooper/Kristin Ursillo, United States · Geeske Banck/Suzanne Lahme, Germany 21, Isabelle Rancourt/Johany Roy, Canada · Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, 22, Ilka Semmler/Katrin Holtwick, Germany Greece 23, Chrissie Zartman/Sarah White, United States 24, Nancy Joseph/Andrea Davis, Trinidad and Tobago · Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy 25, Joanne Ross/Barb Bellini, Canada · Chiaki Kusuhara/Satoko Urata, Japan 26, Franci Van Zwieten/Gina Kirstein, United States · Eiko Koizumi/Shinako Tanaka, Japan · Sanne Keizer/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands Country Quota Teams · Tracy Arams/Natalie Lukiw, Canada · Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway · Asta Baltakys/Bryce Barry, Canada · Simon Kuhn/Lea Schwer, Switzerland · Sandra Florio/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada · Isabel Galiana/Line Jomphe, Canada Volleyball Birthdays & Happenings - July 12- 17 (www.bvbinfo.com)

July 12 July 16 · Argentinean Olympian Mariano Baracetti, 32 · English Olympian Amanda Glover, 36 · South African Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo, 30 · Puerto Rican Olympian Ramon Hernandez, 34 · Switzerland's Andreas Sutter, 21 · Australia's John Byron, 23 · In 1995, Americans Nancy Reno/Holly McPeak and July 13 / won the a FIVB event in · German Olympian Andreas Scheuerpflug, 39 Hermosa Beach, Calif · Mexican Olympian Joel Sotelo, 36 · In 2000, Brazil's Ze Marco de Melo and Ricardo · In 2002, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the Santos won a FIVB event in Lignano, Italy. Montreal Open. · In 2000, Americans Holly McPeak and Misty May- July 14 Treanor won a FIVB event in Berlin. · Mexican Olympian Hilda Gaxiola, 34 · In 2005, Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri · In 2002, Jose Loiola and Ricardo Santos won the Walsh won a FIVB event in Espinho, Portugal Open. Montreal Open. July 17 July 15 · In 2005, Julius Brink and Kjell Schneider won a FIVB · Norway's Espen Goranson, 38 event in Espinho, Portugal. · Germany's Martina Stoof, 32 · In 2005, Luizao Correa and Alex Acco won the FIVB · Estonia's Rivo Vesik, 26 Italy Challenger in Rimini · In 1999, Italy's Caterina De Marinis and Cilene Nascimento won the FIVB Italy Satellite in Porto San Giorgio. · In 2001, Argentina's Martin Conde and Mariano Baracetti won a FIVB event in Lignano, Italy. · In 2001, Russia's Vladimir Kostioukov and Dmitri Barsouk won the FIVB Liban Satellite in Beirut.

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China, Shanghai, May 23-27, $200,000 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $42,300 1. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $32,000 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $28,300 2. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $22,000 3. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $22,100 3. Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, Germany, $16,000 4. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $17,700 4. Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, Brazil, $12,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-17, 21-19 Gold - Marcio Araujo/Fabio def. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, 21- (46) 19, 21-18 (42 minutes) Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Cunha/Franco, 21-17, 16-21, Bronze - Brink/Dieckmann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 19-21, 22-20, 15-13 (68) 16-14 (56) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo SWATCH MOP - Marcio Araujo SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 92.1 km/h SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Jian Li, 92.8 km/h Norway, Stavanger (June 28-July 2, $290,000) 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $42,300 Croatia, Zagreb, May 31-June 4, $200,000 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $28,300 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 3. Benjamin/Harley, Brazil, $22,100 2. /, United States, $22,000 4. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina, $17,700 3. Mike Lambert/Stein Metzger, United States, $16,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-19, 23-21 4. Roberto Lopes/Pedro Salgado, Brazil, $12,000 (51) Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Dalhausser/Rogers, 21-14, 21-17 Bronze - Benjamin/Harley def. Baracetti/Conde, 21-9, 21-19 (43) (42) SWATCH MOP - Emanuel Bronze - Lambert Metzger def. Roberto Lopes/Salgado, 21-13, SWATCH TOP SERVICE --Iver Horrem, Norway, 98.6 km/h 16-21, 15-7 (84) SWATCH MOP - Ricardo France, Marseille, July 5-9, $200,000 SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Clemens Doppler, Austria, 96.9, 1. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $32,000 km/h 2. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, Brazil, $22,000 3. Cunha/Franco, Brazil, $16,000 Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi, June 7-11, $200,000 4. Nalbert Bitencourt/Luizao Correa, Brazi, $12,000 1. Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland, $32,000 Gold - Emanuel/Ricardo def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 21-15, 14-21, 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $22,000 15-12 (58) Bronze 0 Cunha/Franco def. Nalbert/Luizao, 19-21, 5-2 retired 3. Benjamin Insfran/Harley Marques, Brazil, $16,000 (0:34) 4. Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil, $12,000 SWATCH MOP - Emanuel Gold - Heuscher/Kobel def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 14-21, 21-17, 15- SWATCH TOP SERVICE –Igor Kolodinsky, Russia, 106.0 km/h 13 (59) Men’s Top Servers(km/h) Bronze - Benjamin/Harley def. Marcio Araujo/Fabio, 25-23, 21- 13 (49) Rank Name Nation Speed Event SWATCH MOP - Heuscher 1 Igor Kolodinsky RUS 106.0 France SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Harley, 94.1 km/h 2 Iver Horrem NOR 98.6 Norway Portugal, Espinho, June 14-18, $200,000 3 Clemens Doppler AUT 96.9 Croatia 1. Brink/Dieckmann, Germany, $32,000 4 Toni Kankaanpaeae FIN 96.0 France 2. Emanuel/Ricardo, Brazil, $22,000 5 Christoph Dieckmann GER 95.0 France 3. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil, $16,000 4. Ricardo Lione/Matteo Varnier, Italy, $12,000 6 Terje Oevergaard NOR 94.2 Norway Gold - Brink/Dieckmann def. Emanuel/Ricardo, 21-13, 21-17 7 Harley Marques BRA 94.1 Italy (44) 8 Patrick Heuscher SUI 93.9 Italy Bronze - Cunha/Franco def. Lione/Varnier, 21-19, 21-15 (44) SWATCH MOP - Dieckmann 9 Matteo Varnier ITA 93.3 Italy SWATCH TOP SERVICE - Brink, 92.0 km/h 10 Jian Li CHN 92.8 China Switzerland, Gstaad (June 21-25, $290,000)

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