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2011 Beijing Grand Slam Men's Main Draw Uniform Numbers Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 2011 Beijing Grand Slam Men’s Main Draw uniform numbers Team MEN Uniform Uniform Qualification Seed Player No. Player No. Country ...... Seed 1 Todd Rogers 1 Phil Dalhausser 2 United States 2 Alison Cerutti 1 Emanuel Rego 2 Brazil 3 Ricardo Alex Costa Santos 1 Marcio Henrique Araujo 2 Brazil 4 Julius Brink 1 Jonas Reckermann 2 Germany 5 Eric Koreng 1 David Klemperer 2 Germany 6 Penggen Wu 1 Linyin Xu 2 China 7 Nicholas Lucena 1 Matthew Fuerbringer 2 United States 8 Benjamin Insfran 1 Bruno Oscar Schmidt 2 Brazil 9 Peng Gao 1 Cheng Gen 2 China 10 Pablo Herrera 1 Adrian Gavira Collado 2 Spain 11 Jacob Gibb 1 Sean Rosenthal 2 United States 12 Premysl Kubala 1 Petr Benes 2 Czech Republic 13 Pedro Henrique Cunha 1 Pedro Solberg Salgado 2 Brazil…………….1 14 Martins Plavins 1 Janis Smedins 2 Latvia 15 Yaroslav Koshkarev 1 Konstanin Semenov 2 Russia 16 Reinder Nummerdor 1 Richard Schuil 2 Netherlands 17 Martin Spinnangr 1 Tarjei Skarlund 2 Norway 18 Jonathan Erdmann 1 Kay Matysik 2 Germany 19 Jefferson Bellaguarda 1 Patrick Heuscher 2 Switzerland 20 Daan Spijkers 1 Emiel Boersma 2 Netherlands 21 Bo Soderberg 1 Anders Lund Hoyer 2 Denmark 22 Casey Patterson 1 Bradley Keenan 2 United States……13 23 Sascha Heyer 1 Sebastian Chevallier 2 Switzerland 24 Mariusz Prudel 1 Grzegorz Fijalek 2 Poland 25 Alexey Yutvalin 1 Dmitri Barsouk 2 Russia…………..24 26 Rivo Vesik 1 Karl Jaani 2 Estonia…………..10 27 Stefan Gunnarson 1 Hannes Brinkborg 2 Sweden…………..14 28 Aleksandrs Samoilous 1 Ruslans Sorokins 2 Latvia 29 Sam Boehm 1 Isaac Kapa 2 Australia………….18 30 Josh Binstock 1 Richard Van Huizen 2 Canada……………21 31 Christian Redmann 1 Ben Saxton 2 Canada……………22 32 Lei Li 1 Bin Liu 2 China WC UNIFORM NUMBERING - Please note that players will occasionally change uniform numbering due to sizing of the top. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 2011 Beijing Grand Slam Men’s Qualification Entries Team MEN Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No. Country 1 Pedro Henrique Cunha 1 Pedro Solberg Salgado 2 Brazil 2 Renato Gomes 1 Jorge Terceiro 2 Georgia 3 Serguei Prokopiev 1 Yury Bogatov 2 Russia 4 Sebastian Dollinger 1 Stefan Windscheif 2 Germany 5 Kevin Ces 1 Andy Ces 2 France 6 Clemans Doppler 1 Matthias Mellitzer 2 Austria 7 Kirk Pitman 1 Jason Lochhead 2 New Zealand 8 Inocencio Lario Carrillo 1 Raul Mesa 2 Spain 9 Martin Laciga 1 Jonas Weingart 2 Switzerland 10 Rivo Vesik 1 Karl Jaani 2 Estonia 11 Alexander Horst 1 Daniel Mullner 2 Austria 12 Philip Gabathuler 1 Jan Schnider 2 Switzerland 13 Casey Patterson 1 Bradley Keenan 2 United States CQ 14 Stefan Gunnarsson 1 Hannes Brinkborg 2 Sweden 15 Alexandr Dyachenko 1 Alexey Sidorenko 2 Kazakhstan 16 Michal Kadziola 1 Jakub Szalankiewicz 2 Poland 17 Nicolai Paolo 1 Matteo Martino 2 Italy 18 Sam Boehm 1 Isaac Kapa 2 Australia 19 Alexey Pastukhov 1 Alexander Likholetov 2 Russia 20 Christopher McHugh 1 Joshua “Josh” Slack 2 Australia 21 Josh Binstock 1 Richard Van Huizen 2 Canada 22 Christian Redmann 1 Ben Saxton 2 Canada 23 Fabien Dugrip 1 Yannick Salvetti 2 France 24 Alexey Yutvalin 1 Dmitri Barsouk 2 Russia 25 Volkan Gogtepe 1 Selcuk Sekerci 2 Turkey 26 Georgios Kotsilianos 1 Nikos Zoupanis 2 Greece 27 Cavaliere Rodolfo 1 Giorgio Zauli 2 Italy 28 Vegard Hoidalen 1 Geir Eithun 2 Norway 29 Igor Hernandez 1 Jesus Villafane 2 Venezuela 30 Alexander Brouwer 1 Robert Meeuwsen 2 Netherlands 31 Martin Reader 1 Chaim Schalk 2 Canada 32 Tim Verschueren 1 Audry Frankart 2 Belgium UNIFORM NUMBERING - Please note that players will occasionally change uniform numbering due to sizing of the top. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41.21.345.3535 2011 Beijing Grand Slam Men’s Country Quota Playoff Entries Team MEN Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No. Country Casey Jennings 1 Kevin Wong 2 United States Casey Patterson 1 Bradley Keenan 2 United States .
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