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Women’s Round 4 Seoul Open Seoul, Korea Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Seoul Open, Han River Jamsil Citizen Park, Seoul, May 26-31, 2009 Updated on May 28, 2009, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2009 women’sSWATCH FIVB World Tour started in April at Brasília and will conclude at the start of November in Thailand. The US$190,000 Seoul Open is the second of four women’sonly events on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar. Two of the 13 double gender events have been played in Brazil and China with the next combined men’s and women’s event being the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips in Stavanger, Norway. For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org. May 26-31, Seoul Open, $190,000 - The SWATCH FVB World Tour returns to Seoul for the third-straight season as the Asian country hosted its first three international Beach Volleyball events in Pusan (1995-1997). After teams from the United States won the three Pusan women’s gold medals, pairs from Australia and China have topped the first two Seoul podiums. Natalie Cook, Australia's three-time Olympian and Sydney 2000 gold medal winner, captured the inaugural Seoul stop in 2007 with Tamsin Barnett as the pair upset top-seeded Jia Tian and Jie Wang of China 21-19 and 21-19 in the 44-minute finale. Chen Xue and Xi Zhang of China, the bronze medal winners at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, won the 2008 Seoul Open by defeating Brazilians Shelda Bede and Ana Paula Connelly 21-15 and 21-12 in the finals. Kyung-Hee Ji and Sung-Min Kim were ninth at the 1996 Pusan stop for the top women's placement for South Korea on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The Seoul Open starts May 26 and concludes May 31 at Han River Jamsil Citizen Park in Seoul. The winning team will share the $30,000 first-place prizes. Here is the schedule: · Tuesday, May 26 ........................................................................................... Women’s Country Quota Playoffs · Wednesday, May 27................................................................................... Women’s Qualification Tournament · Thursday, May 28...............................................................................................................Women’s Main Draw · Friday, May 29 ........................................................................ Competition halted due to Korean State Funeral · Saturday, May 30...................................................................................... Women’s Main Draw and semi-finals · Sunday, May 31.......................................................................................................... Women’s Medal matches · A total of 53 women’s teams from 27 countries have entered the Seoul Open (as of May 27, 2009), including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. · The Seoul Open will be the 190th women’s event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. · After the Seoul Open, the 2009 women’sSWATCH FIVB World Tour takes over a three-week break before the the $1-million SWATCH FIVB World Championships presented by ConocoPhillips in Stavanger, Norway. The seventh edition of the SWATCH FIVB World Championships will be held June 25-July 5 in Stavanger. Seoul Open FIVB Officials · Blair Harrison, Australia.......................Technical Supervisor · Li Ye, China............................................Television Delegate · Andrea Haas, Austria ................................ Referee Delegate · Tim Simmons, United States........................Press Delegate Seoul International Referees · Hongyu Liu, China · Kritsada Panaseri, Thailand · Maria Villas-Boas, Brazil · Cameron Olson, Australia · Mariko Satomi, Japan TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................... Page · Past Seoul Open Women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Podium Placements ...........................................2 · Olympic & World Championship Gold Medal Teams, 2009 Medals............................................................2 · Seoul Open Women’s Entries through May 28, 2009, Qualification Notes................................................3 · 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights, Schedule, Leaders ................................................................4 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Highlights and Results.............................................................................6 · 2008 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Leaders...........................................................................................7 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - Country Medals & Final Fours......................................................8 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 8 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Women’s Round 4 Seoul Open Seoul, Korea Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 PAST KOREAN WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS - Medals - USA 5, Brazil 5, Australia 2, China 2, Japan 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Pusan 1995 Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA Karolyn Kirby/Liz Masakayan, USA Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA 2. Pusan 1996 Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA Yuki Ishizaka/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA 3. Pusan 1997 Arce/McPeak, USA Monica/Adriana, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 4. Seoul 2007 Tamsin Barnett/Cook, AUS Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA 5. Seoul 2008 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Shelda Bede/Ana Paula Connelly, BRA Nancy Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA Beach Volleyball Major Championships Men .............................................................................. Olympic Champions.........................................................................Women Karch Kiraly/Kent Steffes, United States .............................Atlanta 1996 ........................................ Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Dain Blanton/Eric Fonoimoana, United States ................... Sydney 2000...............................Natalie Cook/Kerri Potthatrst, Australia Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil..........................................Athens 2004 ................... Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ......................Beijing 2008 ..................................... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States July 27-August 12, Horse Guards Parade .......................... London 2012.........................................................www.london2012.com Men ............................................................... SWATCH FIVB World Championships..........................................................Women Para Ferreira/Guilherme Marquez, Brazil ....................... Los Angeles 1997.................................... Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil Emanuel Rego/Jose Loiola, Brazil..................................... Marseille 1999....................................Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina......................Klagenfurt 2001 ........................................................... Behar/Bede, Brazil Emanuel/Ricardo Santos, Brazil................................... Rio de Janeiro 2003 ............. Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, United States Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, Brazil ................................Berlin 2005 ...................................... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States ......................Gstaad 2007 ..................................... May-Treanor/Walsh, United States June 26-July 5 .................................................................. Stavanger 2009...................................................... www.wtstavanger.com Men ....................................................... SWATCH FIVB Junior (U- 21) World Champions..................................................Women Pedro Cunha/Anselmo Sigoli, Brazil............................France 2001.................................. Shaylyn Bede/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain...................................Italy 2002 ...................................Juliana Felisberta Silva/Taiana Lima, Brazil Cunha/Pedro Salgado, Brazil ......................................France 2003............................. Anna Morozova/Alexandra Shiryaeva, Russia Miguel Angel Amo/Inocencio Lario, Spain ................. Portugal 2004 .................................................Taiana/Carolina Salgado, Brazil Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia..............Brazil 2005............................................Carolina/Camillinha Saldanha, Brazil Bruno Oscar Schmidt/Salgado, Brazil ........................ Poland 2006.....................Carolina Aragao/Barbara Figueiredo Seixas, Brazil Francesco Giontella/Paolo Nicolai, Italy ........................Italy 2007 .....................................Liliane Maestrini/Seixas Figueiredo, Brazil Giontella/Nicolai,