China Shanghai Jinshan Open Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Friday (May 4) will be the fifth of seven days of competition for the US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open, the first of 14 double gender events in 2007. Men’s qualifying “officially” started the China Shanghai Jinshan Open Tuesday with the men’s finaleSaturday when the final two teams compete for the $32,000 first- place prize. Women’squalifying was Wednesday with the Main Draw starting Thursday and ending with the medal matches Sunday. The Beach Volleyball tournament will start the 21st men’s international Beach Volleyball season and the women’s 16th women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour campaign.

· The China Shanghai Jinshan Open is the 192nd men’s and 150th women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball event (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain. · A total of 60 men’s and 57 women’s teams from 37 countries have entered the China Shanghai Jinshan Open, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the Ukraine. · The China Shanghai Jinshan Open marks the 10th-straight year that China has hosted the international tour starting in 1998 when Dalian staged the first of three women’s events. · The China Shanghai Jinshan Open also launches the qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Qualifying for the Summer Games runs through July 20, 2008. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. The FIVB’sOlympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals). · The 2007 season is also highlighted by the SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in the Swiss Alps village of Gstaad July 24-29. The 2007 schedule also features Grand Slam stops in Paris (June 19-24), Norway (Stavanger, June 26-July 1), Berlin (July 10-15) and Austria (Klagenfurt, Aug. 1-5). FIVB Officials · Blair Harrison, Australia...... Technical Supervisor Keith Lee, Hong Kong ...... TV Delegate José Casanova, Portugal...... Referee Delegate Holger Brusch, Germany.....Assistant Technical Delegate Referees · Nan Bi, China · Darryl Friesen, Canada · Qigang Liu, China · Leijun Wang, China · Richard Casutt, New · Takashi Fujji, Japan · Zhihao Liu, China · Lijun Wang, China · Stefano Cesare, Italy · Stephen Giugni, Australia · Weiping Lu, China · Yun Wei, China · Thomas Chang, Hong · Xuan Hu, China · Kritsada Panaseri, · Hongliang Yao, China Kong · Jun Li, China Thailand · Zhe Zhang, China · Shicong Ding, China · Hongyu Liu, China · Xianghong Shen, China SHANGHAI 2007 - Called in short in Chinese "Hu" or "Shen", Shanghai hosts double gender SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event for the third-straight season as the country continues preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. PAST CHINA MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Medals - Brazil 5, Germany 2, Spain 1, Switzerland 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para Ferreira, BRA 2. Shanghai 2005 C. Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI 3. Shanghai 2006 Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER PAST CHINA WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS Total Medals - USA 9, Brazil 9, Australia 4, China 3, Germany 1, Netherlands 1 Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Dalian 1998 Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA 3. Dalian 2000 Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN 4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS 5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Danja Musch, GER Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS 7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA 9. Shanghai 2006 Xue Chen/Zhang Xi, CHN Wang Jie/Tian Jia, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA

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Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Teams, Country Undefeated 1, Renato Gomes/Jorge Terceiro, Georgia 7, Pedro Salgado/Harley Marques, Brazil 2, Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria 8, Sascha Heyer/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland 3, Emmanouil Xenakis/Thanassis Michalopoulos, Once Defeated Greece 1, Ricardo Santos/Emanuel Rego, Brazil 4, Kevin Ces/Andy Ces, France 3, Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil 5, Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan 4, Franco Neto/Pedro Cunha, Brazil 6, Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan 5, Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China 7, Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba 17, Igor Kolodinsky/Dmitri Barsouk, Russia 8, Aleksandrs Samoilous/Martins Plavins, Latvia 9, Serguei Prokopiev/Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia 20, Conrad Leinemann/Rich VanHuizen, Canada 10, Jason Kruger/Wes Montgomery, Canada Ninth-place 11, Bram Ronnes/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands 2, Julius Brink/Markus Dieckmann, Germany 12, Alexey Sidorenko/Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 6, Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina 13, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark 14, Jorre Kjemperud/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway 14, Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine 18, Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer, Austria 15, Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway 13th-place 16, Toms Smedins/Janis Smedins, Latvia 9, Shun Zhou/Jian Li, China 17, Grga Trimcevski/Kresimir Peric, Croatia 11, Andrew Schacht/Josh Slack, Australia 18, Ulises Ontiveros/Lombardo Ontiveros, Mexico 24, Bjorn Maaseide/Iver Horrem, Norway 19, Andy Ardiyansah/Koko Darkuncoro, Indonesia 27, Aleksandrs Samoilous/Martins Plavins, Latvia, 20, Toni Ivkovic/Pero Krizanovic, Croatia Q8 21, Aldo Miramontes/Juan Virgen, Mexico 17th-place 22, Denis Rovkin/Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan 10, Kristjan Kais/Rivo Vesik, Estonia 23, Oliver Indra/Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein 12, Mischa Urbatzka/Jonas Reckermann, Germany 24, Simon Nausch/Richard Muller, Austria 13, Pablo Herrera /Raul Mesa, Spain 25, Qiang Xu/Peng Gao, China 15, Ahren Cadieux/Mark Heese, Canada 26, Miloslav Rousek/Peter Varga, Slovak Republic 16, Eugenio Amore/Andrea Tomatis, Italy 27, Magne Kobbevik/Lars Erk Engebretsen, Norway 23, Kirk Pitman/Jason Lochhead, New Zealand 28, Hongyong Zheng/Wei Liu, China 28, Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan, Q5 29, Bin Liu/Rui Yin, China 30, Bo Soderberg/Anders Lund Hoyer, Denmark, 30, Jody Gooding/Steve Grotowski, Great Britain Q13 31, Joakim Hansson/Stefan Berglund, Sweden 32, Cheng Chen/Zequan Lu, China 25th-place 33, Casey Augoustides/Patrick Flisberg, South Africa 19, Pedro Rosas/Jose Pedrosa, Portugal 34, Andrew Wyer/Bradley Smith, Australia 21, Emmanouil Xenakis/Thanassis Michalopoulos, 35, Charles Leota/Brendon Heath, New Zealand Greece, Q3 22, Inocencio Lario/Alex Ortiz, Spain Country Quota Team 25, Roman Arkaev/Yury Bogatov, Russia Dan Inge Dale/Kjetil Storeboe, Norway 26, Francisco Alvarez/Leonel Munder, Cuba, Q7 29, Bram Ronnes/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands, Q11 31, Kjell Goranson/Vegard Hoidalen, Norway, Q15 32, Toms Smedins/Janis Smedins, Latvia, Q16

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A total of 57 women’s teams from 25 countries have entered the China Shanghai Jinshan Open, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and the Ukraine.

Main Draw Teams, Country Qualification Tournament Teams, Country Undefeated 1, Linjun Ji/Ying Zhang, China 1, Jia Tian/Jie Wang, China 2, Daniela Gioria/Lucilla Perrotta, Italy 2, Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, China 3, Marie-Andree Lessard/Sarah Maxwell, Canada 3, Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil 4, Eiko Koizumi/Shinako Tanaka, Japan 4, Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, Brazil 5, Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Teru Saiki, Japan 5, Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, Norway 6, Tatiana Barerra/Virginie Kadjo, France 6, Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide, Norway 7, Hiromi Suzuki/Satoko Urata, Japan 8, Rieke Brink-Abeler/Hella Jurich, Germany 8, Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain 10, Carolina Salgado/Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil 9, Heike Jensen/Summer Lochowicz, Australia Once Defeated 10, Nadia Erni/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland 9, Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea 11, Svitlana Baburina/Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine Peraza, Cuba 12, Liesbeth Mouha/Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium 14, Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland 13, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany 16, Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria 14, Asta Baltakys/Bryce Barry, Canada 17, Mika Teru Saiki/Chiaki Kusuhara, Japan, Q5 15, Chelsea Grimson/Katherine Zakrewski, Canada 18, Alexandra Shiryaeva/Natalya Uryadova, Russia 16, Dana Cooke/Annie Martin, Canada 19, Efthalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, 17, Eydis Dalen/Kristine Wiig, Norway Greece 18, Jarunee Sannok/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand 20, Ying Zhang/Linjun Ji, China, Q1 19, Kamoltip Kulna/Yupa Puklongploy, Thailand 21, Lu Wang/Man Zuo, China 20, Shaylyn Bede/Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil 22, Sara Goller/Laura Ludwig, Germany 21, Isabelle Forrer/Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland 23, Tamsin Barnett/Natalie Cook, Australia 22, Lucy Boulton/Denise Johns, Great Britain 24, Morgane Faure/Virginie Sarpaux, France 23, Inna Shmat/Natalia Stepanova, Russia 31, Cristine "Saka" Santanna/Andrezza "Rtvelo" 24, Natalya Shumeyko/Viktoriya Tarasova, Ukraine Martins das Chagas, Georgia, Q26 25, Ester Alcon/Olga Matveeva, Spain 26, Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia 26, Andrezza Martins das Chagas/Cristine 27, Daniela Gattelli/Giulia Momoli, Italy Santanna, Georgia 28, Tatiana Barerra/Virginie Kadjo, France, Q6 27, Alice Rohkamper/Eileen Romanowski, Australia 29, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Germany, Q13 28, Zhongji Jiang/Jieqiong Jin, China 25th-place 29, Anna Hu/Yang Li, China 7, Milagros Crespo/Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 30, Bibiana Candelas/Mayra Garcia, Mexico 11, Helke Claasen/Antje Roder, Germany 12, Hana Klapalova/Tereza Petrova, Czech Country Quota Teams Republic  Anouk Boileau/Marie-Christine Mondor, Canada 13, Sanne Keizer/Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands  Isabelle Czerveniak/Sara Pothaar, Canada 15, Rebekka Kadijk/Merel Mooren, Netherlands  Lily Markovic/Rebecca Moskowitz, Canada 25, Lucilla Perrotta/Daniela Gioria, Italy, Q2 30, Nadia Campisi/Clara Lozano, Spain, Q8 32, Mayra Garcia/Bibiana Candelas, Mexico, Q30

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Beach Volleyball Birthdays & Happenings –April 30-May 6 (www.bvbinfo.com) April 30 May 3 May 7 · Sarah Maxwell, Canada, 30 · Virginie Kadjo, France, 34 · Sinjin Smith, USA Olympian, 50 May 1 · Linjun Ji, China, 21 · Stephanie Pohl, Germany Olympian, 29 · Nadia Campisi, Spain, 25 May 4 · Penggen Wu, China, 25 · John Child, Canada Olympian, 40 · In 1995 - The Brazilian teams of Sandra May 2 Pires/Jackie Silva and Roberto · Richard Schuil, Netherlands, 34 May 6 Lopes/Franco Neto won FIVB gold medals · Martin Reader, Canada, 23 · Joao Brenha, Portugal Olympian, 37 in the United States at Clearwater, Florida. · Bo Soderberg, Denmark, 30 · Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil, 24

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