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Conocophillips Grand Slam ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 July 1 Women’s Gold Medal Match Notes Team Uniform Uniform FIVB Seed Player No. Player No. Country...... Partnership 2 Juliana Felisberta Silva 1 Larissa Franca 2 Brazil........................30th 3 Adriana Behar 1 Shelda Bede 2 Brazil............................... Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Resides Height Weight....... Exp. Juliana Felisberta Silva 7/22/1983 22 Santos Fortaleza 177 68 ................4 Larissa Franca 4/14/1982 24 Cachoeiro de Itapemirim Fortaleza 174 70 ................5 Shelda Bede 1/1/1973 32 Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro 165 59 ..............12 Adriana Behar 2/14/1969 36 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 180 64 ..............14 Referees - TBD This is the 10th meeting between the two teams with Juliana and Larissa leading 7-2 with seven-straight wins Juliana and Larissa are playing in their 30th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together. The pair now has 23 “final four” finishes together, including 2004 gold in Mallorca, and 2005 titles in Shanghai, Milan, Gstaad, St. Petersburg, Montreal and Acapulco, and a 2006 crown in Modena. The pair has now reached 18 women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour semi-finals in their last 19 starts. With $654,350 in earnings together to rank third on the all-time SWATCH list behind Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede ($2,033,315) and Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh ($995,440). Juliana and Larissa are the fastest women’s team to reach the $500,000 in history. The pair has a 161-35 FIVB career match mark together, including 27-4 record this season with three losses to Chinese teams and one to May-Treanor and Walsh. The $409,750 earnings for Juliana and Larissa in 2005 was a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour single-season record for both men and women breaking the previous mark of $332,000 by Emanuel Rego and ZeMarco deMelo of Brazil in 1996. On the Brazilian domestic tour this season, Juliana and Larissa have compiled a 29-1 mark with five titles in six starts. ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Results 1. Pool A, def. Inguna Minusa / Inese Jursone, Latvia (Q25, 32), 21-18, 21-11 (30 minutes) 2. Pool A, def. Erika Nystrom / Emilia Nystrom, Finland (17), 21-10, 21-14 (31) 3. Pool A, lost to Xi Zhang / Chen Xue, China (16), 17-21, 19-21 (43) 4. W1, def. Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19), 28-26, 21-11 (46) 5. W2, def. Vassiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (4), 21-13, 21-12 (35) 6. W3, def. Dalixia Fernandez Grasset / Tamara Larrea Peraza, Cuba (11), 21-14, 21-17 (39) 7. Semi-finals, def. Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (Q1, 25), 18-21, 21-15, 15-13 (59) 8. Gold Medal Match, vs. Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (3) 2006 Matches Won-Lost:................................................. 27-4 Since 2004 Matches Won-Lost: ...................................161-35 2006 Sets Won-Lost: ..................................................... 52-14 Since 2004 Tournaments Played: .......................................30 2006 Points Scored-Allowed: .............1,332-1,081, plus-251 Since 2004 Best Finish:...................................... 1st (8 times) 2006 Tournaments Played: .................................................. 5 Since 2004 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:.. $654,350 2006 Best Finish:.............................................. 1st (Modena) 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:........... $120,600 Shelda and Adriana are playing in their 104th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event with 90 "final four" finishes with a FIVB record 31 gold medals, 27 silvers and 22 bronzes. Since 1995 on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour, Adriana and Shelda have a 534-110 match mark together, including 18-8 this season. Adriana and Shelda captured the silver medal in both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. Adriana and Shelda posted podium finishes at four of the last five FIVB World Championships, including gold medals in 1999 and 2001, silver medal in 2003 and bronze medal in 1997. The Brazilians were fifth at the 2005 worlds in June at Berlin. Adriana and Shelda have won six of the last nine SWATCH-FIVB World Tour season point’s title. The pair had won five-straight season point’s titles (1997-2001) and ranks No. 1 in career FIVB earnings together ($2,033,315). The pair also won the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. On the Brazilian domestic tour this season, Adriana and Shelda have compiled an 18-9 mark with a third and three fourths in six starts. ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Results 1. Pool C, def. Summer Lochowicz / Tamsin Barnett, Australia (Q14, 30), 21-11, 21-10 (32 minues) 2. Pool C, def. Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19), 21-19, 21-17 (39) 3. Pool C, def. Marrit Leenstra / Sanne Keizer, Netherlands (14), 21-19, 21-11 (35) 4. W2, def. Natalie Cook / Nicole Sanderson, Australia (6), 27-25, 21-15 (47) 5. W3, def. Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (5), 21-12, 21-18 (36) 6. Semi-finals, def. Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany (23), 21-17, 21-23, 15-11 (67) 7. Gold Medal Match, vs. Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa France, Brazil (1) 2006 Matches Won-Lost:................................................. 18-8 Since 1995 Matches Won-Lost: .................................534-110 2006 Sets Won-Lost: ..................................................... 41-20 Since 1995 Tournaments Played: .....................................104 2006 Points Scored-Allowed: ................1,186-969, plus-217 Since 1995 Best Finish:.................................... 1st (31 times) 2006 Tournaments Played: .................................................. 5 Since 1995 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:$2,033,315 2006 Best Finish:..........................2nd or better (Stavanger) 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:............. $63,200 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 2 FIVB Communication: tel. +4121 345.35.35 - More on the Net www.fivb.org 1to1energy Grand Slam Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 July 1 Women’s Bronze Medal Match Notes Team Uniform Uniform FIVB Seed Player No. Player No. Country...... Partnership 23 Okka Rau 1 Stephanie Pohl 2 Germany..................56th 25, Q1 Ana Paula Connelly 1 Leila Barros 2 Brazil........................17th Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Hometown Height Weight....... Exp. Stephanie Pohl 5/7/1978 28 Finsterwalde Kiel 186 76 ................9 Okka Rau 1/5/1977 29 Kiel Kiel 179 69 ................7 Leila Barros 9/30/1971 34 Brasilia Rio de Janeiro 179 68 ................4 Ana Paula Connelly 2/13/1972 34 Lavras Leblon 183 68 ................7 Referees - TBD This is the second meeting between the two teams with Leila and Ana Paula leading 1-0 after scorinjg a 21-16, 20-22 and 16-14 win last year in Switzerland. Pohl and Rau are playing in their 56th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together. This is their second SWATCH-FIVB World Tour “final four” with a bronze medal last year in the Itallian Open where they defeated Adriana and Shelda in the third-place match at Milan. Pohl and Rau rank 13th in career SWATCH team earnings ($319,310) and have posted a 129-107 FIVB match mark together. Fifth-place finishers at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Pohl and Rau have won two of the three European Tour events this season with gold medals in Hamburg and Moscow to assume the top spot in the CEV rankings. The Germans are 13-2 on the European Tour this season with $19,250 in winnings. Pohl and Rau also captured on the 2003 European Championships and placed third last year. While Pohl has played with three different partners and starting playing in 1998 on the SWATCH circuit, Pohl has played 56 of her 57 events with Pohl since 2000. Pohl is 30th in SWATCH career earnings ($181,255) and Rau 40th ($159,655). ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Results 1. Pool G, def. Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (10), 21-14, 21-19 (40 minutes) 2. Pool G, def. Rebekka Kadijk / Merel Mooren, Netherlands (7), 21-15, 21-12 (33) 3. Pool G, def. Milagros Crespo / Imara Esteves Ribalta, Cuba (Q2, 26), 21-14, 21-14 (31) 4. W2, def. Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (8), 21-17, 21-14 (43) 5. W3, def. Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (2), 21-17, 21-14 (37) 6. Semi-finals, lost to Adriana Behar/Shelda Bede, Brazil (3), 17-21, 24-21, 11-15 (67) 7. Bronze Medal Match, vs. Leila Barros/Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (Q1, 25) 2006 Matches Won-Lost:...................................................9-6 Since 2000 Matches Won-Lost: .................................129-107 2006 Sets Won-Lost: ..................................................... 18-12 Since 2000 Tournaments Played: .......................................56 2006 Points Scored-Allowed: .....................585-527, plus 58 Since 2000 Best Finish:................................ 3rd (Milan 2005) 2006 Tournaments Played: .................................................. 4 Since 2000 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $319,310 2006 Best Finish:...........................4th or better (Stavanger) 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:.............. $25,270 Leila and Ana Paula are playing in their 17th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together. Leila and Ana Paula are playing in their fourth “final four” with a bronze medal finish last year in St. Petersburg. The pair has compiled $136,850 in winnings with a 51-31 match mark. Ana Paula, who competed in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games with Sandra Pires where they placed fifth after being eliminated by Adriana and Shelda 21-15, 13-21 and 13-15, ranks 14th in career SWATCH earnings ($360,428) with seven gold medals, 20 podium placements and now 24 “final four” finishes.Leila is 56th in career FIVB winnings ($107,598) with all four of her “final four” finishes with Ana Paula. A Sydney 2000 Indoor Volleyball bronze medallist for Brazil, Leila competed on the SWATCH- FIVB World Tour with Sandra Pires (2002) and Monica Rodrigues (2003) with her best finishes being fifths with both partners. On the Brazilian domestic tour this season, Leila and Ana Paula have compiled a 18-8 mark with two seconds in five starts.
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