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Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 China Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Garden, Sanya Bay Sanya, China, November 10-16, 2008 Updated on November 11, 2008, this fact sheet provides information on the FIVB and the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour is scheduled over a nine-month period starting in March in Australia and ending this week in Sanya, China. The US$350,000 China Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Garden competition started Tuesday (November 11) for men and Wednesday for women with Qualification Tournament matches. The Main Draw begins Wednesday for men and Thursday for women. The medal matches will be Saturday for men and Sunday for women. After opening the season in South Australia for the inaugural Adelaide Australia Open (March 25-30), the SWATCH FIVB World Tour ends the season in Sanya. In addition to Adelaide and Sanya, other new sites on the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour were Prague (Czech Republic), Osaka (Japan), Myslowice (Poland), Moscow (Russia), Barcelona and Mallorca (Spain), Guarujà (Brazil) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). For more information regarding the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, please visit www.fivb.org. TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................Page · FIVB Officials ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 · Olympic, World Championship Gold Medal Teams, SWATCH FIVB World Tour champions .......................... 3 · China Sanya Open men’sUpdated Entries through November 11, 2008........................................................... 4 · China Sanya Open women’s Updated Entries through November 11, 2008...................................................... 5 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Gold Medal Teams & Leaders through November 9, 2008........................... 6 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s “Final Four” Results ............................................................................. 8 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Women’s “Final Four” Results...................................................................... 10 · 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Men’s & Women’s Most Outstanding Players, Serving Leaders............... 12 · 2008 FIVB Challenger/Satellite Results ............................................................................................................... 13 · Men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - All-time Country Medals & Final Fours, through November 1 .............. 14 · Women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour - All-time Country Medals & Final Fours, through November 9 ........ 15 · A total of 39 men’s and 33 women’s teams from 27 countries have enterd the China Sanya Open (as of November 11, 2008), including Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Venezuela. · The China Sanya Open is the 186th women’s and 229th 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. The first SWATCH FIVB World Tour tournament was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2008 Men’s Medals & Final Four Finishes* 2008 Women’s Medals & Final Four Finishes* Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals 4ths F4s Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals 4ths F4s Brazil 10 2 8 20 8 28 Brazil 9 6 7 22 8 30 Germany 1 6 6 13 3 16 United States 7 5 3 15 2 17 United States 5 2 3 10 1 11 China 2 4 5 11 1 12 Netherlands 2 2 0 4 2 6 Germany 1 1 2 4 1 5 China 0 5 0 5 0 5 Norway 0 1 1 2 0 2 Spain 1 1 1 3 0 3 Greece 0 1 0 1 1 2 Russia 1 1 0 2 1 3 Austria 0 0 1 1 1 2 France 0 1 0 1 1 2 Ukraine 0 1 0 1 0 1 New Zealand 0 0 1 1 1 2 Australia 0 0 0 0 3 3 Australia 0 0 1 1 0 1 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 1 1 Austria 0 0 0 0 1 1 Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 1 Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 1 *including Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Poland 0 0 0 0 1 1 FIVB Officials · Peter Hreszczuk, Australia .............Technical Supervisor · Keith Lee, Great Britain.....................Television Delegate · José Casanova, Portugal..................... Referee Delegate · Jingyu Wang, China.................................Press Delegate Referees · Rui Carvalho,Portugal · Stephen Giugni, Australia · Anton Pevc, Slovenia · Richard Casutt, New Zealand · Kritsada Panaseri, Thailand · Thomas Chang, Hong Kong · Cha. Papadogoulas, Greece Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 1 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 November 10-16, Sanya Open, China, Men & Women, $350,000 - The China Sanya Open is the seventh men’s and 14 women’s event to be held in the Asian country. The “ABCs” of Beach Volleyball have claimed 45 of the 57 men’s and women’s medals awarded in China to date, including nine titles. Brazilian pairs have won 24 medals, including 11 men and 13 by women. Brazilian men have won three of China men’s events and the South American women have six gold medal finishes in the Asian country. Two of the 11 American podium placements were captured this past August with Olympic gold medals. Nine of the 10 medals for Chinese teams on the “home sand” have been won by the women, including two titles. SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - MEN'S CHINA PODIUM PLACEMENTS Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Lianyungang 2004 Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA Pedro Cunha/Para, 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, BRA Julius Brink/Christoph Dieckmann, GER 4. Shanghai 2007 Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, SUI 5. Shanghai 2008 Harley/Salgado, BRA Wu/Xu, CHN Cunha/Franco, BRA 6. Beijing (OG) 2008 Dalhausser/Rogers, USA Marcio Araujo/Fabio, BRA Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - WOMEN'S CHINA PODIUM PLACEMENTS Site Year Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1. Dalian 1998 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Arce/McPeak, USA Pauline Manser/Pottharst, AUS 2. Dalian 1999 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA Arce/Fontana, USA 3. Dalian 2000 Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN 4. Maoming 2001 Shelda/Adriana, BRA Tatiana Minello/Sandra, BRA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 5. Maoming 2002 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA McPeak/Youngs, USA Cook/Pottharst, AUS 6. Lianyungang 2003 Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED Suzanne Lahme/Musch, GER Cook/Sanderson, AUS 7. Shanghai 2004 McPeak/Youngs, USA Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA Shelda/Adriana, BRA 8. Shanghai 2005 Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA Shelda/Adriana, BRA Ana Paula/Shaylyn Bede, BRA 9. Shanghai 2006 Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Juliana/Larissa, BRA 10. Shanghai 2007 Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR Talita/Renata, BRA 11. Singapore 2007 TalitaRenata, BRA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN 12. Shanghai 2008 TalitaRenata, BRA Juliana/Larissa, BRA Xue/Zhang, CHN 13. Beijing (OG) 2008 May-Treanor/Walsh, USA Tian/Jie Wang, CHN Xue/Zhang, CHN The FIVB & CHINESE BEACH VOLLEYBALL - The development of the Chinese Beach Volleyball teams has improved greatly as neither the men or women had earned a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour podium placement until August 2000. CHINESE WOMEN - At the 2000 Dalian event in China (FIVB women’s event No. 68 of the 185played to date through Phuket 2008), Zi Xiong and Rong Chi became the first Chinese team to win a SWATCH FIVB World Tour medal by placing third in the final women’s Olympic qualifying event before Sydney 2000 Summer Games. From 2000 through 2005, Jia Tian and Fei Wang captured seven medals, including China’s first two titles by winning 2003 gold medals in Bali and at Milan, Italy. Tian and Fei Wang also captured the bronze medal at the 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Chinese women have captured 41 FIVB medals led by Tian/Jie Wang (25) and Chen Xue/Xi Zhang (17). The two Chinese teams captured podium placements at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with Tian and Jie Wang dropping the gold medal match to Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Xue and Zhang, who lost to Tian and Jie Wang in the Beijing semi-final, defeated Brazilians Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro for the Olympic bronze medal. CHINESE MEN - Prior to 2006, the Chinese men had never placed higher than 12th in a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event (1990 by Cheng Lu and Meng Qi in Enoshima, Japan). After posting a ninth in the 2006 season opening event in Shanghai event, the Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu claimed China's first-ever men's medal in Poland by defeating Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil (FIVB Men's event No. 189 of the 229 stops completed to date). Wu and Xu added a second medal in 2007 by upsetting Russia’s Dmitri Barsouk and Igor Kolodinsky for the bronze medal at the Norwegian Grand Slam in Stavanger. At the 2008 FIVB season opener in Adelaide, Australia, Wu and Xu became the first Chinese men’s team to compete in a SWATCH gold medal match. Since the Adelaide opener, Wu and Xu have competed in four more SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal matches, but have the lost the finals in Shanghai, Zagreb, Moscow and Marseille. Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 15 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org Men’s Round 20 & Women’s Round 19 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Men..................................................................Olympic Champions .................................................................