Men’s World Series 13 Semi-finals July 24 Schedule Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Time Court Match Team A Team B Round 15:00 1 59 Plavins-Smedins LAT [8] Gosch-Horst AUT [6] Semi-finals 16:15 1 60 Wu-Xu CHN [2] Fijalek-Prudel POL [3] Semi-finals 12:00 1 58 Fijalek-Prudel POL [3] Benjamin-Bruno BRA [4] Elimination 6 QF 12:00 2 57 Laciga M.-Bellaguarda SUI [22] Gosch-Horst AUT [6] Elimination 6 QF 10:00 1 55 Heyer-Heuscher SUI [17] Laciga M.-Bellaguarda SUI [22] Elimination 5 10:00 2 56 Fijalek-Prudel POL [3] Yutvalin-Marishev RUS [30] Elimination 5 July 25 Schedule Time Court Match Team A Team B Round 14:00 1 61 Loser of match #59 Loser of match #60 Bronze Medal Match 16:30 1 62 Winner of match #59 Winner of match #60 Gold Medal Match 2010 Men’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour Schedule Dates Site ................................... Gold Medal Teams or Prize Money (US dollars) April 20-25 Brasília, Brazil ............................................ Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, United States May 3-8 Shanghai, China ......................................................Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, Brazil May 18-23 Rome, Italy Grand Slam......................................... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States May 25-30 Myslowice, Poland ............................................................ Dalhausser/Rogers, United States June 8-14 Moscow, Russia Grand Slam................................................Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China June 15-20 Prague, Czech Republic ............................................................ Dalhausser/Rogers, United States June 29-July 4 Stavanger, Norway Grand Slam................................................. David Klemperer/Eric Koreng July 6-11 Gstaad, Switzerland Grand Slam......................................... Dalhausser/Rogers, United States July 20-25 Marseille, France ....................................................................................................$190,000 July 27-August 1 Klagenfurt, Austria Grand Slam.................................................................................$300,000 August 3-8 Stare Jablonki, Poland Grand Slam.................................................................................$300,000 August 10-15 Kristiansand, Norway ....................................................................................................$190,000 August 17-22 Aland, Finland ....................................................................................................$190,000 August 24-29 The Hague, Netherlands ....................................................................................................$190,000 2010 MEN’S SWATCH FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open & Grand Slam stops through July 11, 2010 Country Gold Silver Bronze .............Medals 4ths .............. Final 4s Brazil 1 3 3 ....................... 7 2.............................9 United States 5 1 1 ....................... 7 2.............................9 Germany 1 2 3 ....................... 6 1.............................7 Spain 0 1 1 ....................... 2 1.............................3 China 1 0 0 ....................... 1 1.............................2 Norway 0 1 0 ....................... 1 0.............................1 Poland 0 0 0 ....................... 0 1.............................1 Totals 8 8 8 ...................... 24 8...........................32 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland For more news visit www.fivb.org FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345.35.45 Men’s World Series 13 Semi-finals July 24 Schedule Fédération Internationale de Volleyball [email protected] Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Series Results #2 Xu & Wu versus the field Date FIVBTournament Round WinningTeam Score Time Trail the series against # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1 5/22/2010 Rome Grand Slam Winner 2 Fijalek/Prudel 21-16, 13-21, 15-8 0:48 Lead the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 5-1 7/23/2010 MarseilleOpen Winner4 Wu/Xu 15-21,21-18,15-8 0:56 7/1/2010 Stavanger Grand Slam Pool M Gosch/Horst 21-17, 21-15 0:42 5/28/2010 MyslowiceOpen Contender2 Wu/Xu 21-16,21-16 0:40 8/10/2008 BeijingOlympicGames PoolA Wu/Xu 21-16,21-15 0:45 7/17/2008 MarseilleOpen Winner2 Wu/Xu 21-14,21-16 0:35 6/21/2007 Paris Grand Slam Pool H Wu/Xu 21-14, 21-17 0:42 Trail the series against # 22 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1 7/8/2010 Gstaad Grand Slam Pool M Bellaguarda/Laciga 19-21, 21-14, 15-13 1:01 #8 Plavins & Smedins versus the field Date Tournament Round WinningTeam Score Time Trail the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1 7/16/2009 Moscow Grand Slam Pool B Gosch/Horst 21-18, 21-13 0:41 Wu & Xu’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal matches (Won 1, Lost 6) 1. lost to Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRAZIL, Austria - Adelaide (3/30/08), 21-23, 12-21 (46 minutes), FIVB event No. 209 2. lost to Harley Marques/Pedro Salgado, BRAZIL, China - Shanghai (5/3/08), 16-21, 16-21 (44), No. 210 3. lost to Reindeer Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NETHERLANDS, Croatia - Zagreb (5/25/08), 21-17, 17-21, 11-15 (50), No. 213 4. lost to Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, UNITED STATES, Russia - Moscow (7/6/08), 21-16, 19-21, 11-15 (60), No. 219 5. lost to Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRAZIL, France - Marseille (7/20/09), 16-21, 16-21 (46), No. 220 6. lost to Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NETHERLANDS, China - Sanya (10/31/2009), 13-21, 14-21 (35), No. 243 7. def. Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers, UNITED STATES, Russia - Moscow (6/14/10), 21-17, 17-21, 17-15 (57), No. 248 Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland For more news visit www.fivb.org FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345.35.45 Semi-finals - Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia vs. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria Team MEN Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No. Country 8 MartinsPlavins 1 JanisSmedins 2 Latvia 6 Florian Gosch 1 Alexander Horst 2 Austria Gosch & Horst lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with Plavins & Smedins, 1-0 Plavins and Smedins are the second Latvian team to appear in a SWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-final in the 24-year history of the international Beach Volleyball circuit. Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Ruslans Sorokins were the first Latvian men’s or women’s team to reach a SWATCH FIVB World Tour “final four” and the first to play in a gold medal match at the 2009 Norwegian event in Kristiansand. Plavins and Smedins placed fourth last weekend at a European Challenger/Satellite event in Bulgaria. · Plavins placed ninth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games where he and Aleksandrs Samoilovs upset eventual gold medal winners Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States in the first-round.. · Plavins and Samoilovs captured the gold medal at the 2005 SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. · Plavins and Samoilovs best finishes on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour fifths at a 2007 event in Roseto degli Abruzzi and 2008 on Barcelona. · Prior to the World Series 13, Smedins best SWATCH placements was an ninth with Plavins at the Norwegian Grand Slam earlier this month in Stavanger. · Smedins will turn 23 next Saturday. · Smedins and his older brother (Toms) placed third at the 2004 FIVB under 18 world championships in Termoli, Italy. · The Smedins placed fourth at the 2006 FIVB under 21 world championships in Myslowice, Poland. World Series 13 Results Winner1 def.GianlucaCasadei/PaoloNicolai,Italy(25) 21-14,22-20 48minutes Winner2 def.ChristianRedmann/RichVanHuizen,Canada(24) 23-21,21-13 37 Winner 3 def. Adrian Gavira Collado / Pablo Herrera, Spain (1) 19-21, 21-16, 15-11 51 Winner 4 def. Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Oscar Schmidt, Brazil (4) 21-19, 21-19 50 Semi-Finals vs. Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6) Medal match vs. Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (2) or Mariusz Prudel / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (3) 2010 SWATCH Matches Won-Lost:..................................12-4 Since 2009 SWATCH Matches Won-Lost:.....................16-10 2010 SWATCH Sets Won-Lost: ........................................24-9 Since 2009 SWATCH Tournaments Played:.........................5 2010 SWATCH Tournaments Played: ...................................3 Since 2009 SWATCH Best Finish:.......4th or better (Marseille 2010) 2010 SWATCH Best Finish:............. 4th or better (Marseille) Since 2009 SWATCH Winnings:................................. $33,400 2010 SWATCH Winnings: ...........................................$24,300 Semi-finals - Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, Latvia vs. Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria Team MEN Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No. Country 8 MartinsPlavins 1 JanisSmedins 2 Latvia 6 Florian Gosch 1 Alexander Horst 2 Austria Gosch & Horst lead the SWATCH FIVB World Tour series with Plavins & Smedins, 1-0 Gosch and Horst are in the midst of their fourth full-season together on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event. Gosch and Horst placed fifth at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The pairs first event together was in October 2006 at a Mexican event in Acapulco where the Austrians qualified for the Main Draw, but had to forfeit both of their “money” round matches due to injuries. Gosch and Horst have now qualified for three SWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-finals with the last being in the first event after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games were the Austrians placed fourth. Gosch and Horst secured a bronze medal at the 2007 SWATCH stop on the Finnish Isle of Aland. Gosch has been playing full-time