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Kiraly/Johnson Lead Eight Men's FIVB Beach Qualifier
ACAPULCO, MEXICO (April 8, 1999) - After dropping an earlier match to a
team
from Cuba, sixth-seeded Karch Kiraly and Adam Johnson of the United
States
rebounded with a 15-8 win over 16th-seeded Ko Ozaki and Taichi Morikawa
of
Japan here Thursday to advance to the 32-team men's Main Draw in the
Mexican
Open.
With crowds exceeding 10,000 spectators for the second-straight day on
the
beach at Playa Tamarindos, eight men's teams advanced through the
Qualification
Tournament to Friday's opening rounds of the Main Draw starting at 9
a.m.
(CDT). Kiraly, whonwon the Gold Medal with Kent Steffes at the 1996
Atlanta
Olympic Games, and Johnson dropped a 15-4 decision to 30th-seeded
Francisco
Alvarez and Juan Rosell of Cuba Thursday morning.
Also qualifying for the men's Main Draw were second-seeded Tande Ramos
and
Gouveia Gavio of Brazil, fifth-seeded Andrea Raffaelli and Maurizio
Pimponi of
Italy, 10th-seeded Amaury Velasco and Willie De Jesus of Puerto Rico,
12th-seeded Victor Anfilloff and Andrew Schacht of Australia,
20th-seeded Bjorn
Berg and Simon Dahl of Sweden, 24th-seeded Lazaro Milian Carvajal and
Ihosvany
Chambers of Cuba (24), and Alvarez and Rosell.
Alvarez and Rosell, who won Cuba's only Gold Medal on the FIVB Beach
Volleyball
World Tour by capturing the 1995 Puerto Rico event, scored three upset
wins
during the Qualification Tournament over the third-, sixth and
14th-seeded
teams in the competition. Alvarez and Rosell eliminated third-seeded
Premysl
Kubala and Petr Chromy of the Czech Republic 15-8 Wednesday.
In Thursday's final match, the top two seeded teams in the Qualification
Tournament battled for Brazil's berth in the Main Draw as Tande and
Giovane
upset the top-seeded qualifying men's team of Paulo Emilio Azevedo and
Carlao
Gouveia 15-3 and 15-7.
Brazil, who has had teams win 51 of the previous men's FIVB Beach
Volleyball
World Tour events, has four teams in the Main Draw while the United
States
placed six. Argentina, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Germany, host Mexico
and
Norway have two teams each in the Main Draw. France, Italy, New
Zealand,
Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland have one team each
in the
Main Draw.
The five-day two-person beach volleyball event started Wednesday with 53
men's
teams attempting to qualify for the Main Draw in the $340,000 Mexican
Open, the
first of three combined tournaments with women on the FIVB Beach
Volleyball
World Tour this season. The Mexican Open concludes Sunday with the
semi-finals
and championship matches starting at 10 a.m. Both Gold Medal matches
will net
the winning teams the $30,000 first-place price for the men's and
women's
winners.
PRESS OPERATIONS - Tim Simmons (e-mail sim...@mail.fivb.ch), the Press
Operations Officer for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, can be
reached at
52-74-85-49-37 at the Mexican Open. The local Press Operations Managers
for
the Mexican Open are Lourdes Gomez, Claudia Esteva and Karla Romero at
OCESA
DePortes (e-mail kro...@cie-mexico.com.mx) and can be reached at
52-74-85-50-67 or 52-74-85-48-12 at the event.
The complete entry lists, qualification and main draw, as well as full
details
on the $340,000 Mexican Open can be found on the FIVB site at
www.fivb.ch/beach.
Men's Mexican Open Qualification Tournament Results - Thursday
Acapulco (April 8, 1999) - Here are the results from the second of two
days of
men's qualifying here Thursday (April 8) on Tamarindos Beach in the
Mexican
Open. The Qualification Tournament was held to determine the final
eight
berths in the 32-team Main Draw that starts Friday and concludes
Sunday. The
Mexican Open is the second of 12 events for the Men's 1999 FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour. All the stops of the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball
World
Tour are Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Sydney 2000. A total of
77
men's tandems from 27 countries are competing in the men's event,
including 53
teams in the Qualification Tournament.
Men's Qualifying, third-round results - Paulo Emilio Azevedo/Carlao
Gouveia,
Brazil (No. 1-seeded team) def. Ko Ozaki/Taichi Morikawa; Japan (16),
15-11
(32-minute match); Ihosvany Chambers/Lazaro Milian Carvajal, Cuba (24)
def.
Albert Hannemann/Nick Hannemann; American Somoa (25), 15-10 (50); Victor
Anfilloff/Andrew Schacht, Australia (12) def. Rffaelli/Pimponi, Italy
(5),
15-10 (50);; Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden (20) def. Ricardo
Lione/Dionisio
Lequaglie, Italy (4), 15-7 (31); Juan Rosell/Francisco Alvarez, Cuba
(30) def.
Brian Gatzke/Daniel Lewis, Canada (14), 15-9 (54); Karch Kiraly/Adam
Johnson,
United States (6) def. Mikhail Kouchnerev/Oleg Kiselev, Russia (11),
15-6 (45);
Willie De Jesus/Amaury Velasco, Puerto Rico, (10) def. Guilherm
Deulofeu/Eric
Guissart, France (7), 17-15 (60); Giovane Gavio/Tande Ramos, Brazil (2)
def.
Oliver Oetke/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (15), 15-6 (25)
Men's Qualifying, fourth-round results - Paulo Emilio/Carlao def
Chambers/Milian Carvajal, 15-6 (38); Anfilloff/Schacht def. Berg/Dahl,
15-10
(52); Rosell/ Alvarez def. Kiraly/Johnson, 15-4 (35); De Jesus/ Velasco
def.
Giovane/Tande, 15-12 (51).
Men's Qualifying, fifth-round results (losers eliminated, place 37th) -
Oetke/Scheuerpflug def. Deulofeu/Guissart, 15-8 (26); Gatzke/Lewis def.
Kouchnerev/Kiselev, 15-12 (56); Raffaelli/Pimponi def. Lione/Lequaglie,
15-8
(44); Ozaki/Morikawa def. A. Hannemann/N. Hannemann, 15-10 (34)
Men's Qualifying, sixth-round - Chambers/Milian-Carvajal def.
Gatzke/Lewis,
15-6 (45); Berg/Dahl def. Oetke/Scheuerpflug, 15-13 (36); Kiraly/Johnson
def.
Ozaki/Morikawa, 15-8 (31); Giovane/Tande def. Raffaelli/Pimponi, 15-7
(27).
Men's Qualifying, playoffs (losers eliminated, place 33rd) -
Gatzke/Lewis def.
Oetke/Scheuerpflug, 15-10 (36); Raffaelli/Pimponi def. Ozaki/Morikawa,
15-10
(30); Paulo Emilio/Carlao def. Giovane/Tande, 15-3 (20) and 15-7 (46);
Raffaelli/Pimponi def. Gatzke/Lewis, 15-8 (47).
Acapulco (April 8, 1999) - Here's the Qualification Tournament final
rankings
following the conclusion of play here Thursday (April 8) in the Mexican
Open on
Playa Tamarindos. The Qualification Tournament started Wednesday with
53 teams
competing for the final eight berths in the 32-team Main Draw that
starts
Friday and ends Sunday. The Mexican Open is the second of 12 events for
the
Men's 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. All the stops of the 1999
FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Tour are Olympic Qualification Tournaments for
Sydney
2000. Overall, a total of 77 men's tandems from 27 countries are
competing in
the men's event.
Men's Qualification Tournament Rankings
Rank Team, Country (seed) W-L Point
Qualified Tande Ramos/Giovane Gavio, Brazil (2) 5-1 Main Draw
Qualified Andrea Raffaelli/Maurizio Pimponi, Italy (5) 4-2 Main
Draw
Qualified Karch Kiraly/Adam Johnson, United States (6) 3-1 Main
Draw
Qualified Amaury Velasco/Willie De Jesus, Puerto Rico (10) 3-0
Main
Draw
Qualified Victor Anfilloff/Andrew Schacht, Australia (12) 4-0
Main
Draw
Qualified Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl, Sweden (20) 4-1 Main Draw
Qualified Lazaro Milian Carvajal/Ihosvany Chambers, Cuba (24) 4-1
Main
Draw
Qualified Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rosell, Cuba (30) 4-0 Main
Draw
33rd Paulo Emilio/Carlao Gouveia, Brazil (1) 3-2 28
Brian Gatzke/Dan Lewis, Canada (14) 4-3 28
Oliver Oetke/Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (15) 3-3 28
Ko Ozaki/Taichi Morikawa, Japan (16) 3-3 28
37th Eric Guissart/Guilherm Deulofeu, France (7) 1-2 20
Mikhail Kouchnerev/Oleg Kiselev, Russia (11) 1-2 20
Ricardo Lione/Dionisio Lequaglie, Italy (4) 1-2 20
Albert Hannemann/Nick Hannemann, American Samoa (25) 2-2
20
41st Matthew Grinlaubs)/Joshua Slack, Australia (52) 1-1 14
Alan Hinchley/Rowan Searle, Australia (22) 1-1 14
Simon McCloy/Shaun Blackman, Australia (28) 1-1 14
Christian Noisternig/Dietmar Maderboeck, Austria (31) 1-1
14
Oliver Stamm/Helmut Hirner, Austria (17) 1-1 14
Ahren Cadieux/Everett Matthews, Canada (32) 1-1 14
Premysl Kubala/Petr Chromy, Czech Republic (3) 0-1 14
Yoyi Rodriguez/Javier Luna, Spain (21) 1-1 14
Stephane Canet/Mathieu Hamel, France (9) 0-1 14
Georgios Giatsis/Ilias Arabatzis, Greece (29) 1-1 14
Giulio Mosci/Eugenio Amore, Italy (47) 1-1 14
Tomohisa Yamamoto/Chikashi Kawai, Japan (23) 1-1 14
Kjell Goranson/Iver Horrem, Norway (27) 1-1 14
Bernhard Vesti/Markus Egger, Switzerland (8) 0-1 14
David Andersson/Pelle Magnusson, Sweden (26) 1-1 14
Canyon Ceman/Adam Jewell, United States (19) 1-1 14
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Rank Team, Country (seed) W-L Points
57th Gernot Leitner/Harald Dobeiner, Austria (13) 0-1 4
Marc Braeckmans/Peter Ix, Belgium (33) 0-1 4
Martin Van der Sich/Ivan DeDecker, Belgium (38) 0-1 4
Djordje Ljubici/Michael Slean, Canada (35) 0-1 4
Eric Masson/Vincent Larivee, Canada (48) 0-1 4
Zlatko Piskulich/Alexander Villegas, Costa Rica (51) 0-1
4
Giorgio Giordano/Alessandro Abba, Italy (53) 0-1 4
Shoji Setoyama/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (43) 0-1 4
Octavio Arellano/Fernando Garcia, Mexico (41) 0-1 4
Alberto Bueso Osuna/Tomas Hernandez, Mexico (44) 0-1
4
Juan Razo/Rafel Venegas, Mexico (42) 0-1 4
Juan Revueltas/Adrian Mendoza, Mexico (46) 0-1 4
Jon Grydeland/Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (37) 0-1 4
Bard-Inge Pettersen/Lars Boe, Norway (40) 0-1 4
Marek Antoniuk/Bartosz Bachorski, Poland (18) 0-1 4
Marek Ungehoer/Przemyskaw Ungehoer, Poland (49) 0-1 4
Zbigniew Zukowski/ Robert Glogowski, Poland (36) 0-1
4
Rafael Madamo/Antonio Rondon, Puerto Rico (50) 0-1 4
John Vestal/Eric Lazowski, United States (39) 0-1 4
Carlos Cartaya/Franson Neris, Venezuela (34) 0-1 4
Ricardo Rodriguez/Tomas Gonzales, Venezuela (45) 0-1
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Gold Medallist Jackie Silva Qualifies for FIVB Women's Beach Event
ACAPULCO, MEXICO (April 8, 1999) - With another day of record crowds for
the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Qualification Tournament, Brazilian
Gold
Medallists Jackie Silva advanced to the 32-team Main Draw with her
partner Ana
Paula Connolly following the conclusion of play here Thursday in the
Mexican
Open.
With crowds exceeding 10,000 spectators for the second-straight day on
the
beach at Playa Tamarindos with near-perfect weather, eight women's teams
advanced to Friday's opening rounds of the Main Draw starting at 9 a.m.
(CDT).
Silva and Ana Paula lost their only match of the day, but still advanced
when
Brazilians Adriana Bento and Monica Paludo lost two matches Friday.
Silva won the Olympic Gold for Brazil with Sandra Pires in the women's
competition at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Pires now plays with
Adriana
Samuel, who won the Silver medal with Monica Rodrigues in Atlanta. The
Mexican
Open is the first of nine FIVB events this season and also serves as an
Olympic
Qualification Tournament for the 2000 Sydney Games.
Also qualifying for the women's Main Draw were top-seeded Annette
Huygens
Tholen and Sarah Straton of Australia, sixth-seeded Annett Buckner-Davis
and
Jenny Johnson-Jordan of United States, ninth-seeded Cecile Rigaux and
Anabelle
Prawerman of France, 11th-seeded Solvi Byberg and Heidi Larsen of
Norway,
13th-seeded Barb Broen Ouellette and Christine Lussier of Canada,
18th-seeded
Ines Pianka and Jana Vollmer of Germany and 31st-seeded Monique Oliver
and
Melissa Coutts of England.
The five-day two-person beach volleyball event started Wednesday with 35
women's teams attempting to qualify for the Main Draw in the $340,000
Mexican
Open, the first of three combined tournaments with men on the FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour this season. The Mexican Open concludes Sunday
with the
semi-finals and championship matches starting at 10 a.m. Both Gold
Medal
matches will net the winning teams the $30,000 first-place price for the
men's
and women's winners.
The daughters of famous fathers in the United States, Buckner-Davis and
Johnson-Jordan defeated both Brazilian teams Thursday before scoring a
pair of
wins over Karolyn Kirby and Caren Kemner of the United States to advance
to the
Main Draw. The pair won all six of their qualifying matches.
Johnson-Jordan's
father is Rafer Johnson, who won Olympic medals in the decathlon in 1956
(Silver in Melbourne) and 1960 (Gold in Rome). Buckner-Davis" father
played
for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association.
Kirby, a winner of six FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour women's events,
missed
qualifying for her first-event international event. Kemner, an indoor
Olympian, is competing for the first-time on the beach after starring
for the
United States at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
The England tandem of Oliver/Coutts posted Thursday's biggest surprise
in the
women's competition. After losing their first match Wednesday, Oliver
and
Coutts won four-straight qualifying matches. The pair advanced to the
main
draw with a 15-13 win over Maria Galindo and Hilda Gaxiola of host
Mexico.
PRESS OPERATIONS - Tim Simmons (e-mail sim...@mail.fivb.ch), the Press
Operations Officer for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, can be
reached at
52-74-85-49-37 at the Mexican Open. The local Press Operations Managers
for
the Mexican Open are Lourdes Gomez, Claudia Esteva and Karla Romero at
OCESA
DePortes (e-mail kro...@cie-mexico.com.mx) and can be reached at
52-74-85-50-67 or 52-74-85-48-12 at the event.
The complete entry lists, qualification and main draw, as well as full
details
on the $340,000 Mexican Open can be found on the FIVB site at
www.fivb.ch/beach.
Women's Mexican Open Qualification Tournament Results - Thursday
Acapulco (April 8, 1999) - Here are the results from the second of two
days of
women's qualifying here Thursday (April 8) on Tamarindos Beach in the
Mexican
Open. The Qualification Tournament was held to determine the final
eight
berths in the 32-team Main Draw that starts Friday and concludes
Sunday. The
Mexican Open is the first of nine events for the women's 1999 FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour. All the stops of the 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball
World
Tour are Olympic Qualification Tournaments for Sydney 2000. A total of
59
women's tandems from 21 countries are competing in the Mexican Open,
including
35 teams in the Qualification Tournament.
Women's Qualifying, seventh-round results - Cecile Rigaux/Anabelle
Prawerman,
France (ninth-seeded team) def. Leanne Schuster/Nancy Mason, United
States
(16), 17-16 (56-minute match); Karolyn Kirby/Caren Kemner, United States
(5)
def. Barb Broen Ouellette/Christine Lussier, Canada (13), 15-9 (44);
Annett
Buckner-Davis/Jenny Johnson-Jordan, United States (6) def. Jackie
Silva/Ana
Paula Connolly, Brazil (3), 15-13 (58); Adriana Bento/Monica Paludo,
Brazil (7)
def Ines Pianka/Jana Vollmer, Germany (18), 15-4 (26).
Women's Qualifying, eighth-round results (eliminated, place 37th) -
Krista
Blomquist/Ali Wood, United States (2) def. Kathy Tough/Janette Solecki,
Canada
(10), 15-6 (37); Monique Oliver/Melissa Coutts, England (31) def. Maria
Galindo/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (22), 15-13 (50); Solvi Byberg/Heidi
Larsen,
Norway (11) def. Pernille Joergensen/Louise Sommer Holm, Denmark (4),
15-12
(39); Annette Huygens Tholen/Sarah Straton, Australia (1) def. Kristine
Drakich/Erminia Russo, Canada (8), 15-6 (26).
Women's Qualifying, playoff results (losers eliminated, place 33rd) -
Buckner-Davis/Johnson-Jordan def. Adriana Bento/Monica Paludo, 15-12
(39);
Blomquist/Wood def. Schuster/Mason, 15-10 (36);
Buckner-Davis/Johnson-Jordan
def. Kirby/Kemer, 15-9 (30); Blomquiest/Wood def. Adriana Bento/Monica
Paludo,
15-13 (52); Kirby/Kemner def. Blomquist/Wood, 16-14 (45);
Buckner-Davis/Johnson-Jordan def. Kirby/Kemner, 15-11 (35).
Acapulco (April 8, 1999) - Here are the Qualification Tournament final
rankings
following the conclusion of play here Thursday (April 8) in the Mexican
Open on
Playa Tamarindos. The Qualification Tournament started Wednesday with
35 teams
competing for the final eight berths in the 32-team Main Draw that
starts
Friday and ends Sunday. The Mexican Open is the first of nine events
for the
Women's 1999 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour. All the stops of the
1999 FIVB
Beach Volleyball World Tour are Olympic Qualification Tournaments for
Sydney
2000. Overall, a total of 59 tandems from 21 countries are competing in
the
women's event.
Women's Qualification Tournament Rankings
Rank Team, Country (seed) W-L Points
Qualified Annette Huygens Tholen/Sarah Straton, Australia (1) 3-1
Main
Draw
Qualified Cecile Rigaux/Anabelle Prawerman, France (9) 3-0 Main
Draw
Qualified Solvi Byberg/Heidi Larsen, Norway (11) 3-1 Main
Draw
Qualified Barb Broen Ouellette/Christine Lussier, Canada (13) 2-1
Main
Draw
Qualified Ines Pianka/Jana Vollmer, Germany (18) 2-1 Main
Draw
Qualified Monique Oliver/Melissa Coutts, England (31) 4-1 Main
Draw
Qualified Jackie Silva/Ana Paula Connelly (1st), Brazil (3) 2-1
Main
Draw
Qualified Annett Buckner-Davis/Jenny Johnson-Jordan, United States (6)
6-0
Main Draw
33rd Karolyn Kirby/Caren Kemner, United States (5) 4-2 28
Krista Blomquist /Ali Wood, United States (2) 5-2 28
Adriana Bento/Monica Paludo, Brazil (7) 3-2 28
Leanne Schuster/Nancy Mason, United States (16) 2-2 28
37th Pernille Joergensen/Louise Sommer Holm, Denmark (4) 2-2
20
Kristine Drakich/Erminia Russo, Canada (8) 2-2 20
Maria Galindo/Hilda Gaxiola, Mexico (22) 2-2 20
Kathy Tough/Janette Solecki, Canada (10) 2-2 20
41st Margo Malowney/Dee MacAulay, Canada (25) 1-2 14
Ana Armat Vazquez)/Mercedes Hechevarria Sardinas (1st), Cuba
(28) 1-2
14
Tamara Larrea Peraza/Maru Quevedo, Cuba (17) 1-2 14
Ryoko Tokuno/Chiaki Kusuhara, Japan (14) 1-2 14
Nicole Benoit/Magi Schlaefli, Switzerland (12) 1-2 14
Karin Trussel/Nadia Erni, Switzerland (26) 1-2 14
Jessica Enberg/Maria Tvede, Sweden (15) 1-2 14
Nelitza Zambrano/Yadeizi Abreu, Venezuela (35) 3-2 14
49th Heidi Parsons/Nancy Gougeon, Canada (20) 0-2 6
Laura Inward/Dale Ann Melnick (1st), Canada (27) 0-2
6
Alena Horackova/Zuzana Horackova, Czech Republic (23) 0-2
6
Mariza Aceves/Monica Valencia(1st), Mexico (34) 1-2 6
Monica Montes/Mirna Serrano Ochoa, Mexico (24) 0-2 6
Blanca Trevino/Maria Rangel, Mexico (21) 0-2 6
Alen Schurkova/Leigh-Ann Naidoo (1st), South Africa (30)
1-2 6
Isabelle Chiaradia/IsabelleFontana, Switzerland (19) 0-2
6
57th Alexandra Cole/Julie Cirone (1st), Canada (29) 0-2 4
Judith Deister/Julie Krumbeck (1st), Germany (32) 0-2
4
Guadalupe Romero/Celina Garcia (3rd, none), Mexico (33) 1-2
4
Tim Simmons, BFishInc
Hallgeir Wigestrand
15-12 på 39 min, og ble med det resultatet kvalifisert for hovedturneringen
som starter fredag 09.04.99. Her møter de Sandra Pires/Adriana Samules som
er
rangert som nr. 2 i verden. Høyst sannsynlig møter de enten Cook/Clarke,
Australia
eller Dosoudilova/Celbova, Tsjekkia i påfølgende kamp.
Med hilsen
Team BYLA
Arvid Wigestrand
Are Akselsen <are.ak...@hsh.no> wrote in article
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Benn Dawg
går vores beachvolley-piger i udlandet. Bliv ved med det - men kan det gøres
kortere, så gør det kortere :-)
Benn