FIVB Men's Beach - August 01-03, 1997

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Klagenfurt (Austria)

August 1st to 3rd, 1997 - Prize Money US$ 150,000

FIVB FINAL PRESS RELEASE August 4th, 1997

Magic ambiance at the Wörtersee

A record number of accredited journalists (110) for a World Tour event, and some 5,000 spectators enjoyed the magic ambiance created by the organizers of the Austrian Open in Klagenfurt on the edge of the Wortersee and felt being a real part of the show.

For the very first time in their career, Ahmann-Hager (Germany) reached the final. Though supported by a lot of tourists who cheeedr for them, the Germans could not win the gold medal game against the leaders of the FIVB World Ranking, Brazilian Zé Marco and Emanuel who made it to the final through the losers' bracket and did only a few mistakes in the last and most important match.

The event was sponsored by LAUDA AIR, and Niki Lauda, the former F1 World Champion, attended the competition and awarded the winners on Sunday.

After the tremendous success of this first edition, Klagenfurt is looking forward to stage a Men's Grand Slam next season and the excellent promoter is wishing to organize a women's Open in Vienna as well.

TELEVISION: ORF, Host Broadcaster in Klagenfurt, used the super slow motion, providing to millions of TV viewers a better understanding of the beauty of Beach Volleyball.

Bjorn Maaseide (Norway), appointed men's players' representative two weeks ago, will be assisted by Carl Henkel (USA), Oliver Stamm (Austria) and Andrea Ghiurghi (Italy).

At mid-August, the FIVB will relinquish the list of teams participating in the World Championships; the USA teams will enter the event on September 3rd.

Main Draw / Ranking

Rk.	Players	Country	Points	Prize (US$)	Bonus (US$)
1	Zé Marco-Emanuel	BRA	150	10'000.00	5'000.00
2	Ahmann-Hager	GER	135	6'500.00	4'000.00
3	Paulão-Paulo Emilio	BRA	120	4'000.00	2'500.00
4	Child-Heese	CAN	105	3'000.00	2'000.00
5	Leinemann-Holden	CAN	90	2'250.00	1'400.00
	P.Laciga-M.Laciga	SUI	90	2'250.00	1'400.00
7	Kvalheim-Maaseide	NOR	75	1'500.00	850.00
	Sinjin Smith-Henkel	USA	75	1'500.00	850.00
9	Martinez-Conde	ARG	60	1'250.00	500.00
	Parà-Guilherme	BRA	60	1'250.00	500.00
	Palinek-Kubala	CZE	60	1'250.00	500.00
	Maia-Brenha	POR	60	1'250.00	500.00
13	Salema-Baracetti	ARG	45	1'000.00	350.00
	Duda-Fred	BRA	45	1'000.00	350.00
	Bosma-Diez	ESP	45	1'000.00	350.00
	Grigolo-Raffaelli	ITA	45	1'000.00	350.00
17	Prosser-Zahner	AUS	30	750.00	250.00
	Pakosta-Dzavoronok	CZE	30	750.00	250.00
	Stejskal-Chromy	CZE	30	750.00	250.00
	Deulofeu-Guissart	FRA	30	750.00	250.00
	Ghiurghi-Lione	ITA	30	750.00	250.00
	Kjemperud-Hoidalen	NOR	30	750.00	250.00
	Karasev-Pospelov	RUS	30	750.00	250.00
	Safyulin-Kouchnerev	RUS	30	750.00	250.00
25	Perez-Conte	ARG	15	500.00	200.00
	Berger-Kronthaler	AUT	15	500.00	200.00
	Leitner-Stamm	AUT	15	500.00	200.00
	Potyka-Nowotny	AUT	15	500.00	200.00
	Benes Jo-Benes P.	CZE	15	500.00	200.00
	Penigaud-Glowacz	FRA	15	500.00	200.00
	Velasco-De Jesus	PUR	15	500.00	200.00
	Englen-Petersson	SWE	15	500.00	200.00

THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Main Draw (August 1/3)

Team name	Country	Points	Seed
Zé Marco-Emanuel	BRA	2'920	1.80
Leinemann-Holden	CAN	1'350	5.40
Parà-Guilherme	BRA	2'910	5.60
Kvalheim-Maaseide	NOR	2'430	5.60
Martinez-Conde	ARG	2'140	6.20
Paulão-Paulo Emilio	BRA	1'860	7.20
Prosser-Zahner	AUS	1'548	7.60
Salema-Baracetti	ARG	1'220	9.40
Child-Heese	CAN	2'340	10.20
P.Laciga-M.Laciga	SUI	540	10.60
Palinek-Kubala	CZE	604	12.20
Ahmann-Hager	GER	980	13.40
Bosma-Diez	ESP	260	13.80
Sinjin Smith-Henkel	USA	1'660	14.40
Pakosta-Dzavoronok	CZE	430	14.85
Karasev-Pospelov	RUS	1'030	15.40
Maia-Brenha	POR	1'250	16.00
Ghiurghi-Lione	ITA	757	17.00
Englen-Petersson	SWE	940	19.40
Deulofeu-Guissart	FRA	934	20.20
Leitner-Stamm	AUT	476	21.80
Grigolo-Raffaelli	ITA	727	23.40
Potyka-Nowotny	AUT	94	26.00
Berger-Kronthaler	AUT		26.00

plus eight teams qualifying through the QT
Notes: - points are as per standings in the World Ranking on entry date
- exact seed of each team will be communicated on July 31st (Technical Meeting)

Qualification Tournament (July 30/31)

Due to the important number of participating teams, the first round of the QT will be played single elimination, then double elimination

Team name	Country	Points	Seed
Roberto Lopes-Franco	BRA	1'675	8.40
Kjemperud-Hoidalen	NOR	390	13.80
Duda-Fred	BRA	582	18.20
Heyer-Egger M.	SUI	45	18.33
Jodard-Douenel	FRA	305	19.93
Seuseu-Eade	NZL	10	22.33
Perez-Conte	ARG	70	22.86
Safyulin-Kouchnerev	RUS	400	25.00
Lustosa-Xisto	POR	110	25.00
Hodge-Leroux	RSA	48	25.00
Penigaud-Glowacz	FRA	202	26.33
Egger-Vesti	SUI	30	27.00
Anfillof-Schacht	AUS	288	29.00
Nurmufid-Markoji	INA	60	31.00
Koudelka V.-Koudelka O.	CZE	64	31.66
Dobeiner-Noisternig	AUT	43	33.00
Jungwirth-Ziegler	AUT	2	33.00
Kiselev-Kolesnik	RUS	164	33.40
Yoyi Rodriguez-Carrasco	ESP	64	33.50
Canet-Hamel	FRA	201	34.86
Durrant-Francis J.	AUS	30	35.00
P.Schroffenegger-T.Schroffenegger	AUT	14	36.33
Stejskal-Chromy	CZE	60	38.33
Ryan-Chapman	USA		39.00
Salim-Shofana	INA	42	41.00
Asmara-Iwan	INA	30	41.00
Voggenberger-Wass	AUT	12	41.00
Vasiliauskas-Cyvas He.	LTU		41.00
Velasco-De Jesus	PUR	72	41.30
Neuschaefer-Van Zwieten	USA	17	41.33
Kouvitchka-Chatounov	RUS	190	43.66
Kuchta-Bijecek	CZE	26	45.00
Matsunaga-Sakai	JPN	85	45.40
De Tournadre-Rossi	FRA		46.33
Cyvas Ha.-Dailide	LTU		46.33
Piskulich-Villegas	CRC	70	47.00
Nogughi-Morikawa	JPN	20	48.20
Schilhan-Hirner	AUT	5	49.00
Kadlubowski-Bachorski	POL		49.00
Monduzzi-Ravaglia	ITA	6	49.50
Grinlaubs-M.Frisby-Smith	AUS	12	51.00
Viberti-Carletti	ITA	12	52.16
Benes Jo-Benes P.	CZE	10	57.00
Grumbir-Puskas	AUT		57.00
Antoniuk-Kopysc	POL		57.00
Muhlbauer-Maderboeck	AUT	9	58.00
Knapp-Rainer	AUT		58.00
Skorc-Pusnik	SLO		58.00

Notes: - points are as per standings in the World Ranking on entry date
- exact seed of each team will be communicated on July 29th (Technical Meeting)

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