FIVB World Championships of Beach Volleyball
Los Angeles, California
September 10-13, 1997

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UCLA Tennis Center, Los Angeles (USA) - September 10/13 1997

MEN'S MAIN DRAW
September 11-13, 1997

Main Draw Results

No.	Rnd.	Br.	Date	Team A	Team B	Result	Time
			THU	Round I - Losers 17th
1	I	W	11/09/97	Jose Loiola-Anjinho Bacil BRA (1)	Krank-Oetke GER (32/FIVB39)	12-1, 12-8	44
2	I	W	11/09/97	P.Laciga-M.Laciga SUI (16/FIVB10)	Palinek-Kubala CZE (17/FIVB13)	12-9, 10-12, 12-10	94
3	I	W	11/09/97	Parà-Guilherme BRA (9/FIVB2)	Ahmann-Hager GER (24/FIVB12)	12-11, 12-3	84
4	I	W	11/09/97	Kvalheim-Maaseide NOR (8/FIVB3)	Duda-Fred BRA (25/FIVB17)	11-12, 5-12	61
5	I	W	11/09/97	Karch Kiraly-Adam Johnson USA (5)	Maia-Brenha POR (28/FIVB15)	12-10, 12-2	66
6	I	W	11/09/97	Dax Holdren-Todd Rogers USA (12)	Holden-Leinemann CAN (21/FIVB7)	6-12, 12-5, 12-7	78
7	I	W	11/09/97	Martinez-Conde ARG (13/FIVB4)	Roberto Lopes-Franco BRA (20/FIVB6)	11-12, 8-12	91
8	I	W	11/09/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulão BRA (4/FIVB5)	Penigaud-Jodard FRA (29)	12-5, 12-4	63
9	I	W	11/09/97	Mike Whitmarsh-Canyon Ceman USA (3)	Guissart-Deulofeu FRA (30/FIVB23)	12-9, 12-2	69
10	I	W	11/09/97	Eric Fonoimoana-Brian Lewis USA (14)	Salema-Baracetti ARG (19/FIVB9)	12-3, 12-9	75
11	I	W	11/09/97	Child-Heese CAN (11/FIVB8)	Sinjin Smith-Carl Henkel USA (22/FIVB14)	4-12, 12-9, 13-11	88
12	I	W	11/09/97	Zé Marco-Emanuel BRA (6/FIVB1)	Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR (27/FIVB20)	12-11, 7-12, 12-7	80
13	I	W	11/09/97	Mike Dodd-Rob Heidger USA (7)	Karasev-Pospelov RUS (26/FIVB21)	12-11, 12-7	65
14	I	W	11/09/97	Troy Tanner-Ian Clark USA (10)	Bosma-Diez ESP (23/FIVB16)	12-5, 12-6	77
15	I	W	11/09/97	Bill Boullianne-David Swatik USA (15)	Prosser-Zahner AUS (18/FIVB11)	6-12, 5-12	75
16	I	W	11/09/97	Kent Steffes-Dain Blanton USA (2)	Pomerenke-Anton GER (31/FIVB41)	12-9, 12-3	63
			FRI	Round II-Losers 9th
17	II	W	12/09/97	Jose Loiola-Anjinho Bacil BRA (1)	P.Laciga-M.Laciga SUI (16/FIVB10)	12-10, 9-12, 16-14	96
18	II	W	12/09/97	Parà-Guilherme BRA (9/FIVB2)	Duda-Fred BRA (25/FIVB17)	12-8, 12-4	82
19	II	W	12/09/97	Karch Kiraly-Adam Johnson USA (5)	Dax Holdren-Todd Rogers USA (12)	5-12, 12-6, 12-10	67
20	II	W	12/09/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulão BRA (4/FIVB5)	Roberto Lopes-Franco BRA (20/FIVB6)	12-9, 12-10	120
21	II	W	12/09/97	Mike Whitmarsh-Canyon Ceman USA (3)	Eric Fonoimoana-Brian Lewis USA (14)	12-6, 12-3	70
22	II	W	12/09/97	Zé Marco-Emanuel BRA (6/FIVB1)	Child-Heese CAN (11/FIVB8)	12-9, 12-9	87
23	II	W	12/09/97	Mike Dodd-Rob Heidger USA (7)	Troy Tanner-Ian Clark USA (10)	12-7, 9-12, 9-12	83
24	II	W	12/09/97	Kent Steffes-Dain Blanton USA (2)	Prosser-Zahner AUS (18/FIVB11)	12-9, 12-8	98
				Round III-Losers 5th
25	III	W	12/09/97	Jose Loiola-Anjinho Bacil BRA (1)	Parà-Guilherme BRA (9/FIVB2)	7-12, 6-12	79
26	III	W	12/09/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulão BRA (4/FIVB5)	Karch Kiraly-Adam Johnson USA (5)	12-6, 5-12, 12-8	78
27	III	W	12/09/97	Mike Whitmarsh-Canyon Ceman USA (3)	Zé Marco-Emanuel BRA (6/FIVB1)	12-5, 12-4	52
28	III	W	12/09/97	Kent Steffes-Dain Blanton USA (2)	Troy Tanner-Ian Clark USA (10)	12-4, 12-3	62
			SAT
29	S	W	13/09/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulão BRA (4/FIVB5)	Parà-Guilherme BRA (9/FIVB2)	12-10, 9-12, 13-15	136
30	S	W	13/09/97	Kent Steffes-Dain Blanton USA (2)	Mike Whitmarsh-Canyon Ceman USA (3)	5-12, 8-12	68
31	F1	F	13/09/97	Mike Whitmarsh-Canyon Ceman USA (3)	Parà-Guilherme BRA (9/FIVB2)	12-5, 8-12, 10-12	90

Notes:
- number in brackets (#/) indicates seed for this tournament
- FIVB number in bracket (/FIVB#) indicates current FIVB Team ranking

Main Draw / Ranking

Rk.	Players	Country	Points	Prize (US$)	Bonus (US$)
1	Parà-Guilherme	BRA	300	20,000.00	10,000.00
2	Whitmarsh-Ceman	USA	270	13,000.00	8,000.00
3	Paulo Emilio-Paulão	BRA	225	7,000.00	4,500.00
	Steffes-Blanton	USA	225	7,000.00	4,500.00
5	Loiola-Anjinho	BRA	165	3,750.00	2,250.00
	Zé Marco-Emanuel	BRA	165	3,750.00	2,250.00
	Kiraly-Johnson	USA	165	3,750.00	2,250.00
	Tanner-Ian Clark	USA	165	3,750.00	2,250.00
9	Prosser-Zahner	AUS	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Duda-Fred	BRA	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Roberto Lopes-Franco	BRA	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Child-Heese	CAN	105	2,250.00	850.00
	P.Laciga-M.Laciga	SUI	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Dodd-Heidger	USA	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Fonoimoana-Lewis	USA	105	2,250.00	850.00
	Holdren-Rogers	USA	105	2,250.00	850.00
17	Martinez-Conde	ARG	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Salema-Baracetti	ARG	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Holden-Leinemann	CAN	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Palinek-Kubala	CZE	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Bosma-Diez	ESP	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Guissart-Deulofeu	FRA	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Penigaud-Jodard	FRA	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Ahmann-Hager	GER	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Krank-Oetke	GER	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Pomerenke-Anton	GER	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Kjemperud-Hoidalen	NOR	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Kvalheim-Maaseide	NOR	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Maia-Brenha	POR	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Karasev-Pospelov	RUS	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Boulianne-Swatik	USA	45	1,250.00	450.00
	Sinjin Smith-Henkel	USA	45	1,250.00	450.00

MEN'S QUALIFICATION
September 10, 1997

Qualification Tournament - Results

No.	Rnd.	Br.	Date	Team A	Team B	Result	Time
1	I	W	9/10/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulão BRA (1)	Jarry-Grimalt CHI (32)	15-2	13
2	I	W	9/10/97	Quinonez-Gil PUR (16)	Dieckmann M.-Dieckmann Ch. GER (17)	13-15	24
3	I	W	9/10/97	Krank-Oetke GER (9)	Hreszczuk-Burdin AUS (24)	15-1	18
4	I	W	9/10/97	Pakosta-Dzavoronok CZE (8)	Nogughi-Morikawa JPN (25)	8-15	49
5	I	W	9/10/97	Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR (5)	Areshkin-Kostioukov RUS (28)	15-4	25
6	I	W	9/10/97	Nieves-Gonzalez PUR (12)	Dayanov-Kouchnerev RUS (21)	9-15	35
7	I	W	9/10/97	Pomerenke-Anton GER (13)	Kiselev-Kolesnik RUS (20)	15-13	49
8	I	W	9/10/97	Grigolo-Raffaelli ITA (4)	Piskulich-Villegas CRC (29)	15-0	28
9	I	W	9/10/97	Duda-Fred BRA (3)	Bina-Viberti ITA (30)	15-1	24
10	I	W	9/10/97	Stejskal-Chromy CZE (14)	Velasco-De Jesus PUR (19)	5-15	37
11	I	W	9/10/97	Penigaud-Jodard FRA (11)	Matsunaga-Sakai JPN (22)	15-6	44
12	I	W	9/10/97	Englen-Petersson SWE (6)	Nowotny-Grumbir AUT (27)	15-10
13	I	W	9/10/97	Guissart-Deulofeu FRA (7)	Bischofberger-Knechciak SUI (26)	15-5	37
14	I	W	9/10/97	Leitner-Stamm AUT (10)	P.Schroffenegger-T.Schroffenegger AUT (23)	0-15	0
15	I	W	9/10/97	Canet-Hamel FRA (15)	Solustri-Ghiurghi ITA (18)	9-15	32
16	I	W	9/10/97	Bosma-Diez ESP (2)	Jackson-Espericueta MEX (31)	15-13	47
	II			QUALIFICATION ROUND
17	II	W	9/10/97	Paulo Emilio-Paulao BRA (1)	C./M. Dieckmann (17)	15-2	30
18	II	W	9/10/97	Krank-Oetke GER (9)	Nogughi-Morikawa JPN (25)	15-4	34
19	II	W	9/10/97	Kjemperud-Hoidalen NOR (5)	Dayanov-Kouchnerev RUS (21)	15-1	31
20	II	W	9/10/97	Grigolo-Raffaelli ITA (4)	Pomerenke-Anton GER (13)	12-15	52
21	II	W	9/10/97	Duda-Fred BRA (3)	Velasco-De Jesus PUR (19)	15-9	32
22	II	W	9/10/97	Englen-Petersson SWE (6)	Penigaud-Jodard FRA (11)	11-15	62
23	II	W	9/10/97	Guissart-Deulofeu FRA (7)	P.Schroffenegger-T.Schroffenegger AUT (23)	15-4	35
24	II	W	9/10/97	Bosma/Diez ESP (2)	Ghiurghi/Sulustri ITA (18)	15-10	55

Qualification Tournament - Ranking
September 10, 1997

Rk.	Players	Country
Q	Duda-Fred	BRA
	Paulo Emilio-Paulão	BRA
	Bosma-Diez	ESP
	Guissart-Deulofeu	FRA
	Penigaud-Jodard	FRA
	Krank-Oetke	GER
	Kjemperud-Hoidalen	NOR
33	P.Schroffenegger-T.Schroffenegger	AUT	21
	Dieckmann M.-Dieckmann Ch.	GER	21
	Grigolo-Raffaelli	ITA	21
	Solustri-Ghiurghi	ITA	21
	Nogughi-Morikawa	JPN	21
	Velasco-De Jesus	PUR	21
	Dayanov-Kouchnerev	RUS	21
	Englen-Petersson	SWE	21
41	Hreszczuk-Burdin	AUS	9
	Leitner-Stamm	AUT	9
	Nowotny-Grumbir	AUT	9
	Jarry-Grimalt	CHI	9
	Piskulich-Villegas	CRC	9
	Pakosta-Dzavoronok	CZE	9
	Stejskal-Chromy	CZE	9
	Canet-Hamel	FRA	9
	Bina-Viberti	ITA	9
	Matsunaga-Sakai	JPN	9
	Jackson-Espericueta	MEX	9
	Nieves-Gonzalez	PUR	9
	Quinonez-Gil	PUR	9
	Areshkin-Kostioukov	RUS	9
	Kiselev-Kolesnik	RUS	9
	Bischofberger-Knechciak	SUI	9

Notes:
- "Q" means qualified for the Main Draw
- "33" is 33rd Place (eliminated)
- "41" is 41st Place (eliminated)

MEN'S PARTICIPATING TEAMS

32 Teams in the Main Draw

16 Teams from the FIVB
- 14 by FIVB World Ranking (determined August 10th)
- 2 Wild Cards (selected August 15th)
8 USA Teams from the AVP (determined August 31st)
8 Teams Qualifying through the Qualification Tournament (held September 10th)

MAIN DRAW
(September 11-13 1997)

Team name	Ctry.	Points	Seed
Martinez-Conde	ARG	3,026
Salema-Baracetti	ARG	1,866
Prosser-Zahner	AUS	2,118
Zé Marco-Emanuel	BRA	4,240	6
Parà-Guilherme	BRA	3,780
Roberto Lopes-Franco	BRA	2,675
Child-Heese	CAN	3,046
Holden-Leinemann	CAN	2,266
Palinek-Kubala	CZE	1,250
Ahmann-Hager	GER	1,356
Kvalheim-Maaseide	NOR	3,646	8
Maia-Brenha	POR	1,580
Karasev-Pospelov	RUS	1,286
P.Laciga-M.Laciga	SUI	1,336
Sinjin Smith-Henkel	USA	2,186
Loiola-Anjinho	BRA	270	1
Steffes-Blanton	USA	45	2
Whitmarsh-Ceman	USA	1,105	3
Kiraly-Johnson	USA	30	5
Dodd-Heidger	USA	850	7
Tanner-Ian Clark	USA	150
Stoklos-Swatik	USA
Holdren-Rogers	USA
Fonoimoana-Lewis	USA	240

plus eight teams qualifying through the QT

Notes:
- points are as per standings in the World Ranking on entry date
- seedings 1-8 determined on September 8th (Press Conference - Drawing of Lots)
- exact seed of each team will be communicated on September 10th (Technical Meeting)

QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
(September 10th 1997)

Team name	Country	Points	Seed
Perez-Conte	ARG	394
Burdin-Hreszczuk	AUS	134
Nowotny-Dobeiner	AUT	181
T.Schroffenegger-P.Schroffenegger	AUT	102
Leitner-Stamm	AUT	696
Paulo Emilio-Paulão	BRA	2'626	4
Duda-Fred	BRA	1'107
Jarry-Grimalt	CHI
Piskulich-Villegas	CRC	110
Pakosta-Dzavoronok	CZE	926
Stejskal-Chromy	CZE	184
Deulofeu-Guissart	FRA	1'160
Canet-Hamel	FRA	399
Penigaud-Jodard	FRA	312
Anton-Pomerenke	GER	158
Krank-Oetke	GER	132
Dieckmann Ch.-Dieckmann M.	GER	26
Ghiurghi-Lione	ITA	1'088
Grigolo-Raffaelli	ITA	986
Viberti-Bina	ITA	16
De Jesus-Velasco	PUR	136
Kiselev-Kolesnik	RUS	175
Dayanov-Kouchnerev	RUS	308
Areshkin-Kostioukov	RUS	253
Bosma-Diez	ESP	816
Englen-Petersson	SWE	1'196
Bischofberger-Knechciak	SUI	27

Notes:
- points are as per standings in the World Ranking on entry date
- exact seed of each team will be communicated on September 9th (Technical Meeting)

RESERVE TEAMS (to enter the QT in case of withdrawal of one of the above 32 teams)

Team name	Country	Points	Seed
Jackson-Espericueta	MEX
Spataru-Voleianin	MLD

FIVB World Championships of Beach Volleyball Los Angeles, California September 10-13, 1997