With the women's 2005 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour taking a week off, the FIVB has sanctioned two Satellite events for this weekend in France and Italy. Both events are mixed gender tournaments that are being held in France at St. Jean de Monts and in Italy at Alba Adriatica. This weekend's events also mark the first FIVB tournaments for the two sites. The two Satellite events are the second and third non-open events on the 2005 women's schedule after Thailad hosted the first stop at the end of February.

Women's 2005 Challenger/Satellite Results

Thailand, Bangkok (2/24-27, 2005, $10,000)
1. Linjun Ji/Whenhui You, China, $2,000
2. Kamoltip Kulna/Usa Tenpaksee, Thailand, $1,500
3. Kasinee Godtalang/Arawan Tongkamkak, Thailand, $1,200
4. Diletta Lunardi/Annamaria Solazzi, Italy, $800
Gold Medal - Linjun Ji/Whenhui You def. Tenpaksee/Kulna, 21-17, 21-11 (31 minutes)
Bronze Medal - Tongkamkak/Godtalang won by forfeit over Lunardi/Solazzi

Men's 2005 Challenger/Satellite Results

Finland, Turku (6/17-19, 2005, $10,000)
1. Martins Plavins.Aleksandrs Samoilous Latvia 15 $2,000.00 20.0
2. Andris Krumins/Ruslas Sorokins Latvia 7 $1,500.00 18.0
3. Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg Salgado Brazil 16 $1,200.00 16.0
4. Leonid Kalinine/Pavel Karpukhin Russia 4 $800.00 14.0
Gold Medal - Plavins/Samoilous def. Krumins/Sorokins, 19-21, 21-18, 15-12 (54 minutes)
Bronze Medal - Solberg Salgado/Borges def. Karpukhin/Kalinine, 21-15, 19-21, 15-12 (52)
 

Italy, Cagliari (7/1-3, 2005, $30,000)
1. Kay Matysik/Markus Popp Germany, $4,800
2 Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili Italy, $3,900
3. Ian Borges/Pedro Solberg Salgado Brazil, $3,000
4. Daniel Krug/Mischa Urbatzka Germany, $2,300
Gold Medal - Matysik/Popp Germany def. Amore, 21-17, 21-19 (40)
Bronze Medal - Solberg Salgado/Borges won by forfeit over Krug/Urbatzka

Italy, Roseto degli Abruzzi (7/7-10, 2005, $30,000)
1. Jan Ferreira/Para Ferreira, Brazil, $4,800
2. Alex Acco/Luizao Correa, Brazil, $3,900
3. Mariano Baracetti/Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina, $3,000
4. Fabio Galli/Andrea Raffaelli, Italy, $2,300
Gold Medal - Jan/Para def. Luizao/Alex, 21-16, 27-25 (47)
Bronze Medal - Baracetti/Depiaggio def. Galli /Raffaelli, 21-17, 23-21 (52)

Italy, Rimini (7/15-17, 2005, $30,000)
1. Alex Acco/Luizao Correa, Brazil, $4,800
2. Ricardo Lione/Matteo Varnie, Italy, $3,900
3. Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Fenili, Italy, $3,000
4. Andrea Ghiurghi/Gianni Mascagna, Italy, $2,300
Bronze Medal - Amore/Fenili def. Ghiurghi/Mascagna, 21-18, 21-19 (49)
Gold Medal - Alex/Luizao def. Lione/Varnier, 21-14, 21-16 (34)