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Shanghai
2007
Men's Open
02.05.2007 -
05.05.2007
PRESENTATION
Presentation
EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2005/PR_MSHA2005.asp
Click here for Shanghai 2007 Women's Open page
SHANGHAI
2007 -
Called in short in Chinese "Hu" or "Shen", Shanghai hosts
a double gender SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event for the third-straight season as
the country continues preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Situated
in the middle of China's east coastline, Shanghai has four distinct seasons and
a population over 13 million. Shanghai’s inhabitants are among the most
hospitable and cheerful in the world and the city in which they live is both
colorful and diverse. In addition to hosting a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event for
the third-straight year, Shanghai is noted for its many festivals, including
the Shanghai Tourism Festival, the Longhua Temple Bell Striking on New Year’s
Eve, the Longhua Temple Fair, the International Tea Culture Festival and the
Orange Festival. For shoppers, culinary connoisseurs and sight-seers, Shanghai
is worth the visit, especially with China’s tallest building the Jim Mao Tower,
which stands at 480 meters. The Chinese city has often been referred to as a
“shopping paradise” and all tastes are catered to in Shanghai. Favorite foods
from France, Russia, Italy, England, Japan and India will be found along with 16
styles of Chinese food that can be tasted in any of the 1,000-plus restaurants
throughout the city.
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May 1-5, Men's China
Open at Shanghai - With the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games looming, China hosts a men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour
stop for the fourth-straight season with a third renewal of a visit to
Shanghai. Reigning SWATCH-FIVB World Champions Marcio Araujo and Fabio
Magalhaes of captured the 2005 China stop after Germany’s Christoph Dieckmann
and Andreas Scheuerpflug upset Athens 2004 Olympic champions Emanuel Rego and
Ricardo Santos in the finals of the inaugural Shanghai stop in 2004. The men’s
first China event on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour saw Javier Bosma and Pablo
Herrera of Spain upset Emanuel and Ricardo in the 2004 finals at
Lianyungang.
Three months later, the Brazilians defeated Bosma and Herrera for the Olympic
gold medal in Athens. The best finish by a Chinese men’s team was a 2005
Shanghai ninth
by Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu.
2006 Shanghai men's podium (left to right) -
Franco, Cunha, Marcio Araujo, Fabio, Dieckmann and Brink |
PAST CHINA
MEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Total
Medals - Brazil 5, Germany 2, Spain 1, Switzerland 1
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
Lianyungang |
2004 |
Javier Bosma/Pablo Herrera, ESP |
Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRA |
Pedro Cunha/Para Ferreira, BRA |
Shanghai |
2005 |
Christoph Dieckmann/Andreas Scheuerpflug, GER |
Emanuel/Ricardo, BRA |
Markus Egger/Martin Laciga, SUI |
Shanghai |
2006 |
Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRA |
Cunha/Franco Neto, BRA |
Julius Brink/C. Dieckmann, GER |
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