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Phuket
2008
Women's Open
04.11.2008 -
09.11.2008
PRESENTATION
Phuket Hosts Third SWATCH-FIVB World Event |
After
staging women’s FIVB Challenger/Satellite events in Pattaya (2001), Bangkok
(2005) and Phuket (2005), Thailand will be hosting a women’s event on the 2008
SWATCH-FIVB World Tour calendar for the third-straight year. The 2005 Phuket
stop served as a prelude to the inaugural SWATCH stop in Thailand in 2006 where
the competition was part of the Andaman Festival to mark the first anniversary
of the Tsunami of 2004. Jen Kessy Boss and Heather Lowe won the 2001 Pattaya
event for the United States while China’s Linjun Ji and Whenhui You captured the
Bangkok stop. Lijun Ji was 18 years old when she won the event to become the
youngest player ever to win “any” international Beach Volleyball event at the
time. Eiko Koizumi and Shinako Tanaka captured Japan’s first-ever international
Beach Volleyball gold medal by winning the 2005 Phuket event. After upsetting
reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United
States in the semi-finals, 17-year old Chen Xue and her21-year old partner Xi
Zhang upset Chinese rivals Jia Tian and Jie Wang for the 2006 gold medal. May-Treanor
and Walsh maintained their podium spot in 2007 by defeating American rivals
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs in the finals. Branagh and Youngs advanced to
the gold medal match by upsetting Tian and Wang in
the semi-finals. Pictured to the right are
Misty May-Treanor (left) and Kerri Walsh of the United States.
Phuket, the biggest
island in the Thailand, is mostly mountainous
with a
mountain range in the west of the island from the north to the south.
Phuket is
about the same size as Singapore with a population of about 250,000. The
dominant religion
is Theravada Buddhism, although a vast
diversity of religions and art forms flourish
in Phuket's multiracial environment, making
it distinct from other areas of Thailand. Phuket
is also the natural base for exploring the Andaman Sea, which extends
from Koh Surin National Park on the border with Myanmar to the north; to Koh
Tarutao National Park on the border with
Malaysia to the south; and to the Andaman Islands in Indian territory far to the
west.
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PAST THAI WOMEN’S PODIUM
PLACEMENTS |
Total Medals - China 3, USA 3 |
Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
1.
Phuket |
2006 |
Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Misty May-Treanor/Kerri
Walsh, USA |
2.
Phuket |
2007 |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs,
USA |
Tian/Jie Wang,
CHN |
Asian Women’s
SWATCH Stops
- The 2008 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour women’s calendar features seven
stops within the Asian Continental Federation with three events in
China, and one stop each Australia, Korea, Japan and
Thailand. It is the most events in Asia since five stops where held
in 2001 at Macau, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Australia. The ABC’s
of women’s Beach Volleyball (America, Australia, Brazil and China)
have won 38 of the previous 39 events. The only title won by a
European team in Asia was at a 2003 in China where Rebekka Kadijk
and Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands captured the gold medal. |
SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - ASIAN WOMEN'S
PODIUM PLACEMENTS - 39 events |
Total Medals - Brazil 48, USA 32,
Australia 13, China 11, Germany 4, Japan 2, Cuba 1, Czech Republic
1, Greece 1, Italy, 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 1 and Switzerland 1 |
Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
1.
Osaka |
1994 |
Barbra Fontana/Lori Forsythe, USA |
Isabel Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA |
Liz Masakayan /Karolyn Kirby, USA |
2.
Pusan |
1995 |
Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA |
Kirby/Masakayan, USA |
Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA |
3.
Osaka |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Linda Hanley/Angela Rock, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
4.
Bali |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Kirby/Rock, USA |
5.
Brisbane |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Beate Buhler/Danja Musch, GER |
6.
Osaka |
1996 |
Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS |
Danalee Bragado/Pat Keller, USA |
Sarah Straton /Liane Fenwick, AUS |
7.
Pusan |
1996 |
Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA |
Yuki Ishizaka/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN |
Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA |
8.
Jakarta |
1996 |
Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA |
Maike Friedrichsen/Musch, GER |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
9.
Melbourne |
1997 |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
10.
Osaka |
1997 |
Adriana/Monica, BRA |
Friedrichsen/Musch, GER |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
11.
Pusan |
1997 |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
Adriana/Monica, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
12.
Osaka |
1998 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Sandra/Adriana Samuel, BRA |
Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA |
13.
Dalian |
1998 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
Pauline Manser/Pottharst, AUS |
14.
Osaka |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Ana Paula Connelly/Jackie, BRA |
15.
Dalian |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA |
Arce/Fontana, USA |
16.
Osaka |
2000 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Mika Teru Saiki/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
17.
Dalian |
2000 |
Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA |
Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA |
Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN |
18.
Sydney (OG) |
2000 |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Sandra/Adriana Samuel, BRA |
19.
Macau |
2001 |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
May-Treanor/McPeak, USA |
20.
Osaka |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Misty May /Kerri Walsh, USA |
Elaine Youngs/Fontana, USA |
21.
Maoming |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Tatiana Minello/Sandra, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
22.
Hong Kong |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA |
Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, ITA |
23.
Brisbane(GWG) |
2001 |
Sandra/Tatiana Minello, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Fontana/Youngs, USA |
24.
Osaka |
2002 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana Paula/Tatiana, BRA |
May/Walsh, USA |
25.
Maoming |
2002 |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
26.
Osaka |
2003 |
Ana Paula/Sandra, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS |
27.
Lianyungang |
2003 |
Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED |
Suzanne Lahme/Musch, GER |
Cook/Sanderson, AUS |
28.
Bali |
2003 |
Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN |
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, CUB |
Eva Celbova/Sona Novakova, CZE |
29.
Shanghai |
2004 |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
30.
Osaka |
2004 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Sanderson, BRA |
Nicole Schnyder/Simone Kuhn, SUI |
31.
Shanghai |
2005 |
Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana Paula/Shaylyn Bede, BRA |
32.
Osaka |
2005 |
Shaylyn/Ana Paula, BRA |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
33.
Bali |
2005 |
Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, GRE |
34.
Shanghai |
2006 |
Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
35.
Phuket |
2006 |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
36.
Shanghai |
2007 |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR |
Talita/Renata, BRA |
37.
Singapore |
2007 |
TalitaRenata, BRA |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
38.
Seoul |
2007 |
Tamsin Barnett/Cook, AUS |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
39.
Phuket |
2007 |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
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