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Seoul
2008
Women's Open
13.05.2008 -
18.05.2008
PRESENTATION
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SEOUL HOSTS SECOND SWATCH-FIVB
WORLD TOUR STOP |
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 Seoul
will host the second of three-straight women's SWATCH-FIVB World Tour
events in Asia as the world's best Beach Volleyball to the South Korean
capital for the second-straight season. The 2007 SWATCH-FVB World Tour
event in Seoul was the country's first international Beach Volleyball
event in 10 seasons after Pusan hosted women's events for three years
(1995-1997). Natalie Cook, Australia's three-time Olympian and Sydney
2000 gold medal winner, captured the inaugural Seoul stop last season
with new partner Tamsin Barnett as the pair upset top-seeded Jia Tian
and Jie Wang of China 21-19 and
21-19 in the 44-minute finale.
Pictured left are 2007 Seoul gold medal winners Barnett
(left) and Cook.
Teams from American won all three
Pusan gold medals as three-time Olympian Holly McPeak
was
a member of each winning team. The
inaugural Pusan event in 1995 was a double
gender stop as Brazilians Roberto Lopes
and Franco Neto captured the men's title after McPeak and her Atlanta
1996 Olympic partner Nancy Reno claimed the women's
gold medal. McPeak and Lisa Arce won the next two Pusan gold medals as
the 1996 finale marked the first of
two SWATCH-FIVB World Tour title matches for teams from Japan. Yukiko
Takahashi and Yuki Ishizaka captured the 1996 Pusan silver medal.
Japan's other SWATCH finale was in 2000 when Takahashi and her Sydney
2000 Olympic partner Mika Teru Saiki placed second to Adriana Behar and
Shelda Bede of Brazil in Osaka, Japan. Kyung-Hee Ji and Sung-Min Kim
were ninth at the 1996 Pusan stop for the top women's placement for
South Korea on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour.
With over 10 million people living
within its city limits, Seoul is one of the most populous cities in the
world. However, with an area of only 605 square kilometres, Seoul is one
of the most densely populated major cities, like Tokyo and Hong Kong.
Seoul's population density has allowed it to become one of the world's
most digitally-connected
cities. Upon the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, Seoul
became the capital and was designated the nation's only Special City.
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PAST KOREAN WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS |
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Medals - USA 4, Brazil 4, Australia 2, China 1, Japan 1 |
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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1. Pusan |
1995 |
Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA |
Karolyn Kirby/Liz Masakayan, USA |
Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA |
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2. Pusan |
1996 |
Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA |
Yuki Ishizaka/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN |
Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, BRA |
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3. Pusan |
1997 |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
Monica/Adriana, BRA |
Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS |
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4. Seoul |
2007 |
Tamsin Barnett/Cook, AUS |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA |
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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. |
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SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - ASIAN WOMEN'S
PODIUM PLACEMENTS - 39 events |
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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 |
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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1.
Osaka |
1994 |
Barbra Fontana/Lori Forsythe, USA |
Isabel Salgado/Roseli Timm, BRA |
Liz Masakayan /Karolyn Kirby, USA |
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2.
Pusan |
1995 |
Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, USA |
Kirby/Masakayan, USA |
Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, BRA |
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3.
Osaka |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Linda Hanley/Angela Rock, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
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4.
Bali |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Kirby/Rock, USA |
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5.
Brisbane |
1995 |
McPeak/Reno, USA |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Beate Buhler/Danja Musch, GER |
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6.
Osaka |
1996 |
Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS |
Danalee Bragado/Pat Keller, USA |
Sarah Straton /Liane Fenwick, AUS |
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7.
Pusan |
1996 |
Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA |
Yuki Ishizaka/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN |
Adriana Samuel/Monica Rodrigues, BRA |
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8.
Jakarta |
1996 |
Shelda Bede/Adriana Behar, BRA |
Maike Friedrichsen/Musch, GER |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
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9.
Melbourne |
1997 |
Sandra/Jackie, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
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10.
Osaka |
1997 |
Adriana/Monica, BRA |
Friedrichsen/Musch, GER |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
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11.
Pusan |
1997 |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
Adriana/Monica, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
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12.
Osaka |
1998 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Sandra/Adriana Samuel, BRA |
Lisa Arce/McPeak, USA |
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13.
Dalian |
1998 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Arce/McPeak, USA |
Pauline Manser/Pottharst, AUS |
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14.
Osaka |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Ana Paula Connelly/Jackie, BRA |
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15.
Dalian |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Annett Davis/Jenny J. Jordan, USA |
Arce/Fontana, USA |
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16.
Osaka |
2000 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Mika Teru Saiki/Yukiko Takahashi, JPN |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
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17.
Dalian |
2000 |
Masakayan/Elaine Youngs, USA |
Misty May-Treanor/McPeak, USA |
Ron Chi/Zi Xiong, CHN |
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18.
Sydney (OG) |
2000 |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Sandra/Adriana Samuel, BRA |
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19.
Macau |
2001 |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
May-Treanor/McPeak, USA |
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20.
Osaka |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Misty May /Kerri Walsh, USA |
Elaine Youngs/Fontana, USA |
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21.
Maoming |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Tatiana Minello/Sandra, BRA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
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22.
Hong Kong |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, USA |
Daniela Gattelli/Lucilla Perrotta, ITA |
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23.
Brisbane(GWG) |
2001 |
Sandra/Tatiana Minello, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Fontana/Youngs, USA |
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24.
Osaka |
2002 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana Paula/Tatiana, BRA |
May/Walsh, USA |
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25.
Maoming |
2002 |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Cook/Pottharst, AUS |
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26.
Osaka |
2003 |
Ana Paula/Sandra, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Nicole Sanderson, AUS |
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27.
Lianyungang |
2003 |
Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit Leenstra, NED |
Suzanne Lahme/Musch, GER |
Cook/Sanderson, AUS |
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28.
Bali |
2003 |
Jia Tian/Fei Wang, CHN |
Dalixia Fernandez Grasset/Tamara Larrea Peraza, CUB |
Eva Celbova/Sona Novakova, CZE |
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29.
Shanghai |
2004 |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Davis/Johnson Jordan, USA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
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30.
Osaka |
2004 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Cook/Sanderson, BRA |
Nicole Schnyder/Simone Kuhn, SUI |
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31.
Shanghai |
2005 |
Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana Paula/Shaylyn Bede, BRA |
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32.
Osaka |
2005 |
Shaylyn/Ana Paula, BRA |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
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33.
Bali |
2005 |
Talita Antunes Renata Ribeiro, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Thalia Koutroumanidou/Maria Tsiartsiani, GRE |
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34.
Shanghai |
2006 |
Chen Xue/Xi Zhang, CHN |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
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35.
Phuket |
2006 |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
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36.
Shanghai |
2007 |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid Torlen, NOR |
Talita/Renata, BRA |
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37.
Singapore |
2007 |
TalitaRenata, BRA |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
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38.
Seoul |
2007 |
Tamsin Barnett/Cook, AUS |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
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39.
Phuket |
2007 |
May-Treanor/Walsh, USA |
Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs, USA |
Tian/Jie Wang, CHN |
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