Post by pogoball on Jul 29, 2008 14:02:32 GMT -5
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www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=17774&Language=0
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 26, 2008 –
Women’s Preliminary Round pools
Pool A
Tian Jia-Wang, China (No. 1 seed)
Maaseide-Glesnes, Norway
Van Breedam-Mouha, Belgium
Montagnolli-Swoboda, Austria
Pool B
Walsh-May-Treanor, USA (No. 2 seed)
Hakedal-Torlen, Norway
Fernandez Grasset-Larrea Peraza, Cuba
Teru Saiki-Kusuhara, Japan
Pool C
Juliana-Larissa, Brazil (No. 3 seed)
Barnett-Cook, Australia
Uryadova-Shiryaeva, Russia
Saka-Rtvelo, Georgia
Pool D
Xue-Zhang Xi, China (No. 4 seed)
Goller-Ludwig, Germany
Koutroumanidou-Tsiartsiani, Greece
Augoustides-Nel, South Africa
Pool E
Branagh-Youngs, USA (No. 5 seed)
Pohl-Rau, Germany
Esteves Ribalta-M. Crespo, Cuba
Kadijk-Mooren, Netherlands
Pool F
Talita-Renata, Brazil (No. 6 seed)
Karantasiou-Arvaniti, Greece
Schwaiger-Schwaiger, Austria
Candelas-Garcia, Mexico
Men’s Preliminary Round pools
Pool A
Xu-Wu, China (No. 1 seed)
Herrera-Mesa, Spain
Kais Kr.-Vesik, Estonia
Gosch-Horst, Austria
Pool B
Rogers-Dalhausser, USA (No. 2 seed)
Heyer-Heuscher, Switzerland
Conde-Baracetti, Argentina
Samoilovs-Plavins, Latvia
Pool C
Ricardo-Emanuel, Brazil (No. 3 seed)
Schacht-Slack, Australia
Geor-Gia, Georgia
Fernandes-Morais, Angola
Pool D
Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz, Brazil (No. 4 seed)
Barsouk-Kolodinsky, Russia
Doppler-Gartmayer, Austria
Lione-Amore, Italy
Pool E
Nummerdor-Schuil, Netherlands (No. 5 seed)
Klemperer-Koreng, Germany
Kjemperud-Skarlund, Norway
Laciga M.-Schnider, Switzerland
Pool F
Brink-Dieckmann Ch., Germany (No. 6 seed)
Gibb-Rosenthal, USA
Boersma E.-Ronnes, Netherlands
Asahi-Shiratori, Japan
FIVB and BOCOG officials were scheduled to determine the Preliminary Round match schedule by Monday.
A “serpentine system” was followed to determine the exact final seeding in the pools, using the Olympic Qualification Ranking confirmed by the FIVB on Thursday, July 24. Chinese men’s pair Linyin Xu and Penggen Wu and women’s pair Jia Tian and Jie Wang were the No. 1 seeds and were placed automatically in Pool A in each tournament as per FIVB regulations after both pairs ranked among the first six teams. Seed Nos. 2 to 6 were placed in Pools B to F, respectively. Seed Nos. 7-9 were drawn randomly in Pools F, E, D and Nos. 10-12 drawn randomly in Pools C, B, A before Nos. 13 to 18 and then Nos. 19-24 were drawn randomly in Pools A to F.
The state-of-the-art 12,000-seater Chaoyang Park in Beijing will be the venue of the fourth Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournaments, with two “Lucky Loser” matches to be played on a court adjacent to Centre Court.
The top two teams of each pool advance to the knockout Round of 16 stage, along with the two best third-placed teams. The remaining four third-placed teams play two Playoff matches to determine the final two places (Lucky Losers) in the Round of 16.
www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=17774&Language=0
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 26, 2008 –
Women’s Preliminary Round pools
Pool A
Tian Jia-Wang, China (No. 1 seed)
Maaseide-Glesnes, Norway
Van Breedam-Mouha, Belgium
Montagnolli-Swoboda, Austria
Pool B
Walsh-May-Treanor, USA (No. 2 seed)
Hakedal-Torlen, Norway
Fernandez Grasset-Larrea Peraza, Cuba
Teru Saiki-Kusuhara, Japan
Pool C
Juliana-Larissa, Brazil (No. 3 seed)
Barnett-Cook, Australia
Uryadova-Shiryaeva, Russia
Saka-Rtvelo, Georgia
Pool D
Xue-Zhang Xi, China (No. 4 seed)
Goller-Ludwig, Germany
Koutroumanidou-Tsiartsiani, Greece
Augoustides-Nel, South Africa
Pool E
Branagh-Youngs, USA (No. 5 seed)
Pohl-Rau, Germany
Esteves Ribalta-M. Crespo, Cuba
Kadijk-Mooren, Netherlands
Pool F
Talita-Renata, Brazil (No. 6 seed)
Karantasiou-Arvaniti, Greece
Schwaiger-Schwaiger, Austria
Candelas-Garcia, Mexico
Men’s Preliminary Round pools
Pool A
Xu-Wu, China (No. 1 seed)
Herrera-Mesa, Spain
Kais Kr.-Vesik, Estonia
Gosch-Horst, Austria
Pool B
Rogers-Dalhausser, USA (No. 2 seed)
Heyer-Heuscher, Switzerland
Conde-Baracetti, Argentina
Samoilovs-Plavins, Latvia
Pool C
Ricardo-Emanuel, Brazil (No. 3 seed)
Schacht-Slack, Australia
Geor-Gia, Georgia
Fernandes-Morais, Angola
Pool D
Marcio Araujo-Fabio Luiz, Brazil (No. 4 seed)
Barsouk-Kolodinsky, Russia
Doppler-Gartmayer, Austria
Lione-Amore, Italy
Pool E
Nummerdor-Schuil, Netherlands (No. 5 seed)
Klemperer-Koreng, Germany
Kjemperud-Skarlund, Norway
Laciga M.-Schnider, Switzerland
Pool F
Brink-Dieckmann Ch., Germany (No. 6 seed)
Gibb-Rosenthal, USA
Boersma E.-Ronnes, Netherlands
Asahi-Shiratori, Japan
FIVB and BOCOG officials were scheduled to determine the Preliminary Round match schedule by Monday.
A “serpentine system” was followed to determine the exact final seeding in the pools, using the Olympic Qualification Ranking confirmed by the FIVB on Thursday, July 24. Chinese men’s pair Linyin Xu and Penggen Wu and women’s pair Jia Tian and Jie Wang were the No. 1 seeds and were placed automatically in Pool A in each tournament as per FIVB regulations after both pairs ranked among the first six teams. Seed Nos. 2 to 6 were placed in Pools B to F, respectively. Seed Nos. 7-9 were drawn randomly in Pools F, E, D and Nos. 10-12 drawn randomly in Pools C, B, A before Nos. 13 to 18 and then Nos. 19-24 were drawn randomly in Pools A to F.
The state-of-the-art 12,000-seater Chaoyang Park in Beijing will be the venue of the fourth Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournaments, with two “Lucky Loser” matches to be played on a court adjacent to Centre Court.
The top two teams of each pool advance to the knockout Round of 16 stage, along with the two best third-placed teams. The remaining four third-placed teams play two Playoff matches to determine the final two places (Lucky Losers) in the Round of 16.
