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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 4, 2001

(32) Rii Seike/Chiho Torii, Japan

Rii Seike
Japan

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime, Kikuma-machi

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$39,912.50

Chiho Torii
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,625.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	US$13,750.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2001	Portugal Open	Q6	37th	22	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q6	37th	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Spain Open	24, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2001	Swiss Open	31, Q8	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Italy Open	28, Q4	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool A	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (1)	Lost 7-21, 7-21	0:38
Thu, 8/2/2001	Winner 1	Barbra Fontana / Elaine Youngs, United States (2)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:34

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Yuki Ishizaka - 33rd	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Chiho Torii - 17th	Rii Seike - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Misaki Yamakawa - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-4/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	32	17th	100	US$2,750.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$11,000.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$13,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rii Seike												Chiho Torii
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,312.50	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,375.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
43	0	0	0	0	2	3	11	16	0	$36,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$6,250.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	3	14	16	0	$39,912.50	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$7,625.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$9,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$9,750.00	13	15	46.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rii Seike													Chiho Torii
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,225.00	1997	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	$7,800.00	1998	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	$8,500.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	1	$11,750.00	2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$4,875.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$4,875.00
36	0	0	0	0	2	3	14	11	6	$34,150.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	$5,625.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	17.4%	2	8.7%	17	73.9%	4-19	17.4%	8-17	32.0%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	15-21	41.7%
2000-2001	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	17.4%	2	8.7%	17	73.9%	4-19	17.4%	8-17	32.0%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	15-21	41.7%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	8-20	28.6%	6-6	50.0%	1	0	8-13	38.1%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17
Total	0	0	14	9	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	21

Head to Head Results
Seike/Torii trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Seike/Torii	32	21-7, 21-7	0:38
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Seike/Torii	31, Q8	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Fontana/Youngs, United States 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Fontana/Youngs	2	Seike/Torii	32	21-14, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Minello/Pires, Brazil 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Minello/Pires	5	Seike/Torii	28, Q4	21-9, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Mellitzer/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 5	Seike/Torii	31, Q8	Mellitzer/Swoboda	Q16	26-24, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Chi/Xiong, China 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Chi/Xiong	9	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	21-9, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Tian/Wang	7	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	21, Q5	Seike/Torii	28, Q4	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Luge/Syren, France 2-0
7/24/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 8	Seike/Torii	Q6	Luge/Syren	Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:42
7/4/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	Luge/Syren	Q15	21-10, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 28 Galindo/Huerta, Mexico 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Galindo/Huerta	15	Seike/Torii	31, Q8	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 38 Koelliker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	Koelliker/Trussel	25, Q4	12-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 41 Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 7	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	Boileau/Morin	Q14	21-18, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 43 Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 8	Seike/Torii	Q6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q12	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
7/5/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Seike/Torii	24, Q2	21-10, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 45 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/20/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 6	Seike/Torii	31, Q8	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q11	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49