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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 7 - 12, 2003

(45) Rii Seike/Misaki Yamakawa, 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

Misaki Yamakawa
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 9, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sizuoka

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,937.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	US$3,875.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Yuki Ishizaka - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q14	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	26	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q26	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q25	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q29	41st	18	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2003	Pool D	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany (21)	Lost 14-21, 23-21, 11-15	0:55
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool D	Chiaki Kusuhara / Ryo Tokuno, Japan (28)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:34
Wed, 10/8/2003	Pool D	Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (4)	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:36

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	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Misaki Yamakawa - 37th	Rii Seike - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	45	37th	80	US$1,875.00

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	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rii Seike												Misaki Yamakawa
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	0	0	0	$937.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
56	0	0	0	0	2	3	14	16	0	$39,912.50	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,937.50

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
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,875.00	3	12	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$3,875.00	3	12	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rii Seike													Misaki Yamakawa
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	1	$11,750.00	2000	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$6,875.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,937.50	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	$1,937.50
53	0	0	0	0	2	3	14	15	19	$38,912.50	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	$2,937.50

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	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	3-9	25.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	3-12	20.0%
2002-2003	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	3-9	25.0%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	3-12	20.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	2-12	14.3%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	1-9	10.0%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Total	0	0	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12

Head to Head Results
Seike/Yamakawa trail the series against the field 1-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Tian/Wang	4	Seike/Yamakawa	45	22-20, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Seike/Yamakawa	26	21-9, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	Q7	Seike/Yamakawa	Q26	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-1
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	Seike/Yamakawa	45	21-14, 21-23, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 26 Crespo/Esteves Ribalta, Cuba 0-1
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Crespo/Esteves Ribalta	15, Q4	Seike/Yamakawa	Q29	23-21, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 27 Arjona/Kadjo, France 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Arjona/Kadjo	26, Q5	Seike/Yamakawa	Q21	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 28 Kusuhara/Tokuno, Japan 0-1
10/8/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool D	Kusuhara/Tokuno	28	Seike/Yamakawa	45	21-18, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 30 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q3	Seike/Yamakawa	Q14	19-21, 21-9, 15-11
Lead the series against # 32 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Seike/Yamakawa	Q21	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 40 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 0-1
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	Seike/Yamakawa	26	19-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:51