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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Phillips Norway Open
July 4 - 8, 2001

(30, Q21) Katsuhiro Shiratori/Satoshi Watanabe, Japan

Katsuhiro Shiratori
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 29, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Saitama

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Boracay 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$110,317.68

Satoshi Watanabe
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gumma

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,235.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	11	6	4	9	US$58,470.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q27	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q29	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	Q27	41st	14	US$0.00

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 1	Kenneth Jelsa / Kjell-Oue Raheim, Norway (Q44)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 2	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (28, Q12)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:51
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 6	Jonas Backstrom / Daniel Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden (Q42)	Won By Forfeit
Wed, 7/4/2001	Qualifier 8	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (Q6)	Won 24-22, 21-12	0:46
Thu, 7/5/2001	Qualifier 7	Masahiro Hirano / Hayato Kirihara, Japan (Q28)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Thu, 7/5/2001	Qualifier 9	Michal Palinek / Stanislav Pochop, Czech Republic (Q13)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 7/5/2001	Qualifier 10	Dmitri Kouvitchka / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (Q16)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/6/2001	Winner 1	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (3, Q2)	Won 21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Fri, 7/6/2001	Winner 2	Oliver Oetke / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (14)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 7/6/2001	Contender 2	Sergey Ermishin / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (20)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:29

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	9	0	$50,470.00
Total	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	11	0	$58,470.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Katsuhiro Shiratori												Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,875.00
84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	16	0	$44,110.00
16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00	Total	91	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	21	0	$54,235.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	10	6	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Katsuhiro Shiratori													Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,500.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	$2,000.00

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	55	74.3%	9	12.2%	10	13.5%	64-10	86.5%	10	14.1%	10	14.1%	51	71.8%	10-61	14.1%	55-51	51.9%	19-20	48.7%	2	0	76-71	51.7%
2000-2001	13	65.0%	7	35.0%	0	0.0%	20-0	100.0%	3	13.6%	7	31.8%	12	54.5%	3-19	13.6%	13-12	52.0%	10-7	58.8%	2	0	25-19	56.8%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	4	10.8%	5	13.5%	28	75.7%	4-33	10.8%	20-52	27.8%	16-14	53.3%	2	0	20-33	37.7%

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	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	6	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	51	15	3	15	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	54
Total	0	0	57	21	6	26	0	0	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	71

Head to Head Results
Shiratori/Watanabe lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3, Q2 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Metzger/Wong	3, Q2	21-16, 13-21, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	14	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 15, Q5 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Novosel/Slack	23, Q6	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q27	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 20 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 28, Q12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q6 Heidger/McCaw, United States 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Heidger/McCaw	Q6	24-22, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q13 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 9	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Palinek/Pochop	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 Kouvitchka/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	Q16	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q28 Hirano/Kirihara, Japan 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 7	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Hirano/Kirihara	Q28	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # Q42 Backstrom/Martin-Vivaldi, Sweden 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 6	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Backstrom/Martin-Vivaldi	Q42	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q44 Jelsa/Raheim, Norway 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Jelsa/Raheim	Q44	21-15, 21-14	0:34