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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(43) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

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	Spain Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q12	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	29, Q5	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	31, Q13	25th	54	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	29, Q9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q11	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool F	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (19)	Won 14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool F	Pedro Cunha / Tande Ramos, Brazil (30)	Lost 16-21, 22-24	0:44
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool F	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Taichi Morikawa - 33rd	Kentaro Asahi - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Kentaro Asahi - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	28	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	43	33rd	120	US$3,000.00

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	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$10,000.00	25	19	56.8 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$9,470.00	14	17	45.2 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$10,000.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	18	$29,470.00	52	52	50.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	19	$14,735.00	Total	Total	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	33	$15,235.00

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%
2002-2003	22	78.6%	1	3.6%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	4	12.5%	1	3.1%	27	84.4%	4-28	12.5%	22-27	44.9%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	27-33	45.0%
Against the Field	11	64.7%	1	5.9%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	4	11.4%	5	14.3%	26	74.3%	4-31	11.4%	22-50	30.6%	10-20	33.3%	1	0	17-35	32.7%

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 trail the series against the field 9-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	21-17, 21-19	0:37
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	Laciga/Laciga	3	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Dieckmann/Reckermann	16	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:36
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	20, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-6
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-9, 21-19	0:33
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:31
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:41
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	21-15, 21-14	0:37
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Shiratori/Watanabe	21, Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-17, 21-19	0:42
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-19, 21-18	0:40
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	Rogers/Scott	13	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	Canet/Hamel	19	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 24 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-2
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Holden/Leinemann	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q9	21-14, 23-21	0:45
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Holden/Leinemann	17	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	15-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 26 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Prosser/Williams	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against # 30 Cunha/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Cunha/Ramos	30	Shiratori/Watanabe	43	21-16, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 33 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q21	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q12	21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q9	Gartmayer/Nowotny	24, Q12	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Shiratori/Watanabe	42	Klemperer/Rademacher	31	21-19, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 37 Backer/Boersma, Netherlands 1-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	Backer/Boersma	Q12	21-15, 21-15	0:36
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q22	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q11	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 39 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Shiratori/Watanabe	41	Ahmann/Hager	32	27-25, 21-17	0:47
Lead the series against # 40 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Shiratori/Watanabe	32, Q8	Kogel/Mulder	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 45 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Gilbertsson/Svensson	Q21	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q12	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:52