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June 22 - 26, 2005

(31) Francisco Alvarez/Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba

Francisco "Francis" Alvarez Cutiño
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Luis

Height:

185 cm (6'0")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

108

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

Career Winnings:

US$247,775.00

Oney Ramirez Bernal
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 14, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

C. Habana

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$39,325.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	3	1	US$73,650.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
1996	Juan Rossell - 4th	Did not play
2001	Did not play	Lazaro Milian Carvajal - 17th
2002	Juan Rossell - 5th	Lazaro Milian Carvajal - 41st
2003	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play
2004	Juan Rossell - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q6	33rd	20	US$0.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 1	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (34)	Won 16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:55
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:07
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (18)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 6/24/2005	Winner 4	Martin Conde / Jose Salema, Argentina (10)	Won 21-15, 26-24	0:51
Sat, 6/25/2005	Winner 5	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (43)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:44
Sat, 6/25/2005	Contender 7	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:38

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Juan Rossell - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 5th	Francisco Alvarez - 5th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Leonel Munder - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	31	5th	600	US$20,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$19,650.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	$73,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francisco Alvarez												Oney Ramirez Bernal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	$64,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$9,825.00
82	1	1	1	2	11	29	16	10	0	$152,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$19,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger
108	2	2	1	2	14	40	22	10	0	$234,775.00	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	6	4	1	0	$39,325.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$20,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$20,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francisco Alvarez													Oney Ramirez Bernal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
15	1	1	0	1	3	7	2	0	0	$36,000.00	1995	FIVB
11	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$38,250.00	1996	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	1996	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$2,000.00	1999	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	$14,750.00	2000	FIVB
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,500.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	$22,075.00	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	$19,500.00	2003	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	1	0	$31,025.00	2004	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$10,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$10,000.00
75	2	2	1	2	13	30	14	4	7	$176,600.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	$12,500.00

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	24	77.4%	4	12.9%	3	9.7%	28-3	90.3%	6	26.1%	2	8.7%	15	65.2%	6-17	26.1%	24-15	61.5%	10-5	66.7%	1	6	35-26	57.4%
2004-2005	18	81.8%	2	9.1%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	9	56.3%	5-11	31.3%	18-9	66.7%	7-4	63.6%	0	6	25-19	56.8%
Against the Field	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	3	14.3%	1	4.8%	17	81.0%	3-18	14.3%	26-24	52.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	5	18-20	47.4%

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	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	18
Total	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	26

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	1:07
Trail the series against # 8 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Heyer/Laciga	8	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	21-14, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 10 Conde/Salema, Argentina 1-0
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Conde/Salema	10	21-15, 26-24	0:51
Lead the series against # 18 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Horrem/Pettersen	18	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 34 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	Engvik/Goranson	34	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 43 Polte/Schoen, Germany 0-1
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Polte/Schoen	43	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	21-19, 21-17	0:44