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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(14) Francisco Alvarez/Juan Rossell, Cuba

Francisco "Francis" Alvarez Cutiño
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1969 (55 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

Juan Miguel Rossell Milanes
Cuba

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jiguany

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Carolina Beach 1995)

Career Winnings:

US$190,550.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	72	1	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$327,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Overall	73	2	2	1	2	8	4	15	15	14	4	4	1	1	US$333,200.00

Previous Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	19	9th	216	US$8,250.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	15	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	19	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	19, Q1	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	20	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	26	9th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	15	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	14	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	11	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	13	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	18	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	18	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	14	9th	120	US$4,000.00

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/15/2004

Pool B

Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (11)

Lost 19-21, 21-19, 10-15

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Francisco Alvarez	Total	37	18	0	0.486	0	15	0	2
	1	37	18	0	0.486	0	15	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Juan Rossell	Total	34	19	0	0.559	1	4	2	2
	1	34	19	0	0.559	1	4	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/17/2004

Pool B

Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (2)

Lost 21-23, 20-22

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Francisco Alvarez	Total	32	14	0	0.438	0	10	0	0
	1	32	14	0	0.438	0	10	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Juan Rossell	Total	17	9	0	0.529	1	1	0	3
	1	17	9	0	0.529	1	1	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/19/2004

Pool B

Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (23)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Francisco Alvarez	Total	23	17	0	0.739	0	8	0	0
	1	23	17	0	0.739	0	8	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Juan Rossell	Total	20	12	0	0.600	3	3	1	0
	1	20	12	0	0.600	3	3	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Francisco Alvarez	92	49	0	0.533	0	33	0	2
Juan Rossell	71	40	0	0.563	5	8	3	5
Total	163	89	0	0.546	5	41	3	7
Opponents	172	100	0	0.581	5	46	3	17

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Juan Rossell - 7th	Francisco Alvarez - 7th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Juan Rossell - 17th	Francisco Alvarez - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Oney Ramirez Bernal - 5th	Wilfredo Villar - 33rd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Leonel Munder - 33rd	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Alvarez/Rossell trail the series against the field 20-33 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	15	Rego/Santos	2	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 2-3
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Araujo/Insfran	2	Alvarez/Rossell	14	23-21, 22-20	0:54
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5	Alvarez/Rossell	14	23-21, 19-21, 15-11	1:03
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	By Forfeit
7/20/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Araujo/Insfran	2	21-16, 21-16	0:42
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	Araujo/Insfran	Q16	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Laciga	5	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Alvarez/Rossell	14	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:03
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	12	Alvarez/Rossell	11	24-26, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
7/15/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Alvarez/Rossell	19	21-15, 24-22	0:41
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Alvarez/Rossell	26	21-19, 26-24	0:47
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-13, 21-18	0:45
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q17	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-6
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	14	Alvarez/Rossell	26	21-18, 21-17	0:50
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	5	Alvarez/Rossell	13	21-18, 21-14	0:41
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Baracetti/Conde	11	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	6	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-18, 21-16	0:47
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Alvarez/Rossell	12	21-16, 27-25	0:51
7/21/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Baracetti/Conde	3	24-22, 25-23	0:59
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	3	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	21-15, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-3
7/31/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 4	Blanton/Nygaard	17	Alvarez/Rossell	19	15-21, 24-22, 16-14	1:02
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Alvarez/Rossell	18	19-21, 34-32, 15-10	1:03
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Alvarez/Rossell	7	21-13, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	19, Q1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	13	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-19, 21-19	0:47
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-16, 21-18	0:44
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	5	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	21-16, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
8/15/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Alvarez/Rossell	14	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:04
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	Alvarez/Rossell	19	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Holdren/Metzger, United States 1-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Holdren/Metzger	5	26-24, 14-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-2
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	11	Alvarez/Rossell	19	21-19, 21-19	0:45
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Schacht/Slack	6	Alvarez/Rossell	20	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	6	Schacht/Slack	11	21-17, 21-17	0:41
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Schacht/Slack	39	27-25, 21-19	0:52
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	28, Q49	Schacht/Slack	21	18-21, 21-14, 26-24	1:04
Trail the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-3
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alvarez/Rossell	19	Berg/Dahl	30, Q5	21-16, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	19	Alvarez/Rossell	14	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Berg/Dahl	15	21-19, 22-20	0:48
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	21	Alvarez/Rossell	18	21-14, 21-16	0:43
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Berg/Dahl	23	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 2-0
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Prosser/Williams	22, Q6	21-13, 21-19	0:35
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7	Prosser/Williams	23, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Series tied with # 20 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Child/Heese	5	By Forfeit	0:51
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Trail the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	Alvarez/Rossell	15	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:01
Lead the series against # 22 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	27, Q9	21-17, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-1
8/19/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Alvarez/Rossell	14	Canet/Hamel	23	21-18, 21-19	0:39
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Canet/Hamel	22	Alvarez/Rossell	11	35-33, 16-21, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 24 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	18	Alvarez/Rossell	15	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	1:03
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Alvarez/Rossell	12	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-19, 21-14	0:46
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	7, Q16	Horrem/Maaseide	10	21-14, 37-35	0:54