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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Acapulco Open
October 25 - 29, 2005

(30, Q16) Koichi Nishimura/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan

Koichi Nishimura
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 30, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kyoto

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$35,551.48

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	3	US$23,400.00

Previous Acapulco Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Shoji Setoyama - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00

Acapulco Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/25/2005	Qualifier 1	Mark Ellingson / Wes Montgomery, Canada (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Tue, 10/25/2005	Qualifier 2	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (10, Q1)	Lost 21-23, 17-21	0:54
Wed, 10/26/2005	Winner 1	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (3)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:40
Wed, 10/26/2005	Contender 1	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (19, Q4)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:48

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	$20,000.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	$23,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Koichi Nishimura												Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,075.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	0	$24,000.00
62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	19	0	$78,285.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	0	$2,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger
97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50	Total	140	0	0	1	1	6	17	21	28	0	$110,060.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	1	4	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Koichi Nishimura													Katsuhiro Shiratori
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	$4,735.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$2,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	1	$15,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	$2,000.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	$3,875.00
34	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	26	$10,437.50	Total	Total	52	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	14	29	$34,110.00

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	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	8.7%	6	26.1%	15	65.2%	2-21	8.7%	14-15	48.3%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	19-23	45.2%
2004-2005	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	2-5	28.6%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	8-20	28.6%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-12	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	5	0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	18
Total	0	0	14	8	0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	23

Head to Head Results
Nishimura/Shiratori trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	3	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 10, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Neto	10, Q1	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	23-21, 21-17	0:54
Trail the series against # 19, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	22-20, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	Nishimura/Shiratori	Q20	21-12, 18-21, 18-16	1:13
Lead the series against # Q17 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	30, Q16	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q17	21-19, 21-19	0:41