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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 27 - July 1, 2007

(30, Q13) Koichi Nishimura/Satoshi Watanabe, 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

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	41	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	US$12,500.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 57th
2001	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th
2002	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2003	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2004	Kentaro Asahi - 33rd	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2005	Tatsuo Yamamoto - 33rd	Kentaro Asahi - 25th
2006	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 41st	Kentaro Asahi - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	27, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	28, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	27, Q6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	23, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/27/2007	Qualifier 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q20)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:02
Wed, 6/27/2007	Qualifier 2	Espen Goranson / Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway (Q29)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 6/28/2007	Pool C	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 6/28/2007	Pool C	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (14)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:31
Fri, 6/29/2007	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (19)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$9,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$12,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Koichi Nishimura												Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,875.00
62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	16	0	$44,110.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
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	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
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00	2	4	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$8,500.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	$12,500.00	11	14	44.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Koichi Nishimura													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
											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
											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	4	2	$14,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	$3,000.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	$11,700.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	$4,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$4,250.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$4,250.00
53	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	13	34	$27,387.50	Total	Total	88	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	21	51	$54,235.00

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	6	50.0%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	6-15	28.6%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	12-17	41.4%
2006-2007	6	50.0%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	6-15	28.6%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	12-17	41.4%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	2-20	9.1%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12
Total	0	0	11	6	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17

Head to Head Results
Nishimura/Watanabe trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Cunha/Neto	3	Nishimura/Watanabe	30, Q13	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	5	Nishimura/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-12, 21-10	0:34
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	6	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q6	21-17, 21-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Nishimura/Watanabe	30, Q13	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Nishimura/Watanabe	28, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	19	Nishimura/Watanabe	30, Q13	21-19, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 28, Q9 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q8	Nishimura/Watanabe	Q9	21-8, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 29, Q6 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q4	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:08
Lead the series against # 32 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
10/24/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q6	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q11	21-15, 26-28, 16-14	1:31
Trail the series against Fuerbringer/Scott, United States 0-1
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Scott	23, Q19	Nishimura/Watanabe	Q14	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q20 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Nishimura/Watanabe	30, Q13	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q20	21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:02
Lead the series against # Q21 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Watanabe	28, Q5	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q12	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # Q29 Goranson/Ingeborgrud, Norway 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nishimura/Watanabe	30, Q13	Goranson/Ingeborgrud	Q29	21-16, 21-13	0:35