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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 4 - 8, 2002

(Q35) Kentaro Asahi/Koichi Nishimura, Japan

Kentaro Asahi
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 19, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kumatmoto

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Marseille 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$84,437.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$15,375.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	9	6	US$16,875.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open		57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open		57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open		57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q47	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q50	57th	4	US$0.00

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/4/2002	Qualifier 1	Hayato Kirihara / Tatsuo Yamamoto, Japan (Q30)	Won 26-24, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 9/5/2002	Qualifier 2	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (Q3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:49

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$10,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	$16,875.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Koichi Nishimura
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	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,387.50	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$7,200.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	62	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0	$24,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	0	9	4	2	0	$1,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	Total	97	0	0	0	0	3	10	8	18	0	$35,387.50

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
2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	1	6	14.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													Koichi Nishimura
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00

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	10	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	3	9.7%	28	90.3%	0-31	0.0%	10-28	26.3%	0-4	0.0%	1	0	11-32	25.6%
2001-2002	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	1-6	14.3%	0-0		0	0	1-6	14.3%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	7.1%	13	92.9%	0-14	0.0%	8-26	23.5%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	4-15	21.1%

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	3	9	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	3	9	15	2	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	34

Head to Head Results
Asahi/Nishimura trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # Q3 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	Q3	Asahi/Nishimura	Q35	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # Q18 Grinbergs/Krumins, Latvia 0-1
6/19/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Grinbergs/Krumins	Q18	Asahi/Nishimura	Q47	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # Q29 Ogawa/Takao, Japan 0-2
7/24/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Ogawa/Takao	Q34	Asahi/Nishimura		21-15, 21-13	0:38
7/10/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Country Quota	Ogawa/Takao	Q23	Asahi/Nishimura		21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q30 Kirihara/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
9/4/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Nishimura	Q35	Kirihara/Yamamoto	Q30	26-24, 21-14	0:41