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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Portugal Open
July 13 - 17, 2005

(29, Q8) Kentaro Asahi/Satoshi Watanabe, 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

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	57	Money
FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	6	6	1	US$36,500.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 33rd
2000	Did not play	Kazuyuki Takao - 49th
2001	Did not play	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th
2002	Koichi Nishimura - 57th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 17th
2003	Koichi Nishimura - 41st	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 25th
2004	Koichi Nishimura - 25th	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	26, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	32, Q13	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	44	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	29, Q15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q10	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	Q8	33rd	20	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 2	Dimitrios Nerantzis / Konstantinos Tampouratzis, Greece (Q40)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:34
Wed, 7/13/2005	Qualifier 3	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (Q9)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:42
Thu, 7/14/2005	Winner 1	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:33
Thu, 7/14/2005	Contender 1	Martin Engvik / Kjell Goranson, Norway (20, Q5)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 23-21	1:02
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 2	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine (30, Q20)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 7/15/2005	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (12)	Lost 21-15, 14-21, 9-15	0:44

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	1	0	$5,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	$27,750.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	$36,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kentaro Asahi												Satoshi Watanabe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	$21,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$5,875.00
66	0	0	0	1	0	10	11	10	0	$57,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	16	0	$44,110.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenger
97	0	0	0	1	1	12	15	16	0	$84,437.50	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
2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$18,250.00	16	12	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$18,250.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kentaro Asahi													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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$9,125.00	2005	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$9,125.00
32	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	7	21	$17,562.50	Total	Total	63	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	15	37	$38,860.00

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	29	67.4%	6	14.0%	8	18.6%	35-8	81.4%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	29-22	56.9%	8-14	36.4%	0	0	37-36	50.7%
2004-2005	21	65.6%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	15	75.0%	2-18	10.0%	21-15	58.3%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	29-23	55.8%
Against the Field	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	16-22	42.1%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	12-15	44.4%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	9	2	1	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	27
Total	0	0	26	14	2	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	36

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	Q23	Asahi/Watanabe	Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Conde/Salema	7	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 12 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	12	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Asahi/Watanabe	44	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	Engvik/Goranson	20, Q5	21-15, 19-21, 23-21	1:02
Lead the series against # 28, Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q15	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q2	29-27, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
7/15/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	Dyachenko/Kulinich	30, Q20	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q1 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 0-1
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	Asahi/Watanabe	Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # Q9 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q9	21-19, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q14 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	Q20	28-26, 15-21, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q19 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Amore/Fenili	Q20	21-19, 25-27, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # Q31 Hiebert/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Hiebert/Reader	Q36	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q40 Nerantzis/Tampouratzis, Greece 1-0
7/13/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	29, Q8	Nerantzis/Tampouratzis	Q40	21-18, 21-18	0:34