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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Open
May 23 - 27, 2006

(19, Q5) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd	Kentaro Asahi - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	12, Q1	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	21, Q6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	24, Q5	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	24, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q12	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q9	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	29, Q8	13th	120	US$4,500.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 2	Krsevan Soric / Grga Trimcevski, Croatia (Q28)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:35
Tue, 5/23/2006	Qualifier 3	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (28, Q12)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:34
Wed, 5/24/2006	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (14)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:39
Wed, 5/24/2006	Contender 1	Andi Ardiansyam / Koko Darkuncoro, Indonesia (30, Q24)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 5/25/2006	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (13)	Lost 10-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:46

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	5	$31,500.00	29	23	55.8 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	5	$34,500.00	31	26	54.4 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	$15,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
40	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	8	24	$25,687.50	Total	Total	71	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	16	40	$46,985.00

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	3	23.1%	10	76.9%	0-13	0.0%	12-20	37.5%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	7-15	31.8%

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
Asahi/Watanabe trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 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 # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	3	Asahi/Watanabe	12, Q1	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool E	Lione/Varnier	5	Asahi/Watanabe	12, Q1	21-14, 21-17	0:41
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	Lione/Varnier	Q12	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Schacht/Slack	16	Asahi/Watanabe	32, Q13	19-21, 33-31, 15-10	1:12
Lead the series against # 12 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	Heyer/Laciga	9	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	13	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	21-10, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Watanabe	26, Q4	Horrem/Pettersen	10	23-21, 25-23	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gscheidle/Schnider	28, Q11	Asahi/Watanabe	Q6	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 28, Q12 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro, Indonesia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	30, Q24	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Daguerre/Gagliano, France 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q4	Daguerre/Gagliano	Q13	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q28 Soric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Watanabe	19, Q5	Soric/Trimcevski	Q28	21-12, 21-15	0:35