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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(Q25) Taichi Morikawa/Takuya Noguchi, Japan

Taichi Morikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa (Yokohama)

Height:

190 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Cagliari 1999)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,175.00

Takuya Noguchi
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa (Yokohama)

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Albena 1998)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	37	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	9	2	3	US$2,800.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,500.00
Overall	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	4	3	9	2	3	US$6,300.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	Q19	33rd	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-24/1997	Bulgaria Challenger	11	9th	24	US$1,000.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	Q27	49th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	Q27	49th	12	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	Q37	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	Q44	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	Q35	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	Q26	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/25-29/1997	Czech Republic Challenger	Q26	29th	2	US$0.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	Q17	41st	12	US$0.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/10/1997		Milan Dzavoronok / Marek Pakosta, Czech Republic (Q8)	Won 15-8	0:49
Wed, 9/10/1997		Edgar Krank / Oliver Oetke, Germany (32)	Lost 4-15	0:34

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Takuya Noguchi - 33rd	Taichi Morikawa - 33rd
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ko Ozaki - 41st	Masafumi Matsunaga - 57th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Katsuhiro Shiratori - 33rd	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q25	33rd	42	US$0.00

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	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,800.00
Challenger	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$6,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taichi Morikawa												Takuya Noguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,400.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$100.00
82	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6	0	$11,175.00	Total	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	$3,250.00

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
1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taichi Morikawa													Takuya Noguchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	$500.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	$500.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
1996-1997	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 32 Krank/Oetke, Germany 0-1
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Krank/Oetke	32	Morikawa/Noguchi	Q25	15-4	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Dzavoronok/Pakosta, Czech Republic 1-0
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Morikawa/Noguchi	Q25	Dzavoronok/Pakosta	Q8	15-8	0:49