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

(Q22) Masafumi Matsunaga/Shingo Sakai, Japan

Masafumi Matsunaga
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 20, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Enoshima 1995)

Career Winnings:

US$3,000.00

Shingo Sakai
Japan

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (Rio de Janeiro 1992)

Career Winnings:

US$2,087.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	37	41	49	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	2	US$800.00

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	Q20	37th	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-24/1997	Bulgaria Challenger	12	13th	18	US$800.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	Q26	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	Q26	49th	12	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	Q33	37th	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	Q32	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	Q14	41st	8	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/25-29/1997	Czech Republic Challenger	Q10	29th	2	US$0.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/10/1997		Jean-Philippe Jodard / Christian Penigaud, France (29)	Lost 6-15	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Shingo Sakai - 41st	Masafumi Matsunaga - 41st
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Takuya Noguchi - 57th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	Q22	41st	18	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Masafumi Matsunaga												Shingo Sakai
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	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,312.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$775.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$100.00	Satellite
36	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	0	$3,000.00	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,087.50

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
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masafumi Matsunaga													Shingo Sakai
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$656.25
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$656.25
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	$1,500.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,000.00	1996	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$400.00	1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$400.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	21	$2,900.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	15	$2,087.50

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

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

Head to Head Results
Matsunaga/Sakai trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 29 Jodard/Penigaud, France 0-1
9/10/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Jodard/Penigaud	29	Matsunaga/Sakai	Q22	15-6	0:44