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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(Q38) Toni Kankaanpaa/Kai Liukkonen, Finland

Toni Kankaanpää
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Helsinki

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,300.00

Kai Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kangasala

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB C&S Turku 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

41st (St. Petersburg 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$550.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	14, Q5	7th	10	US$500.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 1	Pekka Seppanen / Teemu Tolonen, Finland (Q27)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Wed, 7/6/2005	Qualifier 2	Pedro Cunha / Luiz Dulinski, Brazil (19, Q6)	Lost 13-21, 11-21	0:39

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$300.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toni Kankaanpaa												Kai Liukkonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$500.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$800.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$400.00
17	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	$3,300.00	Total	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$550.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toni Kankaanpaa													Kai Liukkonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$250.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	$400.00

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%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2004-2005	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 19, Q6 Cunha/Dulinski, Brazil 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Dulinski	19, Q6	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	Q38	21-13, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # Q22 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Contender 3	Krumins/Sorokins	7, Q1	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	14, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q27 Seppanen/Tolonen, Finland 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 1	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	Q38	Seppanen/Tolonen	Q27	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q32 Murs/Puusepp, Estonia 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Contender 1	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	14, Q5	Murs/Puusepp	11	21-15, 21-23, 15-9