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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009

(25) Nalbert Bitencourt/Franco Neto, Brazil

Nalbert Bitencourt
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 9, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$29,325.00

Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$971,885.00

Awards

Tour Champion 1993 (with Roberto Lopes), 1995 (with Roberto Lopes)
Most Inspirational 2006, 2007
Sportsperson 2006, 2007

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	US$5,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 33rd
2002	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 5th
2003	Did not play	Harley Marques - 9th
2004	Did not play	Tande Ramos - 2nd
2005	Did not play	Tande Ramos - Country Quota
2006	Luizao Correa - Country Quota	Pedro Cunha - 9th
2007	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 17th
2008	Did not play	Benjamin Insfran - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool H	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 10-15	1:05
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool H	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (9)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:54
Fri, 7/31/2009	Pool H	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (24)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-8	0:57
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)	Lost 21-11, 12-5 Retired	0:33

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nalbert Bitencourt												Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$18,850.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	4	3	1	1	5	11	6	3	0	$242,200.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	2	0	$24,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	128	12	12	19	13	30	16	8	2	0	$599,185.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
16	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	$29,325.00	Total	172	16	15	20	14	35	32	14	5	0	$860,235.00

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,100.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,100.00	1	4	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nalbert Bitencourt													Franco Neto
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
											1991	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1992	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,725.00
											1993	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00
											1994	FIVB	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$39,500.00
											1995	FIVB	16	7	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
											1996	FIVB	14	3	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	$101,000.00
											1997	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	$42,100.00
											1998	FIVB	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,750.00
											2000	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	$15,500.00
											2001	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	$21,750.00
											2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$18,660.00
											2003	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$50,750.00
											2004	FIVB	13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$79,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,000.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	1	1	3	3	1	1	0	4	$59,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	4	$20,450.00	2006	FIVB	14	0	2	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	$86,800.00
											2007	FIVB	12	1	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	$89,950.00
											2008	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	4	6	2	1	0	$57,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,550.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,550.00
16	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	5	$29,325.00	Total	Total	165	16	15	20	14	34	31	12	5	18	$849,885.00

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%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	1	1-4	20.0%
2008-2009	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	1	1-4	20.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	1	1-3	25.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

Head to Head Results
Bitencourt/Neto trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Bitencourt/Neto	25	21-11, 12-5 Retired	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Bitencourt/Neto	25	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	1:05
Trail the series against # 9 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	9	Bitencourt/Neto	25	21-19, 21-18	0:54
Lead the series against # 24 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bitencourt/Neto	25	Lochhead/Pitman	24	21-17, 14-21, 15-8	0:57