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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(22, Q6) Nalbert Bitencourt/Luizao Correa, 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

Luiz "Luizão" Correa De Jesus
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manaus

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$37,857.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	4	US$40,900.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Dennys Paredes - 33rd
2001	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	26, Q11	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	27, Q25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Country Quota	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil	Won 23-21, 21-10	0:51
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Krzysztof Hajbowicz / Norbert Okun, Poland (Q38)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Leonid Kalinine / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (Q22)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:33
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 1	Ahren Cadieux / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (11)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:46
Thu, 7/6/2006	Winner 2	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (6)	Won 21-12, 22-20	0:47
Fri, 7/7/2006	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 12-15	1:08
Fri, 7/7/2006	Contender 4	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (8)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:51
Sat, 7/8/2006	Contender 5	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (26, Q7)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-9	1:12
Sat, 7/8/2006	Contender 6	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (9)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:39
Sun, 7/9/2006	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:55
Sun, 7/9/2006	Bronze Medal	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 5-2 Retired	0:34

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	$36,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	$40,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nalbert Bitencourt												Luizao Correa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,950.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	2	0	$24,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	0	$22,950.00
											Challenger	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$557.50
16	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	2	0	$29,325.00	Total	51	2	2	0	1	2	3	6	2	0	$37,857.50

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
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	$22,000.00	22	10	68.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	$22,000.00	22	10	68.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nalbert Bitencourt													Luizao Correa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1992	FIVB
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$700.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$332.50
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$475.00
											2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,000.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	$11,000.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	$11,000.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	$17,325.00	Total	Total	38	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	2	26	$22,457.50

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	24	80.0%	3	10.0%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	9	50.0%	5-13	27.8%	24-9	72.7%	8-7	53.3%	0	1	32-17	65.3%
2005-2006	24	80.0%	3	10.0%	3	10.0%	27-3	90.0%	5	27.8%	4	22.2%	9	50.0%	5-13	27.8%	24-9	72.7%	8-7	53.3%	0	1	32-17	65.3%
Against the Field	16	80.0%	2	10.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	32-8	80.0%	10-8	55.6%	0	1	21-9	70.0%

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	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	30	12
Total	6	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	32	17

Head to Head Results
Bitencourt/Correa lead the series against the field 14-6 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/9/06	FIVB	France Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	21-17, 21-16	0:55
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
6/17/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/9/06	FIVB	France Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	4	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	19-21, 5-2 Retired	0:34
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	Bitencourt/Correa		21-12, 15-21, 19-17	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Kjemperud/Skarlund	6	21-12, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Horrem/Pettersen	11	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:13
Lead the series against # 8 Wu/Xu, China 2-0
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Wu/Xu	8	15-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:51
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Wu/Xu	17	21-12, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 6	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Ces/Dugrip	9	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Cadieux/Leinemann	11	21-12, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 12 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Villar	22	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	1:08
Lead the series against # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Amore/Fenili	23	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/8/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 5	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Nishimura/Shiratori	26, Q7	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against Insfran/Marques, Brazil 2-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Insfran/Marques		23-21, 21-10	0:51
6/13/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Insfran/Marques		23-21, 23-21	1:04
Lead the series against # Q4 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Koreng/Matysik	Q8	21-12, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q6	21-13, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q22 Kalinine/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Kalinine/Kolodinsky	Q22	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q38 Hajbowicz/Okun, Poland 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Bitencourt/Correa	22, Q6	Hajbowicz/Okun	Q38	21-13, 21-14	0:34