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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Vitória Open
September 27 - October 1, 2006

(11) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Did not play	Dennys Paredes - 33rd
1999	Did not play	Dennys Paredes - 33rd
2000	Did not play	Harley Marques - 33rd
2001	Did not play	Harley Marques - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	15, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	22, Q6	4th	420	US$12,000.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (22)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:40
Thu, 9/28/2006	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (27, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:46
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (21)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 3	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (14)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:40
Fri, 9/29/2006	Contender 4	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (17)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:54
Sat, 9/30/2006	Contender 5	Mike Lambert / Stein Metzger, United States (7)	Lost 13-21, 23-25	0:46

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	4	$40,900.00	32	17	65.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	4	$40,900.00	32	17	65.3 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	4	$20,450.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	4	$20,450.00
14	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	2	4	$26,775.00	Total	Total	42	1	2	0	1	2	3	4	2	27	$31,907.50

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	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	12-14	46.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	1	10-13	43.5%

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 trail the series against the field 10-13 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	2	Bitencourt/Correa	15, Q3	21-15, 26-24	0:51
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Bitencourt/Correa	16	21-13, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Baracetti/Conde	4	Bitencourt/Correa	15, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Lambert/Metzger, United States 0-1
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 5	Lambert/Metzger	7	Bitencourt/Correa	11	21-13, 25-23	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-1
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 3	Bitencourt/Correa	11	Horrem/Pettersen	14	21-16, 21-11	0:40
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Horrem/Pettersen	18	Bitencourt/Correa	16	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:00
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	26, Q11	Horrem/Pettersen	11	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:13
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 3-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 4	Bitencourt/Correa	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	25-23, 21-18	0:54
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bitencourt/Correa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	21-13, 25-27, 15-13	1:00
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 # 20 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 # 21 Berger/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Bitencourt/Correa	11	Berger/Gartmayer	21	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Bitencourt/Correa	11	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 27, Q2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	27, Q2	Bitencourt/Correa	11	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 31, Q9 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Bitencourt/Correa	15, Q3	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q19	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 32, Q12 Monteiro/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
6/6/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Country Quota	Bitencourt/Correa	27, Q25	Monteiro/Moreira		21-12, 18-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
8/1/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ferreira/Ferreira	Q31	Bitencourt/Correa		21-15, 18-21, 18-16	1:04