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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$404,500 FIVB World Championships presented by Swatch
October 14 - 19, 2003

(11) Harley Marques/Franco Neto, Brazil

Harley Marques Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1975 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brasilia, DF

Resides:

Joao Pessoa

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$732,187.50

Franco José Vieira Neto
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 1966 (57 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Resides:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

172

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$971,885.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	US$101,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1990	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 3rd
1991	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 5th
1992	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 7th
1993	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 4th
1994	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1995	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 3rd
1996	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 1st
1997	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1998	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	8	25	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	8	4	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	11	9	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	5	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	4	9	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	6	5	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	8	1	600	US$45,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	8	9	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	8, Q1	5	180	US$6,000.00

Rio de Janeiro World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool L	David Klemperer / Niklas Rademacher, Germany (35)	Lost 21-18, 27-29, 13-15	1:11
Tue, 10/14/2003	Pool L	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (14)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:58
Wed, 10/15/2003	Pool L	Guilherm Deulofeu / Ogier Molinier, France (38)	Won 21-19, 25-23	0:55
Thu, 10/16/2003	Winner 1	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (25)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:50
Fri, 10/17/2003	Winner 2	Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (7)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 13-15	1:02

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Los Angeles	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 9th
1999	Marseille	Did not play	Roberto Lopes - 33rd
2005	Berlin	Benjamin Insfran - 9th	Tande Ramos - 13th
2007	Gstaad	Pedro Solberg - 17th	Pedro Cunha - 9th
2009	Stavanger	Alison Cerutti - 2nd	Did not play
2011	Rome	Thiago Barbosa - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	11	9	320	US$10,000.00

Head to Head Results
Marques/Neto lead the series against the field 20-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-3
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Marques/Neto	8	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:12
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Marques/Neto	11	21-19, 21-19	0:55
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Marques/Neto	5	21-19, 21-18	0:57
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	3	Marques/Neto	4	27-25, 18-21, 15-10	1:13
6/29/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Marques/Neto	8	Rego/Santos	4	21-14, 24-22	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-2
9/7/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	5	Marques/Neto	8	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:23
6/28/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Marques/Neto	8	Araujo/Insfran	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	1:06
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Marques/Neto	11	21-18, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Egger/Heyer	9	15-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Marques/Neto	4	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 7 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 1-1
10/17/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	7	Marques/Neto	11	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:02
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Blanton/Nygaard	24	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	21-17, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 10 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
9/7/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Conde	7	Marques/Neto	8	22-20, 21-13	0:53
6/29/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Marques/Neto	8	Baracetti/Conde	6	21-18, 21-16	0:46
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	7	Marques/Neto	8	21-18, 21-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool H	Rogers/Scott	9	Marques/Neto	8	21-16, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Marques/Neto	11	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	14	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 17 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Dultra	4, Q6	Marques/Neto	6	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	1:13
Lead the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Marques/Neto	6	Alvarez/Rossell	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Canet/Hamel	24	21-19, 27-25	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	6	Berg/Dahl	12	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 22 Carrasco/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Carrasco/Mesa	9	21-11, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 24 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool E	Marques/Neto	5	Holden/Leinemann	21	21-19, 21-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 25 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	11	Magalhaes/Silva	25	21-16, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 27 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Marques/Neto	8	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	10	21-12, 21-17	0:44
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	Marques/Neto	8	21-23, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q2	17-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
Series tied with # 35 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Klemperer/Rademacher	35	Marques/Neto	11	18-21, 29-27, 15-13	1:11
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Klemperer/Rademacher	24, Q2	21-13, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 38 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 2-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Marques/Neto	11	Deulofeu/Molinier	38	21-19, 25-23	0:55
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Neto	11	Deulofeu/Molinier	27, Q11	21-15, 21-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 40 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	24, Q2	Marques/Neto	8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 47 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8, Q1	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	9	21-16, 21-11	0:36