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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(20) Jian Li/Shun Zhou, China

Jian Li
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Si Chuan Province

Resides:

Beijing

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$88,625.00

Zhou Shun
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 9, 1985 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Qing Dao, Shan Dong Province

Resides:

Beijing

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Gstaad 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$55,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9	7	4	8	2	US$107,800.00
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9	7	4	8	2	US$107,800.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	12	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	15	9	200	US$5,100.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	33	5	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	23, Q2	7	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q8	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	19	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	26, Q16	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q10	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	24, Q14	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q11	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	9	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	26, Q12	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	Q10	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	21, Q10	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q14	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q23	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q27	57	8	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	Q17	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q35	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q29	57	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	32	17	120	US$3,000.00

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:58
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 2	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:40
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 2	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (19, Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:43
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 3	Stein Metzger / Mark Williams, United States (28)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 9-15	0:53

Head to Head Results
Li/Zhou trail the series against the field 15-25

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Li/Zhou	22	21-14, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Li/Zhou	15	21-14, 19-21, 17-15	0:57
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Li/Zhou	33	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-15, 21-19	0:46
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	21-16, 21-15	0:46
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Li/Zhou	32	21-19, 28-26	0:49
Series tied with # 4 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	4	Li/Zhou	20	21-17, 21-14	0:40
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	Marques/Solberg	Q1	21-17, 28-26	0:58
Series tied with # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Schacht/Slack	16	Li/Zhou	33	21-19, 21-16	0:42
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Li/Zhou	33	Schacht/Slack	16	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Wu/Xu, China 0-4
8/11/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	4	Li/Zhou	15	21-14, 21-16	0:38
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Wu/Xu	9	Li/Zhou	33	21-18, 21-18	0:42
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	3	Li/Zhou	19	21-18, 21-11	0:41
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	12	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Doppler/Gartmayer	7	17-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Li/Zhou	22	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	21-17, 25-23	0:44
Series tied with # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:58
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Li/Zhou	25	24-26, 21-17, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 14 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Li/Zhou	25	21-13, 21-17	0:41
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Li/Zhou	9	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	12	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 19, Q7 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-0
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	20	Berg/Brinkborg	19, Q7	21-13, 21-19	0:43
Series tied with # 21, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Li/Zhou	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 21-19	0:41
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Li/Zhou	Q10	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	32	Herrera/Mesa	17	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 23 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-2
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	21	Li/Zhou	12	21-19, 23-21	0:51
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Lione/Varnier	27	Li/Zhou	22	16-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	33	Lochhead/Pitman	46	27-25, 21-23, 15-11	1:06
Series tied with # 25, Q3 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	15	Asahi/Shiratori	17	21-16, 21-13	0:40
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	21-18, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	32, Q38	Li/Zhou	Q27	21-19, 21-14	0:49
Trail the series against # 28 Metzger/Williams, United States 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 3	Metzger/Williams	28	Li/Zhou	20	21-18, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
Series tied with # 29, Q14 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:37
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q22	Li/Zhou	Q11	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q4 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool V	Li/Zhou	33	Deulofeu/Salvetti	40	21-13, 25-23	0:44
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	21-17, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti	23, Q6	Li/Zhou	26, Q12	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # Q6 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Dugrip/Gagliano	10	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	21-19, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # Q19 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Grotowski/Weaver	Q34	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57