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World Series 13 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball press@fivb.org Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 July 22 Men s Gold Medal Match Notes - Brazil vs. Argentina Team Uniform Uniform...FIVB* Final Fours* Seed Player No. Player No. Country...Partnership Golds Medals... F4s 1 Franco Neto 1 Pedro Cunha 2 Brazil... 25th 2 11...13 6 Mariano Baracetti 1 Martin Conde 2 Argentina...71st 6 19...27 *includes FIVB Challenger/Satellite events Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Resides Height Weight Exp. Pedro Cunha 6/10/1983 24 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 189 82 5 Franco Neto 11/11/1966 40 Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro 192 92 18 Mariano Baracetti 7/12/1974 33 Buenos Aires Buenos Aires 194 89 12 Martin Conde 8/25/1971 35 Mar del Plata Tenerife 186 86 16 Cunha & Franco have an 8-0 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour record against Baracetti & Conde. Cunha and Franco are playing in their 25th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together with this being their 13th "final four" appearance. Cunha and Franco have a 97-38 match record together, including 86-16 against international teams and 11-22 against Brazilian rivals. Cunha and Franco have earned $338,400 to rank 23rd on the FIVB all-time earnings list. Cunha, who is competing in his 46th FIVB event with $212,700 in winnings to rank 48th with 14 medals and 16 final fours, won two international titles in 2004. In June 2004, he and Para Ferreira went undefeated in their second final four appearance together to win in Puerto Rico. Two months later, he teamed with Fred Souza to win the Switzerland Satellite event after sweeping all five opponents. Cunha also won SWATCH-FIVB U21 World Championships in 2001 (Anselmo Sigoli) and 2003 (Pedro Salgado). Franco has collected 15 FIVB titles with three different partners, with 13 coming with Roberto Lopes (seven in 1995). Franco and Roberto Lopes were the FIVB Tour Champions in both 1993 and 1995. Franco was an Olympian in 1996, placing ninth with Lopes. Franco is third in career FIVB earnings ($872,423) for 142 international starts. For his career, Franco is 15-15 in gold medal matches with 50 medals and 62 final four appearances. Franco has medaled in atleast one SWATCH event for 17 of 18 FIVB seasons with four different partners (only 2002 with no medals). Winner 1, def. Adrian Gavira Collado / Francisco Alfredo Marcos, Spain (32, Q22) 21-12, 25-23 (42 minutes) Winner 2, def. Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16), 21-15, 21-12 (37) Winner 3, def. Andrew Schacht / Josh Slack, Australia (8), 21-18, 21-18 (50) Winner 4, def. Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q8), 21-16, 21-11 (42) Semi-Finals, def. Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18), 21-13, 19-21, 15-7 (57) Medal Match, vs. Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6) 2007 Matches Won-Lost:...30-9 2007 Sets Won-Lost:...62-23 2007 Tournaments Played:...7 2007 Best Finish:...2nd (Bahrain, Espinho, Paris) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:... $121,800 Since 2005 Matches Won-Lost:... 97-38 Since 2005 Tournaments Played:... 25 Since 2005 Best:... 2nd (6 times) Since 2005 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd:... $338,400 Baracetti and Conde are playing in their 71st FIVB event together with 19 podium placements, 27 final four" finishes and a 261-124 match mark. Ninth on FIVB s al-time team earning s list with $727,745, Baracetti and Conde have won six FIVB titles, including four SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medals. The Argentineans captured the 2001 SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria. Baracetti and Conde, who placed ninth at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games together, captured the 2002 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour point s title. Conde has been playing on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour since 1991 with nine gold medals, 35 podium placements and 51 final four finishes for a record 168 events (tied with Emanuelo Rego of Brazil). He also ranks fifth in career earnings ($788,335). Conde, the SWATCH defensive player of the year in 2006, is one of 15 players to compete in all three Beach Volleyball Olympics as he played with Eduardo Martinez at the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Games. Baracetti is competing in his 148 FIVB tournament with seven gold medals, 21 podiums and 31 semi-final appearances with $513,085 in earnings to rank 15th. He competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games with Jose Salema. Winner 1, def. Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (27), 21-14, 21-10 (43 minutes) Winner 2, def. Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (11), 24-22, 21-14 (44) Winner 3, lost to Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3), 21-15, 16-21, 14-16 (63) Contender 4, def. Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (10), 21-15, 21-18, (48) Contender 5, def. Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q2), 21-16, 21-18 (54) Contender 6, def. Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q8), 21-12, 21-16 (44) Semi-Finals, def. Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3), 28-26, 21-15 (54) Gold Medal Match, vs. Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (1) 2007 Matches Won-Lost:... 22-16 2007 Sets Won-Lost:... 50-39 2007 Tournaments Played:...8 2007 Best Finish:...2nd or better (Marseille) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd...$69,300 Since 2001 Matches Won-Lost:...261-124 Since 2001 Tournaments Played:...71 Since 2001 Best Finish:... 1st (6 times) Since 2001 Winnings, including guaranteed 2nd... $727,745 Statistics including Challenge/Satellite participation Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. 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World Series 13 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball press@fivb.org Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 Cunha & Franco lead the SWATCH series between the two teams 8-0. Date Tournament Round Winning Team Score... Time 7/22/08 World Series 3 Gold Medal to be determined TBD... TBD 7/14/07 Berlin Grand Slam Winner 2 Cunha/Franco By Forfeit 6/28/07 Stavanger Grand Slam Pool C Cunha/Franco 21-23, 21-18, 15-10...1:00 8/12/06 Poland Open Contender 6 Cunha/Franco 21-17, 19-21, 15-13...1:03 7/28/06 Paris Grand Slam Winner 3 Cunha/Franco By Forfeit 6/24/06 Switzerland Grand Slam Contender 6 Cunha/Franco 21-15, 21-19...0:43 6/22/06 Switzerland Grand Slam Winner 2 Cunha/Franco 23-21, 21-17...0:49 5/26/06 China Open Contender 6 Cunha/Franco By Forfeit 11/25/05 South Africa Open Winner 2 Cunha/Franco 21-16, 21-19...0:43 MEN S SWATCH-FIVB WORLD TOUR - COUNTRY MEDALS & FINALS 4s Including Open, Grand Slam, Olympics stops through July 15, 2007 Country Gold Silver Bronze... Medals 4ths...Final 4s Brazil 130 99 94... 323 65...386 United States 28 33 28... 89 24...113 Switzerland 9 22 14... 45 14...59 Argentina 8 13 13... 34 15...49 Germany 7 12 8... 27 14...41 Norway 8 5 12... 25 12...37 Canada 1 6 9... 16 10...26 Australia 1 1 8... 19 9...18 Spain 1 2 3... 6 3...9 France 1 1 2... 4 7...11 Cuba 1 2 1... 4 2...6 The World Series 13 is the 201stmen s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball events (open, Grand Slam, Olympic and Goodwill) for men. This is the 36thFIVB men s event that featured four different countries in the semi-finals, including the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. This is the third-time this season that four different countries have reach the semi-finals, including Estonia, Switzerland, Russia and Australia in Croatia and Brazil, Netherlands, China and Russia in Norway. Brazil has now advanced a team(s) to the semi-finals in 192 FIVB events. Brazil has had a team(s) in 172 Gold Medal matches. Argentina and Brazil have competed 20 times for a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal with the Brazilians winning 12 times. The last SWATCH title meeting between the two countries was in July 2003 in Stavanger, Norway, when Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos defeated Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde 21-21, 21-16 and 15-12. The two teams also competed for a FIVB Satellite gold medal at an October 2005 event in Buenos Aires with Emanuel and Ricardo also winning 21-11 and 21-12. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto s Gold Medal Match Results(Won 0, Lost 6, one pending) 1. lost to Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos, BRAZIL, Mexico, Acapulco (10/29/2005), 12-21, 17-21 (42), SWATCH-FIVB event No. 176 2. lost to Marcio Araujo/Fabio Magalhaes, BRAZIL, China, Shanghai (5/27/2006), 19-21, 18-21 (42), No. 178 3. lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Poland, Stare Jablonki (8/13/2006), 19-21, 21-17, 9-15 (66), No. 189 4. lost to Reinder Nummerdor/Richard Schuil, NETHERLANDS, Bahrain, Manama (5/12/2007), 21-17, 19-21, 13-15 (68), No. 193 5. lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Portugal, Espinho (6/17/2007), 21-18, 17-21, 17-19 (69), No. 196 6. lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, France, Paris (6/24/2007), 21-19, 17-21, 12-15 (71), No. 197 7. vs. Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, ARGENTINA, France, Marseille (), No. 201 Mariano Baraceti/Martin Conde s Gold Medal Match Results(Won 6, Lost 7, one pending) 1. def. Jose Loiola/Ricardo Santos, BRAZIL, Italy - Lignano Sabbiadoro (7/15/2001), 21-17, 21-16 (40), SWATCH-FIVB event No. 120 2. def. Tande Ramos/Emanuel Rego, BRAZIL, France - Marseille (7/22/2001), 21-19, 21-19 (45), No. 121 3. def. Loiola/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Austria - Klagenfurt World Championships (8/1/2001), 25-23, 12-21, 20-18 (67), No. 123 4. lost to Loiola/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Australia - Brisbane Goodwill Games (9/4//2001), 14-21, 13-21 (35), No. 125 5. lost to Tande/Emanuel, BRAZIL, Spain - Mallorca (9/16/2001), 21-14, 18-21, 18-20 (78), No. 126 6. lost to Tande/Emanuel, BRAZIL, Brazil - Vitoria (12/2/2001), 21-18, 22-24, 12-15 (68), No. 127 7. lost to Harley Marques Silva/Pará Ferreira, BRAZIL, Germany - Berlin (6/16/2002), 23-25, 21-19, 10-15 (71), No. 128 8. def. Marcio Araujo/Benjamin Insfran, BRAZIL, Switzerland - Gstaad (6/23/2002), 21-14, 21-15 (45), No. 129 9. def. Marcel Gscheidle/Bernhard Vesti, SWITZERLAND, Switzerland Satellite, Lausanne (8/18/2002), 23-21, 21-17 (38 minutes), FIVB C/S Event No. 20 10. lost to Franco/Harley, BRAZIL, Germany - Berlin (6/29/2003), 18-21, 16-21, No. 140 11. lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Norway - Stavanger (7/6/2003), 21-16, 16-21, 12-15 (60), No. 141 12. def. Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga, SWITZERLAND, Argentina Satellite, Mar del Plata (1/25/2004), 21-17, 21-19 (44), FIVB C/S Event No. 24 13. lost to Emanuel/Ricardo, BRAZIL, Argentina Satellite - Buenos Aires (10/13/2005), 11-21, 12-21 (31), FIVB C/S Event No. 46 14. vs. Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, BRAZIL, France, Marseille (), No. 201 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 2 of 3 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org

Page 1 of 2 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour US$400,000 World Series 13 Sunday, July 22, 2007 Match #62: Gold Medal Match (1) Pedro Cunha/Franco Neto, Brazil vs. (6) Mariano Baracetti/Martin Conde, Argentina Pedro Henrique de Miranda D'Araújo da Cunha Brazil Jun 10, 1983 (24 yrs old) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 189 cm (6'2") 82 kg (180 lb) Seasons: 5 Tournaments: 46 Career Wins: 2 Career Winnings: $212,700.00 Franco José Vieira Neto Brazil Nov 11, 1966 (40 yrs old) Fortaleza Rio de Janeiro 192 cm (6'4") 92 kg (202 lb) Seasons: 18 Tournaments: 141 Career Wins: 15 Career Winnings: $872,423.00 Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 CQ Money FIVB 25 0 6 4 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 $338,400.00 1995 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 5th 1996 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 1st 1997 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 5th 1999 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 33rd 2001 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 17th 2002 Did not play Roberto Lopes - 25th 2003 Did not play Harley Marques - 9th 2004 Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - Country Quota Tande Ramos - 5th 2006 Franco Neto - 3rd Pedro Cunha - 3rd FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 2 5 480 $13,200 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 3 17 160 $5,100 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 3 2 720 $29,500 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 2 2 540 $22,000 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open 5 2 540 $22,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open 4 7 300 $8,000 FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open 3 7 300 $8,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 3 3 480 $16,000 FIVB 8/9-13/2006 Poland Open 3 2 540 $22,000 FIVB 8/2-6/2006 Austria Grand Slam 4 9 320 $7,750 FIVB 7/26-30/2006 Paris Grand Slam 4 5 480 $14,400 FIVB 7/19-23/2006 St. Petersburg Open 4 5 360 $10,000 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 1 Adrian Gavira Collado / Francisco Alfredo Marcos, Spain (32, Q22) Won 21-12, 25-23 0:42 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 2 Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (16) Won 21-15, 21-12 0:37 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 3 Andrew Schacht / Josh Slack, Australia (8) Won 21-18, 21-18 0:50 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 4 Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q8) Won 21-16, 21-11 0:42 Sun, Semi-Finals Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18) Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-7 0:57 Sun, Gold Medal Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6) http://206.196.31.34/matchpreview.aspx?matchid=39067

Page 2 of 2 Mariano "Mono" Baracetti Argentina Jul 12, 1974 (33 yrs old) Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, CF 194 cm (6'4") 89 kg (196 lb) Seasons: 12 Tournaments: 148 Career Wins: 7 Career Winnings: $513,085.00 Martin Alejo Conde Argentina Aug 25, 1971 (35 yrs old) Mar del Plata Los Cristianos-Arona, Tenerife 186 cm (6'1") 86 kg (189 lb) Seasons: 16 Tournaments: 168 Career Wins: 9 Career Winnings: $788,335.00 Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 68 4 6 5 8 8 4 19 5 8 0 $720,945.00 FIVB C&S 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,800.00 Overall 71 6 7 5 8 8 4 19 5 8 0 $727,745.00 1994 Did not play Eduardo Martinez - 21st 1995 Did not play Eduardo Martinez - 9th 1996 Jose Salema - 17th Eduardo Martinez - 3rd 1997 Jose Salema - 9th Eduardo Martinez - 9th 1998 Jose Salema - 9th Did not play 1999 Jose Salema - 9th Eduardo Martinez - 17th 2000 Sebastian Menegozzo - 17th Did not play 2001 Martin Conde - 1st Mariano Baracetti - 1st 2002 Martin Conde - 4th Mariano Baracetti - 4th 2003 Martin Conde - 17th Mariano Baracetti - 17th 2004 Martin Conde - 3rd Mariano Baracetti - 3rd FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 16 9 320 $8,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 19 5 480 $13,200 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 18 17 160 $5,100 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 13 9 240 $6,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open 11 13 180 $4,500 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open 7 13 180 $4,500 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open 6 9 240 $6,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 5 17 120 $3,000 FIVB 8/9-13/2006 Poland Open 4 5 360 $10,000 FIVB 8/2-6/2006 Austria Grand Slam 5 4 560 $17,700 FIVB 7/26-30/2006 Paris Grand Slam 5 9 320 $9,000 FIVB 7/19-23/2006 St. Petersburg Open 8 5 360 $10,000 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 1 Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (27) Won 21-14, 21-10 0:43 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 2 Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (11) Won 24-22, 21-14 0:44 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 3 Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) Lost 21-15, 16-21, 14-16 1:03 Fri, 7/20/2007 Contender 4 Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (10) Won 21-15, 21-18 0:48 Sat, 7/21/2007 Contender 5 Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q2) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:54 Sat, 7/21/2007 Contender 6 Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (29, Q8) Won 21-12, 21-16 0:44 Sun, Semi-Finals Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) Won 28-26, 21-15 0:54 Sun, Gold Medal Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (1) Head to Head Results Cunha/Neto lead the series 8-0 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time 7/22/07 FIVB Marseille Open Gold Medal 7/14/07 FIVB Berlin Grand Slam Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 2 Baracetti/Conde 16 By Forfeit 6/28/07 FIVB Stavanger Grand Slam Pool C Cunha/Neto 3 Baracetti/Conde 19 21-23, 21-18, 15-10 1:00 8/12/06 FIVB Poland Open Contender 6 Cunha/Neto 3 Baracetti/Conde 4 21-17, 19-21, 15-13 1:03 7/28/06 FIVB Paris Grand Slam Winner 3 Cunha/Neto 4 Baracetti/Conde 5 By Forfeit 6/24/06 FIVB Switzerland Grand Slam Contender 6 Cunha/Neto 4 Baracetti/Conde 13 21-15, 21-19 0:43 6/22/06 FIVB Switzerland Grand Slam Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 4 Baracetti/Conde 13 23-21, 21-17 0:49 5/26/06 FIVB China Open Contender 6 Cunha/Neto 5 Baracetti/Conde 13 By Forfeit 11/25/05 FIVB South Africa Open Winner 2 Cunha/Neto 8 Baracetti/Conde 11 21-16, 21-19 0:43 http://206.196.31.34/matchpreview.aspx?matchid=39067

World Series 13 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball press@fivb.org Telephone +41-21 345 35 35 July 22 Men s Bronze Medal Match Notes - Russia vs. Japan Team Uniform Uniform...FIVB* Final Fours* Seed Player No. Player No. Country...Partnership Golds Medals... F4s 3 Igor Kolodinsky 1 Dmitri Barsouk 2 Russia... 10th 0 2...5 18 Kentaro Asahi 1 Katsuhiro Shiratori 2 Japan... 10th 0 0...1 *includes FIVB Challenger/Satellite events Name Birthdate Age Birthplace Resides Height Weight Exp. Dmitri Barsouk 1/20/1980 27 Krasnodar Armavir 193 86 9 Igor Kolodinsky 7/7/1983 23 Germany Belgorod 197 85 3 Kentaro Asahi 9/19/75 31 Kumamoto Tokyo 199 90 6 Katsuhiro Shiratori 10/29/1976 30 Saitama Tokyo 190 87 8 Barsouk & Kolodinsky have a 2-0 SWATCH match mark against the Japanese, including a 21-9 and 21-17 win Friday in the finals of the winner s bracket. The two teams also met in Paris earlier this season in pool play with the Russians winning 21-16 and 22-20.. Barsouk and Kolodinsky are playing in their 10th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event. After placing ninth last September in Vitoria, Brazil, in their first FIVB event together, the Russians have finished fourth, ninth, third, third, fifth, 17th, fourth and ninth in the first eight international stops this season. Barsouk is playing in his 62nd FIVB event with $129,860 in winnings to rank 70th all-time. Prior to finishing fourth in Shanghai this season, his best placement in an open SWATCH event was a 2006 seventh with Roman Arkaev in Croatia. Barsouk and Vladimir Kostioukov captured a 2001 FIVB Satellite event in Beirut. Kolodinsky is competing in his 17th FIVB event with $55,750 in earnings. Kolodinsky has the SWATCH serve record with a 110.0 km/h reading twice this season in Portugal and Norway Prior to the Shanghai fourth, the last time a Russian men s team reached a SWATCH final four was September 2001 in Mallorca when Sergey Ermishin and Mikhail Kouchnerev placed fourth. Ermishin and Kouchnerev, who competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, captured Russia s first SWATCH medal when the pair claimed a bronze in June 2000 at Tenerife. Winner 1, def. Florian Huth / Kjell Schneider, Germany (30, Q12), 21-17, 21-14 (34 minutes) Winner 2, def. Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (19), 21-16, 21-17 (40) Winner 3, def. Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6), 15-21, 21-16, 16-14 (63) Winner 4, def. Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18), 21-9, 21-17 (36) Semi-Finals, lost to Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6), 26-28, 15-21 (54) Bronze Medal Match, vs. Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18) 2007 Matches Won-Lost:...35-16 2007 Sets Won-Lost:... 76-47 2007 Tournaments Played:... 9 2007 Best Finish:... 3rd (Roseto & Croatia) 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $103,500 Since 2006 Matches Won-Lost:... 38-18 Since 2006 Tournaments Played:... 10 Since 2006 Best Finish:...3rd (Roseto & Croatia 2007) Since 2006 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:...$109,500 Asahi and Shiratori are playing in their 10th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event together with this being their "final four" appearance. This also marks Japan s best SWATCH finish since the teams ofkazuyuki Takao/Koichiro Kanno and Akihiro Iwashima/Lezaburo Mitsuhashi placed third and fourth, respectively, in the 1989 FIVB stop in Enoshima, Japan. Asahi and Shiratori have posted a 21-19 record together with $37,000 in earnings. The Japanese pair sbest previous SWATCH finishes were ninths earlier this season in Croatia and Canada. Asahi is playing in his 59 FIVB event and has earned $45,188 to rank 152nd alltime. Shiratori is competed in his 73rd FIVB event with $62,310 in earnings to rank 124th all-time. Asahi had placed fifth in a FIVB Chalenger stop in 2003 at the Athens Olympic test event with Koichi Nishimura. His best finishes in SWATCH events are ninths. Shiratori s best SWATCH finish was a seventh with Nishimura at the 2006 World Series 13 stop in Marseille. Winner 1, def. Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (15), 17-21, 26-24, 15-8, (60 minutes) Winner 2, def. Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2), 19-21, 21-19, 15-11, (58) Winner 3, def. Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q2), 21-18, 21-16, (43) Winner 4, lost to Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3), 9-21, 17-21, (36) Contender 6, def. Andrew Schacht / Josh Slack, Australia (8), 14-21, 21-15, 15-13, (57) Semi-Finals, lost to Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (1), 13-21, 21-19, 7-15 (57) Bronze Medal Match, vs. Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) or Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6) 2007 Matches Won-Lost:...19-18 Since 2005 Matches Won-Lost:... 21-20 2007 Sets Won-Lost:...42-44 Since 2005 Tournaments Played:... 10 2007 Tournaments Played:...9 Since 2005 Best:... 4th or better (Marseille 2007) 2007 Best Finish:...4th or better (Marseille) Since 2005 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $37,000 2007 Winnings, including guaranteed 4th:... $34,000 Avenue de la Gare 12 P.O. Box, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 3 of 3 FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org

Page 1 of 2 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour US$400,000 World Series 13 Sunday, July 22, 2007 Match #61: Bronze Medal Match (18) Kentaro Asahi/Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan vs. (3) Dmitri Barsouk/Igor Kolodinsky, Russia Kentaro Asahi Japan Katsuhiro Shiratori Japan Sep 19, 1975 (31 yrs old) Kumamoto Tokyo 199 cm (6'6") 90 kg (198 lb) Seasons: 6 Tournaments: 59 Career Best: 5th (Athens 2003) Career Winnings: $45,187.50 Oct 29, 1976 (30 yrs old) Saitama Tokyo 190 cm (6'3") 87 kg (191 lb) Seasons: 8 Tournaments: 73 Career Best: 7th (Marseille 2006) Career Winnings: $62,310.00 Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 33 41 Money FIVB 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 $37,000.00 2001 Did not play Satoshi Watanabe - 37th 2002 Did not play Satoshi Watanabe - 37th 2003 Koichi Nishimura - 41st Satoshi Watanabe - 25th 2006 Satoshi Watanabe - 33rd Koichi Nishimura - 7th FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam Q7 33 40 $0 FIVB 7/3-8/2007 Montréal Open 18 9 240 $6,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 28, Q9 25 80 $3,500 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 29, Q12 25 80 $3,500 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 23, Q8 17 120 $3,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open 26, Q13 9 240 $6,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open Q5 41 18 $0 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open Q6 33 30 $0 FIVB 10/24-28/2006 Mexico Open 28, Q8 17 120 $3,000 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 1 Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (15) Won 17-21, 26-24, 15-8 1:00 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 2 Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhães, Brazil (2) Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-11 0:58 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 3 Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (23, Q2) Won 21-18, 21-16 0:43 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 4 Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) Lost 9-21, 17-21 0:36 Sat, 7/21/2007 Contender 6 Andrew Schacht / Josh Slack, Australia (8) Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:57 Sun, Semi-Finals Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (1) Lost 13-21, 21-19, 7-15 0:57 Sun, Bronze Medal Dmitri Barsouk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3) http://206.196.31.34/matchpreview.aspx?matchid=39068

Page 2 of 2 Dmitri Barsouk Russia Igor Kolodinsky Russia Jan 20, 1980 (27 yrs old) Krasnodar Armavir 193 cm (6'3") 86 kg (189 lb) Seasons: 9 Tournaments: 62 Career Wins: 1 (Beirut 2001) Career Winnings: $129,860.00 Photo: Kirill Karpov Jul 7, 1983 (24 yrs old) Germany Belgorod 197 cm (6'6") 85 kg (187 lb) Seasons: 3 Tournaments: 17 Career Best: 3rd (2 times) Career Winnings: $55,750.00 Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 Money FIVB 10 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 $109,500.00 2003 Roman Arkaev - 33rd Did not play 2004 Roman Arkaev - 33rd Did not play 2006 Roman Arkaev - 13th Leonid Kalinine - 33rd FIVB 7/10-15/2007 Berlin Grand Slam 6 9 320 $8,000 FIVB 6/27-7/1/2007 Stavanger Grand Slam 7 4 560 $18,400 FIVB 6/20-24/2007 Paris Grand Slam 4 17 160 $5,100 FIVB 6/13-17/2007 Espinho Open 5 5 360 $10,000 FIVB 6/5-10/2007 Zagreb Open 5 3 480 $16,000 FIVB 5/23-27/2007 Italian Open 12 3 480 $16,000 FIVB 5/8-12/2007 Bahrain Open 15 9 240 $6,000 FIVB 5/1-5/2007 Shanghai Open 17 4 420 $12,000 FIVB 9/27-10/1/2006 Vitória Open 27, Q2 9 240 $6,000 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 1 Florian Huth / Kjell Schneider, Germany (30, Q12) Won 21-17, 21-14 0:34 Thu, 7/19/2007 Winner 2 Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (19) Won 21-16, 21-17 0:40 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 3 Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6) Won 15-21, 21-16, 16-14 1:03 Fri, 7/20/2007 Winner 4 Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18) Won 21-9, 21-17 0:36 Sun, Semi-Finals Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6) Lost 26-28, 15-21 0:54 Sun, Bronze Medal Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (18) Head to Head Results Barsouk/Kolodinsky lead the series 2-0 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time 7/22/07 FIVB Marseille Open Bronze Medal 7/20/07 FIVB Marseille Open Winner 4 Barsouk/Kolodinsky 3 Asahi/Shiratori 18 21-9, 21-17 0:36 6/21/07 FIVB Paris Grand Slam Pool D Barsouk/Kolodinsky 4 Asahi/Shiratori 29, Q12 21-16, 22-20 0:47 http://206.196.31.34/matchpreview.aspx?matchid=39068