Pires and Silva, who advanced to the finals with a 15-10 win over ninth-seeded Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar of Brazil Saturday, won the $16,000 first-place prize by avenging an earlier 15-4 loss to the sixth-seeded Rodrigues and Samuel Friday.
Rodrigues and Samuel, who advanced to the finals Saturday with a 15-12 win over seventh-seeded Beate Buhler and Danja Musch of Germany, shared $10,400 for finishing second. Both the tandems of Pires/Silva and Rodrigues/Samuel will represent Brazil in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
In the third-place match, Bede and Behar defeated Buhler and Musch 15-10 as the Brazilians split $6,400 for third while Buhler and Musch, who will represent Germany in the Atlanta Olympic Games, shared $4,800 for fourth.
The gold, silver and bronze medal sweep by the Brazilians marked the first time in FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball World Championship- Series history that a country has claimed the top three places at an international stop.
For the first-time in 22 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship- Series events, the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour from the United States did not have a team in the final four of an international event.
With the sweep, Brazil has now claimed 31 medals in 22 FIVB Women's events since the start of the series in August, 1992. Brazil has won seven events while placing second 12 times and third 12 times. The United States has 33 medals (15 golds, nine silver and nine bronze) with Australia (one silver) and Germany (one bronze) one medal each.
Top seeded Holly McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Nancy Reno (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), the No. 1-ranked team on the Evian Tour, finished fifth in the competition for the United States to split $3,600. McPeak and Reno were eliminated Friday by Pires and Silva 15-11.
Third-seeded Karolyn Kirby (Brookline, Mass./San Diego) and Angela Rock (Carlsbad, Calif.) finished seventh in the international stop to share $2,400 as the pair was eliminated 15-11 Friday by Buhler and Musch.
Fifth-seeded Barbara Fontana Harris (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Linda Hanley (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) from the Evian Tour finished 13th to split $1,600 after losing 15-7 to 20th-seeded Renata Costa and Roseli Timm of Brazil Friday.
Karrie Poppinga (Mililani, Hi.) and Christine Schaefer (Florence, Ky./San Diego) finished 17th to split $1,200 after the 22nd-seeded pair dropped a 15-10 elimination match to 12th-seeded Merita Bernsten and Ragni Hestad of Norway.
Overall, the four Evian Tour teams posted a 7-8 mark, including 2-0 against Italy, 1-0 versus Australia, 1-0 versus Canada, 3-6 against Brazil, 0-1 versus Germany and 0-1 versus Norway. McPeak and Reno have qualified for the Atlanta Olympic Games as the top USA team.
The FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series continues next week in Recife, Brazil (Apr. 17-21) with four Evian Tour teams competing for the United States, including McPeak/Reno, Fontana Harris/Kirby, Liz Masakayan/Rock and Poppinga/Schaefer.
Following the two Brazil events, the international series halts play for two months before resuming action June 21-23 in Hermosa Beach, Calif., for a combined men's and women's events.
A total of 16 teams will compete in the women's Olympic competition with the final two spots being determined June 4-9 in the United States Olympic Beach Trials in Baltimore, Md.Fourteen of the women's teams entered in the Maceio event will compete July 23-28 in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County, Ga.
EVIAN TOUR RESUMES
Following next week's FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series event in Recife, Brazil, the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour resumes competition Apr. 27-28 in Carolina, P. R., for the $50,000 Coors Light Beach Volley '96. The event is the fourth of 16 stops on the 1996 Evian Tour as the domestic tour heads west for May events in Hermosa Beach, Calif. (3-5), San Diego (18-19) and Austin, Tex. (31-June 2).
Here are the results from Sunday's FIVB Beach Vollyball World Championship-Series action.
Playoff Results for 3rd and 4th place
Bede/Behar (BRA) def. (GER) Buhler/Musch, 15-10 in 50 min.
FINAL Results for 1st and 2nd place
Pires/J. Silva (BRA) def. (BRA) M. Rodrigues/Samuel 12-6 and 12-11 in 95 min.
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series
Apr. 10-14 at Maceio, Brazil
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Finish TEAM (seed) W-L POINTS MONEY
1st Pires\J. Silva/BRA (2) 6-1 140 $16,000
2nd M. Rodrigus\Samuel/BRA (6) 4-2 126 $10,400
3rd Bede\Behar/BRA (9) 5-1 112 $6,400
4th Buhler\Musch/GER (7) 5-3 98 $4,800
5th McPeak\Reno/USA (1) 3-2 84 $3,600
5th Cook\Pottharst/AUS (4) 2-2 84 $3,600
7th G. Costa\Salgado/BRA (21) 3-2 70 $2,400
7th Kirby\Rock/USA (3) 2-2 70 $2,400
9th A. Rodrigues\K. Silva/BRA (24) 3-2 56 $2,000
9th E. Costa\Lima/BRA (19) 3-2 56 $2,000
9th R. Costa\Timm/BRA (20) 3-2 56 $2,000
9th Fenwick\Palm/AUS (8) 3-2 56 $2,000
13th Hashimoto\Takahashi/JPN (15) 2-2 42 $1,600
13th Bernsten\Hestad/NOR (12) 1-2 42 $1,600
13th Fontana Harris\Hanley/USA (5) 1-2 42 $1,600
13th Nasarow\Paetow/GER (18) 1-2 42 $1,600
17th Malowney\Broen-Ouellette/CAN (17) 1-2 28 $1,200
17th Sertic\Lerrios/BRA (26) 1-2 28 $1,200
17th Solazzi\Turetta/ITA (11) 0-2 28 $1,200
17th Schoon\Van de Ven/NED (14) 0-2 28 $1,200
17th Equiluz\Huerta/MEX (13) 0-2 28 $1,200
17th Poppinga\Schaefer/USA (22) 1-2 28 $1,200
17th Cooper\Glover/GBR (13) 1-2 28 $1,200
17th Berta-Kaize\Yudhani-Rahayu/INA (20) 0-2 28 $1,200
25th Cannes\Santos/BRA (25) 0-2 14 $ 800
25th Funck\Jorgensen/DEN (23) 0-2 14 $ 800
Totals 51-51 1428 $75,200
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
Atlanta Beach, July 23-28, 1996
WOMEN QUALIFIERS
1 Sandra Pires/Jackie Silva, Brazil
2 Holly McPeak/Nancy Reno, United States
3 Natalie Cook/Keri Pottharst, Australia
4 Monica Rodrigues/Adriana Samuel, Brazil
5 United States No. 2
6 United States No. 3
7 Sachiko Fujita/Yukiko Takahashi, Japan
8 Beate Buhler/Danja Musch, Germany
9 Liane Fenwick/Anita Palm, Australia
10 Yukiko Ishizaka/Teruko Nakano, Japan
11 Maria Solazzi/Consuelo Turetta, Italy
12 Audrey Cooper/Amanda Glover, England
13 Merita Bernsten/Ragni Hestad, Norway
14 Debora Schoon-Kadjik/Lisette Van de Ven, Netherlands
15 Eta Berta Kaize/Timy Yudhani, Indonesia
16 Margo Malowney/Barb Oullette, Canad
MACEIO, BRAZIL - It will be an all-Brazil final as second-seeded Sandra Pires and Jackie Silva seek revenge against sixth-seeded Monica Rodrigues and Adriana Samuel in the championship match here Sunday of the first FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series event of the 1996 season.
Pires and Silva advanced to the finals with a 15-10 win over ninth- seeded Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar of Brazil while Rodrigues and Samuel downed seventh-seeded Beate Buhler and Danja Musch of Germany in action Saturday.
For the first-time in 22 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship- Series events, the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour did not have a team in the final four following play Friday.
Sunday's championship team will split the $16,000 first-place prize while the second-place finishers shared $10,400. Bede and Behar face Buhler and Musch in the third-place match Sunday in the $80,000 event.
Pires and Silva, who were upset 15-4 Friday by Rodrigues and Samuel, eliminated top-seeded Holly McPeak and Nancy Reno of the United States with a 15-11 win Friday to advance to the final four.
McPeak (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Reno (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), the No. 1- ranked team on the Evian Tour, finished fifth in the competition after winning two of four matches Friday. McPeak and Reno lost a 15-8 decision to Behar and Bede in Friday's opening match before defeating 19th- seeded Edilma Costa and Magda Lima of Brazil 15-12 and 21st-seeded Gerusa Costa and Maria Salgado of Brazil 15-10.
Third-seeded Karolyn Kirby (Brookline, Mass./San Diego) and Angela Rock (Carlsbad, Calif.) won only one of three matches Friday as the pair lost 15-11 to Rodrigues and Samuel before defeating eighth-seeded Liane Fenwick and Anita Palm of Australia 15-4.
Kirby and Rock finished seventh in the international event after being eliminated from the competition when Buhler and Musch scored a 15-11 win.
Buhler and Musch advanced to the final four by upsetting fourth- seeded Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst of Australia 15-13. Cook and Pottharst dropped into the elimination bracket after losing 15-12 to Bede and Behar.
Fifth-seeded Barbara Fontana Harris (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Linda Hanley (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) from the Evian Tour finished 13th by losing its only match Friday. The pair dropped a 15-7 decision to 20th-seeded Renata Costa and Roseli Timm of Brazil.
Karrie Poppinga (Mililani, Hi.) and Christine Schaefer (Florence, Ky. /San Diego) won one of three matches in the first FIVB event of the season, including two elimination matches Thursday to finish 17th.
The FIVB Women's Beach Volleyball World Championship-Series continues next week in Recife, Brazil with four Evian Tour teams competing, including McPeak/Reno, Fontana Harris/Kirby, Liz Masakayan/Rock and Poppinga/Schaefer.
Following the two Brazil events, the international series halts play for two months before resuming action June 21-23 in Hermosa Beach, Calif., for a combined men's and women's events.
Fourteen of the women's teams entered in the Maceio event will compete July 23-28 in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County, Ga. A total of 16 teams will compete in the women's Olympic competition with the final two spots being determined June 4-9 in the United States Olympic Beach Trials in Baltimore, Md. Here are the results and rankings:
First Round Winner's Bracket Results
Malowney/Ouellette (CAN) def. (INA) Kaize/Yudani 15-12 in 44 min. Bede/Behar (BRA) def. (BRA) A. Rodrigues/K. Silva 15-2 in 19 min. Fenwick/Palm (AUS) def. (BRA) Cannes/Santos 15-13 in 40 min. G. Cost/Salgado (BRA) def. (NOR) Bernsten/Hestad 15-10 in 34 min. R. Costa/Timm (BRA) def. (MEX) Equiluz/Huerta 15-10 in 37 min. E. Costa/Lima (BRA) def. (NED) Schoon/Van de Ven 15-12 in 45 min. Poppinga/Schaefer (USA) defeated (ITA) Solazzi/Turetta 15-7 in 28 min. Buhler/Musch (GER) defeated (BRA) Sertic/Lerrios 15-11 in 44 min. Cooper/Glover (ENG) defeated (DEN) Funck/Jorgensen 15-8 in 30 min. Hashimoto/Takahashi (JPN) defeated (GER) Nasarow/Paetow 15-7 in 35 min.
First Round Elimination Bracket Results (Defeated teams tie for 25th place)
A. Rodrigues/K. Silva (BRA) def. (BRA) Cannes/Santos 15-6 in 31 min. Sertic/Lerrios (BRA) def. (DEN) Funck/Jorgensen 15-7 in 26 min.Second Round Winner's Bracket Results
McPeak/Reno (USA) def. (CAN) Malowney/Ouellette 15-5 in 40 min. Bede/Behar (BRA) def. (AUS) Fenwick/Palm 15-6 in 40 min. G. Cost/Salgado (BRA) def. (USA) Fontana/Hanley 15-12 in 45 min. Cook/Pottharst (AUS) def. (BRA) R. Costa/Timm 15-7 in 34 min. Kirby/Rock (USA) def. (BRA) E. Costa/Lima 15-10 in 45 min. M. Rodrigues/Samuel (BRA) def. (USA) Poppinga/Schaefer 15-5 in 35 min. Buhler/Musch (GER) def. (ENG) Cooper/Glover 15-6 in 30 min. Pires/J. Silva (BRA) def. (JPN) Hashimoto/Takahashi 15-7 in 35 min.Second Round Elimination Bracket Results (Defeated teams tie for 17th place)
Nasarow/Paetow (GER) def. (CAN) Malowney/Ouellette 15-4 in 30 min. Fenwick/Palm (AUS) def. (BRA) Sertic/Lerrios 15-5 in 20 min. Fontana/Hanley (USA) def. (ITA) Solazzi/Turetta 15-10 in 35 min. R. Costa/Timm (BRA) def. (NED) Schoon/Van de Ven 15-11 in 44 min. E. Costa/Lima (BRA) def. (MEX) Equiluz/Huerta 15-2 in 21 min. Bernsten/Hestad (NOR) def. (USA) Poppinga/Schaefer 15-10 in 37 min. A. Rodrigues/K. Silva (BRA) def. (ENG) Cooper/Glover 15-4 in 30 min. Hashimoto/Takahashi (JPN) def. (INA) Kaize/Yudani 15-7 in 23 min.Third Round Elimination Bracket Results (Defeated teams tie for 13th place)
A. Rodrigues/K. Silva (BRA) def. (JPN) Hashimoto/Takahashi 15-5 in 33 min. E. Costa/Lima (BRA) def. (NOR) Bernsten/Hestad 15-10 in 35 min. R. Costa/Timm (BRA) def. (USA) Fontana/Hanley 15-7 in 43 min. Fenwick/Palm (AUS) def. (GER) Nasarow/Paetow 15-2 in 20 min.Third Round Winner's Bracket Results
Bede/Behar (BRA) def. (USA) McPeak/Reno 15-8 in 50 min. Cook/Pottharst (AUS) def. (BRA) G. Cost/Salgado 15-12 in 45 min. M. Rodrigues/Samuel (BRA) def. (USA) Kirby/Rock 15-11 in 45 min. Pires/J. Silva (BRA) def. (GER) Buhler/Musch 15-8 in 37 min.Fourth Round Elimination Bracket Results (Defeated teams tie for 9th place)
G. Cost/Salgado (BRA) def. (BRA) A. Rodrigues/K. Silva 15-12 in 47 min. McPeak/Reno (USA) def. (BRA) E. Costa/Lima 15-12 in 47 min. Buhler/Musch (GER) def. (BRA) R. Costa/Timm 15-11 in 41 min. Kirby/Rock (USA) def. (AUS) Fenwick/Palm 15-4 in 23 min.Fourth Round Winner's Bracket Results (Winning teams advance to semi-finals)
Bede/Behar (BRA) def. (AUS) Cook/Pottharst 15-12 in 45 min. M. Rodrigues/Samuel (BRA) def. (BRA) Pires/J. Silva 15-4 in 30 min.Fifth Round Elimination Bracket Results (Defeated teams tie for 7th place)
McPeak/Reno (USA) def. (BRA) G. Cost/Salgado 15-10 in 50 min. Buhler/Musch (GER) def. (USA) Kirby/Rock 15-11 in 63 min.Sixth Round Elimination Bracket Results (Winning teams advance to semi-finals, defeated teams tie for 5th place)
Pires/J. Silva (BRA) def. (USA) McPeak/Reno 15-11 in 45 min. Buhler/Musch (GER) def. (AUS) Cook/Pottharst 15-13 in 45 min.Semi-Final Results (Winners advance to final, defeated teams playoff for 3rd and 4th place)
Pires/J. Silva (BRA) def. (BRA) Bede/Behar 15-10 in 46 min. M. Rodrigues/Samuel (BRA) def. (GER) Buhler/Musch 15-12 in 46 min.Playoff Results for 3rd and 4th place
Bede/Behar (BRA) vs. (GER) Buhler/MuschFINAL Results for 1st and 2nd place
Pires/J. Silva (BRA) vs. M. Rodrigues/Samuel (BRA)
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