FIVB Men’s Brazil Open & Current US Olympic
Qualification Ranking<br><br>Posted by: Gene Mick on 01/17/00
10:39:51 PST <br>The two-day Qualifier Tournament (QT) for
the FIVB Men’s Brazil Open in Guaruja will begin
tomorrow (Tuesday). The three US teams entered into the QT
are: <br><br>Adam Jewell & Canyon Ceman <br>Greg Ryan
& Morgan Chapman <br>Jeff Long & Gaston Macau
<br><br>The three US teams already seeded in the Main Draw
are: <br><br>Rob Heidger & Kevin Wong <br>Sinjin Smith
& Carl Henkel <br>Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana
<br><br>The one US team granted a wildcard entry into the
Main Draw is: <br><br>Bill Boullianne & Ian Clark
<br><br><br>The results of this past weekend’s Argentina Open
shifted the US Olympic Qualification Ranking slightly.
Here is the current US Men’s Olympic Beach Volleyball
qualifying situation: <br><br>Q=Exceeds country quota of
only 2 teams <br>P=Less than 8 participations
<br><br>Olympic Qualifying Ranking
Order/Team/Participations/Points/P or Q <br><br>7 / Rob Heidger & Kevin Wong /
12 /
1,660 <br>9 / Adam Johnson & Karch Kiraly / 7 / 1,346 /
P <br>9 / Dain Blanton & Eric Fonoimoana / 7 /
1,260 P <br>10 / Sinjin Smith & Carl Henkel / 12 /
1,252 <br>16 / Ian Clark & Bill Boullianne / 9 / 868 /
Q <br><br>(Courtesy of Gene Mick)