[COLOR="Blue"]国际排联（FIVB）官方文章[/COLOR]
CHINESE SEEK REPEAT
[COLOR="blue"]中国人希望重现去年金山的辉煌[/COLOR]
SHANGHAI, CHINA, April 26, 2007 - Chinese Beach Volleyball teams will be seeking to repeat their most successful event ever on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour as the Asian country hosts the first international stop on the US$8.75-million circuit for 2007.
[COLOR="blue"]2007年4月26日中国上海——中国沙滩排球队希望作为亚洲国家主办全年奖金达875万美元的2007年第一站赛事中，重现去年SWATCH－FIVB世界巡回赛事金山站的辉煌。[/COLOR]
The fourth annual Jinshan Beach competition has attracted teams from 39 countries for the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open with the current entry list featuring 64 men’s and 62 women’s teams for the first of six SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stops to be held in Asia this season.
[COLOR="blue"]第四个年度的金山沙滩赛事已经吸引了39个国家参加奖金达40万美元的中国上海金山公开赛，有64支男队和62支女队将要参加这个赛季SWATCH－FIVB世界巡回赛亚洲国家主办六站赛事的第一站赛事。[/COLOR]
The 2006 China Shanghai Jinshan Open saw the host country capture the top two podium spots in the women’s competition as Xue Chen became the youngest player ever to win an international Beach Volleyball event as the then 17-year old teamed with Zhang Xi to upset Wang Jie and Tian Jia in the finals.
[COLOR="blue"]2006年中国上海金山公开赛，主办国摘取了女沙赛事的金牌和银牌；而17岁的薛晨和张希拍档，战胜了王洁和田佳，成为国际沙滩排球赛事获得金牌的最年轻运动员。[/COLOR]
The Chinese women team of Zhang Ying and Zuo Man also captured fourth in the 2006 event as the Asian country advanced three tandems to an international “final four” for the first-time ever. Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu led the Chinese men’s effort by posting a ninth for another “best-ever” placement on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour.
[COLOR="blue"]那次赛事，中国女队的张莹和左曼也获得了第四名，亚洲国家第一次占据了前四名的三个位置。中国男子沙排队的吴鹏根和徐林胤当时也取得了SWATCH－FIVB世界巡回赛第九名的历史性突破。[/COLOR]
The China Shanghai Jinshan Open, which marks the 10th-straight year that China has hosted the international tour starting in 1998 when Dalian host the first of three women’s events, also launches the qualifying process for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games that concludes July 20, 2008. The 2007 season is also highlighted by the SWATCH-FIVB World Championships in the Swiss Alps village of Gstaad July 24-29.
[COLOR="Blue"]这次中国上海金山公开赛，事中国主办国际巡回赛事的第十年；1998年，大连主办三站女沙赛事的第一站。同时，这次中国上海金山公开赛也开始了2008年7月20日举行的北京2008奥运会的资格认证过程。2007赛季的亮点是7月24－29日在瑞士Gastaad阿尔卑斯山举行的SWATCH－FIVB世界锦标赛事。[/COLOR]
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition will feature 24 teams per gender. By July 21, 2008, the FIVB will establish an Olympic Ranking based on the best eight performances of teams in recognized Olympic Qualification tournaments (SWATCH FIVB World Tour events, SWATCH FIVB World Championships, FIVB recognized Continental Championship Finals).
[COLOR="Blue"]北京2008奥运会沙滩排球比赛男女各24个队参赛。直至2008年7月21日，国际排联（FIVB）将建立奥林匹克排名，它是基于参赛队最佳的8次成绩，以此确认奥运会的参赛资格 （这些赛事是：SWATCH－FIVB巡回赛、SWATCH－FIVB世界锦标赛、FIVB认可的洲际锦标赛决赛）[/COLOR]
China will automatically qualify as the host country, the top 23 teams from each gender will qualify for Beijing 2008, subject to a maximum of two teams per country. In order to respect the universality principle of the Olympic Games, if a continent does not have any teams qualified after the above procedure is applied, the 23rd place will be occupied by the highest-ranked eligible team from the continent in question.
[COLOR="Blue"]中国将自动地确认为主办国，男沙和女沙各23个名列前茅的运动队将确认可参加北京2008 奥运会，而每个国家最多只能两个队参加。为了尊重奥运会的普遍原则，如果在运行上述程序之后，某个洲没有被确认的正式参赛运动队，第23个名额将从该洲最高排名的运动队占有。 [/COLOR]
Including Monday’s (April 30) men’s country quota playoff matches, there will be seven days of competition for the China Shanghai Jinshan Open, the first of 14 double gender events in 2007. Men’s qualifying “officially” starts the China Shanghai Jinshan Open Tuesday with the men’s gold medal match May 5 when the final two teams compete for the $32,000 first-place prize.
[COLOR="Blue"]包括星期一（4月30日）的男子国籍名额限制选拔赛在内，中国上海金山公开赛一共进行七天，这是2007年14站男女沙同一地点进行赛事的第一站。星期二男沙资格赛标志中国上海金山公开赛“正式”开始，5月5日男子沙排金牌之战，决赛的两个队将争夺32000美元的冠军奖金。[/COLOR]
If needed, women’s country quota playoffs will be Tuesday followed by qualifying Wednesday and the medal matches May 6. The Beach Volleyball tournament will start the 21st men’s international Beach Volleyball season and the women’s 16th women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour campaign.
[COLOR="Blue"]如果有需要，女子沙排国籍名、额限制选拔赛将在星期二举行；星期三进行资格赛，5月6日进行冠亚军决赛。这次沙滩排球巡回赛将开始男子沙排第21次国际沙排赛季和女子沙排第16次女子SWATCH－FIVB世界巡回赛赛季。 [/COLOR]
The China Shanghai Jinshan Open is the 192nd men’s and 150th women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Beach Volleyball event (open, grand slam, Olympic and Goodwill). The first men’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played February 17-22, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first women’s SWATCH-FIVB World Tour event was played August 14-16, 1992 at Almeria, Spain.
Countries represented in the China Shanghai Jinshan Open are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Philippines, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the Ukraine and Venezuela.
[COLOR="blue"]参加中国上海金山公开赛的国家事：阿根廷、澳大利亚、奥地利、比利时、巴西、加拿大、中国、克罗地亚、古巴、捷克共和国、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、芬兰、法国、英国、格鲁吉亚、德国、希腊、印度尼西亚、意大利、日本、哈萨克斯坦、立陶宛、列支敦士登、墨西哥、荷兰、新西兰、挪威、葡萄牙、菲律宾、俄罗斯、斯洛伐克共和国、南非、西班牙、瑞典、瑞士、泰国、乌克兰和委内瑞拉。[/COLOR]
Other Asian stops on the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour are in Bahrain (May 8-12, men), Singapore (May 23-27, women), Seoul (May 30-June 3), Bali (Oct. 31-Nov. 4, men) and Thailand (Phuket, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, women). The 2007 schedule also features Grand Slam stops in Paris (June 19-24), Norway (Stavanger, June 26-July 1), Berlin (July 10-15) and Austria (Klagenfurt, Aug. 1-5).
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