FIVB World Tour 1993/94 men
The men's FIVB World Tour 1993/94 consisted of three events. The beach volleyball tournament series was hosted by Japan , the United States and Brazil .
Tournaments
Enoshima (July 29 to August 1, 1993)
As in the previous year, 16 teams from twelve nations played on four tournament days of the Japan Open for a total of 100,000 US dollars, of which the winners Roberto Lopez and Paulo Franco Neto from Brazil each received 11,000 US dollars. Eduardo Garrido and Roberto Moreira won the silver medal in Asia, the bronze medal went to the Americans Troy Tanner and Dan Vrebalovich. Fourth were her compatriots Al Janc and Craig Moothart, followed by the Italians Andrea Ghiurghi and Dio Lequaglie. The best team from the host's country were Koichiro Kanno and Kazuyuki Takao in shared ninth place together with a Russian and a French duo as well as the first Indonesian participants Akhmad Junaidi / Muchammad Nurmufid in a tournament of the FIVB World Tour.
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4th Place | 5th place | 6th place | 7th place | 8th place |
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 Roberto Lopes / Franco
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Garrido / Moreira |
 Tanner / Vrebalovich |
Janc / Moothart |
 Ghiurghi / Lequaglie
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 Burdin / Prosser
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 Child / Drakich
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 Hamilton / Hamilton
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Miami (January 18-22, 1994)
27 couples competed for $ 100,000 in prize money and to win the tournament. The gold medal was won by a Norwegian team for the first time in the history of the World Tour . Jan Kvalheim and Bjorn Maaseide relegated the winners of the Japan Open to second place, the best host duo Carlos Briceno and Jeff Williams came third. The Canadians John Child and Eddie Drakich achieved their best combined position on the tour with fourth place, the New Zealanders Glenn Hamilton and Reid Hamilton finished the United States Open in fifth place. The Australians Andy Burdin and Julien Prosser finished sixth, followed by Jean-Philippe Jodard / Christian Penigaud and the second best US team, Roger Clark / Rudy Dvorak. The Austrians Potyka / Schroffenegger took thirteenth place with three other beach couples, the duos from Venezuela participating for the first time , like the Swiss Marco Bonaria / Christian Wandeler, did not get beyond the back places.
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4th Place | 5th place | 6th place | 7th place | 8th place |
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 Kvalheim / Maaseide
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Roberto Lopes / Franco
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Briceno / Williams |
Child / Drakich
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Hamilton / Hamilton |
Burdin / Prosser
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 Jodard / Penigaud
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Clark / Dvorak
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Rio de Janeiro (February 1-6, 1994)
As in previous years, the tournament in Brazil marked the end of the World Series. 28 pairs of participants competed for victory at the Brazil Open and for a prize money increased to 200,000 US dollars. As in Japan, the winners at Sugar Loaf Mountain were Roberto Lopez and Paulo Franco Neto, and they each received a $ 22,000 prize. The silver medal was won by the third team from Miami Carlos Briceno and Jeff Williams, ahead of the second team from the country of the host Ze Marco de Melo and Paulo Emilio Silva. Their compatriots Aloizio Claudino / Emanuel Rego and Andre Gomes / Carlos "Alemão" Loss finished fourth and fifth, ahead of Canadians John Child / Eddie Drakich and Australians Andy Burdin / Julien Prosser. The best Europeans were once again the French Jean-Philippe Jodard and Christian Penigaud in eighth place. The Austrians Stefan Potyka / Thomas Schroffenegger finished 17th, the Swiss Marco Bonaria and Christian Wandeler took 26th place.
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4th Place | 5th place | 6th place | 7th place | 8th place |
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Roberto Lopes / Franco
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Briceno / Williams |
Paulo Emilio / Zé Marco
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Aloizio / Emanuel
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Andrè / Inglés |
Child / Drakich
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Burdin / Prosser
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Jodard / Penigaud
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Awards
| FIVB Tour Champion | Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto |
