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Seoul OpenMedalMatch NotesFédération Internationale de Volleyball press@fivb.org Telephone +41-21 345 35 35Sunday, May 31, 16:07NOTE - The Czech Republic has had only two other women’s teams compete in SWATCH FIVB World Tour “final fours” with thelast being a fourth-place finisy by Sona Novakova and Tereza Tobiasova at the 2008 women’s stop in Myslowice, Poland.Novakova and Eva Celbova Rysava posted six semi-final appearances together with four bronze medals, including a third-place atthe 2001 SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria, the first medal ever for a Czech women’s team Two-timeBeach Volleyball Olympians in 2000 and 2004, Novakova and Eva Celbova Rysava also finished third at a 2003 stop in Indonesiaand posted two bronze medal finishes in 2004 at Malorca and Milan, Italy. Two Czech Republic men’s teams have postedSWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-final appearances with no podium placements - Premysl Kubala/Michal Palinek (1998 Berlin) andMartin Lebl/Palinek (2000 Marseille).Château Les Tourelles, Edouard-Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Page 8 of 8FIVB Communication FAX Telephone: +41 21 345 35.45 For more Beach Volleyball news visit www.fivb.org