Rio de Janeiro, August 12, 2016 - World Champions, Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas of Brazil start off the round of 16 against China's Fan Wang/Yuan Yue in the eighth meeting between the two teams on the FIVB Tour. The Brazilians have won six of the seven matches, but the two teams haven't played each other since September, 2015. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals, and the loser will be eliminated with a 9th-place finish.
Head to Head
Agatha/Barbara have won six of the seven meetings between the two teams on the FIVB World Tour, including a quarterfinal win at the 2015 World Championships and a semi-final win in 2014
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 19-21, 21-11, and 15-8 in 48 minutes, Rio Open, Round of 16, 09/05/2015
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 21-14 and 21-19 in 37 minutes, Rio Open, Pool Play, 09/04/2015
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 21-16 and 21-13 in 35 minutes, Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam, Pool Play, 08/27/2015
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 22-20 and 21-12 in 36 minutes, Gstaad Major Series, Pool Play, 07/09/2015
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 21-18 and 23-21 in 47 minutes, FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015, Quarterfinals, 07/02/2015
• Wang/Yue won 20-22, 21-17, and 15-10 in 54 minutes, Shanghai Grand Slam, Semi-finals, 05/04/2014
• Bednarczuk/Seixas won 21-13 and 21-9 in 33 minutes, Sanya Open, Qualifier Round 2, 04/25/2012
Historically the #2 seed has beaten the #15 seed in the only meeting in the Olympic Games
• Chen Xue/Xi Zhang (2), China def. Doris Schwaiger/Stefanie Schwaiger (15), Austria, 21-18, 21-11 in 35 minutes, Quarterfinals, London (2012).
Fan Wang/Yuan Yue, China, Seed #15, Pool C, 2-1, 2nd Place, Qualified 17th with 4,150 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period
• Fan: January 27, 1994 (22y6m10d), 188 cm (6'2"), 73 kg (162 lbs.), Hometown Hebei, 64th FIVB World Tour event, $176,362 career winnings (ranks 100th)
• Yuan: July 23, 1987 (29y0m14d), 184 cm (6'0"), 70 kg (155 lbs.), Hometown Weifang, Shandong, 82nd FIVB World Tour event (ranks 88th), $226,312 career winnings (ranks 76th)
• Fan Wang and Yuan Yue have been playing together since 2012. They are playing in their 42nd FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 70th), $329,675 career winnings (ranks 50th).
• Fan has played in five FIVB World Tour final fours with two silver medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Yuan has played in five FIVB World Tour final fours with two silver medals and three 4th place finishes.
• Fan and Yuan have played in two Final Fours in 2015-2016 (4th Fuzhou Open 2015, 4th Moscow Grand Slam 2015).
• Fan and Yuan finished 5th in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague).
• Yuan finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Ying Huang in 2011 (Rome).
• Fan and Yuan are currently ranked 29th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 2,460 points and 28th in winnings with $48,375.
• Fan and Yuan have a career 105-86 (55.0%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 60-54 (52.6%) record in 2015-16.
• Yuan won the bronze medal at the Asian (AVC) Continental Championships in 2012 (China) and the gold medal in 2013 (China), both with with Yuanyuan Ma.
• Defeated Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (10), 24-22, 18-21, and 15-12 in 66 minutes
• Lost to April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (3), 16-21 and 9-21 in 33 minutes.
• Defeated Mariafe Artacho/Nicole Laird, Australia (22), 21-16 and 21-11 in 33 minutes.
Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas, Brazil, Seed #2, Pool B, 2-1, 2nd Place, Qualified as 2015 World Championship Gold Medalists
• Agatha and Barbara began playing together for the 2012 season but played with different partners in 2013. They are playing in their 41st FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together (ranks 73rd), four gold medals, and $699,200 career winnings (ranks 14th).
• Agatha: June 22, 1983 (33y1m15d), 182 cm (6'0"), 70 kg (155 lbs.), Hometown Curitiba, 96th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 65th), four gold medals, $472,300 career winnings (ranks 26th)
• Barbara: August 3, 1987 (29y0m3d), 178 cm (5'10"), 67 kg (149 lbs.), Hometown Rio de Janeiro, 55th FIVB World Tour event, four gold medals, $413,500 career winnings (ranks 35th)
• Agatha has played in 19 FIVB World Tour final fours with four gold, seven silver, six bronze medals and two 4th place finishes.
• Barbara has played in 17 FIVB World Tour final fours with four gold, six silver and seven bronze medals.
• Agatha and Barbara have played in nine Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Gold Prague Open 2015, Silver Stavanger Major 2015, Gold St. Petersburg Grand Slam 2015, Gold World Championships 2015, Silver Yokohama Grand Slam 2015, Silver Rio de Janeiro Open 2015, Bronze World Tour Finals 2015, Bronze Maceió Open 2016, Silver Hamburg Major 2016).
• Agatha and Barbara won the gold medal in the FIVB World Championships in 2015 (The Hague).
• Agatha finished 17th in the FIVB World Championships with Sandra Pires in 2005 (Berlin) and 17th with Maria Antonelli in 2013 (Stare Jablonki).
• Barbara won the bronze medal in the FIVB World Championships with Liliane Maestrini in 2013 (Stare Jablonki).
• Agatha and Barbara are currently ranked 20th in FIVB World Tour points in 2016 with 2,800 points and 12th in winnings with $97,000.
• Agatha and Barbara have a career 163-54 (75.1%) match record in FIVB World Tour Events and a 89-22 (80.2%) record in 2015-16.
• Barbara won silver medals at the U18 World Championships with Carolina Salgado in 2003 (Pattaya, Thailand) and 2004 (Termoli, Italy).
• Barbara won gold medals at the U19 World Championships with Carolina Aragao in 2005 (Saint Quay Portrieux, France) and 2006 (Myslowice, Poland).
• Barbara won the gold medal at the U21 World Championships with Liliane Maestrini in 2007 (Modena, Italy).
• Barbara was named the FIVB World Tour Top Rookie in 2012.
• Defeated Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (23), 19-21, 21-17, 15-11 in 57 minutes.
• Defeated Ana Gallay/Georgina Klug, Argentina (14), 21-11 and 21-17 in 37 minutes.
• Lost to Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez, Spain (11), 17-21 and 20-22 in 44 minutes.