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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia

Janis Grinbergs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Almere 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$41,367.46

Austris Stals
Latvia

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 8, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Smiltene

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 1996)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,669.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$20,330.44
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,860.00
Overall	26	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	5	5	2	US$30,190.44

Previous Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q21	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q20	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q14	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		17th	20	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q24	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q25	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	14	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q28	41st	16	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		5th	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool E	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool E	Alfredo Tabarini / Francesco Tabarini, San Marino	Won 21-8, 21-12	0:27
Sat, 6/12/2004	Pool E	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:43
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 13-15	1:00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$9,860.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00
Total	20	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$20,360.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Janis Grinbergs												Austris Stals
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	$3,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$8,635.00	Challenger	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,930.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00	Satellite
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$11,537.50	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,250.00
53	1	0	3	1	6	4	0	5	0	$25,572.50	Total	40	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	$10,180.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,860.00	6	1	85.7 %
2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00	6	4	60.0 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,760.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,750.00	9	8	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Janis Grinbergs													Austris Stals
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,262.50	2001	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$825.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,430.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,825.00	2002	CEV C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
47	1	0	2	1	7	3	1	4	28	$22,772.50	Total	Total	37	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	30	$7,255.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	16.7%	5	27.8%	10	55.6%	3-15	16.7%	8-10	44.4%	4-8	33.3%	2	1	14-19	42.4%
2003-2004	4	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	4-7	36.4%	3-4	42.9%	2	0	9-11	45.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	10-14	41.7%	4-6	40.0%	2	0	9-10	47.4%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Challenger	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	22	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5
Total	0	0	11	12	10	2	0	0	10	6	0	2	2	1	0	0	38	25

Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals lead the series against the field 12-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Ahmann/Hager		21-9 Retired	0:10
Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk		Grinbergs/Stals		21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 0-1
8/19/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool B	Babich/Khudoley	11	Grinbergs/Stals	14	14-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl		Grinbergs/Stals		18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler		Grinbergs/Stals		21-19, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against Ces/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	Q21	Ces/Salvetti	Q12	19-21, 28-26, 15-6	0:58
Series tied with Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-1
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool B	Grinbergs/Stals	14	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	2	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		Grinbergs/Stals		18-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against Deulofeu/Molinier, France 3-0
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	Q24	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:39
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	Q25	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q8	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Deulofeu/Molinier		By Forfeit
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer		Grinbergs/Stals		21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against Gortsianiouk/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Grinbergs/Stals		Gortsianiouk/Xenakis		19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool E	Heuscher/Kobel		Grinbergs/Stals		22-20, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Horrem/Maaseide		21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-13, 21-19	0:30
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against Karasev/Kulikovsky, Russia 0-1
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Karasev/Kulikovsky		Grinbergs/Stals		21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against Tabarini/Tabarini, San Marino 1-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Tabarini/Tabarini		21-8, 21-12	0:27