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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 (53 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 (47 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

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