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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(20) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 1998	Jurijs Vlasovs - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 1999	Andris Krumins - 57th	Ringolds Stals - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	13	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	7	3rd	48	US$2,400.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q27	41st	12	US$0.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	8	13th	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	7	7th	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q32	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q24	57th	4	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		13th	18	€ 1,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 1	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy (13)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 2	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (4)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 8/27/2005	Winner 3	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (5)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 3	John Garcia-Thompson / Javier Luna, Spain (24)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 13-15	1:03

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00	7	3	70.0 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$5,600.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	$0.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$7,360.00	15	6	71.4 %
Total	CEV	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	2	0	0	$17,350.00	14	19	42.4 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,275.00	2004	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$2,800.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$2,800.00
60	2	0	3	1	8	7	2	5	32	$31,147.50	Total	Total	47	1	0	2	0	3	6	2	0	33	$12,355.00

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%
2004-2005	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	7.7%	5	38.5%	7	53.8%	1-12	7.7%	6-7	46.2%	2-7	22.2%	0	1	8-15	34.8%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0-5	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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 trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Grinbergs/Stals	20	Canet/Hamel	4	25-23, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	5	Grinbergs/Stals	20	21-16, 21-18	0:35
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	4	Grinbergs/Stals	13	22-20, 21-23, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals	20	Galli/Raffaelli	13	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Grinbergs/Stals	13	Benes/Benes		21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Ronnes/Vos, Netherlands 1-0
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	13	Ronnes/Vos		21-16, 21-23, 15-10	1:06
Series tied with # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
7/31/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Semi-Finals	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Grinbergs/Stals	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 24 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 0-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	24	Grinbergs/Stals	20	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	1:03