Team Preview

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 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

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 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Smiltene

Resides:

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	13	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	7	3	48	US$2,400.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	Q27	41	12	US$0.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	8	13	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	7	7	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q32	57	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q24	57	4	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19	16	€ 0.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		13	18	€ 1,000.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q21	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q20	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q14	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		17	20	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q19	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q24	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q25	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5	120	€ 4,500.00

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

Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals trail the series against the field 5-7

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