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2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship
July 18 - 21, 2012

(5) Mirco Gerson/Gabriel Kissling, Switzerland

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career CEV Under Age Best:

5th (Varna 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$177,065.08

Gabriel Kissling
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 4, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Halifax 2012)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

5th (Varna 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$14,223.17

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	US$0.00

Previous Assen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	8/31-9/4/2011	Under 21 World Championships	10	5th	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	7/27-30/2011	2011 CEV U20 European Championship	14	9th	40	€ 0.00

2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine (20)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:37
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Jonas Kvalen / Svein Solhaug, Norway (17)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 8-15	0:48
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool E	Ricardo Alvar / Luis Puga, Portugal (8)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:27
Thu, 7/19/2012	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:29
Fri, 7/20/2012	Contender 1	Hugo Alimi / Ludovic Duee, France (10)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:43
Fri, 7/20/2012	Contender 2	Ruslan Bykanov / Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia (4)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:37

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$)
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mirco Gerson												Gabriel Kissling
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals
34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$4,050.00
12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	1	0	3	2	4	2	0	$4,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$8,250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
95	1	2	4	1	4	24	26	18	0	$167,825.00	Total	45	0	1	1	0	4	5	6	7	0	$11,600.00

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
2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	6	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mirco Gerson													Gabriel Kissling
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$118.75
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	0	$5,687.50	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$118.75

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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	6-5	54.5%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	10-7	58.8%
2011-2012	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	3-4	42.9%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
U23 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	2
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	2	0	7	4	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	7

Head to Head Results
Gerson/Kissling trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 1	Kantor/Losiak	3	Gerson/Kissling	5	21-14, 21-15	0:29
7/27/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U20 European Championship	Pool B	Gerson/Kissling	14	Kantor/Losiak	2	21-18, 26-28, 17-15	1:01
Trail the series against # 4 Bykanov/Krasilnikov, Russia 0-1
7/20/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Contender 2	Bykanov/Krasilnikov	4	Gerson/Kissling	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Alvar/Puga, Portugal 1-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Gerson/Kissling	5	Alvar/Puga	8	21-15, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 10 Alimi/Duee, France 1-0
7/20/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Contender 1	Gerson/Kissling	5	Alimi/Duee	10	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 17 Kvalen/Solhaug, Norway 0-1
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Kvalen/Solhaug	17	Gerson/Kissling	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 0-2
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Popov/Samoday	20	Gerson/Kissling	5	21-19, 21-19	0:37
9/3/11	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Popov/Samoday	20	Gerson/Kissling	10	21-13, 23-21	0:34