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2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship
August 15 - 18, 2013

(6) 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 Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	6/5-9/2013	Under 23 World Championships	9, Q6	9th	140	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	8/30-9/2/2012	Under 21 World Championships	5	2nd	0	US$0.00

2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/15/2013	Pool F	Branimir Grozdanov / Martin Ivanov, Bulgaria (27)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:53
Fri, 8/16/2013	Pool F	Dirk Boehle / Wessel Keemink, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 8/16/2013	Pool F	Ondrej Benes / Ondrej Perusic, Czech Republic (11)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 8/17/2013	Winner 2	Oliver Cizmazia / Marek Ludha, Slovakia (13)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:31
Sat, 8/17/2013	Winner 3	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (3)	Lost 20-22, 27-29	0:46

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	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	4	33.3 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	7	58.8 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$268.75
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$250.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,531.25	2013	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$318.75
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
24	1	1	2	1	2	5	5	4	3	$12,868.75	Total	Total	18	0	1	0	0	3	7	2	1	4	$1,587.50

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%
2012-2013	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-4	55.6%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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
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 lead the series against the field 10-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-3
6/8/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	1	Gerson/Kissling	9, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:35
9/2/12	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Kantor/Losiak	3	Gerson/Kissling	5	21-15, 21-14	0:36
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
Series tied with # 3 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-1
8/17/13	CEV Under Age	2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	3	Gerson/Kissling	6	22-20, 29-27	0:46
6/5/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Qualifier 3	Gerson/Kissling	9, Q6	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	26, Q3	14-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 1-0
6/7/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool H	Gerson/Kissling	9, Q6	Petutschnig/Winter	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 11 Benes/Perusic, Czech Republic 2-0
8/16/13	CEV Under Age	2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Gerson/Kissling	6	Benes/Perusic	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
9/1/12	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 3	Gerson/Kissling	5	Benes/Perusic	13	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Sannarnes/Takvam, Norway 2-0
8/31/12	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool N	Gerson/Kissling	5	Sannarnes/Takvam	12	21-18, 22-20	0:40
7/28/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U20 European Championship	Pool B	Gerson/Kissling	14	Sannarnes/Takvam	23	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 13 Cizmazia/Ludha, Slovakia 1-0
8/17/13	CEV Under Age	2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Gerson/Kissling	6	Cizmazia/Ludha	13	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 22 Boehle/Keemink, Netherlands 1-0
8/16/13	CEV Under Age	2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Gerson/Kissling	6	Boehle/Keemink	22	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 27 Grozdanov/Ivanov, Bulgaria 1-0
8/15/13	CEV Under Age	2013 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool F	Gerson/Kissling	6	Grozdanov/Ivanov	27	19-21, 23-21, 15-9	0:53