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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013

(24) Mirco Gerson/Alexei Strasser, 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 Best:

9th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,065.08

Alexei Strasser
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Baku 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$65,398.96

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$3,648.25
CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$4,037.94
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	US$12,050.00
Overall	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	1	US$19,736.19

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	11	17th	200	US$2,300.00
CEV	7/16-20/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	6	17th	128	€ 250.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	25th	240	US$2,750.00
CEV C&S	6/27-30/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	4	3rd	224	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q17	41st	80	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q10	17th	128	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	4/2-6/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	23, Q3	17th	112	€ 112.50

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool Q	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (9)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:40
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool Q	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (8)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 8/2/2013	Pool Q	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (25)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 8/2/2013	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (4)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 8/3/2013	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Lost 15-21, 23-21, 11-15	0:56

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,750.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,300.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$14,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mirco Gerson												Alexei Strasser
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	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	$43,225.00
33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	0	$9,850.00
12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$8,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00
95	1	2	4	1	4	24	26	18	0	$167,825.00	Total	49	0	0	0	2	1	8	10	9	0	$56,050.00

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
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$5,050.00	1	7	12.5 %
2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00	5	5	50.0 %
2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,412.50	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$5,050.00	1	7	12.5 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,412.50	8	4	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mirco Gerson													Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
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	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	$112.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$2,525.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$6,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00	2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$706.25	2013	CEV C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$781.25
21	0	1	2	1	1	5	5	4	2	$12,043.75	Total	Total	28	0	1	1	0	1	6	7	3	9	$10,018.75

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	5-5	50.0%
2012-2013	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	0	5-5	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	1	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	2	2	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13

Head to Head Results
Gerson/Strasser trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gerson/Strasser	24	Doppler/Horst	4	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Gerson/Strasser	24	21-15, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	8	Gerson/Strasser	24	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Gerson/Strasser	24	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
6/30/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Semi-Finals	Hadrava/Kufa	1	Gerson/Strasser	4	21-19, 25-27, 15-6	0:57
Trail the series against # 19 Chevallier/Kovatsch, Switzerland 0-1
4/4/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Chevallier/Kovatsch	10	Gerson/Strasser	23, Q3	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 22 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 0-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Mullner/Wutzl	6	Gerson/Strasser	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 25 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Gerson/Strasser	24	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	25	21-15, 21-17	0:39
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	12, Q2	Gerson/Strasser	Q10	16-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:45
Trail the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
7/18/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Winner 2	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11	Gerson/Strasser	6	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 32 Kunert/Petutschnig, Austria 1-0
6/29/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Contender 3	Gerson/Strasser	4	Kunert/Petutschnig	8	23-21, 23-25, 15-12	0:55