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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
August 16 - 20, 2017

(21) Christoph Dressler/Thomas Kunert, Austria

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

144

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$108,178.61

Thomas Kunert
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Korneuburg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$45,759.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	US$5,400.08
CEV C&S	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$5,514.79
FIVB	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	14	4	8	6	1	US$55,475.00
Overall	57	0	0	0	3	5	1	10	0	17	4	8	6	3	US$66,389.86

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Thomas Kunert - 7th	Christoph Dressler - 7th
2015	Thomas Kunert - Country Quota	Christoph Dressler - Country Quota
2016	Thomas Kunert - 5th	Christoph Dressler - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/10-13/2017	CEV-EEVZA Beach Volleyball Satellite Yantarny	4	4th	100	€ 360.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	25	33rd	160	US$4,800.00
CEV	7/20-22/2017	Ljubljana Masters	6	9th	96	€ 750.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	Q14	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q14	41st	48	US$0.00
CEV	6/21-25/2017	Austrian Masters	7	9th	96	€ 750.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	18	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Q5	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	12	5th	240	US$2,900.00
FIVB	2/15-18/2017	Kish Island Three Star	6	17th	120	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	25, Q3	25th	180	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	4	5th	192	€ 1,250.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool E	Maciej Rudol / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (12)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 13-15	0:44
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool E	Jyrki Nurminen / Pekka Piippo, Finland (28)	Won 23-21, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool E	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (5)	Lost 15-21, 11-21	0:31
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (1)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$15,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	11	2	0	$27,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,400.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	42	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	16	4	0	$57,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
28	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$19,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00
51	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	5	0	$47,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	3	0	$18,037.50
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	0	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	0	0	0	1	4	9	9	1	0	$5,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	$4,500.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$2,250.00
123	4	2	2	4	10	20	37	15	0	$99,837.50	Total	84	0	0	0	1	5	15	24	6	0	$36,037.50

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,300.00	3	6	33.3 %
2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	3	2	60.0 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$6,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	13	11	54.2 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	$3,200.00	5	10	33.3 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	3	1	$26,775.00	27	29	48.2 %
2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	4	5	44.4 %
2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	4	4	50.0 %
2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	$15,700.00	7	13	35.0 %
2017	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	7	12.5 %
2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$360.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	13	4	15	$53,975.00	52	70	42.6 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,750.00	6	14	30.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	10	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	$4,335.00	23	21	52.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Thomas Kunert
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$140.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,012.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	$3,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50	2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2016	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$7,850.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$7,850.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$180.00	2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$180.00
71	0	0	1	4	7	15	18	6	20	$33,530.00	Total	Total	86	0	0	0	4	10	21	19	4	28	$38,332.50

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	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	4-9	30.8%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	6-14	30.0%
2016-2017	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	3-7	30.0%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	5-12	29.4%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-12	14.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-8	20.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	4	8	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	5	29	24	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	45
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	1	13	13	34	39	0	1	7	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	77

Head to Head Results
Dressler/Kunert trail the series against the field 12-22 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Kantor/Losiak	1	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-17, 21-15	0:36
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	7	Dressler/Kunert	23	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 3 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-2
6/24/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Pool B	Krasilnikov/Liamin	2	Dressler/Kunert	7	21-15, 21-14	0:31
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Dressler/Kunert	18	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-10, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Bryl/Fijalek	5	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-15, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Dressler/Kunert	21	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:49
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Dressler/Kunert	12	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	5	21-13, 21-19	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-2
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Mol/Sorum	21, Q3	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	21-13, 21-16	0:30
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool E	Mol/Sorum	28, Q12	Dressler/Kunert	21	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Dressler/Kunert	4	21-17, 21-15	0:28
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21, Q1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	12	Dressler/Kunert	21	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Schumann/Thole, Germany 0-1
6/23/17	CEV	Austrian Masters	Pool B	Schumann/Thole	11, Q8	Dressler/Kunert	7	23-21, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Regza	15	Dressler/Kunert	18	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 17 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	3	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Gregory/Sheaf, England 4-0
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 1	Dressler/Kunert	3	Gregory/Sheaf	11, Q3	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:45
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	16	Gregory/Sheaf	23, Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:32
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool A	Dressler/Kunert	17	Gregory/Sheaf	16	21-13, 21-16	0:28
9/12/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Stuttgart	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	7, Q2	Gregory/Sheaf	10, Q4	3-0	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Seidl/Winter, Austria 0-2
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Lucky Loser	Seidl/Winter	32	Dressler/Kunert	25	25-23, 22-20	0:51
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Seidl/Winter	30, Q19	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
4/21/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	12	Ermacora/Pristauz	21, Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 24 Di Giantommaso/Thiercy, France 1-0
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Kunert	Q14	Di Giantommaso/Thiercy	Q19	16-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 26 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 2-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	4	Finsters/Tocs	12	21-17, 21-17	0:33
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 2	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Finsters/Tocs	16	3-1	0:45
Lead the series against # 28 Nurminen/Piippo, Finland 1-0
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21	Nurminen/Piippo	28	23-21, 16-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 30 Dollinger/Erdmann, Germany 0-1
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 3	Dollinger/Erdmann	13	Dressler/Kunert	12	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 31 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 0-1
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool C	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Dressler/Kunert	6	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 32 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-1
7/22/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Dressler/Kunert	1	Babich/Gordieiev	8	25-23, 21-19	0:44
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Winner 1	Babich/Gordieiev	14, Q6	Dressler/Kunert	3	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:54