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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Xiamen Open
April 12 - 16, 2016

(Q10) Bennet Poniewaz/David Poniewaz, Germany

Bennet Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Cervia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$21,228.44

David Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Puerto Vallarta 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$14,277.06

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	US$2,524.05
FIVB	18	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	7	1	US$21,250.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	26	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	2	2	6	7	1	US$23,774.05

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	David Poniewaz - 25th	Bennet Poniewaz - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q7	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	20, Q3	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	13, Q3	7th	176	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	8	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	10	17th	64	€ 250.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00

Xiamen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/12/2016	Qualifier 1	Toni Hellmuth / Eric Stadie, Germany (Q23)	Won 19-21, 21-10, 17-15	0:49
Tue, 4/12/2016	Qualifier 2	Morten Kvamsdal / Christian Sorum, Norway (28, Q7)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 12-15	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	5	$16,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	21	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	6	8	$21,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bennet Poniewaz												David Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00
17	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7	6	$9,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	5	$10,375.00
11	0	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
37	0	1	2	2	6	6	1	10	9	$19,225.00	Total	25	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	7	10	$12,625.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	$8,350.00	8	9	47.1 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$800.00	1	4	20.0 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	4	7	36.4 %
2016	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$6,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	$15,150.00	18	20	47.4 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$1,750.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bennet Poniewaz													David Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$875.00	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$875.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,000.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,000.00
18	0	0	1	1	4	2	2	3	5	$8,450.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	1	1	4	2	2	3	6	$8,450.00

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	14	56.0%	3	12.0%	8	32.0%	17-8	68.0%	5	17.2%	6	20.7%	18	62.1%	5-24	17.2%	14-18	43.8%	8-14	36.4%	1	1	23-33	41.1%
2015-2016	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	3	21.4%	1	7.1%	10	71.4%	3-11	21.4%	6-10	37.5%	4-6	40.0%	1	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	8-10	44.4%	8-12	40.0%	0	1	8-12	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	6	18	0	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
U23 World Championships	0	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	1	0	9	9	15	23	0	0	10	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	36	40

Head to Head Results
Poniewaz/Poniewaz trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-0
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Bourne/Hyden	6	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	13, Q3	26-24, 30-28	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Gavira/Herrera	1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	8	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:59
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	By Forfeit
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-17, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-2
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Contender 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	13, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	11-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	21-17, 21-16	0:33
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 16 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
10/7/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Plavins/Regza	13	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 18 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	O'Gorman/Pedlow	8	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # 20 Beeler/Strasser, Switzerland 1-1
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Beeler/Strasser	15	21-15, 21-15	0:34
8/6/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	8	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 21 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Kosiak/Rudol	9, Q4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	8	21-14, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Kvamsdal/Sorum, Norway 0-1
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 2	Kvamsdal/Sorum	28, Q7	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q10	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # Q17 Dollinger/Schumann, Germany 0-1
4/4/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Qualifier 2	Dollinger/Schumann	32, Q23	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q7	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # Q23 Hellmuth/Stadie, Germany 1-0
4/12/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Qualifier 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q10	Hellmuth/Stadie	Q23	19-21, 21-10, 17-15	0:49