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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 17 - 21, 2017

(Q15) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	Q11	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/15-16/2017	Langkawi One Star	3	5th	80	US$500.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	30, Q18	25th	180	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	10	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	80	US$0.00

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/17/2017	Qualifier 1	Maciej Rudol / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (24, Q2)	Lost 11-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:45

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	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$7,600.00	10	12	45.5 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	$4,500.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	8	$21,250.00	23	33	41.1 %
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$2,250.00	5	11	31.3 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	3	$10,700.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,800.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$2,250.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$2,250.00
31	0	0	1	1	5	4	3	9	8	$18,900.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	1	1	5	4	2	6	10	$12,750.00

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%
2016-2017	7	46.7%	2	13.3%	6	40.0%	9-6	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	7-9	43.8%	5-9	35.7%	1	0	13-18	41.9%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	0-12	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	1	2-10	16.7%

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 3-13 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	30, Q18	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:37
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 # 9 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 # 13 Brunner/Patterson, United States 0-1
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool C	Brunner/Patterson	14	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	30, Q18	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
4/27/16	FIVB	Fortaleza Open	Pool C	Ontiveros/Virgen	3	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	19	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	10	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:41
Series tied with # 22 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	19	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	30, Q18	21-18, 21-17	0:38
10/11/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Bronze Medal	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	20, Q3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:06
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/17/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Qualifier 1	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	24, Q2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	Q15	21-11, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-3
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	27, Q11	21-15, 21-15	0:33
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 # Q5 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dressler/Kunert	22, Q1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	27, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # Q14 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Contender 2	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	13, Q3	Gregory/Sheaf	10, Q1	21-17, 21-11	0:32