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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Smart Major Hamburg
June 7 - 12, 2016

(28) Bennet Poniewaz/Alexander Walkenhorst, 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

Alexander Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Anapa 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$172,614.96

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$557.60
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	US$7,100.00
Overall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	US$7,657.60

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/1-5/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	23	25th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	12	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	19	25th	120	US$800.00

Major Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2016	Pool E	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:36
Thu, 6/9/2016	Pool E	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (12)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:31
Thu, 6/9/2016	Pool E	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (21)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:29

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	$7,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bennet Poniewaz												Alexander Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	2	9	6	5	2	$105,200.00
17	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7	6	$9,775.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	6	$18,000.00
11	0	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	1	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	2	0	$11,300.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	$10,500.00
37	0	1	2	2	6	6	1	10	9	$19,225.00	Total	62	0	1	2	4	5	15	15	12	8	$148,500.00

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
2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$6,800.00	3	7	30.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$6,800.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bennet Poniewaz													Alexander Walkenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2011	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,000.00
											2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00
											2012	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$16,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,875.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	$49,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	$33,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$875.00	2015	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	$7,200.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$4,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
24	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	8	5	$12,900.00	Total	Total	45	2	3	0	2	5	11	9	5	8	$128,325.00

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	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	2-6	25.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-8	27.3%
2015-2016	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	2-5	28.6%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-7	30.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10

Head to Head Results
Poniewaz/Walkenhorst trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool E	Goncalves/Solberg	5	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	28	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	21-17, 22-20	0:34
Series tied with # 12 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool E	Krasilnikov/Semenov	12	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	28	21-19, 21-16	0:31
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool G	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	23	Krasilnikov/Semenov	10	21-11, 13-21, 17-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 14 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Bourne/Hyden	3	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	19	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	21	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	28	21-10, 21-18	0:29
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool C	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q14 Holler/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool E	Poniewaz/Walkenhorst	12	Holler/Poniewaz	21	21-15, 21-6	0:28