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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters
August 5 - 9, 2015

(16, Q10) Nico Beeler/Alexei Strasser, Switzerland

Nico Beeler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jona

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$77,179.15

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	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$2,498.40
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,811.20
FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	3	3	2	US$47,900.00
Overall	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	4	4	3	2	US$52,209.61

Previous Biel Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Sebastian Chevallier - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q15	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	32	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	28	4th	350	US$4,500.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2015	Qualifier 1	Lars Retterholt / Bjarte Usken, Norway (Q7)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:43
Wed, 8/5/2015	Qualifier 2	Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder, Germany (Q2)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:47
Thu, 8/6/2015	Pool A	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (8)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 8/7/2015	Pool A	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (9, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 8/7/2015	Pool A	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (1)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 8/8/2015	Winner 2	Illia Kovalov / Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine (13, Q16)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:33

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$37,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$10,900.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	4	0	$48,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nico Beeler												Alexei Strasser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
17	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	$37,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	0	$43,225.00
18	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	4	0	$15,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	1	0	$9,850.00
9	1	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$13,200.00	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
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$4,625.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00
50	1	0	0	2	3	12	10	11	0	$71,275.00	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
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,500.00	5	7	41.7 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,500.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nico Beeler													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
											2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$112.50
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,875.00
											2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00
											2013	CEV C&S	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,606.25
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	4	$13,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	$4,250.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	$4,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
9	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	$4,975.00	Total	Total	49	1	1	2	3	2	9	11	5	15	$35,093.75

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
2014-2015	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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	5	3	5	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	9	9	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	17
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	6	5	14	22	0	0	4	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	24	36

Head to Head Results
Beeler/Strasser lead the series against the field 8-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	Gavira/Herrera	1	21-19, 21-15	0:38
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 3	Beeler/Strasser	28	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-18, 25-23	0:42
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-13, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 2 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool E	Beeler/Strasser	28	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
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
Lead the series against # 9, Q4 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 2-0
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	Kosiak/Rudol	9, Q4	21-16, 21-13	0:36
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Beeler/Strasser	28	Kosiak/Rudol	19, Q1	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 13, Q16 Kovalov/Plotnytskyi, Ukraine 0-1
8/8/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 2	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	13, Q16	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	21-18, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q2 Holler/Schroder, Germany 1-0
8/5/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	Holler/Schroder	Q2	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:47
Lead the series against # Q7 Retterholt/Usken, Norway 1-0
8/5/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Qualifier 1	Beeler/Strasser	16, Q10	Retterholt/Usken	Q7	21-19, 23-21	0:43