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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 1 - 5, 2016

(28) 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
2015	Alexei Strasser - 5th	Nico Beeler - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	21	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	21	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	20	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q6	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	29, Q14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q2	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	15	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	11	17th	180	US$1,200.00
CEV	9/18-20/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	9	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	31, Q22	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	16, Q10	5th	192	€ 1,250.00
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

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/1/2016	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (5)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:35
Thu, 6/2/2016	Pool E	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (12)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 6/3/2016	Pool E	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (21)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 13-15	0:48

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	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$16,700.00	10	13	43.5 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	5	3	62.5 %
2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3	$16,200.00	12	14	46.2 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	5	$32,900.00	22	27	44.9 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,250.00	5	6	45.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	$8,350.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	$8,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$875.00	2015	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	$8,100.00	2016	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	$8,100.00
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
22	0	1	0	1	1	5	6	3	5	$17,675.00	Total	Total	62	1	1	2	3	2	12	15	7	19	$47,793.75

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%
2015-2016	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%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	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 trail the series against the field 10-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Beeler/Strasser	32	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	9	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-3
6/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-19, 21-18	0:35
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Beeler/Strasser	21	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:35
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 # 6 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool B	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Lupo/Nicolai	15	24-22, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Krasilnikov/Semenov	4	Beeler/Strasser	20	21-16, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # 11 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	21-14, 21-19	0:38
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Bockermann/Fluggen	Q6	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 12 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	21-16, 11-21, 15-13	0:44
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool D	Beeler/Strasser	29, Q14	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	21-11, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool E	Beeler/Strasser	28	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 15 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-2
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Krou/Rowlandson	22, Q1	Beeler/Strasser	Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:31
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	12	Beeler/Strasser	21	21-19, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 20 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
5/17/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Bronze Medal	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Beeler/Strasser	28	21-18, 18-21, 15-4	0:51
Trail the series against # 21 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-2
6/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Dressler/Kunert	21	Beeler/Strasser	28	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q2	Beeler/Strasser	20	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 29 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Beeler/Strasser	31, Q22	Eithun/Horrem	Q11	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 30 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	8	Beeler/Strasser	9	21-13, 21-16	0:36