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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters
August 7 - 10, 2014

(13, Q5) Youssef Krou/Edouard Rowlandson, France

Youssef Krou
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Agadir, Morocco

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$170,329.00

Edouard Rowlandson
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mauguio

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$101,470.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	US$16,658.84
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$498.76
FIVB	34	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	9	5	5	US$158,475.00
Overall	42	1	2	3	2	6	0	5	2	10	6	5	US$175,632.60

Previous Biel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	31, Q21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	17, Q6	5th	192	€ 1,187.50
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q21	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV C&S	5/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	12	25th	84	€ 75.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2014	Qualifier 1	Martel Bosqui / Adrian Caravano, France (Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 8/7/2014		Oivind Hordvik / Bjarte Usken, Norway (Q4)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool D	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (4)	Won 15-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:48
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool D	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (5)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:31
Sat, 8/9/2014	Pool D	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (12, Q3)	Lost 10-21, 21-16, 13-15	0:36
Sat, 8/9/2014	Winner 1	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (8)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:58
Sat, 8/9/2014	Winner 2	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (2)	Lost 10-21, 19-21	0:15

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	$92,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	1	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	0	$52,475.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	35	1	0	3	2	4	0	5	0	10	5	0	$159,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Youssef Krou												Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
28	1	0	0	0	3	7	8	2	0	$79,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	4	0	$52,450.00
42	1	2	3	1	3	11	7	7	0	$55,737.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	5	0	$29,987.50
12	1	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	$10,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$3,000.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
91	3	4	5	2	8	20	24	9	1	$156,837.50	Total	50	2	0	3	2	4	7	12	9	0	$90,487.50

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
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$4,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,187.50	9	4	69.2 %
2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$75.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$4,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,187.50	9	4	69.2 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$75.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Youssef Krou													Edouard Rowlandson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	CEV	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	$100.00
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$9,200.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$125.00
											2013	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$512.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,093.75	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,093.75
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50	2014	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$37.50
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	$4,131.25	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	4	3	5	6	5	$14,068.75

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	9	47.4%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	9-5	64.3%	10-6	62.5%	0	1	19-12	61.3%
2013-2014	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	8-3	72.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	13-6	68.4%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	3	15	15	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	24	22	0	0	16	8	1	4	3	1	1	0	48	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	10	6	45	41	0	0	24	19	1	5	3	2	1	0	84	73

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	2	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-10, 21-19	0:15
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 4 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Bockermann/Urbatzka	4	15-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Doppler/Horst	5	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-18, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	8	21-18, 18-21, 19-17	0:58
Trail the series against # 12, Q3 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	21-10, 16-21, 15-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Nummerdor/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
7/2/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Qualifier 2	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Nummerdor/van de Velde	Q11	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q4 Hordvik/Usken, Norway 1-0
8/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters		Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Hordvik/Usken	Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q9 Horl/Hupfer, Austria 0-1
5/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya	Winner 1	Horl/Hupfer	21, Q1	Krou/Rowlandson	12	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # Q10 Silva/Silva Reis, Portugal 0-1
7/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Winner 2	Silva/Silva Reis	19, Q18	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q12 Bosqui/Caravano, France 1-0
8/7/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Qualifier 1	Krou/Rowlandson	13, Q5	Bosqui/Caravano	Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:39