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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters
September 11 - 14, 2014

(9) 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 Baku Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	8	13th	126	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	13, Q5	5th	192	€ 3,000.00
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 Baku Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2014	Pool A	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (8)	Lost 21-17, 20-22, 13-15	0:52
Fri, 9/12/2014	Pool A	Ruslan Bykanov / Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia (1)	Won 21-11, 13-21, 15-12	0:53
Sat, 9/13/2014	Pool A	Leonid Gritsai / Bernardo Romano, Azerbaijan (16)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:41
Sat, 9/13/2014	Winner 2	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (10)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Sun, 9/14/2014	Semi-Finals	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (12, Q1)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:59
Sun, 9/14/2014	Gold Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$4,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
2014	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,187.50	13	6	68.4 %
2014	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$375.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$4,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,187.50	13	6	68.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$375.00	0	4	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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,093.75	2014	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,093.75
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$187.50	2014	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$187.50
9	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	$6,281.25	Total	Total	26	0	1	0	0	4	4	5	6	6	$16,218.75

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	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	6-3	66.7%

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
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 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bykanov/Krasilnikov, Russia 1-0
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Bykanov/Krasilnikov	1	21-11, 13-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
9/14/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Krou/Rowlandson	9	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-2
9/12/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Garcia/Marco	8	Krou/Rowlandson	9	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:52
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 # 10 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Daguerre/Salvetti	10	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
9/14/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Semi-Finals	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	12, Q1	14-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 13, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 16 Gritsai/Romano, Azerbaijan 1-0
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	9	Gritsai/Romano	16	21-12, 21-17	0:41