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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters
September 18 - 20, 2015

(5) 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 Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	14	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	32	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	11	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	18	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	18	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	4	2nd	144	€ 3,750.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	9	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	3	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	5	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	5	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	24, Q3	17th	240	US$7,000.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 9/19/2015	Winner 1	Kristoffer Abell / Peter Kildegaard, Denmark (12, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:38
Sat, 9/19/2015	Contender 1	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (13, Q3)	Lost 21-11, 18-21, 8-15	0:49

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	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$34,000.00	25	10	71.4 %
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 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$59,000.00	17	16	51.5 %
2015	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	3	$93,000.00	42	26	61.8 %
Total	CEV	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,437.50	17	10	63.0 %
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
8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00	2014	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	$17,000.00
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
7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,500.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	$29,500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2015	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
24	1	2	3	0	3	4	5	3	3	$53,781.25	Total	Total	39	1	2	3	0	5	6	9	7	6	$62,843.75

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%
2014-2015	9	56.3%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	9-5	64.3%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	17-10	63.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Krou/Rowlandson trail the series against the field 9-10 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-2
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	14	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	By Forfeit
12/13/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Krou/Rowlandson	3	21-15, 21-14	0:34
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 # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 18-16	0:54
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	18	Krou/Rowlandson	31, Q21	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	Krou/Rowlandson	18	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:54
Series tied with # 4 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Krou/Rowlandson	11	21-15, 21-15	0:40
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Lupo/Nicolai	16	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24, Q3	Kosiak/Rudol	25, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 Abell/Kildegaard, Denmark 0-1
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Winner 1	Abell/Kildegaard	12, Q2	Krou/Rowlandson	5	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-1
9/19/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Milan Masters	Contender 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	13, Q3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	11-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
11/7/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	21-17, 21-16	0:33
10/9/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 14 Holler/Schroder, Germany 0-1
11/8/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Semi-Finals	Holler/Schroder	14	Krou/Rowlandson	5	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Huber/Seidl	1	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # Q5 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 2-0
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	14	Eglseer/Mullner	30, Q19	21-12, 21-17	0:32
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Eglseer/Mullner	14	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q7 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Krou/Rowlandson	4	Dumek/Kufa	20, Q11	22-20, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q10 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 1	Finsters/Tocs	16	Krou/Rowlandson	8	3-1	0:54