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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta Beach
March 29 - April 2, 2023

(9, Q3) Simon Kulzer/Bennet Poniewaz, Germany

Simon Kulzer
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 17, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Munich

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Visakhapatnam 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$6,618.50

Bennet Poniewaz
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ostercappeln

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Cervia 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$19,209.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	US$1,618.84

Previous Coolangatta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q26	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	12/28-30/2022	The Hague Futures	10	9th	180	€ 200.00

Futures Coolangatta Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/29/2023	Qualifier 1	Jacob Baird / Pieter van Driel, Australia (Q14)	Won 21-8, 21-12	0:31
Wed, 3/29/2023	Qualifier 2	Matthew Abela / Robert Reeves, Australia (Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 3/30/2023	Pool A	Shiro Furuta / Dylan Kurokawa, Japan (8)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:41
Fri, 3/31/2023	Pool A	Soloman Bushby / James Takken, Australia (1)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 4/1/2023	Winner 2	John McManaway / Thomas Reid, New Zealand (11, Q4)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Sun, 4/2/2023	Semi-Finals	Poravid Taovato / Pithak Tipjan, Thailand (3)	Lost 11-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:47
Sun, 4/2/2023	Bronze Medal	Jordan Hoppe / Charlie Siragusa, United States (16, Q16)	Lost 21-18, 14-21, 12-15	0:53

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	$1,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simon Kulzer												Bennet Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$7,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7	0	$9,775.00
23	1	0	1	2	3	11	1	0	0	$3,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
32	1	0	1	2	3	12	2	3	0	$6,150.00	Total	36	0	1	2	2	6	6	1	9	0	$18,975.00

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
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2	2	50.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$700.00	9	7	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simon Kulzer													Bennet Poniewaz
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$4,175.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$400.00
											2016	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	3	$10,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	$1,550.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	$700.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	$2,850.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$200.00
26	1	0	0	2	1	10	1	3	8	$5,500.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	1	2	4	5	1	9	8	$18,025.00

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	12	70.6%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	13-4	76.5%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	12-5	70.6%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	15-11	57.7%
2022-2023	10	66.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	10-3	76.9%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	8-0	100.0%	2-6	25.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	7	5	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	10
Total	0	0	5	1	7	5	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	15	11

Head to Head Results
Kulzer/Poniewaz lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bushby/Takken, Australia 1-0
3/31/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Pool A	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	Bushby/Takken	1	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 0-1
4/2/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Semi-Finals	Taovato/Tipjan	3	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	21-11, 19-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Furuta/Kurokawa, Japan 1-0
3/30/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Pool A	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	Furuta/Kurokawa	8	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Lead the series against # 11, Q4 McManaway/Reid, New Zealand 1-0
4/1/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Winner 2	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	McManaway/Reid	11, Q4	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 16, Q16 Hoppe/Siragusa, United States 0-1
4/2/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Bronze Medal	Hoppe/Siragusa	16, Q16	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q6 Abela/Reeves, Australia 1-0
3/29/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Qualifier 2	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	Abela/Reeves	Q6	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q14 Baird/van Driel, Australia 1-0
3/29/23	FIVB	Futures Coolangatta Beach	Qualifier 1	Kulzer/Poniewaz	9, Q3	Baird/van Driel	Q14	21-8, 21-12	0:31