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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 5,000 2023 Beach Pro Tour Futures Mallorca
October 25 - 29, 2023

(6) 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 Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-26/2023	Futures Al-Alamein	7	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2023	Futures Tahiti	2	3rd	320	US$500.00
FIVB	3/29-4/2/2023	Futures Coolangatta Beach	9, Q3	4th	280	US$400.00
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 Mallorca Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/26/2023	Pool C	Keran Duval / Joadel Gardoque, France (11, Q5)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 11-15	0:48
Fri, 10/27/2023	Pool C	Daniel Moreno / Roberto Sanfelix, Spain (14)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 14-16	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	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,300.00	12	7	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	$1,600.00	15	11	57.7 %

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
8	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	$650.00
32	1	0	1	2	3	12	2	3	8	$6,150.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	2	2	5	6	1	9	8	$18,475.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
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 trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11, Q5 Duval/Gardoque, France 0-1
10/26/23	FIVB	Futures Mallorca	Pool C	Duval/Gardoque	11, Q5	Kulzer/Poniewaz	6	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Moreno/Sanfelix, Spain 0-1
10/27/23	FIVB	Futures Mallorca	Pool C	Moreno/Sanfelix	14	Kulzer/Poniewaz	6	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:53