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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 6, 2019

(34) Margareta Kozuch/Laura Ludwig, Germany

Margareta Kozuch
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rome 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$99,563.98

Laura Ludwig
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

180 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

179

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,039,487.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2007
Best Offensive Player 2011
Best Defensive Player 2013, 2017
Most Inspirational 2013, 2017
Sportsperson 2015, 2016, 2017
Most Outstanding 2016, 2017
Team of the Year 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Tour Champion 2016 (with Kira Walkenhorst)
Most Entertaining Player 2019

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	US$113,000.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2017	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	29, Q8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	24, Q5	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	23	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	21	25th	240	US$2,000.00

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/28/2019	Pool J	Kelley Kolinske / Emily Stockman, United States (15)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:40
Sun, 6/30/2019	Pool J	Maria Antonelli / Carol Salgado, Brazil (10)	Lost 21-13, 13-21, 11-15	0:54
Tue, 7/2/2019	Pool J	Francisca Ikhiede / Tochukwu Nnoruga, Nigeria (39)	Won 21-10, 21-9	0:30
Wed, 7/3/2019	Winner 1	Sara Hughes / Summer Ross, United States (11)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:40

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Karla Borger - 17th	Kira Walkenhorst - 1st
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Laura Ludwig - 17th	Margareta Kozuch - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Louisa Lippmann - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$24,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	3	0	$40,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	0	$113,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Margareta Kozuch												Laura Ludwig
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$67,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	World Tour Finals	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	$29,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	82	5	7	7	4	17	27	8	3	0	$608,875.00
21	0	0	1	0	1	9	7	3	0	$39,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	73	2	4	2	2	22	19	6	9	0	$209,012.50
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
39	1	1	1	0	5	14	12	5	0	$99,400.00	Total	179	13	12	10	6	43	52	20	12	0	$1,039,487.50

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
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$21,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	$29,000.00	14	14	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Margareta Kozuch													Laura Ludwig
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$9,375.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00
											2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00
											2009	FIVB	14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$92,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00
											2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,050.00	2017	FIVB	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$89,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	$27,500.00	2018	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$10,500.00
22	0	0	1	0	3	8	7	3	0	$53,050.00	Total	Total	146	12	11	10	6	35	39	13	9	11	$950,487.50

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	29	64.4%	6	13.3%	10	22.2%	35-10	77.8%	8	25.8%	4	12.9%	19	61.3%	8-23	25.8%	29-19	60.4%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	44-33	57.1%
2018-2019	21	72.4%	1	3.4%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	7	35.0%	3	15.0%	10	50.0%	7-13	35.0%	21-10	67.7%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	29-20	59.2%
Against the Field	14	56.0%	2	8.0%	9	36.0%	16-9	64.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	16	64.0%	5-20	20.0%	28-32	46.7%	14-26	35.0%	0	0	21-29	42.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	2	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	13	11	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	10	0	22	19	0	0	10	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	44	33

Head to Head Results
Kozuch/Ludwig trail the series against the field 5-12 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	22-24, 21-14, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Keizer/Meppelink	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Antonelli/Salgado	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	34	13-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool H	Antonelli/Salgado	9	Kozuch/Ludwig	24, Q5	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Hughes/Ross, United States 0-1
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Hughes/Ross	11	Kozuch/Ludwig	34	21-15, 21-12	0:40
Series tied with # 15 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-1
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Kozuch/Ludwig	34	Kolinske/Stockman	15	21-19, 21-15	0:40
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Kolinske/Stockman	11, Q1	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	12, Q2	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Trail the series against # 20 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Borger/Sude	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	21-12, 25-23	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	18	17-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 26 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	25, Q6	Kozuch/Ludwig	24, Q5	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 28 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool A	Bieneck/Schneider	17	Kozuch/Ludwig	16	21-14, 16-21, 18-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 30 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Ishii/Murakami	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 36 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool D	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Pridalova/Strbova	20, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:39
5/2/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 2	Pridalova/Strbova	9	Kozuch/Ludwig	4	21-14, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 39 Ikhiede/Nnoruga, Nigeria 1-0
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Kozuch/Ludwig	34	Ikhiede/Nnoruga	39	21-10, 21-9	0:30