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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2019 European Championships
August 5 - 10, 2019

(18) 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:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$111,510.22

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:

213

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,213,064.20

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
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$7,635.20
FIVB	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	3	4	US$113,000.00
Overall	21	1	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	3	4	US$120,635.20

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 21st
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 3rd
FIVB 2010	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 5th
FIVB 2011	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 5th
FIVB 2012	Did not play	Sara Niedrig - 9th
FIVB 2013	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 2nd
FIVB 2015	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 17th
FIVB 2016	Did not play	Kira Walkenhorst - 9th
FIVB 2017	Karla Borger - 5th	Kira Walkenhorst - 9th
FIVB 2018	Karla Borger - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	26, Q7	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	22, Q4	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q7	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/6/2019	Pool B	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (15)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:35
Wed, 8/7/2019	Pool B	Taru Lahti / Anniina Parkkinen, Finland (2)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 8/8/2019	Pool B	Anastasiia Frolova / Aleksandra Ganenko, Russia (31)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 8/9/2019	Winner 1	Angela Lobato / Amaranta Navarro, Spain (25)	Won 21-10, 13-21, 15-8	0:43
Fri, 8/9/2019	Winner 2	Joy Stubbe / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (11)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:37

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
Total	21	1	0	0	0	3	0	10	0	3	4	0	$119,500.00

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$7,375.00	Confederation Championship	17	4	2	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	$82,750.00
45	1	1	1	0	6	19	12	5	0	$106,775.00	Total	196	17	14	14	7	45	55	20	12	0	$1,122,237.50

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	0	$39,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	0	$47,000.00	22	20	52.4 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %

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
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	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
											2005	CEV Under Age	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	$9,750.00
											2006	CEV	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$7,912.50
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	2	4	0	0	$60,750.00
											2007	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	$29,550.00
											2008	CEV	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,150.00
											2009	FIVB	14	0	0	3	1	6	4	0	0	0	$77,575.00
											2009	CEV	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,400.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	4	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	$91,250.00
											2010	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$59,350.00
											2011	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	$45,900.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2013	FIVB	11	0	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	0	$63,950.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2013	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$487.50
											2014	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$92,000.00
											2014	CEV	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	$119,500.00
											2015	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2016	FIVB	13	7	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	$191,187.50
											2016	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$760.00	2017	CEV C&S
10	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	$27,500.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2018	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	$19,500.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	0	$19,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
32	1	1	1	0	4	12	8	5	0	$66,935.00	Total	Total	180	22	17	17	7	39	41	14	11	12	$1,069,437.50

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	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	6-3	66.7%
2018-2019	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	1	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Total	0	0	10	0	26	20	0	0	12	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	50	36

Head to Head Results
Kozuch/Ludwig trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Lahti/Parkkinen	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	18-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Kholomina/Makroguzova	12	Kozuch/Ludwig	28, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-2
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Pridalova/Strbova	11	Kozuch/Ludwig	22, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 11 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Stubbe/Van Iersel	11	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
8/6/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Mader/Verge-Depre	15	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	Q10	22-24, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	27, Q7	Kozuch/Ludwig	22, Q4	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 3-0
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Lobato/Navarro	25	21-10, 13-21, 15-8	0:43
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Kozuch/Ludwig	29, Q8	Lobato/Navarro	Q9	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	23	Lobato/Navarro	26, Q4	21-15, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 31 Frolova/Ganenko, Russia 1-0
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	Frolova/Ganenko	31	21-14, 21-18	0:39