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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

Stephanie Pohl/Okka Rau, Germany

Stephanie Pohl
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Finsterwalde

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

136

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$424,361.54

Okka Rau
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 5, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leer

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$398,906.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	23	6	1	2	4	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	US$185,056.67
FIVB	91	1	0	2	3	13	9	20	10	27	5	1	US$586,790.00
Overall	114	7	1	4	7	18	10	22	11	28	5	1	US$771,846.67

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	3	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	10	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	18	17th	104	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	24	5th	324	US$11,500.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		4th	70	€ 3,250.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	13	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	9	5th	360	US$13,000.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	12	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	15	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	16	9th	120	US$3,900.00
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	5	7th	50	€ 1,800.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2003	Pool D	Vasso Karadassiou / Efi Sfyri, Greece	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:48
Thu, 8/28/2003	Pool D	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:52
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool D	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 8/29/2003	Winner 1	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 8/29/2003	Winner 2	Katerina Tychnova / Marketa Tychnova, Czech Republic	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 8/30/2003	Semi-Finals	Daniela Gattelli / Lucilla Perrotta, Italy	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:50
Sat, 8/30/2003	Gold Medal	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:44

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$51,250.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	6	1	6	2	10	1	0	$234,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	54	1	0	1	2	5	8	10	8	15	4	0	$294,840.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Confederation Championship	7	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$49,800.00
Total	98	2	0	3	4	15	10	21	10	27	5	0	$636,590.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stephanie Pohl												Okka Rau
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$25,625.00
30	0	0	1	1	7	8	11	1	0	$118,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	7	8	10	1	0	$117,350.00
71	1	0	1	2	13	26	19	6	0	$165,920.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	0	1	2	13	18	15	4	0	$147,420.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
9	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	$27,525.00	Confederation Championship	7	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	$24,900.00
120	2	1	3	4	26	40	32	7	0	$342,520.00	Total	99	2	0	3	4	25	31	27	5	0	$318,295.00

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
2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$45,250.00	27	18	60.0 %
2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$41,990.00	22	19	53.7 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	$43,500.00	14	16	46.7 %
2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,250.00	11	3	78.6 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	3	7	3	0	$130,740.00	63	53	54.3 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$22,050.00	14	5	73.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stephanie Pohl													Okka Rau
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1998	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,500.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1999	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	2	0	$15,500.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$22,625.00	2001	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	0	$22,625.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$20,995.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	$20,995.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$21,750.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	$21,750.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00
54	1	1	0	1	7	22	13	5	4	$101,620.00	Total	Total	33	1	0	0	1	6	13	8	3	1	$77,395.00

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	62	84.9%	5	6.8%	6	8.2%	67-6	91.8%	16	34.0%	8	17.0%	23	48.9%	16-31	34.0%	62-23	72.9%	21-14	60.0%	1	1	84-38	68.9%
2002-2003	10	90.9%	1	9.1%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	10-4	71.4%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	14-5	73.7%
Against the Field	21	87.5%	1	4.2%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	6	28.6%	3	14.3%	12	57.1%	6-15	28.6%	42-22	65.6%	14-10	58.3%	1	0	29-16	64.4%

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	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	2	1	36	21	0	0	23	25	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	58
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	11	0	23	22	0	0	41	47	1	3	1	2	1	0	137	108
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	27	13
Total	6	0	13	1	75	50	0	0	78	86	2	7	3	4	2	0	256	194

Head to Head Results
Pohl/Rau lead the series against the field 27-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 3-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau		Ahmann/Vollmer		21-15, 21-18	0:44
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Ahmann/Vollmer		19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:52
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Ahmann/Vollmer		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21	Pohl/Rau	12	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	15	Ahmann/Vollmer	42	21-15, 18-21, 19-17	0:53
Series tied with Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Alcon/Pol	21	Pohl/Rau	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Lead the series against Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	9	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	25, Q11	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Series tied with Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-1
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Augoustides/Claasen	23, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:43
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Augoustides/Claasen	28, Q13	Pohl/Rau	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	10	Pohl/Rau	15	21-18, 21-18	0:29
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-2
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau		Gattelli/Perrotta		21-19, 21-19	0:50
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Semi-Finals	Gattelli/Perrotta		Pohl/Rau		21-17, 21-13	0:41
6/15/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Gattelli/Perrotta	10	Pohl/Rau	25, Q2	24-26, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Glesnes/Maaseide		17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	Pohl/Rau	5	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against Graumann/Sutt, Estonia 1-0
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 2	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Graumann/Sutt	Q31	21-10, 21-16	0:27
Lead the series against Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Hakedal/Torlen	20	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 2-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau		Ikauniece/Minusa		22-20, 21-14	0:40
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	7	Ikauniece/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 5-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	Pohl/Rau	24	21-13, 21-9	0:31
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Pohl/Rau	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau	20	Kadijk/Leenstra	13	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	10	Kadijk/Leenstra	8	21-10, 21-11	0:29
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	11	Kadijk/Leenstra	14	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	19	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	22-20, 21-12	0:34
6/19/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Pohl/Rau	27, Q2	Kadijk/Leenstra	26, Q7	21-13, 25-23	0:47
Series tied with Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 2-2
8/28/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Karadassiou/Sfyri		21-16, 21-18	0:48
8/9/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	21	Pohl/Rau	10	21-15, 21-15	0:35
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Karadassiou/Sfyri	10	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
4/6/01	FIVB	Macau Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Pohl/Rau	11	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-2
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool H	Pohl/Rau	24	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Bronze Medal	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit		Pohl/Rau		21-19, 21-16	0:43
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	20	Pohl/Rau	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Pohl/Rau	18	Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani	31, Q23	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Nikolaidou/Tsiartsiani		16-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:44
Lead the series against Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau		Nystrom/Nystrom		21-18, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau		Tychnova/Tychnova		21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 3-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-19, 21-14	0:35
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool D	Pohl/Rau		Yanchulova/Yanchulova		21-17, 21-11	0:36
8/17/01	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	Pohl/Rau	7	22-20, 25-27, 17-15	1:20
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	19	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	26-24, 21-18	0:49