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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(1) 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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/24-28/2006	China Open	18	13th	180	US$4,500.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	3	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	16	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	9	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	4	3rd	160	€ 10,500.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	1	9th	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	11	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	5	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	3	1st	100	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	4	7th	280	US$10,750.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2005	Berlin World Championships	6	9th	400	US$13,500.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	5	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	4	3rd	320	US$16,000.00

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 1	Marleen Van Iersel / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (8)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 6/1/2006	Winner 3	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (4)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 6/3/2006	Semi-Finals	Sarka Nakladalova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (7)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:42
Sat, 6/3/2006	Gold Medal	Lenka Hajeckova / Petra Novotna, Czech Republic (3)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:42

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	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	$70,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,250.00	11	3	78.6 %
2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	$53,500.00	23	22	51.1 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	$80,800.00	25	18	58.1 %
2005	CEV	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,350.00	15	6	71.4 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2006	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,050.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	53	0	0	1	0	8	6	15	6	12	5	0	$299,540.00	122	103	54.2 %
Total	CEV	11	3	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	$70,950.00	41	17	70.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	0	$35,250.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	2	0	$35,250.00
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
11	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	0	$26,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	1	0	$26,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,750.00
9	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	$40,400.00	2005	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	1	0	$40,400.00
4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,675.00	2005	CEV	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,025.00	2006	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,025.00
87	3	1	3	1	18	31	19	7	4	$210,470.00	Total	Total	66	3	0	3	1	17	22	14	5	1	$186,245.00

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%
2005-2006	28	80.0%	4	11.4%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	8-10	44.4%	28-7	80.0%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	40-13	75.5%
Against the Field	26	92.9%	0	0.0%	2	7.1%	26-2	92.9%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3-6	33.3%	52-6	89.7%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	29-8	78.4%

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 16-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Hajeckova/Novotna, Czech Republic 1-1
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Gold Medal	Pohl/Rau	1	Hajeckova/Novotna	3	21-19, 21-18	0:42
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Hajeckova/Novotna	8	Pohl/Rau	1	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	1	Baburina/Osheyko	4	21-17, 21-16	0:37
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	3	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-15, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 1	Pohl/Rau	3	Campisi/Lozano	6	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Series tied with # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-1
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Keizer/Leenstra	8	Pohl/Rau	9	21-15, 21-17	0:39
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Pohl/Rau	11	Keizer/Leenstra	21	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Semi-Finals	Pohl/Rau	1	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	7	22-20, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # 8 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	1	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	10	Pohl/Rau	7	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 Castelli/Gemise Fareau, France 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	3	Castelli/Gemise Fareau	14	21-14, 21-9	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau		Tychnova/Tychnova		21-12, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Claasen/Roder, Germany 0-1
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Claasen/Roder	25, Q1	Pohl/Rau	9	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 5-3
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	17	21-18, 21-18	0:41
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	5	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-16, 21-11	0:32
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	20	Pohl/Rau	8	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:08
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova		Pohl/Rau		22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
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
Lead the series against # 16 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	1	Van Iersel/Wesselink	16	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
5/20/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:40