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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

(16) Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

192

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$310,014.91

Sabine Swoboda
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$136,903.91

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	27	33	41	Money
CEV	12	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$44,580.72
FIVB	47	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	5	15	0	14	0	4	1	US$181,750.00
FIVB C&S	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,650.00
Overall	65	1	2	2	1	3	3	7	9	16	1	14	1	4	1	US$232,980.72

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	28, Q5	9th	320	US$7,750.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	28, Q8	25th	80	US$3,400.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	25, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/16-20/2005	South Africa Open	17	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/26-30/2005	Acapulco Open	24, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/18-22/2005	Brazil Open	22	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	10/11-15/2005	Argentina Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2005	Indonesia Open	16	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	21	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	25	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	2	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	8/10-13/2005	Switzerland Satellite	3	9th	10	US$450.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open		27th	12	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	9	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	26, Q4	25th	56	US$3,250.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 1	Camilla Nilsson / Anne Lie Rininsland, Sweden	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Meritxell Alseda / Catalina Maria Pol, Spain	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:41
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 3	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 7/21/2006	Winner 1	Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 1	Simone Kuhn / Lea Schwer, Switzerland (9)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:46

Head to Head Results
Montagnolli/Swoboda trail the series against the field 9-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-3
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Pohl/Rau	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-19, 21-18
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	21-12, 21-15	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-1
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-18, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-3
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25, Q1	21-11, 21-19	0:35
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 2	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	24-22, 21-11	0:44
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Kadijk/Mooren	12	21-14, 21-19	0:40
5/27/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q5	Campisi/Lozano	Q21	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
Lead the series against # 8 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 2-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	10	23-21, 20-22, 16-14	1:04
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	25, Q1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	23-21, 23-25, 15-13	1:10
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	16-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Tychnova/Tychnova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/22/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Semi-Finals	Tychnova/Tychnova	7	Montagnolli/Swoboda	1	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 Matveeva/Zunzunegui, Spain 1-0
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	28, Q5	Matveeva/Zunzunegui	Q28	25-23, 25-23	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Barrio Cendoya/Hopf, Spain 1-0
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool A	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	Barrio Cendoya/Hopf	32, Q9	21-9, 21-16	0:29
Trail the series against # 15 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against Alseda/Pol, Spain 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	Alseda/Pol		21-11, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	Mouha/Van Breedam		21-14, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against Nilsson/Rininsland, Sweden 1-0
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	Nilsson/Rininsland		21-13, 21-12	0:36