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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(8) Sara Montagnolli/Sabine Swoboda, Austria

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (47 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 (50 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	13	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	10	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	16	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 2	Michaela Eckl / Mireya Kaup, Germany (24)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 3	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (17)	Lost 17-21, 21-14, 10-15	0:53
Sat, 8/26/2006	Contender 3	Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (22)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:54
Sat, 8/26/2006	Contender 4	Sarka Nakladalova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (16)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:39

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	5	0	$73,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	11	9	0	$97,300.00
Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	56	1	0	2	1	2	3	6	6	16	14	0	$195,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Montagnolli												Sabine Swoboda
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,975.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,750.00
49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	0	$124,375.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	0	$40,225.00
89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	57	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	14	0	$56,625.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00	Satellite	6	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,325.00
13	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	$18,425.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$6,000.00
167	1	1	3	5	11	27	38	33	0	$273,775.00	Total	100	1	0	2	1	5	14	20	22	0	$113,075.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	8	5	61.5 %
2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	5	2	$54,000.00	20	32	38.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,650.00	10	2	83.3 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	$31,950.00	17	10	63.0 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	$8,300.00	11	7	61.1 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	7	7	3	$94,450.00	42	46	47.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,650.00	18	7	72.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$8,300.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Montagnolli													Sabine Swoboda
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	1999	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$500.00	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	1999	CEV Under Age
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,050.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2000	CEV Under Age
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$3,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2001	CEV Under Age
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$2,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	$5,875.00
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV
16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00	2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	$16,975.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	$15,975.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00
100	1	1	2	2	5	14	16	18	41	$73,625.00	Total	Total	73	1	0	2	1	5	9	13	12	30	$64,975.00

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	14	70.0%	5	25.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	7	25.9%	8	29.6%	12	44.4%	7-20	25.9%	14-12	53.8%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	26-21	55.3%
2005-2006	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	4	33.3%	4	33.3%	4	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	5-4	55.6%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	11-8	57.9%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	4	40.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	6	42.9%	3-11	21.4%	12-12	50.0%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	13-11	54.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	3	12	12	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	2	1	2	0	0	8	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	61
Satellite	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	18	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	22	5	15	15	0	0	25	47	1	2	2	1	1	0	94	108

Head to Head Results
Montagnolli/Swoboda trail the series against the field 19-27 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 0-5
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	21-14, 18-21, 15-4	0:51
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Pohl/Rau	14	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	14-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 4 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-3
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
11/18/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	21-19, 21-17	0:45
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-3
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Leenstra	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-9, 23-21	0:24
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Keizer/Leenstra	12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Keizer/Leenstra	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
6/21/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	22	Montagnolli/Swoboda	24	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Series tied with # 7 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-1
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Kuhn/Schwer	19	21-19, 21-14	0:41
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Kuhn/Schwer	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	22, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
5/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Gattelli/Perrotta	9	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25, Q1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 16 Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	16	Montagnolli/Swoboda	8	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-2
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	17	Montagnolli/Swoboda	8	21-17, 14-21, 15-10	0:53
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Ludwig/Niedrig	14	25-23, 17-21, 15-13	1:00
8/11/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-2
8/28/04	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Contender 3	Baburina/Osheyko	12, Q4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	3, Q1	21-19, 21-13	0:32
8/22/04	FIVB C&S	Corsica Satellite	Bronze Medal	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Montagnolli/Swoboda	1	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 2-0
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Campisi/Lozano		18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
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 # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 3-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:10
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:58
10/14/05	FIVB C&S	Argentina Satellite	Winner 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	3	19-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:45
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	Montagnolli/Swoboda	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 21 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	32-30, 21-16	1:07
Lead the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 4-1
8/26/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Montagnolli/Swoboda	8	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:54
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Montagnolli/Swoboda	10	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	26	21-14, 21-17	0:40
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 # 23 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 0-3
9/16/05	FIVB	Indonesia Open	Contender 2	Moiseeva/Uryadova	15	Montagnolli/Swoboda	16	21-18, 24-22	0:43
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Moiseeva/Uryadova	24, Q18	Montagnolli/Swoboda	9	27-25, 15-21, 16-14	0:58
6/11/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Moiseeva/Uryadova	32, Q40	Montagnolli/Swoboda	21	21-19, 20-22, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 24 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 1-0
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	8	Eckl/Kaup	24	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:53