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FIVB Age Group World Championships
FIVB BVB U21 WCHS
November 7 - 12, 2023

(3) Leona Kernen/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Leona Kernen
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Spiez

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Spiez 2025)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

2nd (Roi Et 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$31,333.85

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB Age Group WC Best:

2nd (Roi Et 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$12,333.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	US$12,139.13
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	0	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	US$12,139.13

Previous Roi Et Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-26/2023	Futures Baden	9	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Futures Leuven	12	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Messina	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Futures Lille	Q4	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/8-11/2023	Futures Spiez	10	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	12/27-30/2022	The Hague Futures	12	5th	240	€ 300.00

U21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/8/2023	Pool C	Magdalena Rabitsch / Anja Trailovic, Austria (30, Q14)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 12-15	0:50
Wed, 11/8/2023	Pool C	Brecht Piersma / Desy Poiesz, Netherlands (19)	Won 14-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:51
Thu, 11/9/2023	Pool C	Morena Abdala / Maia Najul, Argentina (14)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:30
Fri, 11/10/2023	Winner 1	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czech Republic (29, Q7)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:27
Sat, 11/11/2023	Winner 2	Stefania Kun / Zsofia Vasvari, Hungary (32, Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:28
Sat, 11/11/2023	Winner 3	Emma Glagau / Ruby Sorra, Canada (9)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:34
Sun, 11/12/2023	Semi-Finals	Xu Yan / Mingli Zhou, China (20)	Won 15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:43
Sun, 11/12/2023	Gold Medal	Brecht Piersma / Desy Poiesz, Netherlands (19)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:29

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,900.00
Total	14	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	0	$11,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Annique Niederhauser
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	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$17,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$2,250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$3,500.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	1	2	1	3	6	4	7	3	0	$30,350.00	Total	26	0	2	0	2	5	4	9	3	0	$11,350.00

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
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,300.00	2	4	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,400.00	11	9	55.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,700.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Annique Niederhauser
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	2	1	1	3	1	4	1	0	$2,000.00	Total	Total	9	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	$1,850.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	4-1	80.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
2022-2023	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	4-1	80.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	6-2	75.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	8-2	80.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	6-2	75.0%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	2	10	6	0	0	8	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	21	18
Total	0	0	4	4	11	10	0	0	8	6	1	2	0	2	0	1	24	25

Head to Head Results
Kernen/Niederhauser lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 9 Glagau/Sorra, Canada 1-0
11/11/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 3	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Glagau/Sorra	9	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Abdala/Najul, Argentina 1-0
11/9/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Abdala/Najul	14	21-16, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # 19 Piersma/Poiesz, Netherlands 1-1
11/12/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Piersma/Poiesz	19	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	21-14, 21-16	0:29
11/8/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Piersma/Poiesz	19	14-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Yan/Zhou, China 1-0
11/12/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Yan/Zhou	20	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Pavelkova/Pavelkova, Czech Republic 2-0
11/10/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 1	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	29, Q7	21-9, 21-10	0:27
8/25/23	FIVB	Futures Baden	Winner 1	Kernen/Niederhauser	9	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	6	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 30, Q14 Rabitsch/Trailovic, Austria 0-1
11/8/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Pool C	Rabitsch/Trailovic	30, Q14	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 32, Q5 Kun/Vasvari, Hungary 1-0
11/11/23	FIVB Age Group WC	U21 World Championships	Winner 2	Kernen/Niederhauser	3	Kun/Vasvari	32, Q5	21-13, 21-11	0:28