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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(5) Pablo Herrera/Raul Mesa, Spain

Pablo Herrera Allepuz
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Castellon de la Plana

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

266

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,047,645.44

Raul Mesa
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaragoza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

158

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Moscow 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$286,283.26

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	14	1	1	0	0	3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$77,895.84
CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	49	1	0	1	1	3	2	13	4	14	6	1	1	2	US$286,100.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,100.00
Overall	67	4	2	2	1	6	7	15	6	14	6	1	1	2	US$367,095.84

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	4	7th	50	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	22	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	23	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	20	9th	160	US$6,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	4	9th	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	22	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	16	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	15	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	16	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	16	9th	160	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	7	5th	60	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	18	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		13th	18	€ 1,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (21)	Won 22-20, 21-11	0:37
Sat, 8/27/2005	Winner 3	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (20)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:35
Sat, 8/27/2005	Winner 4	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (1)	Won 25-23, 21-15	0:51
Sun, 8/28/2005	Semi-Finals	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
Sun, 8/28/2005	Gold Medal	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (3)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	4	1	0	$124,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	3	10	5	0	$146,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	56	3	1	2	1	3	4	13	5	14	6	0	$319,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pablo Herrera												Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$59,875.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$15,312.50
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals
92	1	4	5	4	27	23	22	5	0	$502,975.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	7	0	$91,100.00
106	5	4	6	4	22	34	22	7	0	$316,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	65	1	0	0	1	3	20	18	11	0	$117,375.00
3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	2	0	2	1	9	3	3	0	0	$54,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	$19,375.00
245	9	12	14	9	66	67	52	12	0	$963,300.00	Total	134	3	1	2	2	11	32	32	20	0	$246,312.50

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	$40,400.00	13	16	44.8 %
2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$27,425.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	3	3	$45,400.00	14	22	38.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	CEV	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$28,425.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pablo Herrera													Raul Mesa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,437.50
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$37,375.00	2004	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$7,375.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	$20,200.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	$20,200.00
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,712.50	2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,712.50
36	5	2	0	0	6	9	7	4	3	$87,287.50	Total	Total	40	3	1	0	0	4	9	5	8	10	$50,600.00

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	20	62.5%	6	18.8%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	9	31.0%	8	27.6%	12	41.4%	9-20	31.0%	20-12	62.5%	15-14	51.7%	0	0	35-26	57.4%
2004-2005	5	45.5%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	5-3	62.5%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	11-8	57.9%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	3-7	30.0%	14-8	63.6%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	13-9	59.1%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	18	15	0	0	11	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	33
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	59
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	6
Total	0	0	4	3	23	19	0	0	43	47	4	2	2	1	3	0	118	106

Head to Head Results
Herrera/Mesa trail the series against the field 9-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 4	Herrera/Mesa	5	Egger/Laciga	1	25-23, 21-15	0:51
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 21-14	0:33
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
8/28/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	5	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	21-14, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	7	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	21-10, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-3
8/28/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Herrera/Mesa	5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:00
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Herrera/Mesa	20	21-12, 21-16	0:40
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	21-18, 21-18	0:36
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Herrera/Mesa	7	22-24, 21-13, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 4 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	23	Canet/Hamel	10	21-15, 21-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-2
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Arkaev/Barsuk	24	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Arkaev/Barsuk		Herrera/Mesa		24-22, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	13	Herrera/Mesa	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool C	Galli/Raffaelli		Herrera/Mesa		21-13, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 20 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 2-0
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	5	Grinbergs/Stals	20	21-16, 21-18	0:35
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	4	Grinbergs/Stals	13	22-20, 21-23, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 21 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	5	Brink/Schneider	21	22-20, 21-11	0:37
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	4	Brink/Schneider	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 24 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 0-1
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	10	Herrera/Mesa	4	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:07