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

(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 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	8	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	30, Q7	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q5	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	10	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	26	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	25	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	28, Q5	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	23	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	2	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	14	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/8-10/2005	Madeira Challenger	2	3rd	48	US$3,100.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	15	17th	80	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	5	1st	200	€ 20,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 2	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium (12)	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:48
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (11)	Won 23-21, 21-13	0:50
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bard-Inge Pettersen, Norway (14)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 21-19	1:07
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 3	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (23)	Won 21-17, 13-21, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (22)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 12-15	0:57

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	$52,400.00	18	22	45.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$27,425.00	10	6	62.5 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	$31,700.00	13	13	50.0 %
2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	$11,950.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	4	6	4	$89,100.00	32	41	43.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00	5	0	100.0 %
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	9	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	$40,375.00	22	16	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
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	1	$26,200.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,550.00
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
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	$15,850.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	2	$16,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$5,975.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$5,975.00
51	5	2	1	0	12	10	10	7	4	$116,662.50	Total	Total	57	3	1	1	0	10	10	8	12	12	$80,975.00

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	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%
2005-2006	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6-9	40.0%	10-5	66.7%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	21-14	60.0%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	12-10	54.5%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	11-13	45.8%

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 lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Herrera/Mesa	8	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:48
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Herrera/Mesa	10	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Herrera/Mesa	8	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:59
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Brink/Dieckmann	3	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool C	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Klemperer/Schneider	14	21-12, 18-21, 21-19	1:08
Trail the series against # 4 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
Series tied with # 6 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Herrera/Mesa	10	Koreng/Matysik	2	21-12, 21-14	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Koreng/Matysik	15	Herrera/Mesa	2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kais/Vesik	11	21-17, 21-18	0:44
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	17	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-17, 21-16	0:41
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kais/Vesik	18	21-10, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 9 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Herrera/Mesa	25	21-12, 21-18	0:48
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	20	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	5	Goranson/Hoidalen	11	23-21, 21-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 12 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Joosen/Melis	12	Herrera/Mesa	5	21-19, 24-22	0:48
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
Series tied with # 14 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 2-2
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	5	Horrem/Pettersen	14	14-21, 21-15, 21-19	1:07
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Horrem/Pettersen	22	21-23, 21-19, 15-9	1:02
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	16	Herrera/Mesa	17	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:50
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Horrem/Pettersen	10	Herrera/Mesa	22	24-22, 21-17	0:52
Lead the series against # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Biza/Kubala	Q26	23-21, 22-20	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	2	Biza/Kubala	12	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 21 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 2-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	8	Benes/Benes	9	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:55
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	10	Benes/Benes	7	27-25, 21-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 22 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 4	Laciga/Laciga	22	Herrera/Mesa	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 5-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	21-17, 13-21, 15-10	0:50
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	14	Kjemperud/Skarlund	21	22-20, 21-16	0:42
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	1	23-25, 10-21	0:40
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	20	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	16	Kjemperud/Skarlund	17	24-22, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	Herrera/Mesa	7	21-19, 21-15	0:35