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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 30 - September 1, 2002

(15) Max Backer/Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands

Max Backer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 22, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gouda

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Alanya 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$24,955.61

Gijs Ronnes
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Boxmeer

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (The Hague 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$137,103.51

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$1,973.16
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$816.17
FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	7	US$10,040.00
Overall	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	3	7	US$12,829.33

Previous Basel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	31, Q11	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	33	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	Q15	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	34	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	Q20	57th	4	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/28-7/1/2002	CEV Alanya Challenger		5th	18	€ 825.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	27, Q24	17th	60	US$2,520.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (18)	Won 21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:03
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 2	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (2)	Lost 23-25, 16-21	0:52
Fri, 8/30/2002	Contender 1	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:45
Sat, 8/31/2002	Contender 2	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (7)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:44
Sat, 8/31/2002	Contender 3	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (4)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Backer/Ronnes trail the series against the field 5-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-2
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	2	Backer/Ronnes	15	25-23, 21-16	0:52
7/19/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	18	Backer/Ronnes	34	23-25, 21-18, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	Backer/Ronnes	15	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool F	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Backer/Ronnes	27, Q24	20-22, 21-13, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool J	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Backer/Ronnes	33	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-2
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 2	Backer/Ronnes	15	Berg/Dahl	7	21-18, 22-20	0:44
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Berg/Dahl	18	Backer/Ronnes	31, Q11	21-14, 20-22, 15-10	0:56
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool J	Berg/Dahl	16	Backer/Ronnes	33	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Ronnes	27, Q24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Series tied with # 16 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Backer/Ronnes	15	Kogel/Mulder	16	21-18, 21-17	0:45
7/25/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Kogel/Mulder	Q18	Backer/Ronnes	Q15	21-11, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Backer/Ronnes	31, Q11	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Backer/Ronnes	15	Bosma/Cotrino	18	21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:03