Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Greek Open
July 9 - 13, 2003

Max Backer/Emiel Boersma, 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

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$246,857.57

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,587.10
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$25,875.00
Overall	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$32,462.10

Previous Rethymnon Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q15	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q15	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q14	33rd	18	US$0.00

Greek Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool B	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway	Won 17-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:58
Fri, 7/11/2003	Pool B	Javier Bosma / Raul Mesa, Spain	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Sat, 7/12/2003	Pool B	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland	Lost 12-21, 21-23	0:40
Sat, 7/12/2003	Winner 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria	Lost 10-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:52

Head to Head Results
Backer/Boersma lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 1-0
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q14	Babich/Khudoley	Q19	21-16, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Bosma/Mesa		15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Backer/Boersma		21-12, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny		Backer/Boersma		21-10, 14-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		17-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	Q14	Peric/Trimcevski	Q51	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against Petreaev/Shapranovich, Israel 0-1
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Petreaev/Shapranovich	Q50	Backer/Boersma	Q15	15-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:54