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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Brazil Open
October 1 - 6, 2002

(30, Q5) Florian Gosch/Bernhard Strauss, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$200,740.48

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$41,070.62

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	31	33	35	37	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	0	0	10	0	1	11	4	US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00
Overall	53	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	1	1	10	1	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Fortaleza 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	Q22	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	48	37th	24	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-28/2002	Ukraine Challenger	26	17th	14	US$500.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open		57th	4	US$0.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool C	Carl Henkel / Casey Jennings, United States (19)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 10/3/2002	Pool C	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:37
Fri, 10/4/2002	Pool C	Todd Rogers / Sean Scott, United States (14)	Lost 18-21, 10-21	0:34

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	0	0	1	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11	$13,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	14	$48,400.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	51	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	27	$72,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$12,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,575.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	11	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	$8,025.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	20	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	21	$24,200.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$575.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	$7,500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
111	1	1	2	3	6	23	26	16	33	$179,825.00	Total	63	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	35	$40,575.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,650.00	1	7	12.5 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,650.00	1	7	12.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Bernhard Strauss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1999	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$337.50
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$1,075.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	10	$2,037.50

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	36	58.1%	9	14.5%	17	27.4%	45-17	72.6%	7	11.5%	8	13.1%	46	75.4%	7-54	11.5%	36-46	43.9%	16-25	39.0%	0	0	52-71	42.3%
2001-2002	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	1-6	14.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	5.9%	1	5.9%	15	88.2%	1-16	5.9%	4-30	11.8%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-16	15.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	10	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	29	13	3	6	0	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	49
Challenger	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	13	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	1	36	24	8	13	0	0	8	21	0	2	1	1	0	0	65	80

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 1-4 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ferreira/Marques, Brazil 0-1
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Ferreira/Marques	3	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q5	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	24	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager	25	Gosch/Strauss	48	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
10/4/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Rogers/Scott	14	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q5	21-18, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Henkel/Jennings, United States 1-0
10/3/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q5	Henkel/Jennings	19	21-15, 22-20	0:39