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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(22, Q3) 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:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

Bernhard Strauss
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1975 (50 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$40,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	10	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	US$7,500.00
Overall	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	10	1	11	4	US$72,700.00

Previous Carolina Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q19	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q22	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	31, Q16	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	5	4th	42	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q22	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q18	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q25	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q30	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q24	33rd	18	US$0.00

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2004	Qualifier 1	Arturo Flores / Israel Villalpando, Mexico (Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-11	0:37
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (11)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:46
Fri, 6/11/2004	Contender 1	Shinpei Aoki / Hayato Kirihara, Japan (27, Q6)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:39

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	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	9	0	$48,400.00
Challenger	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	50	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	8	10	0	$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	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,575.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,025.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	9	0	$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
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	62	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	0	$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 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,000.00	7	11	38.9 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	1	4	20.0 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	$5,650.00	9	22	29.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	6	4	60.0 %

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
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	17	$4,075.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	20	$4,700.00

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	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%
2003-2004	10	71.4%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	17	85.0%	1-19	5.0%	10-17	37.0%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	12-22	35.3%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	12.5%	1	6.3%	13	81.3%	2-14	12.5%	10-26	27.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	8-16	33.3%

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
Total	0	1	36	23	8	13	0	0	8	21	0	2	1	1	0	0	65	79

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q24	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q56	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-3
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:46
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	23-21, 21-13	0:43
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 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q11	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	Holden/Leinemann	Q1	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Asahi/Nishimura	30, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	Q19	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Aoki/Kirihara, Japan 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 1	Aoki/Kirihara	27, Q6	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q3	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Flores/Villalpando, Mexico 1-0
6/10/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q3	Flores/Villalpando	Q14	21-17, 21-11	0:37