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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Croatia Challenger
July 8 - 11, 2004

(2) 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 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 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 Lopar Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	Q15	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q20	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	29, Q19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	22, Q3	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Croatia Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/9/2004	Winner 2	Pavel Kolar / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (18)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 7/10/2004	Winner 3	Jasmin Cuturic / Samo Miklavc, Slovenia (23)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:45
Sat, 7/10/2004	Contender 3	Berislav Bobus / Tomislav Steinocher, Croatia (13)	Won 21-6, 21-16	0:30
Sat, 7/10/2004	Contender 4	Bjorn Ingeborgrud / Magne Kobbevik, Norway (6)	Won 21-8, 21-7	0:28
Sat, 7/10/2004	Contender 5	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria (1)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:25
Sun, 7/11/2004	Semi-Finals	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (3)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:45
Sun, 7/11/2004	Bronze Medal	Dmitry Karasev / Denis Tenenbaum, Russia (4)	Won 26-24, 21-16	0:52

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,000.00	4	8	33.3 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	$8,650.00	12	26	31.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	11	6	64.7 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
27	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	19	$7,075.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	22	$7,700.00

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	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	11-7	61.1%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	13-8	61.9%
2003-2004	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	10-4	71.4%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	0-0		0	0	5-2	71.4%

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 lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/10/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Contender 5	Gosch/Strauss	2	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	1	21-13, 21-11	0:25
Trail the series against # 3 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 0-1
7/11/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Semi-Finals	Gscheidle/Vesti	3	Gosch/Strauss	2	21-17, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Karasev/Tenenbaum, Russia 1-0
7/11/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Bronze Medal	Gosch/Strauss	2	Karasev/Tenenbaum	4	26-24, 21-16	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Ingeborgrud/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
7/10/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Contender 4	Gosch/Strauss	2	Ingeborgrud/Kobbevik	6	21-8, 21-7	0:28
Lead the series against # 13 Bobus/Steinocher, Croatia 1-0
7/10/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Contender 3	Gosch/Strauss	2	Bobus/Steinocher	13	21-6, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 18 Kolar/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/9/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Winner 2	Gosch/Strauss	2	Kolar/Rotrekl	18	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Cuturic/Miklavc, Slovenia 0-1
7/10/04	FIVB C&S	Croatia Challenger	Winner 3	Cuturic/Miklavc	23	Gosch/Strauss	2	21-17, 21-19	0:45