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 (44 yrs old)
Home Town: Leoben
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 95 kg (209 lb)
Seasons: 12
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 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Salzburg
Height: 188 cm (6'2")
Weight: 80 kg (176 lb)
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 62
Career Best: 3rd (FIVB C&S Lopar Island 2004)
Career Winnings: US$40,575.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533374157Money
FIVB4600000021710101114 US$65,200.00
FIVB C&S400111000100000 US$7,500.00
Overall5000111021810101114 US$72,700.00
Previous Lopar Island Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
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
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
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
Head to Head Results
Gosch/Strauss lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 1 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/10/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/11/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/11/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/10/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/10/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/9/04FIVB C&SCroatia 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
7/10/04FIVB C&SCroatia Challenger Winner 3 Cuturic/Miklavc 23 Gosch/Strauss 2 21-17, 21-19 0:45