Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Athens INFOTE Open
August 31 - September 4, 2005

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

Florian Gosch
Austria

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

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 Athens Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2003	Bernhard Strauss - 4th	Florian Gosch - 4th
2004	Nikolas Berger - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-28/2005	Canada Open	26, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	32	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	Q7	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	Q3	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	46	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	30, Q12	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	29, Q8	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	30, Q12	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	26	25th	36	US$2,000.00

Greece Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/31/2005	Qualifier 1	Pavlos Kouzounis / Georgios Petreas, Greece (Q28)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:37
Wed, 8/31/2005	Qualifier 2	Inocencio Lario / Javier Luna, Spain (Q12)	Won 21-14, 23-25, 15-10	0:58
Thu, 9/1/2005	Winner 1	Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (6)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:39
Thu, 9/1/2005	Contender 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (22)	Won 21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Fri, 9/2/2005	Contender 2	Juan Rossell / Wilfredo Villar, Cuba (28, Q9)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 9-15	1:04

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$7,000.00	5	11	31.3 %
2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	$20,500.00	17	18	48.6 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	21	$31,150.00	30	47	39.0 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	$5,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	$10,250.00	2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	$10,250.00
42	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	9	25	$19,825.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	8	28	$20,850.00

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%
2004-2005	16	51.6%	7	22.6%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	4	13.3%	3	10.0%	23	76.7%	4-26	13.3%	16-23	41.0%	11-11	50.0%	0	0	27-34	44.3%
Against the Field	6	31.6%	4	21.1%	9	47.4%	10-9	52.6%	2	13.3%	0	0.0%	13	86.7%	2-13	13.3%	12-26	31.6%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	12-22	35.3%

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 9-14 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	21-16, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	15	Gosch/Strauss	32	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:57
Series tied with # 6 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	6	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:39
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	46	Berger/Doppler	19	13-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 14 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	32	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	21-18, 21-6	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-2
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	48	Gosch/Strauss	46	21-14, 21-18	0:40
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Brenha/Maia	15	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:24
Trail the series against # 18 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	Gosch/Strauss	46	31-29, 24-22	1:01
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	Q9	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Gscheidle/Schnider	22	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 25 Engvik/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	Q18	Engvik/Goranson	Q15	21-18, 21-18	0:52
Trail the series against # 26 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
Series tied with # 28, Q9 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-1
9/2/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 2	Rossell/Villar	28, Q9	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	1:04
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	Rossell/Villar	27, Q5	21-15, 23-25, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-2
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	19	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	14-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
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 # Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/26/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	24, Q6	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q2	21-19, 24-22	0:52
Lead the series against # Q12 Lario/Luna, Spain 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Lario/Luna	Q12	21-14, 23-25, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # Q28 Kouzounis/Petreas, Greece 1-0
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Strauss	27, Q5	Kouzounis/Petreas	Q28	21-11, 21-19	0:37