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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Madeira Challenger
September 8 - 10, 2005

(3) 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 Porto Santo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	27, Q5	17th	80	US$3,000.00
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

Madeira Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 1	Hugo Faria / Wilson Martins Fernandes, Portugal (14, Q5)	Won 21-13, 21-7	0:26
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 2	Fabien Dugrip / Yannick Salvetti, France (6)	Won 21-18, 29-27	0:49
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 3	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (2)	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:44
Sat, 9/10/2005	Contender 4	Adrian Caravano / Kevin Ces, France (7)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:46

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 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
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	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
43	0	0	1	1	1	0	6	9	25	$20,825.00	Total	Total	47	0	0	1	2	1	2	5	8	28	$21,850.00

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	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%
2004-2005	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	7-4	63.6%	0-0		0	0	7-4	63.6%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-0		0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 3	Herrera/Mesa	2	Gosch/Strauss	3	21-19, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 2	Gosch/Strauss	3	Dugrip/Salvetti	6	21-18, 29-27	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Caravano/Ces, France 0-1
9/10/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Contender 4	Caravano/Ces	7	Gosch/Strauss	3	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 14, Q5 Faria/Martins Fernandes, Portugal 1-0
9/9/05	FIVB C&S	Madeira Challenger	Winner 1	Gosch/Strauss	3	Faria/Martins Fernandes	14, Q5	21-13, 21-7	0:26