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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(Q2) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q3	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	22, Q6	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	20	9th	140	US$5,250.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	26, Q8	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	Q4	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	9/8-10/2005	Madeira Challenger	3	5th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q63)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 10-15	0:58

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	6	$27,750.00	22	23	48.9 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	8	24	$42,900.00	40	56	41.7 %
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
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$2,250.00
49	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	10	28	$26,700.00	Total	Total	53	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	9	31	$27,725.00

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%
2005-2006	25	54.3%	8	17.4%	13	28.3%	33-13	71.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	23	65.7%	6-29	17.1%	25-23	52.1%	14-19	42.4%	0	0	39-42	48.1%
Against the Field	11	52.4%	4	19.0%	6	28.6%	15-6	71.4%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	15	71.4%	2-19	9.5%	22-30	42.3%	12-20	37.5%	0	0	17-25	40.5%

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 11-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
11/25/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	10	Gosch/Strauss	20	21-17, 22-20	0:33
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Bronze Medal	Kais/Vesik	3	Gosch/Strauss	5	24-22, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Baracetti/Conde	13	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	7, Q14	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q8	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Amore/Fenili	13	Gosch/Strauss	20	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:08
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 15 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q8	21-15, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 19 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Gscheidle/Schnider	27, Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:58
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 # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
10/19/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	Gosch/Strauss	Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # Q12 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 # Q18 Gil/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Gil/Papaleo	Q11	21-9, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # Q29 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
8/24/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	26, Q2	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q15	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Series tied with # Q32 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	Q30	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	21-16, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Biza/Kubala	Q40	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q36 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	30, Q12	Dvorsky/Litva	Q21	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # Q39 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Karasev/Zaitsev	30, Q19	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q47 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
Lead the series against # Q48 Hakala/Hakala, Finland 1-0
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	Hakala/Hakala	Q35	21-11, 21-23, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # Q62 Calderon/Estrada, Cuba 1-0
5/23/06	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	Calderon/Estrada	Q27	21-23, 21-18, 15-6	1:04
Trail the series against # Q63 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q63	Gosch/Strauss	Q2	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:58