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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open presented by the Hotel Anders
August 9 - 13, 2006

(25, Q1) 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 Stare Jablonki Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	13	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	15	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	20, Q4	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q2	57th	6	US$0.00
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

Poland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/9/2006	Qualifier 2	Bjorn Ingeborgrud / Trygve Leite, Norway (Q32)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:46
Wed, 8/9/2006	Qualifier 3	Hannes Brinkborg / Mattias Magnusson, Sweden (Q17)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:45
Thu, 8/10/2006	Winner 1	Eugenio Amore / Matteo Varnier, Italy (8)	Lost 23-25, 21-23	0:51
Thu, 8/10/2006	Contender 1	Krzysztof Hajbowicz / Norbert Okun, Poland (9)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 8/11/2006	Contender 2	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (26, Q12)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:53

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	4	$26,800.00	17	19	47.2 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	10	26	$65,200.00	52	71	42.3 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	4	$13,400.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	4	$13,400.00
57	0	0	1	1	1	3	9	12	30	$37,850.00	Total	Total	61	0	0	1	2	1	5	8	11	33	$38,875.00

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	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	5.0%	3	15.0%	16	80.0%	1-19	5.0%	12-32	27.3%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	9-21	30.0%

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
Gosch/Strauss trail the series against the field 9-21 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gosch/Strauss	18	21-16, 21-13	0:41
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 # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Strauss	15	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Gosch/Strauss	10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	13	Gosch/Strauss	20, Q4	21-17, 21-12	0:39
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 # 5 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 # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Gosch/Strauss	10	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:49
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 # 7 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	13	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Amore/Varnier, Italy 0-1
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Amore/Varnier	8	Gosch/Strauss	25, Q1	25-23, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Hajbowicz/Okun, Poland 1-0
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Strauss	25, Q1	Hajbowicz/Okun	9	21-13, 21-17	0:42
Series tied with # 11 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-1
8/3/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Strauss	10	Ces/Dugrip	23, Q5	17-21, 21-13, 16-14	1:02
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 # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Gosch/Strauss	18	21-9, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-4
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	11	Gosch/Strauss	22, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:42
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 # 17 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 # 20 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Strauss	18	Pedrosa/Rosas	10	21-14, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 26, Q12 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	26, Q12	Gosch/Strauss	25, Q1	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 27, Q9 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 # 28, Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Prosser/Richardson	20	Gosch/Strauss	13	21-18, 22-24, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q17 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Gosch/Strauss	25, Q1	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q17	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # Q19 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
Lead the series against # Q32 Ingeborgrud/Leite, Norway 1-0
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	25, Q1	Ingeborgrud/Leite	Q32	21-18, 21-11	0:46