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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(12) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, 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

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

191

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$537,121.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	1	1	US$264,150.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Bernhard Strauss - 17th	Did not play
2006	Bernhard Strauss - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	24, Q7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	25, Q10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	25, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2006	Mexico Open	15, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (21)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:50
Thu, 7/5/2007	Contender 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (28, Q4)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-12	1:04
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (27, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:44
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 3	Michal Biza / Martin Lebl, Czech Republic (29)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 4	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (8)	Won 21-12, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
Sat, 7/7/2007	Contender 5	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:45

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	9	1	0	$105,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	0	0	1	2	1	3	3	5	8	3	0	$136,750.00
Total	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	0	$264,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Gosch												Alexander Horst
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	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,875.00	World Championships	8	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$53,000.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	3	0	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	0	2	1	4	11	19	31	10	0	$324,925.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	80	0	1	2	2	9	24	21	13	0	$136,675.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00
5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$6,150.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Satellite
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	191	4	6	3	7	23	51	58	24	0	$535,575.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	$30,100.00	17	15	53.1 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	$32,100.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Gosch													Alexander Horst
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2001	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$825.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB C&S
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	6	$13,875.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	$14,400.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	$15,050.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	$15,050.00
66	1	0	1	1	2	5	11	13	32	$56,300.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	7	$20,400.00

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	64	61.0%	22	21.0%	19	18.1%	86-19	81.9%	17	17.0%	11	11.0%	72	72.0%	17-83	17.0%	64-72	47.1%	39-30	56.5%	1	2	104-104	50.0%
2006-2007	21	67.7%	6	19.4%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	7	23.3%	2	6.7%	21	70.0%	7-23	23.3%	21-21	50.0%	13-6	68.4%	1	2	35-29	54.7%
Against the Field	27	65.9%	7	17.1%	7	17.1%	34-7	82.9%	7	17.1%	4	9.8%	30	73.2%	7-34	17.1%	54-58	48.2%	28-22	56.0%	0	1	41-41	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	0	26	25	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	24	25	0	3	1	2	0	0	59	56
Total	0	0	8	3	31	29	1	0	32	44	0	3	1	2	0	0	104	104

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst lead the series against the field 14-9 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	2	Gosch/Horst	12	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Wu/Xu	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	12	Cadieux/Heese	8	21-12, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-2
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:40
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Gosch/Horst	23	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	24	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-18, 33-31	0:59
Lead the series against # 13 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	De Gruijter/Ronnes	21, Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Li/Zhou	25	24-26, 21-17, 15-11	1:05
Trail the series against # 21 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	21	Gosch/Horst	12	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Henriquez/Hernandez	31, Q12	Gosch/Horst	15, Q3	21-19, 22-24, 19-19 Retired	1:20
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Ces/Ces	Q10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	12	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:44
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q23	21-18, 21-15	0:52
Series tied with # 28, Q4 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	12	Berg/Brinkborg	28, Q4	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	1:04
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Berg/Brinkborg	29, Q12	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 29 Biza/Lebl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	12	Biza/Lebl	29	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 32, Q14 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Gosch/Horst	Q5	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # Q10 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	23	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-15, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 2-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Rovkin/Saulko	Q26	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	Rovkin/Saulko	Q28	21-13, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Smith/Wyer, Australia 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	Q2	Smith/Wyer	Q34	21-17, 21-18	0:43