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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open Presented by Hotel Anders
September 5 - 9, 2007

(8) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, 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

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 Stare Jablonki Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	11	3rd	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	18	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	12	7th	300	US$8,000.00
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

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2007	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (25, Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Thu, 9/6/2007	Winner 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (24, Q13)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 9/7/2007	Winner 3	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:44
Fri, 9/7/2007	Contender 4	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (11)	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$)
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	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	4	0	2	$75,700.00	34	27	55.7 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	4	1	2	$77,700.00	35	29	54.7 %

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
13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	1	5	4	0	2	$37,850.00
72	1	0	2	1	2	8	13	13	32	$79,100.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	1	0	1	7	4	1	7	$43,200.00

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	20	57.1%	7	20.0%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	6	18.8%	5	15.6%	21	65.6%	6-26	18.8%	40-40	50.0%	26-26	50.0%	1	0	34-33	50.7%

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 16-14 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	8	21-16, 21-16	0:44
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	18	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Gosch/Horst	23	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	7	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Brink/Dieckmann	7	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 21-17	0:53
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Brink/Dieckmann	8	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	22-24, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-15, 23-21	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 1-2
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Gosch/Horst	11	Baracetti/Conde	7	By Forfeit
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	6	Gosch/Horst	11	24-22, 21-14	0:44
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Conde	7	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 7 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Gosch/Horst	8	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Deulofeu/Salvetti	9	29-27, 23-21	1:06
Lead the series against # 16 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	11	Laciga/Schnider	28, Q2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 17 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 2-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Cadieux/Heese	23	21-19, 22-20	0:51
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 # 18 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
8/19/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Gosch/Horst	11	Kjemperud/Skarlund	30	21-13, 17-21, 16-14	1:02
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
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 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 # 22 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	11	De Gruijter/Ronnes	14	11-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:49
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 # 24, Q13 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	8	Babich/Nikolaev	24, Q13	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	8	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	11	Ces/Ces	28	21-17, 21-15	0:45
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 # Q4 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 1-0
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	18	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	47	21-16, 23-21	0:40