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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(19) 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:

125

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$200,740.48

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

236

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$623,532.96

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	16	0	2	0	1	1	3	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	US$57,041.04
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	0	4	0	1	1	US$264,150.00
Overall	64	0	2	1	3	3	6	17	6	17	1	4	2	1	1	US$321,191.04

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q6	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	13	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	10	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	10	9th	320	€ 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
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	23	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	25, Q5	17th	120	US$3,000.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (14)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 9-15	1:04
Thu, 5/8/2008	Contender 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (30, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:55

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	2	$136,750.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Total	52	0	1	1	2	2	3	14	6	17	4	2	$279,150.00

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	1	$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	11	$60,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	86	0	2	1	4	11	20	31	10	7	$327,175.00
63	0	0	1	2	4	11	13	12	20	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	86	0	1	2	2	12	26	22	13	8	$148,550.00
											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
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	$7,500.00	Confederation Championship	19	0	1	1	1	3	8	3	2	0	$27,750.00
111	1	1	2	3	6	23	26	16	33	$179,825.00	Total	217	4	7	4	8	29	62	62	26	15	$577,450.00

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 %
2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,600.00	0	4	0.0 %
2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	4	3	2	$81,300.00	35	33	51.5 %
Total	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$10,500.00	8	6	57.1 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV
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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,800.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
82	1	1	2	1	2	9	14	15	37	$86,150.00	Total	Total	29	0	1	1	0	1	8	6	3	9	$50,250.00

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%
2007-2008	31	56.4%	13	23.6%	11	20.0%	44-11	80.0%	9	17.0%	5	9.4%	39	73.6%	9-44	17.0%	31-39	44.3%	22-16	57.9%	1	0	54-55	49.5%
Against the Field	25	56.8%	10	22.7%	9	20.5%	35-9	79.5%	12	20.7%	5	8.6%	41	70.7%	12-46	20.7%	50-80	38.5%	44-28	61.1%	0	1	47-55	46.1%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	8
Total	0	0	8	3	35	31	1	0	33	47	1	3	1	2	0	1	114	112

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst trail the series against the field 20-26 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Marques/Solberg	4	Gosch/Horst	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:02
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Marques/Solberg	4	Gosch/Horst	11	27-25, 21-16	0:53
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	2	Gosch/Horst	12	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	23	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6, Q1 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 # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:40
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	17	Gosch/Horst	10	21-18, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 14 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
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
Series tied with # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
8/25/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Laciga/Schnider	11	Gosch/Horst	10	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:53
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 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
Trail the series against # 18 "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 # 20 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 # 21 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	16	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 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
Series tied with # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:58
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Li/Zhou	25	24-26, 21-17, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 2-1
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Gosch/Horst	6	Matysik/Uhmann	2	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:00
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Matysik/Uhmann	26, Q15	21-17, 19-21, 21-19	1:07
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Matysik/Uhmann		Gosch/Horst		21-10, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 30, Q8 Ces/Ces, France 2-2
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Gosch/Horst	Q6	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:15
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 # 32, Q43 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q6 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Goranson/Hoidalen	31, Q15	Gosch/Horst	Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # Q9 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 # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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 # Q44 Khudoley/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Horst	Q6	Khudoley/Mykhaylov	Q27	21-15, 19-21, 17-15	1:11