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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
July 1 - 6, 2008

(27, Q3) 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	26	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	19	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2008	Qualifier 2	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool F	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (6)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:54
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool F	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (11)	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:34
Fri, 7/4/2008	Pool F	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (22)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (20)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 13-15	1:06

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 %
2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$24,900.00	6	17	26.1 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	$102,600.00	41	46	47.1 %

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
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$12,450.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	$12,450.00
79	1	0	2	1	2	8	17	16	32	$91,550.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	1	0	1	7	8	4	7	$55,650.00

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	28	59.6%	8	17.0%	11	23.4%	36-11	76.6%	10	17.2%	5	8.6%	43	74.1%	10-48	17.2%	56-86	39.4%	36-32	52.9%	0	0	46-59	43.8%

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 trail the series against the field 23-34 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 14 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 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 # 4 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 # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-6
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:54
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Marques/Solberg	7	Gosch/Horst	26	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	8	Gosch/Horst	26	21-16, 21-18	0:39
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 # 7 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-2
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 25-23	0:48
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 # 8 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Jennings	10	Gosch/Horst	26	22-20, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 14 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Gosch/Horst	30	Araujo/Magalhaes	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Gosch/Horst	23	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	21	Gosch/Horst	30	21-12, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-1
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	10	Lione/Varnier	23	21-16, 21-17	0:52
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Lione/Varnier	24	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-18, 33-31	0:59
Trail the series against # 17 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
Trail the series against # 20 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-4
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	16-21, 21-14, 15-13	1:06
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Kjemperud/Skarlund	23	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-14	0:51
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 # 21 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 # 22 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
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 # 23 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 # 28, Q5 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 # 29, Q13 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 # 31, 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
Trail the series against # Q1 "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
Series tied with # Q4 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 # Q7 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	26	Dugrip/Gagliano	10	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:59
Series tied with # Q9 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 2-2
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Berg/Brinkborg	24	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-18	0:39
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	11	Berg/Brinkborg	22	21-17, 21-13	0:49
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 # Q10 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 # Q11 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
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
Trail the series against # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q14 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q14	21-13, 21-17	0:40
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Gosch/Horst	18	Leinemann/VanHuizen	31	24-22, 21-16	0:49