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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(13) 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:

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 Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	24	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	17	13th	180	US$3,900.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	4	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q3	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	4	4th	420	€ 3,800.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	4	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	6	2nd	540	€ 7,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	19	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (20)	Won 21-11, 27-25	0:46
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 2	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (4)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 8/29/2008	Winner 3	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (5)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:46
Sat, 8/30/2008	Winner 4	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (8)	Won 17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
Sun, 8/31/2008	Semi-Finals	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (7)	Lost 18-21, 24-26	0:57
Sun, 8/31/2008	Bronze Medal	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (10)	Lost 19-21, 24-22, 12-15	1:13

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	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	3	0	$44,400.00	17	26	39.5 %
2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$16,100.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	9	4	2	$122,100.00	52	55	48.6 %
Total	CEV	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	$19,100.00	16	12	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
11	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	$22,200.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	$22,200.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$8,050.00	2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$8,050.00
94	1	1	2	3	4	11	19	16	37	$110,850.00	Total	Total	41	0	1	1	2	3	10	11	4	9	$74,950.00

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	20	62.5%	6	18.8%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	8	24.2%	3	9.1%	22	66.7%	8-25	24.2%	40-44	47.6%	28-18	60.9%	0	0	34-31	52.3%

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 21-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-6
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 # 2 "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 # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Kais/Vesik	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 2-5
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Gosch/Horst	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	5	21-18, 21-19	0:46
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	8	Gosch/Horst	17	19-21, 21-11, 22-20	1:09
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
Trail the series against # 7 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-3
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Herrera/Mesa	7	Gosch/Horst	13	21-18, 26-24	0:57
8/12/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Herrera/Mesa	12	Gosch/Horst	24	21-14, 21-12	0:42
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	11	Gosch/Horst	4	21-19, 21-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-1
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Gosch/Horst	13	Doppler/Gartmayer	8	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	1:13
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	19	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	21	Gosch/Horst	30	21-12, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-19	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	17	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 17, Q5 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
Series tied with # 20 Ces/Ces, France 3-3
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Ces/Ces	20	21-11, 27-25	0:46
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Gosch/Horst	4	31-29, 21-19	1:15
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 # 22, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Hoyer/Soderberg	26	25-23, 21-16	0:50
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 # Q1 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