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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Austrian Masters
May 9 - 12, 2008

(6) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$201,144.31

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

221

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$597,243.59

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 St. Pölten Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Alexander Horst - 29th	Florian Gosch - 29th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 5/11/2008	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (11)	Won 25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Sun, 5/11/2008	Winner 2	Nikolas Berger / Robert Nowotny, Austria (3)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:43
Sun, 5/11/2008	Winner 3	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (2)	Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-11	1:00
Mon, 5/12/2008	Semi-Finals	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (5)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:54
Mon, 5/12/2008	Gold Medal	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (2)	Lost 11-21, 17-21	0:42

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 2-2
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Gold Medal	Matysik/Uhmann	2	Gosch/Horst	6	21-11, 21-17	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 3 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	6	Berger/Nowotny	3	21-17, 21-13	0:43
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	10	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 4 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	Gosch/Horst	13	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
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 # 5 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Gosch/Horst	6	Luna/Marco	5	22-20, 21-19	0:54
Series tied with # 9 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 # 11 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 # 15, 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
Trail the series against # Q2 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 # Q15 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