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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(4) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Christian Garcia / Sergio Martin, Spain (13, Q6)	Won 22-24, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (12, Q4)	Lost 29-31, 19-21	1:15
Fri, 5/23/2008	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (10)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:55
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 3	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (3)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:52
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 4	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:47

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst lead the series against the field 12-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-4
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Gosch/Horst	4	21-18, 21-19	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 3 Luna/Marco, Spain 2-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	4	Luna/Marco	3	22-20, 21-17	0:52
5/12/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Gosch/Horst	6	Luna/Marco	5	22-20, 21-19	0:54
Series tied with # 5 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
Series tied with # 7 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 # 10 Berger/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	4	Berger/Mellitzer	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 12, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 2-3
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 # 13, Q6 Garcia/Martin, Spain 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	4	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	22-24, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # Q16 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