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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 NESTEA European Championship Final
July 11 - 13, 2008

(4) 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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (29)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:52
Fri, 7/11/2008	Contender 1	Teis Corneliussen / Lars Mayland, Denmark (20)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/11/2008	Contender 2	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (19)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 3	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (11)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:43

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst trail the series against the field 22-27 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 4-2
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	26	Matysik/Uhmann	23	25-23, 21-18	0:54
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 3	Gosch/Horst	4	Matysik/Uhmann	1	21-16, 21-18	0:47
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 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Semi-Finals	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Gosch/Horst	4	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-4
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Gosch/Horst	30	21-18, 21-16	0:37
6/1/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Bronze Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Gosch/Horst	4	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	1:02
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 # 6 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 # 7 Luna/Marco, Spain 3-0
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	4	Luna/Marco	5	21-14, 21-16	0:51
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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Herrera/Mesa	11	Gosch/Horst	4	21-19, 21-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 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 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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Garcia/Martin, Spain 2-0
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	4	Garcia/Martin	13, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:44
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	4	Garcia/Martin	13, Q6	22-24, 21-15, 15-10	1:05
Series tied with # 19 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
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 # 20 Corneliussen/Mayland, Denmark 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	4	Corneliussen/Mayland	20	21-11, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 29 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	29	Gosch/Horst	4	21-15, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Deulofeu/Salvetti	9	29-27, 23-21	1:06
Series tied with # 32 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