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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(6) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

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:

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 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

232

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Novi Sad 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$611,243.59

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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	13	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	13	4th	420	US$10,500.00
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (11, Q1)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 10-15	0:51
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 1	Felix Blauel / Alexander Huber, Austria (14, Q5)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:39

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
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	0	$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	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
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$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	0	$179,825.00	Total	210	4	7	4	8	26	59	61	26	0	$563,325.00

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	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	3	0	$49,900.00	20	28	41.7 %
2008	CEV	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,900.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	2	9	4	2	$127,600.00	55	57	49.1 %
Total	CEV	9	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	$20,900.00	17	14	54.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$50.00	1999	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2002	CEV 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
12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00	2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	0	$24,950.00
6	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$8,950.00	2008	CEV	6	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$8,950.00
99	1	1	2	3	4	16	19	16	37	$114,775.00	Total	Total	43	0	1	1	2	3	12	11	4	9	$78,600.00

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	20	76.9%	3	11.5%	3	11.5%	23-3	88.5%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	19	61.3%	6-25	19.4%	20-19	51.3%	9-9	50.0%	0	1	29-29	50.0%
2007-2008	10	66.7%	3	20.0%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	10	55.6%	4-14	22.2%	10-10	50.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	1	17-17	50.0%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	4.8%	4	19.0%	16	76.2%	1-20	4.8%	14-32	30.4%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	9-22	29.0%

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 lead the series against the field 20-19 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 4-3
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Gosch/Horst	6	21-15, 21-14	0:39
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 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 # 3 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 # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-4
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
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 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 # 8 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 # 10 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 # 11, Q1 Ces/Ces, France 3-5
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	Gosch/Horst	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:11
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 # 12, 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
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14, Q5 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Blauel/Huber	14, Q5	21-14, 21-19	0:39