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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Myslowice Open
May 26 - 31, 2009

(20) 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:

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 Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	6	7th	600	€ 1,200.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
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

Myslowice Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (13)	Won 21-19, 11-21, 15-9	0:52
Thu, 5/28/2009	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost 16-21, 23-25	0:41
Fri, 5/29/2009	Contender 2	Sam Boehm / Christopher McHugh, Australia (30, Q19)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 5/29/2009	Contender 3	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-12, 10-15	0:48

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	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	3	0	$49,900.00	20	28	41.7 %
2008	CEV	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	$19,100.00	14	13	51.9 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$11,300.00	5	6	45.5 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	4	10	4	2	$138,900.00	60	63	48.8 %
Total	CEV	11	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	2	$23,200.00	18	19	48.6 %

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
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
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00	2008	CEV	7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$9,550.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,650.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00
101	1	1	2	3	5	16	20	16	37	$121,300.00	Total	Total	48	0	1	1	2	4	15	12	4	9	$85,400.00

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%
2008-2009	26	55.3%	12	25.5%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	7	14.3%	6	12.2%	36	73.5%	7-42	14.3%	26-36	41.9%	19-15	55.9%	0	0	45-51	46.9%
Against the Field	16	51.6%	8	25.8%	7	22.6%	24-7	77.4%	9	19.1%	4	8.5%	34	72.3%	9-38	19.1%	32-68	32.0%	34-22	60.7%	0	0	33-45	42.3%

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 17-30 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	4	Gosch/Horst	20	21-16, 25-23	0:41
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	14	21-12, 21-18	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	19	25-23, 21-19	0:50
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	8	21-16, 21-16	0:44
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	18	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-6
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Gosch/Horst	20	21-13, 12-21, 15-10	0:48
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Gosch/Horst	6	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
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 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
Trail the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-4
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Gosch/Horst	6	21-14, 21-16	0:39
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Gosch/Horst	6	21-17, 21-16	0:37
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 # 8, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
8/18/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Gosch/Horst	24	22-20, 21-17	0:54
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Gosch/Horst	30	Araujo/Magalhaes	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Gosch/Horst	23	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Series tied with # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gosch/Horst	6	21-18, 21-17	0:39
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 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Jennings	10	Gosch/Horst	26	22-20, 21-18	0:48
Series tied with # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	20	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-19, 11-21, 15-9	0:52
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	13	Baracetti/Salema	22	17-21, 21-19, 15-6	1:03
Trail the series against # 15 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-5
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
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
Series tied with # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 "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 # 30, Q19 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	20	Boehm/McHugh	30, Q19	21-13, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	14	Lario/Mesa	19	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # Q9 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	8	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	14	Horrem/Maaseide	29	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
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
Lead the series against # Q22 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Kavalenka/Zharykau	29, Q7	26-24, 18-21, 15-10	1:21