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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Shanghai Open presented by City Beach
May 3 - 8, 2010

(12) 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:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

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:

191

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$537,121.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	1	1	US$264,150.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Bernhard Strauss - 25th	Did not play
2006	Bernhard Strauss - 13th	Did not play
2007	Alexander Horst - 33rd	Florian Gosch - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	13	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	13	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/5/2010	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (21)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:44
Wed, 5/5/2010	Contender 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (28, Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:45
Thu, 5/6/2010	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (11)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:08
Thu, 5/6/2010	Contender 3	Thiago Barbosa / Pedro Cunha, Brazil (14, Q8)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:41
Thu, 5/6/2010	Contender 4	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:38
Fri, 5/7/2010	Contender 5	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:54

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
Total	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	0	$264,150.00

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
106	1	0	2	3	6	20	26	16	0	$172,325.00	Total	191	4	6	3	7	23	51	58	24	0	$535,575.00

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 %
2008	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	3	0	$49,900.00	20	28	41.7 %
2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	0	0	$67,150.00	25	23	52.1 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,600.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	1	1	2	3	8	5	12	4	2	$202,350.00	84	82	50.6 %

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
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
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
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
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
11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	6	3	0	0	$33,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
96	1	0	2	2	6	16	21	16	32	$141,425.00	Total	Total	45	0	0	1	1	5	15	12	4	7	$105,525.00

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%
2009-2010	33	66.0%	9	18.0%	8	16.0%	42-8	84.0%	7	15.2%	6	13.0%	33	71.7%	7-39	15.2%	33-33	50.0%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	49-47	51.0%
Against the Field	34	64.2%	6	11.3%	13	24.5%	40-13	75.5%	5	11.6%	5	11.6%	33	76.7%	5-38	11.6%	68-66	50.7%	22-36	37.9%	0	0	45-51	46.9%

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
Total	0	0	8	3	31	29	1	0	32	44	0	3	1	2	0	0	104	104

Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst trail the series against the field 27-30 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	4	Gosch/Horst	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	1:07
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	18	21-17, 21-13	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gosch/Horst	16	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:59
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Brink/Reckermann	2	Gosch/Horst	18	21-17, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-7
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	5	Gosch/Horst	12	23-21, 21-16	0:54
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:54
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Marques/Solberg	7	Gosch/Horst	26	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	8	Gosch/Horst	26	21-16, 21-18	0:39
8/18/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Marques/Solberg	4	Gosch/Horst	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:02
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Marques/Solberg	4	Gosch/Horst	11	27-25, 21-16	0:53
7/7/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	2	Gosch/Horst	12	21-19, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Series tied with # 8 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	12	Bellaguarda/Laciga	8	21-17, 22-20	0:38
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Bellaguarda/Laciga	7	Gosch/Horst	16	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/10/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-16, 21-15	0:45
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	1	Gosch/Horst	17	21-14, 21-16	0:35
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	Wu/Xu	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-4
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	12	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:08
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
5/8/08	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 # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Gosch/Horst	7	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 14, Q8 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	12	Barbosa/Cunha	14, Q8	21-18, 21-14	0:41
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 # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-16, 21-7	0:42
Lead the series against # 18 Ces/Ces, France 3-2
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
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
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 # 21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	Gosch/Horst	12	21-18, 21-17	0:44
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	16	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15	22-20, 21-15	0:46
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 # 24 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Nicolai/Varnier	20	21-14, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	13	Benes/Kubala	20	21-16, 21-19	0:40
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Benes/Kubala	20	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 28, Q10 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	12	Erdmann/Matysik	28, Q10	21-15, 21-17	0:45
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Erdmann/Matysik	25	21-9, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # Q1 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-3
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Gosch/Horst	9	Lochhead/Pitman	24	21-15, 21-19	0:53
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	15	Gosch/Horst	18	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	1:06
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
Lead the series against # Q5 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Dugrip/Salvetti	19	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 4-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:59
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 # Q16 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	18	Hernandez/Villafane	26, Q5	21-10, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # Q18 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	21-18, 21-13	0:41