Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazury Orlen Grand Slam
August 3 - 8, 2010
(11) 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: 12
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 (41 yrs old)
Home Town: Vienna
Height: 186 cm (6'1")
Weight: 88 kg (194 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 180
Career Wins: 4
Career Winnings: US$523,121.05
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB4800122312517411 US$264,150.00
Previous Stare Jablonki Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2006 Bernhard Strauss - 17th Did not play
2007 Alexander Horst - 9th Florian Gosch - 9th
2008 Alexander Horst - 17th Florian Gosch - 17th
2009 Alexander Horst - 7th Florian Gosch - 7th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/27-8/1/2010 Klagenfurt Grand Slam 9 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 7/20-25/2010 Marseille Open 6 4th 420 US$11,200.00
FIVB 7/6-11/2010 Gstaad Grand Slam 18 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 6/29-7/4/2010 Stavanger Grand Slam 20 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 6/15-21/2010 Prague Open 15 17th 120 US$2,800.00
FIVB 6/9-14/2010 Moscow Grand Slam 14 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 5/25-30/2010 Myslowice Open 13 17th 120 US$2,800.00
FIVB 5/18-23/2010 Rome Grand Slam 14 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 5/3-8/2010 Shanghai Open 12 7th 300 US$7,600.00
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
Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 8/5/2010 Pool O Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (22) Lost 21-23, 16-21 0:44
Thu, 8/5/2010 Pool O Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (27) Won 21-13, 21-15 0:36
Fri, 8/6/2010 Pool O Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (6) Lost 18-21, 15-21 1:01
Sat, 8/7/2010 Winner 1 Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (24) Lost 16-21, 16-21 0:37
Head to Head Results
Gosch/Horst trail the series against the field 41-51 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
6/11/10FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool L Brink/Reckermann 3 Gosch/Horst 14 22-20, 21-15 0:50
8/20/09FIVBAland Open Winner 2 Brink/Reckermann 1 Gosch/Horst 16 19-21, 21-14, 15-12 0:59
7/9/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool B Brink/Reckermann 2 Gosch/Horst 18 21-17, 21-16 0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-2
7/9/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool K Gosch/Horst 18 Cerutti/Rego 2 21-12, 21-17 0:38
7/3/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Cerutti/Rego 2 Gosch/Horst 20 15-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:58
6/17/10FIVBPrague Open Winner 2 Cerutti/Rego 2 Gosch/Horst 15 16-21, 21-16, 15-13 0:56
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
7/31/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 2 Fijalek/Prudel 6 Gosch/Horst 9 21-13, 21-18 0:42
7/25/10FIVBMarseille Open Bronze Medal Fijalek/Prudel 3 Gosch/Horst 6 22-20, 21-17 0:51
5/19/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool L Fijalek/Prudel 19 Gosch/Horst 14 10-21, 21-13, 22-20 0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-6
8/6/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool O Wu/Xu 6 Gosch/Horst 11 21-18, 21-15 1:01
7/23/10FIVBMarseille Open Winner 4 Wu/Xu 2 Gosch/Horst 6 15-21, 21-18, 15-8 0:56
7/1/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool M Gosch/Horst 20 Wu/Xu 4 21-17, 21-15 0:42
5/28/10FIVBMyslowice Open Contender 2 Wu/Xu 19 Gosch/Horst 13 21-16, 21-16 0:40
8/10/08FIVBBeijing XXIX Olympic Games Pool A Wu/Xu 1 Gosch/Horst 24 21-16, 21-15 0:45
7/17/08FIVBMarseille Open Winner 2 Wu/Xu 1 Gosch/Horst 17 21-14, 21-16 0:35
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool H Wu/Xu 8 Gosch/Horst 25, Q10 21-14, 21-17 0:42
Trail the series against # 7, Q3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/3/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool F Gibb/Rosenthal 11 Gosch/Horst 27, Q3 21-14, 21-11 0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-5
5/27/10FIVBMyslowice Open Winner 2 Gavira/Herrera 4 Gosch/Horst 13 21-18, 21-14 0:39
5/22/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Winner 2 Gavira/Herrera 5 Gosch/Horst 14 21-18, 22-20 0:43
8/1/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 2 Gavira/Herrera 4 Gosch/Horst 9 19-21, 21-16, 15-8 1:07
7/11/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Gavira/Herrera 11 Gosch/Horst 18 21-17, 21-13 0:41
5/28/09FIVBMyslowice Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 20 Gavira/Herrera 13 21-19, 11-21, 15-9 0:52
5/15/09FIVBRome Open Contender 3 Gavira/Herrera 11 Gosch/Horst 14 21-18, 21-16 0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 1-0
5/6/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 3 Gosch/Horst 12 Barbosa/Cunha 14, Q8 21-18, 21-14 0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-5
8/6/09FIVBStare Jablonki Open Winner 2 Gosch/Horst 13 Nummerdor/Schuil 4 17-21, 21-19, 15-11 0:58
7/31/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool H Nummerdor/Schuil 8 Gosch/Horst 9 21-17, 21-15 0:39
5/29/09FIVBMyslowice Open Contender 3 Nummerdor/Schuil 5 Gosch/Horst 20 21-13, 12-21, 15-10 0:48
6/26/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool C Nummerdor/Schuil 3 Gosch/Horst 30 21-18, 21-16 0:37
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 14 Gosch/Horst 24, Q7 21-15, 21-14 0:40
5/9/07FIVBBahrain Open Winner 1 Nummerdor/Schuil 8 Gosch/Horst 25, Q5 21-17, 21-16 0:39
Lead the series against # 14 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
8/20/09FIVBAland Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins 17 21-16, 21-7 0:42
Trail the series against # 16, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-7
5/21/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool L Gosch/Horst 14 Marques/Solberg 3 21-17, 21-16 0:41
5/7/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 5 Marques/Solberg 5 Gosch/Horst 12 23-21, 21-16 0:54
7/3/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool F Marques/Solberg 6 Gosch/Horst 27, Q3 21-19, 21-19 0:54
6/19/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool G Marques/Solberg 7 Gosch/Horst 26 14-21, 21-19, 15-11 1:02
6/13/08FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Winner 1 Marques/Solberg 8 Gosch/Horst 26 21-16, 21-18 0:39
8/18/07FIVBAland Open Semi-Finals Marques/Solberg 4 Gosch/Horst 11 19-21, 21-17, 15-11 1:02
7/20/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 3 Marques/Solberg 4 Gosch/Horst 11 27-25, 21-16 0:53
7/7/07FIVBMontréal Open Contender 5 Marques/Solberg 2 Gosch/Horst 12 21-19, 21-12 0:45
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 3-2
7/29/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool Q Bellaguarda/Laciga 25, Q2 Gosch/Horst 9 21-17, 21-15 0:40
7/24/10FIVBMarseille Open Contender 6 Gosch/Horst 6 Bellaguarda/Laciga 22 21-19, 21-18 0:46
7/22/10FIVBMarseille Open Winner 2 Gosch/Horst 6 Bellaguarda/Laciga 22 19-21, 21-18, 20-18 1:13
5/6/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 4 Gosch/Horst 12 Bellaguarda/Laciga 8 21-17, 22-20 0:38
8/21/09FIVBAland Open Contender 3 Bellaguarda/Laciga 7 Gosch/Horst 16 21-16, 21-12 0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Jennings/Keenan, United States 1-0
7/8/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool K Gosch/Horst 18 Jennings/Keenan 15 21-14, 21-14 0:48
Trail the series against # 19 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-3
7/30/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool Q Klemperer/Koreng 8 Gosch/Horst 9 15-21, 21-19, 15-10 1:17
7/10/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Klemperer/Koreng 8 Gosch/Horst 18 21-11, 21-14 0:41
6/12/08FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool G Klemperer/Koreng 7 Gosch/Horst 26 21-17, 21-17 0:43
Series tied with # 20, Q7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
7/24/10FIVBMarseille Open Semi-Finals Plavins/Smedins 8 Gosch/Horst 6 21-14, 21-19 0:46
7/16/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool B Gosch/Horst 15 Plavins/Smedins 31, Q21 21-18, 21-13 0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-0
7/1/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool M Gosch/Horst 20 Erdmann/Matysik 29, Q11 21-17, 21-23, 15-12 1:12
5/5/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 1 Gosch/Horst 12 Erdmann/Matysik 28, Q10 21-15, 21-17 0:45
6/26/09FIVBStavanger World Championships Pool A Gosch/Horst 24 Erdmann/Matysik 25 21-9, 21-19 0:42
Trail the series against # 22 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-2
8/5/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool O Bogatov/Prokopiev 22 Gosch/Horst 11 23-21, 21-16 0:44
7/1/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool M Gosch/Horst 20 Bogatov/Prokopiev 13 21-18, 22-20 0:46
6/18/10FIVBPrague Open Contender 2 Bogatov/Prokopiev 16 Gosch/Horst 15 21-19, 23-21 0:50
Lead the series against # 23 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
8/29/09FIVBThe Hague Open Contender 5 Gosch/Horst 13 Benes/Kubala 20 21-16, 21-19 0:40
8/27/09FIVBThe Hague Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 13 Benes/Kubala 20 21-15, 21-17 0:39
Trail the series against # 24 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-2
8/7/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Winner 1 Skarlund/Spinnangr 24 Gosch/Horst 11 21-16, 21-16 0:37
8/28/09FIVBThe Hague Open Contender 4 Gosch/Horst 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr 15 24-22, 19-21, 15-11 1:00
8/14/09FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 2 Skarlund/Spinnangr 9 Gosch/Horst 7 21-15, 21-19 0:37
Lead the series against # 25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 4-3
7/29/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool Q Gosch/Horst 9 Lochhead/Pitman 24 21-14, 21-15 0:46
7/30/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool H Gosch/Horst 9 Lochhead/Pitman 24 21-15, 21-19 0:53
7/9/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool B Lochhead/Pitman 15 Gosch/Horst 18 21-12, 19-21, 15-9 1:06
8/31/08FIVBKristiansand Open Bronze Medal Lochhead/Pitman 10 Gosch/Horst 13 21-19, 22-24, 15-12 1:13
8/1/08FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 1 Lochhead/Pitman 19 Gosch/Horst 10 21-15, 21-19 0:46
7/4/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool F Gosch/Horst 27, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman 22 21-13, 18-21, 15-12 1:00
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Gosch/Horst 25, Q10 Lochhead/Pitman Q7 21-17, 21-11 0:39
Lead the series against # 27 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-2
8/5/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool O Gosch/Horst 11 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 27 21-13, 21-15 0:36
6/17/10FIVBPrague Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 18, Q2 21-17, 21-18 0:44
5/5/10FIVBShanghai Open Winner 1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 21 Gosch/Horst 12 21-18, 21-17 0:44
8/21/09FIVBAland Open Contender 2 Gosch/Horst 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 15 22-20, 21-15 0:46
9/7/07FIVBStare Jablonki Open Contender 4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 11 Gosch/Horst 8 21-17, 21-16 0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/14/09FIVBRome Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 14 Lario/Mesa 19 21-19, 21-16 0:46
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 4-0
7/16/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool B Gosch/Horst 15 Hoyer/Soderberg 18 19-21, 21-16, 15-5 0:59
7/31/08FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool G Gosch/Horst 10 Hoyer/Soderberg 26 25-23, 21-16 0:50
7/6/07FIVBMontréal Open Contender 2 Gosch/Horst 12 Hoyer/Soderberg 27, Q6 21-16, 21-12 0:44
6/20/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Gosch/Horst 25, Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg Q23 21-18, 21-15 0:52
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
5/20/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool L Doppler/Mellitzer 30, Q16 Gosch/Horst 14 21-14, 13-21, 15-11 0:57
Lead the series against # 31, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 4-2
7/30/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 9 Ces/Ces 29, Q5 21-17, 21-19 0:46
9/4/08FIVBMallorca Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 20 Gosch/Horst 13 16-21, 24-22, 15-13 1:11
8/28/08FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 13 Ces/Ces 20 21-11, 27-25 0:46
5/8/08FIVBPrague Open Contender 1 Ces/Ces 30, Q8 Gosch/Horst 19 21-18, 21-19 0:55
7/20/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 2 Gosch/Horst 11 Ces/Ces 28 21-17, 21-15 0:45
6/27/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Gosch/Horst 24, Q7 Ces/Ces Q10 17-21, 21-19, 15-12 1:06
Lead the series against Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/22/10FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 6 Bockermann/Urbatzka 27, Q10 16-21, 21-15, 15-11 1:00
Trail the series against # Q12 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
8/13/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 2 Maia/Rosas 23, Q14 Gosch/Horst 7 21-16, 21-14 0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 2-0
5/21/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 14 Redmann/VanHuizen 24, Q4 21-19, 19-21, 15-11 1:01
7/31/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 9 Redmann/VanHuizen 21, Q5 21-16, 18-21, 15-10 1:05
Lead the series against # Q14 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/5/08FIVBMallorca Open Contender 2 Gosch/Horst 13 Dugrip/Salvetti 19 21-19, 21-18 0:50
Lead the series against # Q16 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/11/10FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool L Gosch/Horst 14 Pastukhov/Semenov 30 21-19, 21-19 0:47
Lead the series against # Q20 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/2/09FIVBStavanger World Championships Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 24 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 14 21-19, 16-21, 15-11 1:17