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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 7, 2005

(30, Q7) Thomas Kroger/Thorsten Schoen, Germany

Thomas Kröger
Germany

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melle

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$6,025.00

Thorsten Schoen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nordhorn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$29,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$6,300.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/2/2005	Country Quota	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:58
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 1	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q26)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Wed, 8/3/2005	Qualifier 2	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (Q23)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:42
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Lost 8-21, 15-21	0:31
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (14)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:43
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 3	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (6)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:47

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,300.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Kroger												Thorsten Schoen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,150.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$8,400.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$8,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,025.00	Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	$29,900.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,300.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,300.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Kroger													Thorsten Schoen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$5,025.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	$20,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$6,025.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	$23,400.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2004-2005	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Total	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2

Head to Head Results
Kroger/Schoen lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	3	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	21-8, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	Heuscher/Kobel	4	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Insfran/Marques	6	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	21-15, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	Kais/Vesik	14	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
8/2/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	Klemperer/Koreng		17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # Q23 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	Canet/Hamel	Q23	21-13, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q26 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kroger/Schoen	30, Q7	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q26	21-17, 21-17	0:37