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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(12) Tim Joosen/Dieter Melis, Belgium

Tim Joosen
Belgium

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 7, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Schoten

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV Hamburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$15,822.26

Dieter Melis
Belgium

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wilrijk

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (CEV Hamburg 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$10,554.01

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	57	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	US$14,215.33
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	US$14,215.33

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	10	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 1	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic (21)	Won 25-23, 21-17	0:45
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 2	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (5)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:48
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:52
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (7)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tim Joosen												Dieter Melis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$5,000.00	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$3,500.00

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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,475.00	5	2	71.4 %
2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	$7,300.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	$9,775.00	11	10	52.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tim Joosen													Dieter Melis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$337.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2002	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,237.50
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,650.00	2006	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,650.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	6	$7,037.50	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	10	$7,225.00

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	9	75.0%	3	25.0%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	9-10	47.4%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
2005-2006	7	70.0%	3	30.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	7-7	50.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	11-10	52.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	4-10	28.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	4-8	33.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3

Head to Head Results
Joosen/Melis trail the series against the field 4-7 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/3/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Klemperer/Schneider	11	Joosen/Melis	10	21-16, 21-23, 19-17	1:18
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Joosen/Melis	12	21-17, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Joosen/Melis	12	Herrera/Mesa	5	21-19, 24-22	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	7	Joosen/Melis	12	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 2	Joosen/Melis	16	Babich/Nikolaev	11	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	15	Joosen/Melis		21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Mast, Netherlands 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Boersma/Mast	8	Joosen/Melis	9	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	7	Joosen/Melis	10	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 21 Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 2-0
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Joosen/Melis	12	Benes/Benes	21	25-23, 21-17	0:45
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Joosen/Melis	10	Benes/Benes	3	25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
5/18/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Joosen/Melis		21-17, 20-22, 15-12	1:05