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(Q42) Georgios Knapek/Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece

Georgios Knapek
Greece

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fydek-Mistek

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Catania 2002)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (Athens 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$1,765.00

Panagiotis Mourtzios
Greece

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 5, 1980 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thessaloniki

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,784.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	26	27	35	41	57	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	3	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,200.00
Overall	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	3	US$3,200.00

Previous Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Panagiotis Mourtzios - 57th	Georgios Knapek - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	Q13	25th	8	US$0.00
FIVB	8/31-9/4/2005	Greece Open	32	25th	40	US$2,000.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q33	57th	4	US$0.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Mark Ellingson / Wes Montgomery, Canada (Q23)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Kevin Ces / Fabien Dugrip, France (Q10)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:39

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$2,000.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,200.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	9	$3,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Georgios Knapek												Panagiotis Mourtzios
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$1,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$765.00	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,050.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
16	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	10	$1,765.00	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	18	$3,050.00

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
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	1	5	16.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Georgios Knapek													Panagiotis Mourtzios
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	$165.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	8	$1,165.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	11	$2,950.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	9	90.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-9	18.2%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-10	23.1%
2005-2006	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Challenger	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16

Head to Head Results
Knapek/Mourtzios trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	Knapek/Mourtzios	32	21-10, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 14 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	16	Knapek/Mourtzios	32	21-10, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # Q10 Ces/Dugrip, France 0-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	Q10	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q42	21-19, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Ellingson/Montgomery, Canada 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q42	Ellingson/Montgomery	Q23	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q47 Antonic/Tatic, Serbia 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 1	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q13	Antonic/Tatic	Q20	21-18, 21-18	0:39