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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 European Championship Final
September 16 - 19, 2009

(9) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$137,426.29

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$163,854.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	0	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$93,435.58
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,296.77
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	0	11	0	1	14	1	16	1	US$159,750.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	108	2	0	2	2	5	5	11	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$259,682.35

Previous Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Inguna Minusa - 3rd	Inese Jursone - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/9-13/2009	English Masters	4	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	27, Q3	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q7	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	32	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	23	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	7	7th	300	€ 1,400.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	7	5th	360	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	4	3rd	960	€ 6,400.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool A	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (1)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:39
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool A	Anastasia Barsuk / Ekaterina Birlova, Russia (16)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:39
Thu, 9/17/2009	Pool A	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (8)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 9/18/2009	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (3)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 9/18/2009	Semi-Finals	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (1)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
Sat, 9/19/2009	Gold Medal	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (2)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:00

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 16-28 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-5
9/18/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	9	Mouha/Van Breedam	1	13-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:51
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Mouha/Van Breedam	1	Jursone/Minusa	9	22-20, 21-17	0:39
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	2	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-14, 21-14	0:35
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Jursone/Minusa	24	21-19, 21-11	0:41
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Mouha/Van Breedam	7	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	15, Q7	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-7
9/19/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Gold Medal	Jursone/Minusa	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:00
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-14, 21-14	0:31
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	2	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-14, 21-16	0:36
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-16, 21-19	0:37
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Ludwig/Niedrig	1	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-14, 21-14	0:33
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	Jursone/Minusa	20	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21	21-19, 21-16	0:43
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	Jursone/Minusa	21, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
9/18/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	9	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-15, 21-17	0:35
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Jursone/Minusa	27, Q3	By Forfeit
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-14, 21-16	0:31
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Jursone/Minusa	23	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 4 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Semi-Finals	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	Jursone/Minusa	4	23-25, 21-19, 15-10	0:57
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	Jursone/Minusa	25	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Prokopeva/Ukolova	10	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	22-24, 21-18, 20-18	1:06
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	4	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	1:04
8/23/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	21	Prokopeva/Ukolova	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-3
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	7	Hakedal/Torlen	2	21-19, 21-16	0:38
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Jursone/Minusa	20	Hakedal/Torlen	13	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Hakedal/Torlen	2	Jursone/Minusa	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:01
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-14, 21-12	0:35
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen	4	Jursone/Minusa	13	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 3-1
9/17/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	9	Kolocova/Slukova	8	21-16, 16-21, 15-13	0:50
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	7	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q4	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 3	Kolocova/Slukova	14, Q5	Jursone/Minusa	4	21-15, 21-18	0:35
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Jursone/Minusa	4	Kolocova/Slukova	15, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Keizer/Van Iersel	13	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-14, 21-15	0:33
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-2
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	11	Jursone/Minusa	22	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	19	Jursone/Minusa	20	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Mooren/Wesselink	10	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-18, 21-15	0:38
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	4	Mooren/Wesselink	5	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 3-1
7/1/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Jursone/Minusa	26, Q4	Petrova/Skalnikova	Q20	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	0:49
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	14	Petrova/Skalnikova	19	21-14, 21-18	0:36
9/1/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Contender 3	Jursone/Minusa	29, Q8	Petrova/Skalnikova	22	21-11, 21-14	0:31
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Contender 4	Petrova/Skalnikova	1	Jursone/Minusa	6	26-24, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	11	Baquerizo/Fernandez	22	25-23, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Barsuk/Birlova, Russia 1-0
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Jursone/Minusa	9	Barsuk/Birlova	16	21-15, 21-15	0:39