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(Q30) Michal Biza/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Michal Biza
Czech Republic

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague- H. Pocernice

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$42,717.50

Premysl Kubala
Czech Republic

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frydek-Mistek

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

138

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$205,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$700.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	1	US$5,700.00

Previous Zagreb Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Premysl Kubala - 41st	Michal Biza - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	9	13th	24	US$700.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q41	33rd	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q40	41st	12	US$0.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 1	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (Q35)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:39
Wed, 5/31/2006	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q3)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
Thu, 6/1/2006	Qualifier 3	Koichi Nishimura / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (28, Q14)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:37

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$5,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Biza												Premysl Kubala
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	50	0	0	0	0	4	7	8	11	0	$89,450.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	0	$27,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	0	0	0	3	4	19	20	15	0	$102,975.00
9	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	$7,767.50	Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
50	1	0	0	1	6	8	3	8	0	$42,717.50	Total	138	0	0	1	3	9	28	32	26	0	$202,975.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Biza													Premysl Kubala
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,250.00
											1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$18,300.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	$18,250.00
											1999	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	3	$9,250.00
											2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$742.50	2002	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$2,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S
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	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
14	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	7	$3,867.50	Total	Total	50	0	0	0	1	1	16	16	7	9	$56,150.00

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	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	8-7	53.3%	3-2	60.0%	0	2	11-11	50.0%
2005-2006	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	8-7	53.3%	3-2	60.0%	0	2	11-11	50.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	100.0%	0-8	0.0%	10-14	41.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	1	7-9	43.8%

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	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13

Head to Head Results
Biza/Kubala lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 9 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 2-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 1	Biza/Kubala	9	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	7	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kubala	Q41	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	Q24	21-17, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 28, Q14 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	Biza/Kubala	Q30	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q36 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # Q3 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-1
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	Q30	Gosch/Strauss	Q3	21-16, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	Biza/Kubala	Q40	21-18, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q31 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kubala	Q40	Dvorsky/Litva	Q25	21-15, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q35 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kubala	Q30	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q35	21-14, 21-16	0:39