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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006

(30, Q20) Michal Biza/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Michal Biza
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

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

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (52 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Michal Palinek - 7th
1998	Did not play	Michal Palinek - 13th
1999	Did not play	Marek Pakosta - 17th
2000	Did not play	Petr Chromy - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q32	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q30	33rd	30	US$0.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 2	Simon Dahl / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (Q13)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:02
Wed, 6/14/2006	Qualifier 3	Matthias Pompe / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (Q29)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 6/15/2006	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:44
Thu, 6/15/2006	Contender 1	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (19)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 9-15	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$)
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
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
16	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	8	$4,867.50	Total	Total	52	0	0	0	1	1	16	16	8	10	$57,150.00

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	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

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 trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	21-17, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	19	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:42
Trail the series against # 29, Q15 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q33	Biza/Kubala	Q32	21-19, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # Q8 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
Series tied with # Q13 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	Dahl/Gunnarsson	Q13	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:02
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # Q29 Pompe/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 3	Biza/Kubala	30, Q20	Pompe/Uhmann	Q29	21-19, 21-12	0:34