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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 le World Series 13
July 5 - 9, 2006

(Q16) 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 (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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Mikulas Latecka - 37th
1997	Did not play	Michal Palinek - 9th
1998	Did not play	Michal Palinek - 17th
1999	Did not play	Marek Pakosta - 41st
2000	Did not play	Petr Chromy - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	30, Q20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

France Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:40
Wed, 7/5/2006	Qualifier 3	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (24, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 30-28, 16-18	1:11

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	5	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,000.00	8	7	53.3 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$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
17	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	9	$4,867.50	Total	Total	53	0	0	0	1	1	16	16	8	11	$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%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	5-9	35.7%

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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Series tied with # 15 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 # 24, Q1 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q1	Biza/Kubala	Q16	21-17, 28-30, 18-16	1:11
Trail the series against # 26, Q7 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 # Q10 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 # Q17 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	Q16	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q17	21-19, 21-14	0:40