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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Swiss Masters
August 5 - 8, 2006

(15) 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 CEV Best:

3rd (Lucerne 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$56,202.00

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:

165

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Almere 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$243,009.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$12,573.36
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	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	3	1	US$18,273.36

Previous Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Igor Stejskal - 27th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q26	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	29, Q12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
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
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	12	9th	240	€ 1,950.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 8/6/2006	Qualifier 1	Karl Jaani / Martin Ruul, Estonia	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:33
Sun, 8/6/2006	Qualifier 2	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium	Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:00
Sun, 8/6/2006	Qualifier 3	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:49
Mon, 8/7/2006	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:32
Mon, 8/7/2006	Winner 2	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (7)	Won 21-18, 21-9	0:40
Mon, 8/7/2006	Winner 3	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (3)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Tue, 8/8/2006	Semi-Finals	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (1)	Lost 18-21, 13-21
Tue, 8/8/2006	Bronze Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-10

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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$7,700.00

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$7,550.00
54	1	0	0	1	6	10	4	8	0	$45,492.50	Total	147	0	0	1	3	10	31	36	27	0	$210,525.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$5,000.00	8	9	47.1 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,800.00	11	3	78.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	$5,000.00	11	11	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,800.00	11	3	78.6 %

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
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											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
											2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,600.00
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	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2001	CEV Under Age
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	2003	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$357.50	2003	CEV 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	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
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	1	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2005	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,900.00
33	0	1	2	0	5	6	3	1	15	$14,550.00	Total	Total	63	0	1	2	1	1	18	18	8	14	$67,350.00

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%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	8-4	66.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	13-5	72.2%
2005-2006	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	8-4	66.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	13-5	72.2%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	12-8	60.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	10-5	66.7%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	10	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	15

Head to Head Results
Biza/Kubala lead the series against the field 12-5 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-2
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Brink/Dieckmann	1	Biza/Kubala	15	21-18, 21-13
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Biza/Kubala	12	21-17, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 3-0
8/8/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Biza/Kubala	15	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-10
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Biza/Kubala	15	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	21-12, 21-13	0:32
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	12	Nummerdor/Schuil		21-15, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Biza/Kubala	15	Klemperer/Schneider	3	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 7 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Biza/Kubala	15	Babich/Nikolaev	7	21-18, 21-9	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Herrera/Mesa	30, Q7	Biza/Kubala	Q26	23-21, 22-20	0:44
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Herrera/Mesa	2	Biza/Kubala	12	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/18/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 3	Biza/Kubala	12	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera		21-16, 28-26	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-0
5/18/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 4	Biza/Kubala	12	Horrem/Pettersen		17-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
Series tied with Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-1
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Biza/Kubala	15	Galli/Raffaelli		23-21, 21-14	0:49
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 2	Galli/Raffaelli	2	Biza/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against Jaani/Ruul, Estonia 1-0
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kubala	15	Jaani/Ruul		21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against Joosen/Melis, Belgium 1-0
8/6/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kubala	15	Joosen/Melis		21-18, 14-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against 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