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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 (46 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

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (50 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

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