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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 8 - 12, 2007

(25, Q9) Michal Biza/Martin Lebl, 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

Martin Lebl
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 12, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Marseille 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$35,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	US$16,400.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,800.00
Overall	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	US$21,200.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	43	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	25, Q10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	29	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	9	1st	80	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q21	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	31, Q21	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2007	Qualifier 1	Espen Goranson / Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway (Q24)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:28
Wed, 8/8/2007	Qualifier 2	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (Q8)	Won 14-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:46
Thu, 8/9/2007	Winner 1	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (8)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:50
Thu, 8/9/2007	Contender 1	Jorre Kjemperud / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (9)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:44
Fri, 8/10/2007	Contender 2	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (26)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	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	1	1	3	0	$13,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Total	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$21,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Biza												Martin Lebl
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	0	$27,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	8	0	$29,650.00
9	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	$7,767.50	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite
50	1	0	0	1	6	8	3	8	0	$42,717.50	Total	35	1	0	0	1	0	5	8	8	0	$35,250.00

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
2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$14,400.00	13	13	50.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$14,400.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00	7	1	87.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Biza													Martin Lebl
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1999	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	$11,750.00
											2000	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$2,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$7,200.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	$7,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
29	1	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	15	$15,967.50	Total	Total	28	1	0	0	1	0	5	7	6	8	$31,850.00

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	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	9-5	64.3%	6-7	46.2%	0	3	15-15	50.0%
2006-2007	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	9-5	64.3%	6-7	46.2%	0	3	15-15	50.0%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	12-6	66.7%	6-8	42.9%	0	2	9-9	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	12
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
Total	0	0	11	3	1	2	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	16

Head to Head Results
Biza/Lebl lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Biza/Lebl	43	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Marques/Solberg	8, Q1	Biza/Lebl	Q17	23-21, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	21-16, 21-8	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	8	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	Kjemperud/Skarlund	9	21-19, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Biza/Lebl	29	Li/Zhou	19	21-15, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 19 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool S	Lione/Varnier	30	Biza/Lebl	43	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Amore/Bizzotto	1	Biza/Lebl	9	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q12	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 26 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-2
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	21-17, 21-12	0:35
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q6	Biza/Lebl	Q27	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 5	Biza/Lebl	9	Kolar/Tichy	6	20-22, 28-26, 15-6	1:08
Trail the series against # Q1 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	24	Biza/Lebl	25, Q10	22-20, 14-21, 15-11	1:17
Lead the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q8	14-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:46
8/1/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Biza/Lebl	Q17	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q16	22-20, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # Q24 Goranson/Ingeborgrud, Norway 2-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Lebl	25, Q9	Goranson/Ingeborgrud	Q24	21-13, 21-14	0:28
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Lebl	31, Q21	Goranson/Ingeborgrud	Q44	21-19, 21-17	0:44