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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 6 - 10, 2005

(16) Emiel Boersma/Richard Kogel, Netherlands

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Atlantida Beach 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$188,062.50

Richard de Kogel
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rotterdam

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Cadiz 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$37,722.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	US$27,250.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	26, Q5	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	32	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	18, Q9	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	20	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	25, Q3	13th	108	US$4,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 1	Linyin Xu / Qiang Xu, China (17, Q5)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 7/7/2005	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 2	Julien Prosser / Brett Richardson, Australia (18)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:34
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 3	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (9)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Fri, 7/8/2005	Contender 4	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3)	Lost 6-21, 22-24	0:36

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Boersma/Kogel	16	21-12, 21-17	0:36
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Boersma/Kogel	32	Rego/Santos	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Boersma/Kogel	32	21-12, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	3	Boersma/Kogel	16	21-6, 24-22	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	Boersma/Kogel	25, Q3	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Conde/Salema	15	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	18-21, 21-19, 23-21	1:07
Trail the series against # 8 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	8, Q2	Boersma/Kogel	26, Q5	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Kogel	16	Arkaev/Barsuk	9	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 17, Q5 Xu/Xu, China 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Kogel	16	Xu/Xu	17, Q5	22-20, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Kogel	16	Prosser/Richardson	18	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Kogel	25, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
5/18/05	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Kogel	18, Q9	Asahi/Watanabe	Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Series tied with # 27, Q9 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 1-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	32, Q22	Boersma/Kogel	Q11	25-23, 21-19	0:48
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Kogel	20	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	29, Q7	21-13, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q11 Nishimura/Yamamoto, Japan 1-0
6/29/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Boersma/Kogel	26, Q5	Nishimura/Yamamoto	Q21	21-7, 21-13	0:33