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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

Ester Alcon/Catalina Maria Pol, Spain

Ester Alcon
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sabaden

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (CEV The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$60,015.59

Catalina Maria Pol Marti
Spain

Photo: VoleyPlaya.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Consell (Mallora)

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Under Age Esposende 2001)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$40,139.61

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	US$9,008.74
FIVB	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	6	11	3	4	1	US$44,285.00
Overall	39	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	2	7	11	3	4	1	US$53,293.74

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-17/2003	Lianyungang Open	24	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2003	Japan Open	25, Q4	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2003	Austria Grand Slam	28, Q15	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2003	France Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	32	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		19th	10	€ 750.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2003	Norway Open	28, Q9	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2003	Germany Grand Slam	32, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-21/2003	Switzerland Open	Q7	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	Q2	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	Q4	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	21	7th	50	€ 1,800.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2003		Anastasiya Rayeva / Natalia Shumeiko, Ukraine	Won 21-11, 28-26	0:43
Wed, 8/27/2003		Mihela Istenic / Ana Oblak, Slovenia	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 15-17	0:57

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Pol trail the series against the field 7-21 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 0-2
7/3/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Ahmann/Vollmer	21, Q4	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	21-19, 21-23, 15-8	0:54
7/2/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q15	Alcon/Pol	Q18	21-19, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 0-1
6/11/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Baburina/Osheyko	Q63	Alcon/Pol	Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against Barrera/Jaouen, France 1-0
7/30/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	28, Q15	Barrera/Jaouen	Q18	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Celbova Rysava/Novakova		Alcon/Pol		21-14, 21-15	0:36
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	12	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against Filina/Zorina, Russia 0-1
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Filina/Zorina		Alcon/Pol		21-8, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Glesnes/Maaseide	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q15	21-10, 21-17	0:33
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Glesnes/Maaseide	16	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
8/15/03	FIVB	Lianyungang Open	Pool H	Alcon/Pol	24	Granstrom/Ljungquist	25, Q3	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-2
8/8/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool H	Hakedal/Torlen	24, Q3	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-18, 27-25	0:44
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Hakedal/Torlen		Alcon/Pol		21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q25	21-10, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Ikauniece/Minusa	37	Alcon/Pol	36	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:43
Trail the series against Istenic/Oblak, Slovenia 0-1
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Istenic/Oblak		Alcon/Pol		18-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	Alcon/Pol	12	21-10, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool M	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	Alcon/Pol	36	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland 1-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:56
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Alcon/Pol	21	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with Nagy/Petho, Hungary 1-1
8/7/03	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Nagy/Petho	31, Q13	Alcon/Pol	25, Q4	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
7/15/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Alcon/Pol	Q13	Nagy/Petho	Q20	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
6/17/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q39	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 14-21, 15-12	0:41
Series tied with Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Alcon/Pol	21	Pohl/Rau	5	21-19, 21-17	0:37
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Pohl/Rau	10	Alcon/Pol	26	21-11, 21-13	0:24
Lead the series against Rayeva/Shumeiko, Ukraine 1-0
8/27/03	CEV	European Championships		Alcon/Pol		Rayeva/Shumeiko		21-11, 28-26	0:43
Trail the series against Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-3
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	4	Alcon/Pol	21	20-22, 21-12, 15-10	0:58
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool C	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	14	Alcon/Pol	30	21-16, 21-15	0:34
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	21	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	21-14, 21-16	0:29