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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

Ester Alcon/Catalina Maria Pol, Spain

Ester Alcon
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 26, 1970 (55 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 (44 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 Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Japan Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	China Open	Q7	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q10	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	10/7-12/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	38	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	30, Q10	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Italy Open	Q6	41st	10	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		25th	16	€ 0.00
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

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2004	Pool D	Laura Bruschini / Annamaria Solazzi, Italy	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 6/10/2004	Pool D	Andrea Ahmann / Jana Vollmer, Germany	Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:51
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool D	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Efthalia Koutroumanidou, Greece	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34

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	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$16,050.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$26,360.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$3,300.00
Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	7	0	$47,585.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ester Alcon												Catalina Maria Pol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,012.50	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,812.50
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$9,775.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$8,025.00
38	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7	0	$26,080.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	$16,180.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$750.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00	Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$2,650.00
65	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	12	0	$46,842.50	Total	56	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	10	0	$30,417.50

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
2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$10,860.00	11	20	35.5 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	$20,125.00	14	24	36.8 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	1	4	20.0 %
2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	4	4	50.0 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	15	$30,985.00	29	48	37.7 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	$5,550.00	7	11	38.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ester Alcon													Catalina Maria Pol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00	2002	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	$5,430.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$10,062.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$375.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
32	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	7	16	$18,267.50	Total	Total	33	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	8	15	$19,867.50

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	5	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	5-8	38.5%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	9-13	40.9%
2003-2004	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	4-7	36.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	7-11	38.9%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	6-16	27.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	4	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	14	8	16	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	35
Confederation Championship	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	25	19	9	36	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	64

Head to Head Results
Alcon/Pol trail the series against the field 14-29 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 12 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 1-2
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Alcon/Pol		Ahmann/Vollmer		21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:51
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
Lead the series against Arjona/Kadjo, France 2-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Arjona/Kadjo	24, Q7	Alcon/Pol	Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/1/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Arjona/Kadjo	Q24	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:48
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Alcon/Pol	21	Arjona/Kadjo	12	17-21, 24-22, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou		Alcon/Pol		21-16, 21-15	0:34
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
Lead the series against Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
6/24/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	32, Q10	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	Q39	25-23, 23-21	0:37
Series tied with Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-2
6/10/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Bruschini/Solazzi		Alcon/Pol		21-12, 21-18	0:37
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	Bruschini/Solazzi	Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	28, Q28	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	Alcon/Pol	26	21-12, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 0-3
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova		Alcon/Pol		22-20, 17-21, 15-9	0:59
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
Lead the series against Erni/Trussel, Switzerland 1-0
5/12/04	CEV	Italian Open		Alcon/Pol		Erni/Trussel		21-23, 21-19, 15-10	1:07
Series tied with Filina/Zorina, Russia 1-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Alcon/Pol		Filina/Zorina		21-17, 21-14	0:37
7/10/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool C	Filina/Zorina		Alcon/Pol		21-8, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 0-1
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Gattelli/Perrotta	19	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	21-15, 21-16	0:35
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
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
Trail the series against Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-2
5/27/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	30, Q10	Alcon/Pol	Q7	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool F	Hansel/Montagnolli		Alcon/Pol		18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Alcon/Pol	28, Q9	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q25	21-10, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Alcon/Pol	Q10	Ikauniece/Minusa	Q23	21-17, 21-19	0:33
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 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri		Alcon/Pol		21-19, 21-17	0:45
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
Lead the series against Michon/Wojtczak, Poland 1-0
5/12/04	CEV	Italian Open		Alcon/Pol		Michon/Wojtczak		21-18, 21-19	0:41
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
Trail the series against Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-3
10/7/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool L	Pohl/Rau	14	Alcon/Pol	38	21-17, 21-13	0:37
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Pohl/Rau	14	Alcon/Pol	30, Q10	21-19, 21-17	0:39
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
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