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

Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany

Jörg Ahmann
Germany

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grevenbroich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

116

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Zagreb 2004)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$207,815.29

Axel Hager
Germany

Photo: Mauro De Sanctis

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Burg auf Fehmarn

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Zagreb 2004)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$210,816.66

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	11	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	10	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	US$22,232.98
CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,928.00
FIVB	104	0	2	2	1	8	4	23	1	10	36	13	2	1	1	US$367,760.00
Overall	115	1	4	3	1	9	4	25	1	11	38	14	2	1	1	US$394,920.98

Previous Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	6/3-6/2004	Zagreb Challenger		1st	40	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	26	9th	144	US$5,500.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		25th	8	€ 0.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	39	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	36	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	25	25th	52	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	21	25th	30	US$2,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool A	Dmitry Karasev / Anton Kulikovsky, Russia	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:41
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool A	Boudewijn Maas / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Sat, 6/12/2004	Pool A	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland	Lost 18-21, 23-21, 13-15	1:09
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:45
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 2	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:41

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$17,150.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	3	0	$43,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	0	2	1	1	8	4	19	8	28	10	0	$303,110.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$13,700.00
Total	110	0	2	2	1	9	4	26	11	38	13	0	$381,460.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jorg Ahmann												Axel Hager
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,575.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3	0	$21,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	3	0	$24,250.00
84	0	2	1	1	12	28	28	10	0	$153,155.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	2	1	1	12	27	28	11	0	$152,555.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,850.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$6,850.00
111	0	2	2	1	13	38	38	13	0	$192,330.00	Total	113	0	2	2	1	13	37	39	14	0	$194,230.00

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
1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	$31,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$45,000.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	4	0	$38,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	6	2	0	$32,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	3	2	60.0 %
2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	0	0	$34,750.00	15	18	45.5 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,550.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	0	$30,560.00	18	16	52.9 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	1	2	33.3 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$9,750.00	4	9	30.8 %
2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00	6	3	66.7 %
2004	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	70	0	1	1	0	2	2	19	5	29	10	1	$227,060.00	48	51	48.5 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$12,200.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jorg Ahmann													Axel Hager
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00	1994	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$7,125.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1994	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	1	0	$24,750.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00	1996	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	8	4	0	0	$15,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$22,500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$36,450.00	1998	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$34,850.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00	1999	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	4	0	$19,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	2	0	$16,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$17,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	$15,280.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	$8,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2004	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
110	1	3	3	1	13	38	38	12	1	$190,705.00	Total	Total	113	1	3	3	1	13	38	39	13	2	$193,355.00

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	12	80.0%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3	33.3%	3-6	33.3%	12-3	80.0%	4-5	44.4%	0	1	19-11	63.3%
2003-2004	12	85.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	12-3	80.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	1	15-6	71.4%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	12-6	66.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	1	9-8	52.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	2	1	5	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	2	8	13	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	31
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Total	2	1	8	3	19	22	0	0	15	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	62	67

Head to Head Results
Ahmann/Hager trail the series against the field 15-18 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-2
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	Berg/Dahl	23	22-20, 22-24, 15-11	1:08
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Berg/Dahl	14	Ahmann/Hager	15	21-18, 21-17	0:38
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	4	Ahmann/Hager	7	15-12	0:56
Trail the series against Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-3
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-13, 21-15	0:44
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 1-0
6/6/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Semi-Finals	Ahmann/Hager		Biza/Stejskal		21-12, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		21-18, 26-28, 15-11	1:07
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahmann/Hager		Brink/Schneider		18-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager		Canet/Hamel		21-15, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Ahmann/Hager		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-12, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against Deulofeu/Molinier, France 2-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahmann/Hager		Deulofeu/Molinier		21-17, 21-16	0:46
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Ahmann/Hager		Deulofeu/Molinier	10	19-21, 21-18, 25-23	1:10
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Country Quota	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Ahmann/Hager		10-21, 21-14, 17-15
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Ahmann/Hager		21-15, 21-13	0:41
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Ahmann/Hager		21-19, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Egger/Heyer		Ahmann/Hager		21-18, 21-23, 15-13	1:09
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	8	Ahmann/Hager		21-15, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Trail the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Ahmann/Hager		21-9 Retired	0:10
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Ahmann/Hager	26	21-17, 21-19	0:39
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-14, 21-13	0:30
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Ahmann/Hager	9	21-14, 21-13	0:36
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ahmann/Hager	18	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	12	Ahmann/Hager	21	By Forfeit
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Ahmann/Hager	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	26	Horrem/Maaseide	16	13-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:57
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 3	Ahmann/Hager	17	Horrem/Maaseide	23	23-21, 15-21, 16-14	1:14
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager	10	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against Karasev/Kulikovsky, Russia 1-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Karasev/Kulikovsky		21-11, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-1
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Klemperer/Rademacher	35	Ahmann/Hager	39	21-18, 16-21, 15-11	0:56
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	9	Klemperer/Rademacher	25	22-20, 22-24, 15-8	1:01
Lead the series against Maas/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Maas/Ronnes		21-18, 21-18	0:40
6/5/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Pool C	Ahmann/Hager		Maas/Ronnes		21-17, 21-17	0:43