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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Jorg Ahmann/Axel Hager, Germany

Jörg Ahmann
Germany

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1966 (58 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 (55 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 Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	29, Q8	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	Q11	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	29	25th	60	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		5th	120	€ 4,500.00
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

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool A	Kim Hellum / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool A	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:38
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool A	Josef Benes / Petr Benes, Czech Republic	Won 25-23, 21-17	0:46
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
Sat, 9/11/2004	Semi-Finals	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:43
Sun, 9/12/2004	Gold Medal	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Ahmann/Hager lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Benes/Benes, Czech Republic 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Benes/Benes		25-23, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 3-1
7/28/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brink/Schneider	27, Q8	Ahmann/Hager		21-18, 21-17	0:44
6/16/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Country Quota	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	Brink/Schneider		26-24, 22-20	0:50
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 Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
6/17/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	Ahmann/Hager	Q9	24-26, 21-15, 15-13	1:03
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Ahmann/Hager		De Gruijter/Ronnes		21-12, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Gold Medal	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Ahmann/Hager		21-18, 21-17	0:40
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open	Country Quota	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Ahmann/Hager		10-21, 21-14, 17-15
Lead the series against Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Ahmann/Hager		Galli/Raffaelli		21-18, 21-13	0:43
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
Lead the series against Hellum/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Hellum/Kjemperud		21-18, 21-19	0:42