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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 (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 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

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$12,750.00	6	9	40.0 %
2004	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,750.00	11	4	73.3 %
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	75	0	1	1	0	2	2	19	5	29	12	4	$234,310.00	51	58	46.8 %
Total	CEV	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$18,450.00	19	11	63.3 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,375.00	2004	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$6,375.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,375.00	2004	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,375.00
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
116	1	4	3	1	13	38	38	14	4	$197,455.00	Total	Total	119	1	4	3	1	13	38	39	15	5	$200,105.00

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	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	10-2	83.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	1	7-3	70.0%

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 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