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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
June 23 - 27, 2004

(32, Q30) Marvin Polte/Thorsten Schoen, Germany

Marvin Polte
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Paderborn

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$30,000.00

Thorsten Schoen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 25, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nordhorn

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Berlin 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$29,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	US$53,500.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Thomas Hikel - 33rd	Did not play
2003	Thomas Hikel - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Germany Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/23/2004	Country Quota	Michael Schiewe / Raimund Wenning, Germany	Won 17-21, 27-25, 15-8	0:58
Wed, 6/23/2004	Qualifier 1	Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (Q3)	Won 21-17, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
Wed, 6/23/2004	Qualifier 2	Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (Q14)	Won 23-21, 23-21	0:51
Thu, 6/24/2004	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:34
Fri, 6/25/2004	Contender 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (17, Q9)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:39

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$10,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	$17,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	$53,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marvin Polte												Thorsten Schoen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$8,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	0	$11,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$8,500.00
16	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	8	0	$30,000.00	Total	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	0	$29,900.00

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marvin Polte													Thorsten Schoen
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	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

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	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	7	30.4%	3	13.0%	13	56.5%	7-16	30.4%	8-13	38.1%	8-6	57.1%	0	2	16-21	43.2%
2003-2004	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	1-4	20.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	4-14	22.2%	8-8	50.0%	0	1	6-12	33.3%

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	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13
Total	1	0	6	0	0	3	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	16	21

Head to Head Results
Polte/Schoen lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 17, Q9 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	17, Q9	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against Schiewe/Wenning, Germany 1-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Country Quota	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	Schiewe/Wenning		17-21, 27-25, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # Q3 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	Hernandez/Papaleo	Q3	21-17, 22-24, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q14 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/23/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Polte/Schoen	32, Q30	Kogel/Mulder	Q14	23-21, 23-21	0:51