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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 Beach Volleyball Paris-Ile de France Grand Slam
July 27 - 31, 2005

(28, Q2) 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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	23	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	18	25th	56	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	43	4th	700	US$26,000.00
FIVB	9/21-26/2004	Brazil Open	30, Q8	25th	36	US$2,000.00

France Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 1	Mathieu Daguerre / Gregory Gagliano, France (Q31)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:52
Wed, 7/27/2005	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (Q18)	Won 26-24, 21-16	0:48
Thu, 7/28/2005	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (5)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 7/28/2005	Contender 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (21)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:35

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$34,500.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	$40,500.00	11	12	47.8 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,000.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,000.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	$20,500.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	$17,250.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	4	$23,500.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	$20,250.00

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%
2004-2005	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%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	14	66.7%	4-17	19.0%	12-24	33.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	2	11-20	35.5%

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 trail the series against the field 8-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Polte/Schoen	43	21-18, 21-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-2
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brink/Schneider	13	Polte/Schoen	43	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:05
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Brink/Schneider	19	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-16, 23-21	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Polte/Schoen	28, Q2	21-16, 21-16	0:41
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Polte/Schoen	43	Egger/Laciga	6	7-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	15	Polte/Schoen	18	21-14, 21-12 Retired	0:37
Series tied with # 14 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	10	Polte/Schoen	23	21-16, 21-11	0:38
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 5	Polte/Schoen	43	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 20, Q3 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Polte/Schoen	43	Schacht/Slack	11	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:07
Trail the series against # 21 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-2
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Polte/Schoen	28, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:35
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Polte/Schoen	43	Arkaev/Barsuk	14	12-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:58
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 # 25, Q10 Blanton/Wong, United States 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Polte/Schoen	43	Blanton/Wong	22	21-12, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # Q9 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Polte/Schoen	23	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # Q13 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 0-1
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	31	Polte/Schoen	18	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q14 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 # Q18 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Polte/Schoen	28, Q2	Gosch/Strauss	Q18	26-24, 21-16	0:48
Lead the series against # Q31 Daguerre/Gagliano, France 1-0
7/27/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Polte/Schoen	28, Q2	Daguerre/Gagliano	Q31	24-22, 21-18	0:52