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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 10 - 14, 2008

(12, Q1) Emilia Nystrom/Erika Nystrom, Finland

Emilia Nystrom
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jyvaskyla

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

195

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$280,803.81

Erika Nystrom
Finland

/ Cyprus

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1983 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jyväskylä

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

207

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$280,978.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	29	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	1	4	0	1	1	6	5	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	US$80,403.23
CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,887.77
CEV Under Age	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	150	0	0	0	0	3	1	19	5	48	0	0	31	0	30	2	9	2	US$453,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,850.00
Overall	194	5	2	6	0	7	2	27	10	55	1	1	34	1	30	2	9	2	US$543,891.00

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	26, Q1	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	19	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	26	25th	60	US$1,800.00
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	21	25th	80	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q6	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	30, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	25	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	11	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	27	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	22	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	16	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	23	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q10	17th	120	€ 0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	17	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Janne Kongshavn / Kristine Wiig, Norway (Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:40
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Denise Johns / Shauna Mullin, England (5)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:42
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	Sara Montagnolli / Kerstin Pichler, Austria (13, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:45
Sat, 9/13/2008	Winner 3	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (8)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:39
Sat, 9/13/2008	Contender 4	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (7)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 9/13/2008	Semi-Finals	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (6)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:41
Sat, 9/13/2008	Gold Medal	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:51

Head to Head Results
Nystrom/Nystrom trail the series against the field 16-22 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-14	0:34
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Ludwig/Niedrig	1, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-14, 21-16	0:41
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	21-19, 10-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-4
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Gold Medal	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	21-12, 21-12	0:30
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	23	21-19, 21-17	0:43
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Glesnes/Maaseide	17	21-16, 22-24, 15-11	0:55
8/31/06	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	23	Nystrom/Nystrom	10	21-15, 21-15	0:30
5/20/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 3	Glesnes/Maaseide	28, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q21	21-16, 25-27, 15-4	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-4
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	21	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	21-12, 21-17	0:31
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	12	Kadijk/Mooren	21	12-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Kadijk/Mooren	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	20, Q6	19-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:48
6/17/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-19, 21-12	0:30
6/2/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 3	Kadijk/Mooren	11	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Johns/Mullin, England 1-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Johns/Mullin	5	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Series tied with # 6 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 2-2
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Semi-Finals	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 21-17	0:41
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q7	Nystrom/Nystrom	25, Q4	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-19, 26-24	0:45
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-1
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Banck/Gunther	7	By Forfeit
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-4
9/13/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:39
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	9	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	8	26-24, 21-17	0:53
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	14	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	19	21-19, 21-15	0:39
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	10	21-18, 10-21, 15-10	0:46
11/17/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool D	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	13	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	21-11, 21-15	0:37
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	9	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/26/05	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20	Nystrom/Nystrom	13	21-23, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Kolocova/Slukova	14, Q5	Nystrom/Nystrom	11	23-21, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 13, Q2 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 3-0
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Montagnolli/Pichler	13, Q2	21-15, 21-18	0:45
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	20	21-18, 21-17	0:39
6/1/06	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	Montagnolli/Pichler	30, Q7	21-19, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Graessli/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-10, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q8 Herbert/Palmer, England 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q10	Herbert/Palmer	Q23	21-13, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	12, Q1	Kongshavn/Wiig	Q9	21-16, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # Q11 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lubetz/Sude	32, Q31	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q2	26-24, 22-20	0:44