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European Championship Tour
€ 90,000 European Championships
August 30 - September 1, 2002

(14) Fabio Diez/John Garcia-Thompson, Spain

Fabio Ricardo Diez Steinaker
Spain

/ Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 18, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Fe (ARG)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Mallorca 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$144,733.49

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Under Age San Marino 2000)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$55,158.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,344.46
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	US$11,990.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	2	US$13,334.46

Previous Basel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	9	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	29, Q7	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	42	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	Q9	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	27, Q12	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	Q12	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q9	41st	10	US$0.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 1	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (19)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:51
Fri, 8/30/2002	Winner 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (3)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Sat, 8/31/2002	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (6)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:45
Sat, 8/31/2002	Contender 3	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (17)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,990.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	$13,340.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Fabio Diez												John Garcia-Thompson
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$12,075.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	$6,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,450.00
65	0	0	2	1	8	16	18	15	0	$109,945.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	0	$30,145.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$9,075.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,175.00
80	0	1	2	3	10	20	21	17	0	$138,995.00	Total	72	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	15	0	$44,795.00

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
2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$7,820.00	9	13	40.9 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$7,820.00	9	13	40.9 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Fabio Diez													John Garcia-Thompson
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	1	0	0	$500.00	1990	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	1996	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	0	0	$18,850.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	1	1	2	5	3	1	0	$32,600.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	0	1	1	3	5	3	0	0	$41,750.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,512.50	1999	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	8	0	$15,750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,125.00	2000	CEV
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	$12,375.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$3,910.00	2002	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	$3,910.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
79	0	1	3	3	10	20	20	16	6	$137,922.50	Total	Total	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	5	$5,135.00

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2001-2002	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	3	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	7	3	3	15	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	20

Head to Head Results
Diez/Garcia-Thompson trail the series against the field 3-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Laciga/Laciga	8	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-17, 21-17	0:49
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool F	Laciga/Laciga	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	27, Q12	21-15, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	18	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	42	20-22, 21-19, 18-16	1:01
Lead the series against # 3 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Horrem/Maaseide	3	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:00
Series tied with # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-18, 21-13	0:45
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	20	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-23, 21-19, 16-14	1:10
Trail the series against # 15 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/13/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Ronnes	27, Q24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	Q9	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Kogel/Mulder	25, Q13	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	15-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:59
Trail the series against # 17 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Gartmayer/Nowotny	17	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	19	21-18, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool H	Ahmann/Hager	24	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	9	21-19, 21-16	0:48