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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$33,000 Ukraine Challenger
July 24 - 28, 2002

(9) Michal Palinek/Stepan Smrcka, Czech Republic

Michal Palinek
Czech Republic

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prerov

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

5th (Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$104,762.50

Stepan Smrcka
Czech Republic

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ceske Budejovice

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Athens 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	US$2,000.00

Previous Kiev Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	Q22	57th	4	US$0.00

Ukraine Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool H	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (25)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:29
Fri, 7/26/2002	Pool H	Oleg Bilynskyy / Danylo Konstantinov, Ukraine (8)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Sat, 7/27/2002	Pool H	Harald Dobeiner / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (24)	Lost 16-21, 21-18, 23-25	0:58

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Palinek												Stepan Smrcka
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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships
7	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	$20,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
70	0	0	0	2	4	22	23	6	0	$77,862.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
85	0	0	0	2	7	25	29	7	0	$101,862.50	Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Palinek													Stepan Smrcka
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	$0.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,062.50	1994	FIVB
16	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	1	0	$11,750.00	1995	FIVB
11	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	0	0	$23,500.00	1996	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$18,300.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	1997	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	$18,250.00	1998	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	$11,750.00	1999	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	$9,500.00	2000	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,250.00	2001	FIVB
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
80	0	0	0	2	6	25	29	7	11	$101,112.50	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$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	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	1	3-5	37.5%
2001-2002	0		0		0		0-0		1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-2	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenger	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Total	0	0	3	5	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10

Head to Head Results
Palinek/Smrcka trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Bilynskyy/Konstantinov, Ukraine 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Pool H	Palinek/Smrcka	9	Bilynskyy/Konstantinov	8	18-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 Arkaev/Karpukhin, Russia 0-1
6/12/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 1	Arkaev/Karpukhin	Q43	Palinek/Smrcka	Q22	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 Dobeiner/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
7/27/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Pool H	Dobeiner/Mellitzer	24	Palinek/Smrcka	9	21-16, 18-21, 25-23	0:58
Trail the series against # 25 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Pool H	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	25	Palinek/Smrcka	9	21-14, 21-17	0:29