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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 23 - 27, 2003

(Q28) 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 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 FIVB WT Best:

41st (3 times)

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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Marek Pakosta - 17th	Did not play
1996	Marek Pakosta - 17th	Did not play
1997	Premysl Kubala - 7th	Did not play
1998	Premysl Kubala - 13th	Did not play
1999	Martin Lebl - 13th	Did not play
2001	Stanislav Pochop - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q43	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q48	41st	10	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q41	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/24-28/2002	Ukraine Challenger	9	17th	14	US$500.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2003	Qualifier 1	Bruno Carvalho / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (Q37)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 7/24/2003	Qualifier 2	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (29, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:32

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 %
2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
84	0	0	0	2	6	25	29	7	15	$101,112.50	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$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	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
2002-2003	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	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
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 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 10 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
6/18/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 1	Palinek/Smrcka	Q48	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q17	21-23, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 29, Q5 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
7/24/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	Palinek/Smrcka	Q28	21-16, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # Q13 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	27, Q16	Palinek/Smrcka	Q48	21-18, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # Q18 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 1	Palinek/Smrcka	Q43	Gosch/Strauss	Q22	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q33 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
Trail the series against # Q34 Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-1
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q54	Palinek/Smrcka	Q43	21-16, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q37 Carvalho/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/23/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 1	Palinek/Smrcka	Q28	Carvalho/Rosas	Q37	21-15, 21-15	0:34