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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Italian Open
May 12 - 16, 2004

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 Wins:

1 (CEV Rome 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$111,884.73

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 (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

27th (Roseto degli Abruzzi 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$2,248.23

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	27	41	57	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,948.78
FIVB	5	0	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	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	US$3,948.78

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	18	5th	36	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q28	41st	10	US$0.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/12/2004		Filip Hanak / Lubomir Kuchta, Czech Republic	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Thu, 5/13/2004		Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany	Lost 12-21, 19-21	0:40

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,800.00	Confederation Championship
87	0	0	0	2	8	25	30	7	0	$104,662.50	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 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1996	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	1998	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00	2000	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$2,250.00	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
92	1	0	0	2	9	26	30	7	17	$105,562.50	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	$1,300.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
2003-2004	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	1-1	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 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Ahmann/Hager		Palinek/Smrcka		21-12, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 0-1
8/20/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Pool F	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	Palinek/Smrcka	18	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
8/22/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 1	Palinek/Smrcka	18	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	2	21-16, 25-27, 17-15	1:14
Trail the series against 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 Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-2
8/23/03	FIVB C&S	Greece Challenger	Winner 2	Fenili/Galli	13	Palinek/Smrcka	18	By Forfeit
7/2/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Fenili/Galli	Q54	Palinek/Smrcka	Q43	21-16, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against Hanak/Kuchta, Czech Republic 1-0
5/12/04	CEV	Italian Open		Palinek/Smrcka		Hanak/Kuchta		21-16, 21-19	0:35