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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Bahrain Open 2008
October 27 - November 1, 2008

(25, Q7) Michal Litva/Peter Varga, Slovakia

Michal Litva
Slovakia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jesenik, Czech Republic

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,137.10

Peter Varga
Slovakia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bojnice

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,249.60

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	US$5,076.88
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	1	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	2	3	4	1	US$10,576.88

Previous Manama Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Miloslav Rousek - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	Q3	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	24	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	22, Q5	17th	16	US$500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q6	17th	120	€ 0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	15, Q10	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q42	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	Q9	21st	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q37	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q21	29th	30	€ 0.00

Manama Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/28/2008	Qualifier 2	Alexey Sidorenko / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (Q10)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-7	0:50
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (8)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:42
Wed, 10/29/2008	Contender 1	Simon Nausch / Mario Steinoker, Austria (24, Q6)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 10/30/2008	Contender 2	Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (7)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:44

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	$5,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	8	$7,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Litva												Peter Varga
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	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17	$2,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$1,787.50	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$775.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
34	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	23	$5,787.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	21	$4,900.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$2,500.00	5	7	41.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$3,200.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$2,500.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$3,200.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Litva													Peter Varga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$275.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2004	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$812.50	2005	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$425.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$1,600.00	2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$1,600.00
41	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	1	24	$5,137.50	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	19	$4,250.00

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	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	4-9	30.8%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-12	36.8%
2007-2008	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-5	28.6%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16

Head to Head Results
Litva/Varga lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Litva/Varga	15, Q10	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q2	22-20, 12-21, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Baracetti/Salema	7	Litva/Varga	25, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Series tied with # 8 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	Litva/Varga	25, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Litva/Varga	24	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25	21-16, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Fijalek/Prudel	Q12	Litva/Varga	Q21	25-27, 21-15, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Litva/Varga	15, Q10	Giontella/Nicolai	Q7	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	Litva/Varga	Q27	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 Nausch/Steinoker, Austria 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 1	Litva/Varga	25, Q7	Nausch/Steinoker	24, Q6	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q10 Sidorenko/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/28/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Qualifier 2	Litva/Varga	25, Q7	Sidorenko/Yakovlev	Q10	21-15, 20-22, 15-7	0:50