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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 NESTEA European Championship Final
July 11 - 13, 2008

(24) Michal Litva/Peter Varga, Slovakia

Michal Litva
Slovakia

Photo: FIVB

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:

2nd (CEV C&S Novi Sad 2009)

Career CEV Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$8,723.08

Peter Varga
Slovakia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bojnice

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV C&S Novi Sad 2009)

Career CEV Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,835.58

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
CEV C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,073.99
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	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	2	3	4	1	US$13,650.87

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Dominik Mracko - 21st	Karol Sramek - 29th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 1	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (9)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:42
Fri, 7/11/2008	Contender 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (25)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:46
Fri, 7/11/2008	Contender 2	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (7)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 3	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (15)	Lost By Forfeit

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	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$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	0	$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	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$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	0	$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	0	$5,787.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$3,200.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$3,200.00	5	7	41.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$1,600.00
36	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	1	21	$3,887.50	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	16	$3,000.00

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	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	4-6	40.0%	3-5	37.5%	0	1	7-12	36.8%
2007-2008	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	1	3-4	42.9%

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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	2	Litva/Varga	15, Q10	21-14, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Litva/Varga	24	Luna/Marco	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	9	Litva/Varga	24	21-18, 21-14	0:42
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 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 1	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	Sinczak/Szternel	11	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	15	Litva/Varga	24	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 25 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Litva/Varga	24	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25	21-16, 21-18	0:46