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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
July 3 - 6, 2008

(22, Q5) 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 Winnings:

US$4,787.50

Peter Varga
Slovakia

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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:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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	US$500.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	1	US$5,500.00

Previous Brno Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Radoslav Dvorsky - 17th	Samuel Schottert - 33rd
2007	Dominik Mracko - 25th	Karol Sramek - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q42	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q37	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	Q27	41st	18	US$0.00

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/3/2008	Qualifier 2	Daan Spijkers / Niels van de Sande, Netherlands (Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 7/3/2008	Qualifier 3	Mirco Guidolin / Giorgio Pizzolotto, Italy (Q20)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:47
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 1	Tomasz Sinczak / Rafal Szternel, Poland (11)	Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:56
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Lost 23-21, 13-21, 14-16	0:55
Fri, 7/4/2008	Contender 1	Josh Binstock / Christian Redmann, Canada (21)	Lost 19-21, 22-20, 16-18	1:03

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
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$5,500.00

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
33	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	0	$4,787.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	$3,900.00

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 %
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 %

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
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
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
26	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	18	$2,287.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	14	$1,400.00

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	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2007-2008	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
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
Total	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14

Head to Head Results
Litva/Varga lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Kruger/Simek, Canada 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Kruger/Simek	Q23	Litva/Varga	Q42	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	21-23, 21-13, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 21 Binstock/Redmann, Canada 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Binstock/Redmann	21	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	21-19, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # Q1 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Litva/Varga	Q37	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q28	21-11, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Spijkers/van de Sande, Netherlands 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Qualifier 2	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	Spijkers/van de Sande	Q12	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q20 Guidolin/Pizzolotto, Italy 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Qualifier 3	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	Guidolin/Pizzolotto	Q20	21-19, 21-12	0:47