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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 3 - 8, 2014

(21) Philip Gabathuler/Mirco Gerson, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Novi Sad 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$193,411.30

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

9th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,065.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	US$10,347.75
CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,372.62
FIVB	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	4	3	US$162,600.00
Overall	41	0	0	3	1	0	0	9	1	11	9	4	3	US$175,320.36

Previous Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	6	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	6	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q10	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	17	17th	180	US$1,200.00

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/3/2014	Pool E	Daniel Mullner / Jorg Wutzl, Austria (28)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:36
Wed, 6/4/2014	Pool E	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (12)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:47
Thu, 6/5/2014	Pool E	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (5)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 10-15	0:57
Fri, 6/6/2014	Winner 1	Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (18)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:59
Fri, 6/6/2014	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (7)	Lost 10-21, 14-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	0	$136,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	$15,600.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$6,500.00
Total	37	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	11	9	0	$169,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Philip Gabathuler												Mirco Gerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	0	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	0	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00	Challenger
10	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$4,925.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$4,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$8,250.00
131	0	3	3	3	5	24	26	25	0	$183,100.00	Total	95	1	2	4	1	4	24	26	18	0	$167,825.00

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
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,000.00	2	5	28.6 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	7	3	70.0 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,400.00	7	9	43.8 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$15,400.00	9	14	39.1 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Philip Gabathuler													Mirco Gerson
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	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2004	FIVB C&S
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2007	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2008	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	$19,475.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2009	CEV C&S
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	$13,000.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$13,725.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,500.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$18,050.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$168.75	2013	CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,531.25
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,200.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
122	0	4	3	4	6	21	28	18	38	$113,381.25	Total	Total	29	1	1	3	1	2	6	7	4	4	$18,318.75

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%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	8	53.3%	5-10	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	10-14	41.7%
2013-2014	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	9	6	16	32	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	33	48
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	12	15	0	0	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	23
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Total	1	0	13	7	35	55	0	0	12	19	0	2	2	0	0	0	63	83

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Gerson lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	21-10, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Bockermann/Urbatzka	12	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	Huber/Seidl	18	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 17 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Hadrava/Kufa	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	19-21, 26-24, 19-17	1:04
Lead the series against # 18 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Eithun/Horrem	18	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # 20 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Bronze Medal	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Chevallier/Strasser	3	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 27 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Dumek/Kubala	7	21-19, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 28 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Mullner/Wutzl	28	21-9, 21-19	0:36