Team Preview

European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
June 9 - 13, 2004

Stephane Canet/Mathieu Hamel, France

Stephane Canet
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1971 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyères

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Xylokastro 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$110,419.87

Mathieu Hamel
France

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1972 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caen

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (Xylokastro 1999)

Career Winnings:

US$103,163.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	49	57	Money
CEV	16	0	0	1	1	3	0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$34,974.20
FIVB	94	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	23	1	18	10	6	21	1	5	US$155,335.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,300.00
Overall	113	0	0	1	3	4	0	10	6	27	1	18	10	6	21	1	5	US$192,609.20

Previous Timmendorfer Strand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	27	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q2	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	23, Q2	17th	72	US$3,000.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		4th	70	€ 3,250.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	19	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	19	37th	80	US$1,875.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	19	25th	60	US$3,500.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	16	17th	60	US$2,500.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		9th	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/22-24/2003	France Satellite	1	4th	22	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	23, Q2	9th	208	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	22	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	10	17th	108	US$5,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9th	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	21	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	24	17th	60	US$2,500.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool F	Mikhail Kouchnerev / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:48
Fri, 6/11/2004	Pool F	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 6-15	0:53
Sat, 6/12/2004	Pool F	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:47
Sat, 6/12/2004	Winner 1	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:45

Head to Head Results
Canet/Hamel trail the series against the field 22-31 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Ahmann/Hager		Canet/Hamel		21-15, 21-16	0:45
Series tied with Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel		Arkaev/Barsuk		21-17, 16-21, 19-17
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Arkaev/Barsuk		Canet/Hamel		21-17, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 2-0
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Canet/Hamel	16	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	32	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Beligratis/Michalopoulos		21-15, 21-15	0:48
Series tied with Berg/Dahl, Sweden 3-3
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool A	Berg/Dahl	17	Canet/Hamel	16	21-17, 21-11	0:42
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Canet/Hamel		Berg/Dahl		21-12, 15-21, 15-11	1:07
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Berg/Dahl	12	21-17, 21-17	0:45
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Berg/Dahl	16	Canet/Hamel	22	21-12, 21-12	0:30
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	Berg/Dahl	20	17-21, 21-12, 15-13	1:05
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berg/Dahl	24	Canet/Hamel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-2
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel		Berger/Doppler		19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel	22	Berger/Doppler	7	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	1:06
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Canet/Hamel	10	21-14, 14-21, 15-11	0:52
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool B	Berger/Doppler	15	Canet/Hamel	31	21-13, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool C	Bosma/Herrera		Canet/Hamel		21-15, 17-21, 15-5	0:50
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Canet/Hamel	21	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	23-21, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Brink/Schneider		21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Canet/Hamel	12	Brizida/Pedrosa	21	21-15, 21-7	0:38
Trail the series against Ces/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ces/Salvetti	3	Canet/Hamel	1	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 3-0
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool C	Canet/Hamel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		21-17, 21-17
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Canet/Hamel		Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson		32-30, 23-21	1:02
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Canet/Hamel	24	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Canet/Hamel	23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-5
5/16/04	CEV	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Canet/Hamel		21-10, 21-12	0:40
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Canet/Hamel		21-19, 21-16	0:45
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Canet/Hamel	19	21-16, 21-16	0:39
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	21-19, 21-18	0:43
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Canet/Hamel	12	22-20, 21-15	0:42
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	Dieckmann/Reckermann	Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-5
5/16/04	CEV	Italian Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer		Canet/Hamel		By Forfeit
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer		Canet/Hamel		21-14, 21-14	0:40
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Canet/Hamel	24	21-18, 21-19	0:39
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-3
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel		Canet/Hamel		16-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:53
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Canet/Hamel	19	21-13, 21-12	0:37
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Canet/Hamel	22	16-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-5
6/4/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	22	Canet/Hamel	27	22-24, 21-15, 15-13	1:04
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool C	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Canet/Hamel	19	12-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	24-22, 10-21, 20-18	1:10
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Canet/Hamel	22	21-15, 21-14	0:39
8/25/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	2	Canet/Hamel	18	15-6	0:33
Trail the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-2
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	26	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	1:00
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	16	Canet/Hamel	18	21-13, 21-19	0:40
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	9	Horrem/Maaseide	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	12	Kais/Vesik	22	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-2
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	22	Canet/Hamel	21	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool E	Klemperer/Rademacher	28, Q2	Canet/Hamel	21	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:55
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	Klemperer/Rademacher	Q20	26-24, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against Koreng/Popp, Germany 1-0
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Canet/Hamel		Koreng/Popp		21-13, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
6/11/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-16, 21-16	0:48
5/13/04	CEV	Italian Open		Canet/Hamel		Kouchnerev/Sayfulin		21-17, 21-12	0:45