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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(4) Stephane Canet/Mathieu Hamel, France

Stephane Canet
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1971 (54 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 (53 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	3	9th	40	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q23	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	10	17th	112	US$4,750.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	3	5th	60	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	42	33rd	50	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	28	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	27, Q6	25th	40	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	4	5th	60	€ 3,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 2	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (20)	Lost 23-25, 18-21	0:41
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 1	Bram Ronnes / Jaap Vos, Netherlands (19)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:34
Sat, 8/27/2005	Contender 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (21)	Lost 21-14, 17-21, 9-15	1:07

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$14,375.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	3	0	$50,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	71	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	18	15	0	$88,760.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$16,300.00
Total	104	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	5	27	18	0	$173,935.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Stephane Canet												Mathieu Hamel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,187.50	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,187.50
18	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	0	$27,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$25,850.00
84	0	0	0	0	1	2	21	19	0	$49,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	15	0	$45,130.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$1,325.00	Satellite	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$8,150.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$8,150.00
120	0	0	0	2	2	13	30	24	0	$94,642.50	Total	111	0	0	1	2	2	12	28	19	0	$88,817.50

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
1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$6,800.00	0	1	0.0 %
1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$8,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,350.00	1	2	33.3 %
2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	3	$25,750.00	19	25	43.2 %
2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,550.00	0	2	0.0 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	$21,760.00	9	17	34.6 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2	2	50.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	2	$33,375.00	11	22	33.3 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	2	2	$32,250.00	17	24	41.5 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00	8	6	57.1 %
2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$12,500.00	4	9	30.8 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,950.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	64	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	21	12	22	$140,435.00	62	100	38.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	$24,500.00	20	25	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Stephane Canet													Mathieu Hamel
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	1995	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	$5,000.00	1996	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$3,400.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$3,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	$2,950.00	1998	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	$2,950.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	$4,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,418.75	1999	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,418.75
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	$4,500.00	2000	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$675.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$12,875.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	$12,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	$10,880.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	$10,880.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	$16,687.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	$16,687.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	2	$16,125.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2	2	$16,125.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,125.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$3,125.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$6,250.00	2005	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$4,975.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$4,975.00
118	0	0	1	3	4	15	30	23	42	$98,661.25	Total	Total	113	0	0	2	3	4	14	29	19	42	$95,336.25

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	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	8.3%	5	20.8%	17	70.8%	2-22	8.3%	14-17	45.2%	5-7	41.7%	0	1	20-27	42.6%
2004-2005	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	10-8	55.6%	4-5	44.4%	0	1	14-14	50.0%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	10-18	35.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	6-13	31.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	4	6	9	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	21	15	11	22	0	0	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	67
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Total	0	0	26	20	26	39	0	0	10	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	76	118

Head to Head Results
Canet/Hamel trail the series against the field 12-20 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-3
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Canet/Hamel	3	21-18, 21-12	0:40
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Egger/Laciga	11	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:42
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Canet/Hamel	4	28-26, 21-15	0:53
Series tied with # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-2
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	Canet/Hamel	3	24-22, 14-21, 15-13	0:59
8/17/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool B	Canet/Hamel	23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	11	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Canet/Hamel	28, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:49
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool G	Canet/Hamel	23	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	26	25-23, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	23-21, 21-15	0:40
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 # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	23	Canet/Hamel	10	21-15, 21-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 6 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-6
5/14/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	1	Canet/Hamel	4	21-14, 21-12	0:43
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
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 4	Lione/Varnier	13	Canet/Hamel	3	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Lead the series against # 19 Ronnes/Vos, Netherlands 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	4	Ronnes/Vos	19	21-13, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Grinbergs/Stals	20	Canet/Hamel	4	25-23, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 21 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/27/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 2	Brink/Schneider	21	Canet/Hamel	4	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:07
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool F	Canet/Hamel		Brink/Schneider		21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 2-0
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Canet/Hamel	3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	21-15, 21-16	0:46
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel	3	Babich/Nikolaev	11	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 Hoidalen/Oevergaard, Norway 2-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Canet/Hamel	Q23	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	Q10	21-12, 15-21, 15-12	1:00
5/13/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 2	Canet/Hamel	4	Hoidalen/Oevergaard	12	21-18, 32-30	1:10
Lead the series against # 24 Garcia-Thompson/Luna, Spain 2-0
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	27, Q6	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q11	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:55
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Canet/Hamel	28, Q8	Garcia-Thompson/Luna	Q25	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	1:02