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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

Nikolas Berger/Clemens Doppler, Austria

Nikolas Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salzburg

Height:

198 cm (6'5")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$237,641.31

Clemens Doppler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 6, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steyr

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

242

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$684,416.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$30,938.66
FIVB	40	0	0	1	2	5	2	12	4	10	4	US$231,515.00
Overall	45	1	0	1	4	5	2	14	4	10	4	US$262,453.66

Previous Alanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	9	5th	312	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	7	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	7	9th	216	US$7,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		4th	70	€ 3,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	8	9th	120	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	5	9th	240	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	15	4th	210	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	14	3rd	240	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	10	9th	120	US$3,900.00
CEV	8/30-9/1/2002	European Championships	2	4th	70	€ 3,375.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool D	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany	Won 21-17, 24-26, 15-10	1:04
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool D	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
Sat, 8/30/2003	Pool D	Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:42
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 1	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 2	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:41
Sun, 8/31/2003	Semi-Finals	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:48
Sun, 8/31/2003	Gold Medal	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany	Won 14-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:17

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	0	$87,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	1	1	3	2	8	2	8	2	0	$133,565.00
Confederation Championship	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,375.00
Total	43	1	0	1	3	5	2	13	4	10	4	0	$254,890.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Clemens Doppler
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$54,750.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$14,500.00
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	0	2	1	3	14	19	17	16	0	$336,800.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	1	1	12	28	21	16	0	$167,232.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	2	1	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	$5,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Goodwill Games
9	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	$21,387.50	Confederation Championship	18	2	1	1	3	1	4	5	1	0	$49,112.50
109	1	0	1	5	12	30	29	16	0	$205,245.00	Total	221	4	5	3	7	30	65	51	36	0	$627,745.00

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
2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$38,565.00	27	16	62.8 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$55,000.00	25	10	71.4 %
2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,250.00	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	2	1	0	$93,565.00	52	26	66.7 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,625.00	15	4	78.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Clemens Doppler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,000.00	1995	FIVB
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB
											1997	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$350.00
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,787.50	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	$21,250.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,425.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50
7	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$27,500.00	2003	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$27,500.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00
75	1	0	1	5	9	19	16	10	14	$119,982.50	Total	Total	36	1	2	1	4	3	10	4	2	9	$65,170.00

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	12	75.0%	3	18.8%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	12-5	70.6%	8-1	88.9%	0	1	20-7	74.1%
2002-2003	9	81.8%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	9-4	69.2%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	15-4	78.9%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	6	75.0%	2-6	25.0%	14-10	58.3%	8-2	80.0%	0	1	11-7	61.1%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	15	3	0	0	10	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	20
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	0	25	11	0	0	16	22	0	2	1	1	0	0	72	51
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	13	3
Total	0	0	11	0	48	15	0	0	31	35	1	4	1	3	1	0	119	78

Head to Head Results
Berger/Doppler lead the series against the field 28-13 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 3-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	9	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-16, 21-14	0:40
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	10	Ahmann/Hager	25	21-13, 21-15	0:44
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	24	Ahmann/Hager	25, Q3	17-21, 25-23, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Berger/Doppler		Beligratis/Michalopoulos		21-17, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler	14	Berg/Dahl	13	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:13
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 2-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	7	Bosma/Mesa	26, Q3	21-17, 21-19	0:43
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Bosma/Mesa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Brink/Schneider	19, Q8	Berger/Doppler	14	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Brink/Schneider	28, Q21	21-17, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against Canet/Hamel, France 2-1
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
Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q3	21-17, 13-21, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Berger/Doppler		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		21-17, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-1
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Berger/Doppler		Dieckmann/Reckermann		14-21, 21-15, 16-14	1:17
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Berger/Doppler		Dieckmann/Reckermann		21-17, 24-26, 15-10	1:04
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Doppler	15	25-23, 21-15	0:50
Lead the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
8/31/03	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Berger/Doppler		Egger/Heyer		21-19, 21-16	0:48
7/13/03	CEV	Greek Open	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer		Berger/Doppler		21-19, 21-14	0:40
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler		Grinbergs/Stals		21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Berger/Doppler	9	26-24, 21-19	0:47
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Berger/Doppler	15	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	1:03
8/31/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Berger/Doppler	2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	Berger/Doppler	7	23-21, 13-21, 15-9	0:59
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	9	21-13, 15-21, 15-10	0:50
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
9/1/02	CEV	European Championships	Bronze Medal	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	4	Berger/Doppler	2	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool E	Berger/Doppler	5	Horrem/Maaseide	21	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool D	Berger/Doppler		Kais/Vesik		17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:55
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Berger/Doppler	14	Kais/Vesik	30, Q23	21-16, 30-28	0:52
Series tied with Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-1
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	Berger/Doppler	12	21-16, 21-16	0:38
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool D	Berger/Doppler	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	21-18, 17-21, 18-16	0:57
Lead the series against Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Doppler	12, Q4	Kogel/Mulder	Q29	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool H	Berger/Doppler	8	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	24, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:42
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool K	Berger/Doppler	10	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	34	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	1:11
Trail the series against Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-4
7/13/03	CEV	Greek Open	Bronze Medal	Laciga/Laciga		Berger/Doppler		21-9, 21-19	0:36
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Berger/Doppler	10	21-18, 24-22	0:44
9/1/02	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	1	Berger/Doppler	2	21-14, 22-20	0:49
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Berger/Doppler	10	Laciga/Laciga	7	21-18, 21-19	0:48
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Doppler	17, Q4	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50