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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(Q1) Nikolas Berger/Oliver Stamm, 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:

100

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Rhodes 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$183,857.50

Oliver Stamm
Austria

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 25, 1966 (59 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$74,712.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	35	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	3	12	6	1	3	2	US$98,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,500.00
Overall	36	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	3	12	6	1	3	2	US$99,500.00

Previous Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Gernot Leitner - 46th	Did not play
1996	Did not play	Gernot Leitner - 25th
1997	Did not play	Gernot Leitner - 17th
1998	Hannes Kronthaler - 25th	Gernot Leitner - 41st
1999	Oliver Stamm - 41st	Nikolas Berger - 41st
2000	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	21, Q3	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	21	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	25	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	24	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	21	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/16-26/2000	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	17	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	26	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	10	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	21	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	20	25th	34	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	22	17th	68	US$2,000.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 2	Shajiro Soga / Yuichi Yano, Japan (Q65)	Won 21-10, 21-8	0:35
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 3	Roger Jonsson / Ola Olofsson, Sweden (Q32)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:36
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 4	Andy Witt / Larry Witt, United States (32, Q48)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:40
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 6	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (Q9)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 7	Marcio Araujo / Luizao Correa, Brazil (Q3)	Lost 11-21, 21-16, 23-25	1:01
Thu, 7/12/2001		Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (16, Q2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:38

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	9	6	0	$74,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	36	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	12	6	0	$99,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Oliver Stamm
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,250.00
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,150.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	0	0	0	3	7	15	24	0	$55,450.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	$4,362.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
100	0	0	1	2	12	27	28	15	0	$183,857.50	Total	86	0	0	0	0	8	10	19	27	0	$74,712.50

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
1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	$19,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	3	1	$36,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	$14,500.00	11	12	47.8 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	11	5	6	$70,000.00	17	16	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Oliver Stamm
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$1,250.00
											1996	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	2	$6,000.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,462.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	$7,550.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	$5,725.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	$9,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$7,250.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$7,250.00
45	0	0	0	0	4	6	13	8	14	$41,150.00	Total	Total	75	0	0	0	0	7	7	18	25	18	$59,887.50

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	10	47.6%	6	28.6%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	13	56.5%	4-19	17.4%	10-13	43.5%	10-11	47.6%	0	0	26-28	48.1%
2000-2001	10	47.6%	6	28.6%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	13	56.5%	4-19	17.4%	10-13	43.5%	10-11	47.6%	0	0	22-26	45.8%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	12-5	70.6%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	13	59.1%	4-18	18.2%	16-22	42.1%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	17-22	43.6%

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	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	18
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	9	4	2	0	0	0	10	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	28

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 11-11 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 3	Ramos/Rego	1	Berger/Stamm	25	21-17, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Stamm	21	25-23, 21-18	0:45
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	25	Child/Heese	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	8	Berger/Stamm	24	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	Bellaguarda/Moreira	Q1	16-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	Berger/Stamm	17	15-6	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Berger/Stamm	25	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
9/19/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Contender 1	Berger/Stamm	17	Pimponi/Raffaelli	20	15-9	0:41
Trail the series against # 11 Henkel/Smith, United States 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Henkel/Smith	12	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Novosel/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	Berger/Stamm	Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:38
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Novosel/Slack	23, Q6	Berger/Stamm	24	12-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	21	Brenha/Maia	12	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:55
Trail the series against # 24, Q10 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q11	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 27 Correa/Diez, Spain 1-0
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	24	Correa/Diez	9	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-19, 21-7	0:36
Trail the series against # 32, Q48 Witt/Witt, United States 0-1
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Witt/Witt	32, Q48	Berger/Stamm	Q1	21-17, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # Q3 Araujo/Correa, Brazil 0-1
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 7	Araujo/Correa	Q3	Berger/Stamm	Q1	21-11, 16-21, 25-23	1:01
Trail the series against # Q8 Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Canet/Hamel	25	Berger/Stamm	26	17-16	0:50
Lead the series against # Q9 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Berger/Stamm	Q1	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q23 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal, Cuba 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal	Q19	21-15, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # Q32 Jonsson/Olofsson, Sweden 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Berger/Stamm	Q1	Jonsson/Olofsson	Q32	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q65 Soga/Yano, Japan 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Berger/Stamm	Q1	Soga/Yano	Q65	21-10, 21-8	0:35