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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 5, 2001

(1) 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

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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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Hannes Kronthaler - 25th	Gernot Leitner - 25th
1998	Hannes Kronthaler - 17th	Gernot Leitner - 25th
1999	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th
2000	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	23	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	23	17th	90	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q1	33rd	28	US$0.00
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

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool A	Willie De Jesus / Joseph Gil, Puerto Rico (33)	Won 21-14, 21-23, 15-7	1:03
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool A	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (32)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:48
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 1	Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (35)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:48
Sat, 8/4/2001	Winner 2	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (18)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:44

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Gernot Leitner - 41st
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Oliver Stamm - 17th	Nikolas Berger - 17th
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Oliver Stamm - 9th	Nikolas Berger - 9th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Clemens Doppler - 17th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Clemens Doppler - 25th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-25/1999	Marseille World Championships	26	17th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	1	9th	200	US$6,000.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	$29,500.00	17	17	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	12	5	6	$85,000.00	23	21	52.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	$14,750.00	2001	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	$14,750.00
48	0	0	0	0	4	8	14	8	14	$48,650.00	Total	Total	78	0	0	0	0	7	9	19	25	18	$67,387.50

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	6	40.0%	5	33.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	13	59.1%	4-18	18.2%	12-22	35.3%	18-18	50.0%	0	0	15-22	40.5%

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
Berger/Stamm trail the series against the field 13-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 3	Laciga/Laciga	2	Berger/Stamm	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-2
7/28/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 4	Metzger/Wong	4	Berger/Stamm	23	20-22, 21-15, 15-11	1:03
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	8	Berger/Stamm	24	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-2
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Berger/Stamm	23	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	0:57
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	8	Berger/Stamm	17	15-6	0:38
Series tied with # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Berger/Stamm	23	Ferreira/de Melo	7	21-15, 14-21, 15-13	0:52
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 4	Ferreira/de Melo	12	Berger/Stamm	25	21-12, 26-24	1:23
Series tied with # 8 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 # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Fonoimoana	6	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 16 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-1
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Heidger/McCaw	18	Berger/Stamm	1	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	22	Berger/Stamm	21	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 27 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
Lead the series against # 32 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Berger/Stamm	1	Egger/Heyer	32	21-17, 21-19	0:48
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-19, 21-7	0:36
Lead the series against # 33 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 1-0
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Berger/Stamm	1	De Jesus/Gil	33	21-14, 21-23, 15-7	1:03
Trail the series against # 35 Canet/Hamel, France 1-2
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	1	Canet/Hamel	35	21-17, 21-17	0:48
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Canet/Hamel	9	Berger/Stamm	23	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Canet/Hamel	25	Berger/Stamm	26	17-16	0:50
Lead the series against # 40 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 # 41 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 # 47 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 2-0
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Berger/Stamm	23	Pedrosa/Teixeira	10	21-17, 21-17	0:43
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Berger/Stamm	Q1	Pedrosa/Teixeira	Q9	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:04