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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(15) Nikolas Berger/Robert Nowotny, 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

Robert Nowotny
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

104

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Hamburg 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$96,056.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	45	Money
CEV	11	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	US$32,197.72
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	US$15,400.00
Overall	16	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	US$47,597.72

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		45th	18	€ 0.00

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/1/2006	Qualifier 2	Teis Corneliussen / Martin Simonsen, Denmark	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:39
Thu, 6/1/2006	Qualifier 3	Tilo Backhaus / Tom Gotz, Germany	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (2)	Lost 19-21, 24-26	0:47
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 1	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium (10)	Lost 20-22, 21-14, 13-15	1:00

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$16,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolas Berger												Robert Nowotny
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,687.50
19	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	3	0	$52,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	$23,375.00
72	0	0	1	1	8	18	21	11	0	$115,982.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	11	0	$39,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$3,150.00
											Satellite	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,650.00
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	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	$4,387.50
109	1	0	1	5	12	30	29	16	0	$205,245.00	Total	90	0	1	1	2	2	12	15	17	0	$75,525.00

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
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolas Berger													Robert Nowotny
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1996	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1997	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$700.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	$3,250.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	$9,500.00	1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$3,787.50	1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,031.25
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	3	1	$18,250.00	2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$900.00	2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$450.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	1	$21,250.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	$4,500.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,550.00	2001	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	$19,282.50	2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$1,825.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50
10	0	0	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	$41,000.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	$5,437.50
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$10,125.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	$16,875.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	1	$27,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,250.00	2004	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	0	$40,100.00	2005	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	$19,175.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
105	1	0	1	6	13	30	25	14	15	$193,357.50	Total	Total	89	0	1	1	2	3	14	12	16	40	$69,381.25

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	9	60.0%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	2	11.1%	5	27.8%	11	61.1%	2-16	11.1%	9-11	45.0%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	15-18	45.5%
2005-2006	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-3	62.5%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Berger/Nowotny	15	21-19, 26-24	0:47
Trail the series against # 10 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Joosen/Melis	10	Berger/Nowotny	15	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against Backhaus/Gotz, Germany 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 3	Berger/Nowotny	15	Backhaus/Gotz		21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against Corneliussen/Simonsen, Denmark 1-0
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Berger/Nowotny	15	Corneliussen/Simonsen		21-19, 21-11	0:39