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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Austrian Masters
May 9 - 12, 2008

(3) 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 St. Pölten Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Robert Nowotny - 5th	Nikolas Berger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q2	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	8	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	7	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q27	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	4	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters	13	5th	360	€ 3,000.00

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 5/11/2008	Winner 1	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (14, Q7)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:00
Sun, 5/11/2008	Winner 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:43
Sun, 5/11/2008	Contender 2	Paolo Ingrosso / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (16, Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:35
Sun, 5/11/2008	Contender 3	Tomasz Sinczak / Rafal Szternel, Poland (12, Q3)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 11-15	0:57

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	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$9,400.00	3	5	37.5 %
2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$1,300.00	2	4	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$18,050.00	10	7	58.8 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$12,900.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	CEV	9	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	$21,550.00	14	14	50.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$8,450.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$4,700.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	$4,400.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,025.00	2007	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,025.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,100.00
119	2	0	1	7	16	32	30	15	16	$217,432.50	Total	Total	100	1	1	1	2	6	15	16	17	41	$85,956.25

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%
2007-2008	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	7-9	43.8%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	13-14	48.1%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	4-14	22.2%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

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
Berger/Nowotny trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-2
6/17/07	CEV	German Masters	Gold Medal	Berger/Nowotny	4	Klemperer/Koreng	1	31-29, 21-14
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 3	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Berger/Nowotny	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:00
5/19/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	4	Berger/Nowotny	13	21-15, 21-18	0:48
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Berger/Nowotny	13	Klemperer/Koreng	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # 2 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-1
8/11/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 4	Matysik/Uhmann	4	Berger/Nowotny	7	21-12, 21-12	0:34
6/15/07	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Berger/Nowotny	4	Matysik/Uhmann	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 4 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 4	Berger/Nowotny	4	Babich/Nikolaev	3	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-2
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	6	Berger/Nowotny	3	21-17, 21-13	0:43
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Gosch/Horst	10	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 12, Q3 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 0-1
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Sinczak/Szternel	12, Q3	Berger/Nowotny	3	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Berger/Nowotny	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	14, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 15, Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q26	Berger/Nowotny	Q7	21-10, 21-23, 18-16	1:00
Lead the series against # 16, Q17 Ingrosso/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Berger/Nowotny	3	Ingrosso/Nicolai	16, Q17	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # Q2 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	15, Q18	Berger/Nowotny	Q2	21-17, 12-21, 15-8	1:00