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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(32, Q20) Daniel Krug/Mischa Urbatzka, Germany

Daniel Krug
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Saint Quay Portrieux 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (Roseto degli Abruzzi 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$9,575.00

Mischa Urbatzka
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Elmshorn

Height:

189 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$238,675.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	US$15,150.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,500.00
Overall	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	2	2	US$18,650.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	3	7th	30	US$1,200.00
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	4, Q1	4th	42	US$2,300.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	36	33rd	50	US$3,750.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 2	Georgios Knapek / Panagiotis Mourtzios, Greece (Q45)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:31
Wed, 6/7/2006	Qualifier 3	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (Q13)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:45
Thu, 6/8/2006	Qualifier 4	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (Q61)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:38
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 1	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (16)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (15)	Won 21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 3	Jason Kruger / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (25, Q6)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 4	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (4)	Lost 13-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:46

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	$18,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniel Krug												Mischa Urbatzka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	1	0	0	5	15	4	7	0	$132,325.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	3	1	1	4	6	5	8	0	$89,525.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,225.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
18	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	$9,575.00	Total	98	0	5	1	2	10	24	11	15	0	$238,675.00

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,750.00	0	3	0.0 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$9,750.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniel Krug													Mischa Urbatzka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,875.00	2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$4,125.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
7	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	$6,625.00	Total	Total	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	$9,575.00

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	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	7-12	36.8%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
2005-2006	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	5	29.4%	1	5.9%	11	64.7%	5-12	29.4%	7-11	38.9%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	13-15	46.4%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	5	35.7%	1	7.1%	8	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	10-16	38.5%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Challenger	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	4
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
Total	1	2	10	5	2	4	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	25	22

Head to Head Results
Krug/Urbatzka lead the series against the field 8-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	21-18, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Krug/Urbatzka	36	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Egger/Laciga	4	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	21-13, 17-21, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Lione/Varnier	19	Krug/Urbatzka	3	25-23, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Semi-Finals	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Krug/Urbatzka	4, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:14
Lead the series against # 15 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Wu/Xu	15	21-18, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 16 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Arkaev/Barsuk	16	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Kruger/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Kruger/VanHuizen	25, Q6	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q13 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q13	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q31 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Krug/Urbatzka	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	8, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q45 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q45	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # Q49 Huth/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 1	Krug/Urbatzka	3	Huth/Uhmann	20, Q9	21-19, 23-21	0:51
Lead the series against # Q61 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	Krug/Urbatzka	32, Q20	Smedins/Smedins	Q61	21-16, 21-17	0:36