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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 NESTEA European Championship Final
July 11 - 13, 2008

(28) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,067.37

Premysl Kubala
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frydek-Mistek

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Almere 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$243,009.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	US$23,953.01
FIVB	40	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	9	1	US$232,850.00
Overall	48	0	0	0	2	4	6	11	1	14	9	1	US$256,803.01

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Josef Benes - 7th	Did not play
2007	Josef Benes - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 1	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (5)	Won 19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:00
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (12)	Lost 15-21, 21-23	0:47
Fri, 7/11/2008	Contender 2	Oleksiy Klyamar / Andrii Kutsmus, Ukraine (27)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 3	Kristjan Kais / Ragnar Pahn, Estonia (30)	Won 15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:49
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 5	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:59

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	7	6	0	$142,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	3	3	0	$78,250.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Total	44	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	1	14	9	0	$240,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Petr Benes												Premysl Kubala
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,600.00
25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	50	0	0	0	0	4	7	8	11	0	$89,450.00
27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	0	0	0	3	4	19	20	15	0	$102,975.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00	Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$5,375.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$7,550.00
68	0	0	0	2	10	12	21	13	0	$133,500.00	Total	147	0	0	1	3	10	31	36	27	0	$210,525.00

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
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Petr Benes													Premysl Kubala
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$18,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	$18,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											1999	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	3	$9,250.00
											2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,600.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,900.00
											2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,837.50	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$5,187.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,150.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,100.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
43	0	0	0	3	7	11	10	3	9	$26,362.50	Total	Total	89	0	1	3	1	5	22	20	12	25	$85,937.50

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	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	11	57.9%	5-14	26.3%	10-11	47.6%	7-4	63.6%	2	1	19-16	54.3%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	4-2	66.7%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	4-12	25.0%	10-6	62.5%	2	0	9-9	50.0%

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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	0	28	38	0	0	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	54
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	16	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	34	31
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8
Total	0	0	14	0	38	46	0	1	27	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	94	99

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	28	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 5 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	28	Boersma/Ronnes	5	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Benes/Kubala	28	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Brink/Dieckmann	12	Benes/Kubala	28	21-15, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 27 Klyamar/Kutsmus, Ukraine 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	28	Klyamar/Kutsmus	27	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 30 Kais/Pahn, Estonia 1-0
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 3	Benes/Kubala	28	Kais/Pahn	30	15-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:49