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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2005

(18) Josef Benes/Petr Benes, Czech Republic

Josef Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 29, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$28,740.53

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	41	57	Money
CEV	21	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	4	5	1	0	0	0	US$44,306.40
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,843.28
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	US$1,400.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	US$4,500.00
Overall	35	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	4	8	1	1	1	5	US$52,049.68

Previous Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open		17th	20	€ 500.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open		17th	20	€ 500.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open		19th	16	€ 0.00
CEV	9/9-12/2004	Spanish Open		4th	60	€ 3,250.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 1	Oliver Indra / Matthias Wachter, Liechtenstein (15)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 8/26/2005	Winner 2	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (2)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:32
Fri, 8/26/2005	Contender 1	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania (16)	Lost 23-25, 21-16, 13-15	0:52

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,400.00
Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	$4,500.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	$8,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Josef Benes												Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$5,375.00
15	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	$4,450.00	Total	68	0	0	0	2	10	12	21	13	0	$133,500.00

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
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	5	3	62.5 %
2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$5,250.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Josef Benes													Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$700.00	1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00
16	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	1	5	$5,000.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	2	5	$5,700.00

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	14	56.0%	6	24.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	4	10.3%	6	15.4%	29	74.4%	4-35	10.3%	14-29	32.6%	10-11	47.6%	1	0	25-40	38.5%
2004-2005	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	6-7	46.2%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	10	76.9%	1-12	7.7%	8-20	28.6%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-13	31.6%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	14

Head to Head Results
Benes/Benes trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-2
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	2	Benes/Benes	18	21-10, 21-18	0:32
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Benes/Benes		21-16, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Lione/Varnier	13	Benes/Benes		21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 12 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 0-2
8/8/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Semi-Finals	Biza/Stejskal		Benes/Benes		18-21, 21-19, 21-19	1:10
6/4/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Pool B	Biza/Stejskal		Benes/Benes		21-11, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Benes/Benes	18	Indra/Wachter	15	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 16 Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-1
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Cyvas/Vasiliauskas	16	Benes/Benes	18	25-23, 16-21, 15-13	0:52
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Benes/Benes		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		21-10, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 17 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Benes/Benes		Dyachenko/Kulinich		21-13, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 20 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 4	Grinbergs/Stals	13	Benes/Benes		21-16, 21-14	0:35