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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Spanish Masters
July 20 - 23, 2006

Tomasz Sinczak/Rafal Szternel, Poland

Tomasz Sinczak
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lodz

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Myslowice 2006)

Career CEV Best:

5th (St. Pölten 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$9,786.20

Rafal Szternel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lodz

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Baden 2011)

Career CEV Best:

5th (St. Pölten 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$18,667.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$15,609.73
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	US$3,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	22	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	US$19,909.73

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	16	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	14	9th	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	7/28-31/2005	CEV U20 European Championships		9th	32	€ 0.00

Spanish Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Qualifier 2	Paul Schroffenegger / Thomas Schroffenegger, Austria	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:41

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$5,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomasz Sinczak												Rafal Szternel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
12	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	$2,650.00	Total	19	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	$5,400.00

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	7	7	50.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomasz Sinczak													Rafal Szternel
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$650.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	3	$650.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	$650.00

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	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	10	66.7%	1-14	6.7%	9-10	47.4%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	13-16	44.8%
2005-2006	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-0		0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	10-10	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-6	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	5
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	1	3	3	5	4	0	0	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	15	19

Head to Head Results
Sinczak/Szternel trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Egger/Laciga	1	Sinczak/Szternel	16	21-11, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Luna/Rodriguez Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Luna/Rodriguez Herrera	9	Sinczak/Szternel	16	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against Dergunov /Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	16	Dergunov /Mykhaylov		21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Sinczak/Szternel	16	Indra/Wachter		21-14, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 0-1
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger		Sinczak/Szternel		21-19, 21-17	0:41