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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
September 7 - 11, 2005

(14) 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 Winnings:

US$2,150.00

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 Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Myslowice 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$4,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	US$3,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	US$4,300.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	Q50	57th	4	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/15-19/2004	Under 21 World Championships	Q10	25th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool B	Philip Austin / Travis Moran, Australia (11)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:51
Thu, 9/8/2005	Pool B	Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (2)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:39
Fri, 9/9/2005	Pool B	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (23, Q5)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 11-15	0:49
Fri, 9/9/2005	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (22)	Lost 21-16, 16-21, 17-19	0:55

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
Total	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$4,300.00

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
11	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	$2,150.00	Total	18	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	$4,900.00

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 %
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 %

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	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
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	$0.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	$0.00

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	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	4	44.4%	0	0.0%	5	55.6%	4-5	44.4%	7-5	58.3%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	13-8	61.9%
2004-2005	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Total	0	1	3	3	5	4	0	0	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	17

Head to Head Results
Sinczak/Szternel trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 0-1
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool B	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	2	Sinczak/Szternel	14	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Austin/Moran, Australia 1-0
9/8/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool B	Sinczak/Szternel	14	Austin/Moran	11	20-22, 21-14, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # 20, Q1 Gotz/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
9/15/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Gotz/Uhmann	20, Q2	Sinczak/Szternel	Q10	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 22 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Henriquez/Villafane	22	Sinczak/Szternel	14	16-21, 21-16, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 23, Q5 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool B	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	23, Q5	Sinczak/Szternel	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q4 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/27/03	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	9, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	23-21, 21-18