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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 21 World Championships
August 23 - 27, 2006

(1) 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 Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	14	9th	0	US$0.00

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Pool A	Alexander Likholetov / Alexey Pastukhov, Russia (24, Q3)	Won 21-14, 15-21, 17-15	1:00
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool A	Glenn Adolpho / Mark VanZwieten, United States (13)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 8/25/2006	Pool A	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (12)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 1	Kyle Bryce / Spencer Holowachuk, Canada (17)	Won 17-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:48
Sat, 8/26/2006	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (14)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 8/26/2006	Semi-Finals	Piotr Marciniak / Krzysztof Orman, Poland (23, Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:40
Sun, 8/27/2006	Gold Medal	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 13-21	0:31

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 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	$0.00	Total	Total	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	$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%
2005-2006	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	7-4	63.6%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	8-2	80.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	8-1	88.9%

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 lead the series against the field 8-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
8/27/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Gold Medal	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Sinczak/Szternel	1	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 12 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	12	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Adolpho/VanZwieten, United States 2-0
8/25/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Adolpho/VanZwieten	13	21-16, 21-13	0:34
8/30/03	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Winner 1	Sinczak/Szternel	9, Q5	Adolpho/VanZwieten	5	21-16, 21-13
Lead the series against # 14 Gavira/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Gavira/Marco	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Bryce/Holowachuk, Canada 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Bryce/Holowachuk	17	17-21, 21-9, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Marciniak/Orman, Poland 1-0
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Marciniak/Orman	23, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Likholetov/Pastukhov, Russia 1-0
8/24/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Sinczak/Szternel	1	Likholetov/Pastukhov	24, Q3	21-14, 15-21, 17-15	1:00