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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Serbian Masters
July 13 - 17, 2011

(17) Rafal Szternel/Damian Wojtasik, Poland

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

Damian Wojtasik
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sosmoviec

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

7th (Novi Sad 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$13,629.21

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$3,548.85
CEV C&S	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,538.64
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	US$3,500.00
Overall	10	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	US$14,587.49

Previous Novi Sad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	6/1-5/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	11, Q4	1st	100	€ 1,650.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q38	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	Q20	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	32	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV C&S	7/15-18/2010	CEV Satellite Lausanne	11, Q8	3rd	80	€ 1,300.00

CEV Serbian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2011	Winner 1	Thomas Kaczmarek / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (16)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:34
Fri, 7/15/2011	Contender 1	Audry Frankart / Tim Verschueren, Belgium (18, Q8)	Won 27-25, 21-15	0:39
Sat, 7/16/2011	Contender 2	Dejan Jovic / Jovan Markovic, Serbia (24)	Won 19-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 7/16/2011	Contender 3	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (5)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 7/16/2011	Contender 4	Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (1)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:24

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rafal Szternel												Damian Wojtasik
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	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	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship
19	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	0	$5,400.00	Total	14	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	$6,250.00

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
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$3,500.00	0	5	0.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	5	1	83.3 %
2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	0	6	0.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,950.00	12	2	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rafal Szternel													Damian Wojtasik
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
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	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00	2006	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$900.00	2007	CEV
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$3,900.00	2008	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
36	1	1	2	1	3	6	6	5	11	$12,825.00	Total	Total	18	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	7	$5,225.00

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	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
2010-2011	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1-3	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-6	25.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

Head to Head Results
Szternel/Wojtasik lead the series against the field 10-5 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 0-1
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 4	Hordvik/Horrem	1	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	21-14, 21-10	0:24
Lead the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
6/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Gold Medal	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Huber/Seidl	6	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:52
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	6	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Leeb/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 4	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Leeb/Wutzl	2	23-21, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 12, Q2 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
6/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Semi-Finals	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Kufa/Rotrekl	16	21-14, 22-20	0:33
Trail the series against # 14, Q6 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 1	Dumek/Tichy	Q23	Szternel/Wojtasik	Q42	14-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 18, Q8 Frankart/Verschueren, Belgium 1-0
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 1	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	Frankart/Verschueren	18, Q8	27-25, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Jovic/Markovic, Serbia 1-0
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 2	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	Jovic/Markovic	24	19-21, 25-23, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against Koraimann/Kunert, Austria 1-0
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 1	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Koraimann/Kunert	14, Q11	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q1 Hupfer/Moser, Austria 1-0
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Hupfer/Moser	8	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 Hellum/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 3	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q4	Hellum/Kjemperud	15, Q12	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # Q15 Billiris/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Billiris/Xenakis	Q27	Szternel/Wojtasik	Q38	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q30 Folguera/Salvador, Andorra 1-0
7/15/10	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Qualifier 1	Szternel/Wojtasik	11, Q8	Folguera/Salvador	Q9	21-11, 21-16	0:33