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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 CEV Satellite Vaduz
August 3 - 7, 2011

(4) 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 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 C&S Wins:

1 (Baden 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 Vaduz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	7/28-31/2011	CEV Varna Challenger	8, Q3	5th	120	€ 1,200.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	7	17th	120	€ 500.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	17	7th	300	€ 2,000.00
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 Satellite Vaduz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/5/2011	Winner 1	Tobias Koraimann / Thomas Kunert, Austria (13, Q9)	Won 21-23, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
Fri, 8/5/2011	Winner 2	Valeri Aleksejev / Maksim Petrov, Estonia (12, Q7)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 8/6/2011	Winner 3	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (9, Q2)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Sun, 8/7/2011	Semi-Finals	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Won 27-25, 16-21, 15-11	0:49
Sun, 8/7/2011	Gold Medal	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (3)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:36

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2011	CEV C&S	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,050.00	15	4	78.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	0	6	0.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,350.00	20	5	80.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00	2011	CEV C&S	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,025.00
39	1	2	2	1	4	6	7	5	11	$14,275.00	Total	Total	21	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	3	7	$6,675.00

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	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	6	60.0%	0	0.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	11-4	73.3%	9-1	90.0%	0	0	20-5	80.0%
2010-2011	11	73.3%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	6	60.0%	0	0.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	11-4	73.3%	9-1	90.0%	0	0	20-5	80.0%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	6-2	75.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%

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 8-2 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Szternel/Wojtasik	4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	27-25, 16-21, 15-11	0:49
Series tied with # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Gold Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Szternel/Wojtasik	4	21-15, 21-12	0:36
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 3	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9, Q2 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 3	Szternel/Wojtasik	4	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 12, Q7 Aleksejev/Petrov, Estonia 1-0
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Szternel/Wojtasik	4	Aleksejev/Petrov	12, Q7	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 13, Q9 Koraimann/Kunert, Austria 2-0
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Szternel/Wojtasik	4	Koraimann/Kunert	13, Q9	21-23, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Baltacioglu/Kavuzlu, Türkiye 1-0
7/28/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Qualifier 2	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	Baltacioglu/Kavuzlu	Q14	21-13, 21-7	0:26