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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Varna Challenger
July 28 - 31, 2011

(8, Q3) 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 Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2011	Qualifier 2	Tayga Baltacioglu / Emir Kavuzlu, Türkiye (Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-7	0:26
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Daniel Hupfer / Helmut Moser, Austria (9, Q5)	Won 12-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:45
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 2	Volkan Gogtepe / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (1)	Lost 21-19, 27-29, 9-15	0:51
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 2	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (14, Q13)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:42
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 3	Oliver Kaszas / Sebastian Kaszas, Denmark (12)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:31
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 4	Thomas Kaczmarek / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (2, Q1)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:37

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,850.00	11	3	78.6 %
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	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,150.00	16	4	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
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,425.00
38	1	1	2	1	4	6	7	5	11	$13,675.00	Total	Total	20	2	0	2	1	2	2	1	3	7	$6,075.00

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	10-4	71.4%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	9-3	75.0%

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 8-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	19-21, 29-27, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-3
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 4	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:37
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Szternel/Wojtasik	7	21-15, 21-15	0:32
7/15/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Winner 1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Szternel/Wojtasik	17	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Series tied with # 3 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 # 9, Q5 Hupfer/Moser, Austria 2-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	Hupfer/Moser	9, Q5	12-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:45
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 # 10, Q7 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 Kaszas/Kaszas, Denmark 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 3	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	Kaszas/Kaszas	12	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 14, Q13 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 2	Szternel/Wojtasik	8, Q3	Kissling/Kovatsch	14, Q13	22-20, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 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 # Q14 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