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€ 200,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
May 30 - June 3, 2012

(14) Tanja Goricanec/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland

Tanja Goricanec
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Vaduz 2010)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Cagliari 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$123,778.89

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

176 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

7th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$73,597.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$9,105.25
CEV C&S	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,971.19
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	4	4	US$47,100.00
Overall	30	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	7	5	4	4	US$65,176.44

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Nadia Erni - 21st
2008	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Sharon Sciarini - 9th	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Did not play	Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker - 25th
FIVB 2010	Muriel Graessli - 33rd	Tanja Goricanec - 33rd
FIVB 2011	Muriel Graessli - 33rd	Tanja Goricanec - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	8	7th	300	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	30, Q18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	27, Q12	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV C&S	7/29-31/2011	CEV Varna Challenger	1	3rd	160	€ 2,600.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	3	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV C&S	6/1-4/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	4	5th	60	€ 450.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool C	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 11-15	0:40
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool C	Janne Kongshavn / Cindy Treland, Norway (30)	Won 21-13, 27-25	0:37
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool C	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (3)	Lost 11-21, 12-21	0:28
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (21)	Lost 17-21, 23-25	0:40

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	$29,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$10,800.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	5	0	$50,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tanja Goricanec												Muriel Graessli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,600.00
39	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	10	0	$77,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	$21,600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	0	$23,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00
66	0	1	0	2	3	13	15	11	0	$109,050.00	Total	69	0	0	0	1	3	7	11	15	0	$56,875.00

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
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$5,500.00	4	8	33.3 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	3	25.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	7	2	77.8 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$10,500.00	2	9	18.2 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00	7	3	70.0 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$7,900.00	6	6	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	$23,900.00	12	23	34.3 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00	5	11	31.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,350.00	14	5	73.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tanja Goricanec													Muriel Graessli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$4,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$2,712.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	$15,450.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$6,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$460.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,525.00	2011	CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,950.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
41	1	0	2	3	6	7	8	3	11	$17,625.00	Total	Total	87	2	1	1	2	9	11	18	13	30	$51,597.50

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	6	54.5%	0	0.0%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1-7	12.5%	6-4	60.0%	1-8	11.1%	0	1	7-13	35.0%
2011-2012	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-2	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	0	1	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	4-6	40.0%	2-12	14.3%	0	1	3-10	23.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	6	3	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	0	15	8	6	24	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	44

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Graessli trail the series against the field 10-16 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-2
5/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 3	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	2	Goricanec/Graessli	8	21-18 Retired	0:32
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Goricanec/Graessli	46	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	22	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:40
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	Goricanec/Graessli	32	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Keizer/Van Iersel	3	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-11, 21-12	0:28
Trail the series against # 4 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-3
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Hansel/Montagnolli	23, Q1	Goricanec/Graessli	10	21-14, 21-17	0:30
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Goricanec/Graessli	46	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:44
8/11/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	2	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14, Q1	21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-14, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q2	Goricanec/Graessli	10	23-21, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 2	Goricanec/Graessli	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Goricanec/Graessli	6, Q1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	11, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 2-1
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Braakman/Stiekema	9	Goricanec/Graessli	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:44
8/6/10	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Braakman/Stiekema	6, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	Braakman/Stiekema	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:40
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 20 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Sinnema/Wesselink	9	Goricanec/Graessli	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:45
Trail the series against # 21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-3
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-17, 25-23	0:40
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 4	Baquerizo/Fernandez	3	Goricanec/Graessli	4	21-19, 21-19	0:33
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	2	Goricanec/Graessli	6, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 23 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 2-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	Hermannova/Williams	Q31	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	Q10	Hermannova/Williams	Q23	21-12, 21-17	0:29
Lead the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 2	Goricanec/Graessli	3	Jursone/Minusa	14	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 30 Kongshavn/Treland, Norway 1-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Goricanec/Graessli	14	Kongshavn/Treland	30	21-13, 27-25	0:37