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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Junior (U21) World Championships
September 3 - 7, 2008

(10) Tanja Goricanec/Taryn Sciarini, 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 Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$97,300.00

Taryn Sciarini
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bellinzona

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

53 kg (117 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	US$0.00

Previous Brighton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Under 21 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/4/2008	Pool J	Vilde Solvoll / Elin Westerlund, Norway (15)	Won 21-8, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 9/4/2008	Pool J	Beata Galek / Daria Przybylak, Poland (22, Q9)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:44
Fri, 9/5/2008	Pool J	Becchara Palmer / Alice Rohkamper, Australia (3)	Lost 21-16, 15-21, 13-15	0:45
Sat, 9/6/2008	Winner 1	Lisa Mittenzwei / Anni Schumacher, Germany (24, Q4)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 15-9	0:58
Sat, 9/6/2008	Winner 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (9)	Won 21-23, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
Sun, 9/7/2008	Semi-Finals	Danielle Remmers / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (4)	Lost 12-21, 11-21	0:26
Sun, 9/7/2008	Bronze Medal	Monika Brzostek / Karolina Marciniak, Poland (18)	Lost 22-20, 17-21, 12-15	0:48

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	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tanja Goricanec												Taryn Sciarini
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
39	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	10	0	$77,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
61	0	0	0	2	2	12	13	11	0	$97,300.00	Total	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00

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
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2	2	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	3	57.1 %
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	9	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tanja Goricanec													Taryn Sciarini
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	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	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	3	$0.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	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	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	3-6	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
2007-2008	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	5
Total	1	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	10	12

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Sciarini trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Palmer/Rohkamper, Australia 0-2
9/5/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool J	Palmer/Rohkamper	3	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:45
9/9/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Palmer/Rohkamper	6	Goricanec/Sciarini	8	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Remmers/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
9/7/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Remmers/Van Iersel	4	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	21-12, 21-11	0:26
Lead the series against # 9 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	Kolocova/Slukova	9	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 Lombardo/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
9/8/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 2	Goricanec/Sciarini	8	Lombardo/Menegatti	9	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Bosjanok/Puri, Estonia 0-1
9/9/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Pool A	Bosjanok/Puri	24	Goricanec/Sciarini	12	21-13, 21-12
Lead the series against # 15 Solvoll/Westerlund, Norway 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool J	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	Solvoll/Westerlund	15	21-8, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 18 Brzostek/Marciniak, Poland 0-1
9/7/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Brzostek/Marciniak	18	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	20-22, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 22, Q9 Galek/Przybylak, Poland 0-1
9/4/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool J	Galek/Przybylak	22, Q9	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	24-22, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Mittenzwei/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Goricanec/Sciarini	10	Mittenzwei/Schumacher	24, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-9	0:58