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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam
June 10 - 15, 2008

(Q21) Florian Huth/Kjell Schneider, Germany

Florian Huth
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 5, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Alzenan

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$13,825.00

Kjell Schneider
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kiel

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Espinho 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$130,770.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	US$13,400.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$600.00
Overall	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	US$14,000.00

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Did not play	Borrje Schneider - 57th
1998	Did not play	Malte Homeyer - 57th
1999	Did not play	Malte Homeyer - 57th
2001	Did not play	Malte Homeyer - 25th
2002	Did not play	Julius Brink - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Julius Brink - 41st
2004	Did not play	Julius Brink - 25th
2005	Did not play	Julius Brink - 3rd
2007	Kjell Schneider - 41st	Florian Huth - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q16	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	28, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	32, Q6	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	44	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	30, Q12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	31	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q12	33rd	30	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2008	Qualifier 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (Q12)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44

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	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$10,000.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	$14,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Florian Huth												Kjell Schneider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,200.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	4	0	$38,700.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	$9,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	1	0	0	1	4	6	8	8	0	$71,470.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,100.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$925.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
33	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	0	$13,825.00	Total	66	1	0	2	2	7	7	10	12	0	$130,770.00

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
2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$13,400.00	9	14	39.1 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	$13,400.00	10	17	37.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Florian Huth													Kjell Schneider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,000.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											2002	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,470.00
											2003	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	$4,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	1	$19,375.00
											2005	FIVB	10	1	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	$71,175.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,075.00	2005	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	$21,150.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2006	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	$7,500.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	$6,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2007	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
22	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	11	$9,225.00	Total	Total	63	1	0	2	2	6	7	10	12	23	$130,470.00

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	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	15	78.9%	3-16	15.8%	6-15	28.6%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	11-19	36.7%
2007-2008	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	15.8%	1	5.3%	15	78.9%	3-16	15.8%	6-15	28.6%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	11-19	36.7%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	4-20	16.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	3-14	17.6%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	1	9	7	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	21

Head to Head Results
Huth/Schneider trail the series against the field 3-12 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool R	Brink/Dieckmann	5	Huth/Schneider	44	21-16, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	1	Huth/Schneider	32, Q6	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 8 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	2	Huth/Schneider	31	21-16, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Boersma/Ronnes	20	Huth/Schneider	30, Q12	21-12, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Huth/Schneider	30, Q12	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-0
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Huth/Schneider	30, Q12	Lione/Varnier	14	26-24, 21-16	0:53
Trail the series against # 19 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool R	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Huth/Schneider	44	21-9, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 27, Q6 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Li/Zhou	26, Q16	Huth/Schneider	Q17	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Huth/Schneider	28, Q8	21-15, 21-11	0:46
Trail the series against # Q9 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-2
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Dugrip/Gagliano	25, Q5	Huth/Schneider	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:39
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Dugrip/Gagliano	17	Huth/Schneider	32, Q6	21-13, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # Q12 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Berg/Brinkborg	Q12	Huth/Schneider	Q21	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # Q14 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Amore/Bizzotto	Q9	Huth/Schneider	Q24	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q26 Mussa/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Huth/Schneider	Q12	Mussa/Villafane	Q21	21-17, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q27 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Huth/Schneider	30, Q12	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q21	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	0:58