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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(8) Sebastian Fuchs/Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany

Sebastian Fuchs
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Eckernforde

Height:

202 cm (6'7")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Pattaya 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$54,075.00

Thomas Kaczmarek
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Myslowice, Poland

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Pattaya 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$36,912.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	US$42,975.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	21	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	US$43,475.00

Previous Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	5	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	29, Q9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	11	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	12	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	16	25th	120	US$800.00

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool H	Martins Dauburs / Toms Smedins, Latvia (25)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:32
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool H	Daniel Dearing / Garrett May, Canada (24, Q5)	Lost 24-22, 9-21, 12-15	0:49
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool H	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (9)	Lost 21-10, 24-26, 11-15	0:58
Thu, 12/11/2014	Winner 1	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (19, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Josh Binstock / Maverick Hatch, Canada (4)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:43
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (18)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 12/13/2014	Semi-Finals	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (5)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 11-15	0:49
Sun, 12/14/2014	Bronze Medal	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:36

Head to Head Results
Fuchs/Kaczmarek trail the series against the field 5-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Bronze Medal	Krou/Rowlandson	3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Binstock/Hatch, Canada 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Binstock/Hatch	4	21-16, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
12/13/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	4	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	26-28, 21-18, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 9 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 0-1
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Goldschmidt/Williams	9	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	10-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 12 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool E	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	21-16, 19-21, 24-22	1:12
Lead the series against # 18 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 1	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Daguerre/Salvetti	19, Q1	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 20, Q2 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-1
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	5	Casebeer/Montgomery	18	21-18, 21-11	0:40
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Casebeer/Montgomery	23	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	10	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Dearing/May, Canada 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Dearing/May	24, Q5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	22-24, 21-9, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Dauburs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool H	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Dauburs/Smedins	25	21-12, 21-15	0:32