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

(15) Thomas Kaczmarek/Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany

Thomas Kaczmarek
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Myslowice, Poland

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$69,483.83

Alexander Walkenhorst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Essen

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$180,555.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$29,539.85
CEV C&S	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,764.86
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	US$0.00
Overall	16	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	5	US$39,304.71

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Sebastian Dollinger - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	Q10	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV C&S	1/11-15/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	7	9th	20	€ 225.00
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	9	25th	80	€ 500.00
CEV C&S	7/28-31/2011	CEV Varna Challenger	2, Q1	1st	200	€ 4,400.00
CEV	7/19-24/2011	CEV Polish Masters	10	1st	600	€ 10,000.00
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	16	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
CEV C&S	6/16-19/2011	CEV Satellite Lausanne	2	1st	100	€ 2,200.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool K	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (18)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 8-15	0:53
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool K	Murat Giginoglu / Hakan Gogtepe, Türkiye (31)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-3	0:45
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool K	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:36
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (7)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:37
Sat, 6/2/2012	Winner 3	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Kaczmarek												Alexander Walkenhorst
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$12,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	2	9	6	5	0	$105,200.00
29	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	4	0	$20,412.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	0	$18,000.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	2	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger
3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,250.00	Confederation Championship	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	$10,500.00
61	1	0	1	3	5	6	8	8	0	$41,162.50	Total	62	0	1	2	4	5	15	15	12	0	$148,500.00

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2011	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$12,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,600.00	12	2	85.7 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	CEV	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$16,000.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,825.00	13	4	76.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Kaczmarek													Alexander Walkenhorst
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	2002	CEV Under Age
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,375.00	2007	CEV
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,500.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB C&S
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	CEV
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	7	$7,925.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,780.00	2010	CEV C&S
											2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,000.00	2011	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,525.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$112.50	2012	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$112.50
59	6	0	4	2	6	8	4	4	25	$31,067.50	Total	Total	17	4	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	6	$12,162.50

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	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1-6	14.3%	14-2	87.5%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	18-7	72.0%
2011-2012	14	77.8%	3	16.7%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1-6	14.3%	14-2	87.5%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	18-7	72.0%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	12-2	85.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	9-2	81.8%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	1	5	2	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12

Head to Head Results
Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst lead the series against the field 12-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	15	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool K	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	15	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Boersma/Spijkers	5	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 4-1
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	Q18	21-15, 21-11	0:33
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	21-18, 21-13	0:29
7/24/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Stiekema/Varenhorst	8, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:31
7/16/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Contender 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	16	Stiekema/Varenhorst	9	21-16, 21-12	0:33
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Gold Medal	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	11, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	15	Plavins/Smedins	7	21-17, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
1/14/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Contender 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5, Q1	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	7	21-17, 21-19	0:44
6/19/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Semi-Finals	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:41
6/17/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Lausanne	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10, Q7	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2	21-10, 21-23, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-2
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool K	Huber/Seidl	18	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	15	22-20, 17-21, 15-8	0:53
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	3	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 20 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool Q	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	9	Chevallier/Heyer	8	15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	2, Q1	Coucke/van Walle	7	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
1/13/11	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10, Q3	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	7	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 3	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	10	Dumek/Tichy	15, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool K	Kaczmarek/Walkenhorst	15	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	31	21-17, 19-21, 15-3	0:45