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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 31 - August 4, 2013

(26) Christian Garcia/Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain

Christian García Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$71,044.68

Francisco Alfredo Marco
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$77,704.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	14	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	US$22,787.82
CEV C&S	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$6,647.39
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	73	0	2	2	1	4	1	11	1	14	11	14	11	1	US$117,735.22

Previous Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2013	Anapa Open	12	9th	250	US$4,000.00
CEV	7/16-20/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	8	7th	176	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/27-30/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	3	5th	168	€ 600.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	29, Q17	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/5-9/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	6	9th	140	€ 225.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q9	17th	128	€ 0.00
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	6	9th	240	€ 750.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00

2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/31/2013	Pool P	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (7)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:41
Thu, 8/1/2013	Pool P	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (10)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 8/2/2013	Pool P	Daan Spijkers / Michiel van Dorsten, Netherlands (23)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:47
Fri, 8/2/2013	Winner 1	Kristo Kollo / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (30)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 8/3/2013	Winner 2	Lars Fluggen / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (18)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:38

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	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	$48,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	2	0	$33,150.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	0	9	10	0	$92,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christian Garcia												Francisco Alfredo Marco
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	$25,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	$24,075.00
28	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	4	0	$19,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	1	0	0	2	5	3	4	0	$18,475.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Challenger	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$2,500.00
74	0	1	0	0	6	9	14	14	0	$53,775.00	Total	65	0	2	0	0	5	8	11	12	0	$51,550.00

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
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	3	6	33.3 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,875.00	11	7	61.1 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	5	4	55.6 %
2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$6,750.00	7	6	53.8 %
2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$825.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	$8,750.00	15	17	46.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	$7,250.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	CEV C&S	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$4,700.00	15	11	57.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christian Garcia													Francisco Alfredo Marco
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	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	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	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	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$2,300.00	2008	CEV	7	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$0.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,937.50	2011	CEV C&S	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,937.50
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$5,900.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,375.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$412.50	2013	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$412.50
49	0	1	1	1	3	9	11	5	18	$17,175.00	Total	Total	56	0	3	2	4	8	13	8	5	13	$23,600.00

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	20	71.4%	4	14.3%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	5	17.2%	4	13.8%	20	69.0%	5-24	17.2%	20-20	50.0%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	29-28	50.9%
2012-2013	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	10-5	66.7%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	12-10	54.5%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	10	66.7%	1-14	6.7%	12-20	37.5%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	8-16	33.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	25	15	5	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	47
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	11	18	17	0	0	9	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	40	41
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
Total	0	0	38	26	29	54	0	0	10	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	78	101

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco trail the series against the field 10-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Gavira/Herrera	7	Garcia/Marco	26	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-1
7/8/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Bronze Medal	Garcia/Marco	8	Huber/Seidl	4	21-16, 21-14	0:34
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Winner 4	Huber/Seidl	4	Garcia/Marco	8	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Huber/Seidl	3	20-22, 25-23, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q57	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Dollinger/Windscheif	10	Garcia/Marco	26	21-12, 21-15	0:34
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool D	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Garcia/Marco	29, Q17	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
6/7/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	Winner 2	Bockermann/Urbatzka	3	Garcia/Marco	6	3-1	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 4	Kantor/Losiak	2	Garcia/Marco	8	14-21, 25-23, 18-16	0:53
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Kantor/Losiak	11, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q9	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Fluggen/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
8/3/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	18	Garcia/Marco	26	21-14, 21-18	0:38
6/28/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Winner 2	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	6	Garcia/Marco	3	31-29, 21-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 20 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Garcia/Marco	31, Q30	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 1-0
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool E	Garcia/Marco	12	Popov/Samoday	5	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Spijkers/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Garcia/Marco	26	Spijkers/van Dorsten	23	24-22, 21-18	0:47
Series tied with # 25 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
7/18/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Winner 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	31, Q30	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 27 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-3
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Bronze Medal	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:33
8/5/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	4, Q2	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/2/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Qualifier 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	7, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q16	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against # 30 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
8/2/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	26	Kollo/Vesik	30	21-17, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 3-1
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 3	Garcia/Marco	8	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11	22-20, 21-19	0:42
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q18	22-20, 21-17	0:39
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	Q9	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q8	24-22, 21-15	0:49
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Sekerci	11, Q4	Garcia/Marco	6	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46