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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
June 3 - 8, 2014

(20) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	21	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q3	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q12	17th	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	26	9th	250	€ 2,500.00
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

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/3/2014	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (4)	Lost 14-21, 9-21	0:31
Wed, 6/4/2014	Pool D	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (13)	Lost 15-21, 7-21	0:29
Thu, 6/5/2014	Pool D	Janis Peda / Toms Smedins, Latvia (29)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:42
Fri, 6/6/2014	Winner 1	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (8)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:39

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$14,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
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 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$6,575.00	7	8	46.7 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	12	$22,725.00	27	31	46.6 %
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	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	$8,250.00	14	14	50.0 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	$9,600.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	$7,075.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$3,287.50	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$3,287.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
56	0	1	1	1	4	10	15	5	19	$24,662.50	Total	Total	63	0	3	2	4	9	14	12	5	14	$31,087.50

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	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%
2013-2014	13	76.5%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	13-10	56.5%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	19-14	57.6%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	10	83.3%	1-11	8.3%	6-20	23.1%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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 7-20 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Garcia/Marco	21	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-12, 21-18	0:36
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 # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Garcia/Marco	20	21-14, 21-9	0:31
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 8 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Doppler/Horst	8	Garcia/Marco	20	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-5
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Garcia/Marco	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Stiekema/Varenhorst	25, Q5	Garcia/Marco	24, Q3	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
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
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 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	13	Garcia/Marco	20	21-15, 21-7	0:29
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 19 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 0-1
7/27/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Dittelbach/Koreng	13	Garcia/Marco	12	21-19, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 21 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 25 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
Lead the series against # 29 Peda/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	20	Peda/Smedins	29	21-15, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 31 Hordvik/Kvamsdal, Norway 2-1
6/29/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Contender 4	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	12, Q4	Garcia/Marco	3	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Garcia/Marco	Q15	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	Q18	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/9/13	CEV C&S	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Montpellier	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	6	Hordvik/Kvamsdal	11, Q5	3-0	0:32