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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 25 - 30, 2008

(27, Q8) Monika Brzostek/Karolina Marciniak, Poland

Monika Brzostek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$180,687.50

Karolina Sowala Marciniak
Poland

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lask, Poland

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB U21 World Championships Brighton 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Åland 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$19,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	3	7	1	US$29,350.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	3	7	1	US$29,350.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q38	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/4-8/2007	Under 21 World Championships	24, Q9	9th	0	US$0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/26/2008	Qualifier 2	Yelena Alenkina / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan (Q9)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:29
Wed, 8/27/2008	Winner 1	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (6)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 11-15	0:44
Wed, 8/27/2008	Contender 1	Sanne Keizer / Mered de Vries, Netherlands (11)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:33

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$21,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	$29,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Brzostek												Karolina Marciniak
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships
46	0	1	1	0	2	8	11	6	0	$143,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,050.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	10	0	$24,912.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	$11,925.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	$3,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
97	1	1	2	1	5	15	23	18	0	$180,687.50	Total	40	0	0	1	0	2	2	6	7	0	$19,975.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,600.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,600.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Brzostek													Karolina Marciniak
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$1,800.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$1,800.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	4	$1,800.00

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	10	50.0%	2	10.0%	8	40.0%	12-8	60.0%	4	13.8%	1	3.4%	24	82.8%	4-25	13.8%	10-24	29.4%	6-9	40.0%	0	0	16-33	32.7%
2007-2008	5	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	5-10	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	5-13	27.8%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-16	27.3%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-10	28.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	5	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	24
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	4
Total	0	0	11	11	4	5	0	0	3	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	37

Head to Head Results
Brzostek/Marciniak trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	Brzostek/Marciniak	27, Q8	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 de Vries/Keizer, Netherlands 0-1
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Keizer/de Vries	11	Brzostek/Marciniak	27, Q8	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 Alenkina/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/26/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Brzostek/Marciniak	27, Q8	Alenkina/Tsimbalova	Q9	21-14, 21-13	0:29