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

(15) Monika Brzostek/Kinga Wojtasik, 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:

126

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$208,644.07

Kinga Kolosinska Wojtasik
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 2, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lublin

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

139

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$278,655.82

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	13	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	US$38,875.13
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$885.55
CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	56	0	1	1	0	3	0	13	0	15	9	6	8	US$320,825.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	73	1	3	2	2	5	3	15	0	17	11	6	8	US$360,585.68

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Renata Bekier - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	6	9th	240	€ 750.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/9-13/2011	CEV European Championship Final	13	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV Under Age	8/4-7/2011	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	5	2nd	180	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	10	17th	160	US$5,100.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	12	5th	360	€ 2,750.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q23	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	Q20	41st	24	US$0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool B	Rimke Braakman / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (18)	Won 29-27, 25-23	0:49
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool B	Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia (31)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 8-15	0:46
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool B	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (2)	Lost 13-21, 10-21	0:28

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	1	1	0	2	0	8	0	10	5	0	$278,850.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	4	0	$23,975.00
U21 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$15,500.00
Total	63	1	1	2	0	3	0	14	0	17	11	0	$336,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Brzostek												Kinga Wojtasik
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,200.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	0	1	1	0	2	8	11	6	0	$143,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	47	0	1	1	0	2	11	12	9	0	$160,675.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	10	0	$24,912.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	0	1	2	12	16	8	0	$56,037.50
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	$3,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$5,000.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	$9,500.00	Confederation Championship	11	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	3	0	$20,375.00
105	1	1	3	1	5	17	26	20	0	$190,187.50	Total	122	1	3	2	2	6	29	35	21	0	$256,587.50

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
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$7,100.00	4	11	26.7 %
2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	6	5	54.5 %
2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	1	87.5 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	$9,100.00	5	17	22.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	1	87.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Brzostek													Kinga Wojtasik
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$6,800.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,125.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$1,450.00	2009	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$3,750.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	$3,750.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$3,550.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$3,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2011	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,875.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	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	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$625.00
58	1	2	2	2	3	6	9	8	25	$23,675.00	Total	Total	34	1	2	0	1	4	2	3	5	16	$10,100.00

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	21	60.0%	6	17.1%	8	22.9%	27-8	77.1%	5	20.0%	5	20.0%	15	60.0%	5-20	20.0%	21-15	58.3%	11-13	45.8%	0	3	32-31	50.8%
2011-2012	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	8-7	53.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	12-11	52.2%
Against the Field	9	47.4%	5	26.3%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	18-16	52.9%	14-16	46.7%	0	1	16-17	48.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	10	33	48	0	0	14	20	1	1	1	0	0	1	63	80
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	4	13	17	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	33
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	15
Total	0	0	21	14	63	78	0	0	24	36	2	2	2	0	1	1	113	133

Head to Head Results
Brzostek/Wojtasik trail the series against the field 7-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Kolocova/Slukova	2	Brzostek/Wojtasik	15	21-13, 21-10	0:28
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool D	Brzostek/Wojtasik	13	Kolocova/Slukova	4	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	3	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 0-2
8/9/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool D	Gielen/Mouha	20	Brzostek/Wojtasik	13	23-21, 21-16	0:36
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gielen/Mouha	Q10	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q23	21-17, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Kohler/Sude, Germany 0-2
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Kohler/Sude	12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	13	24-22, 18-21, 15-11	0:51
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Kohler/Sude	23	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:45
Series tied with # 12 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	29	Brzostek/Wojtasik	13	21-14, 21-14	0:31
7/21/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 2	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Forrer/Verge-Depre	19	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 2	Goricanec/Graessli	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 16 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Meppelink/van Gestel	27, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 2-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Brzostek/Wojtasik	15	Braakman/Stiekema	18	29-27, 25-23	0:49
8/7/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	Gold Medal	Braakman/Stiekema	13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	5	13-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:52
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 4	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Braakman/Stiekema	9	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 2-0
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	Hermannova/Williams	11, Q1	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:48
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	Hermannova/Williams	7	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 25 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Brzostek/Wojtasik	10	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 26 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jursone/Minusa	Q13	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q20	23-21, 25-23	0:44
Trail the series against # 31 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 0-2
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Barsuk/Vozakova	31	Brzostek/Wojtasik	15	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barsuk/Vozakova	Q10	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q23	21-17, 21-15	0:35