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€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(9) 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 Varna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	24, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	15	25th	80	€ 500.00
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

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Jolien Sinnema / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (8)	Won 23-21, 21-11	0:34
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 2	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (1)	Won 21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:45
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Merel Mooren / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (13, Q4)	Lost 21-17, 11-21, 16-18	0:48
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 4	Rimke Braakman / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (10)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:34
Sun, 8/26/2012	Semi-Finals	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (2, Q1)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
Sun, 8/26/2012	Gold Medal	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (6)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:37

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$8,600.00	4	9	30.8 %
2012	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$5,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10	$17,700.00	8	23	25.8 %
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	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$9,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$4,300.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$4,300.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,625.00	2012	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,625.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
62	1	3	2	2	3	6	10	9	26	$29,975.00	Total	Total	38	1	3	0	2	4	2	4	6	16	$16,400.00

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	8	44.4%	5	27.8%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	16-6	72.7%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	15-9	62.5%

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 lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	Forrer/Verge-Depre	1	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 2, Q1 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Semi-Finals	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	2, Q1	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Gold Medal	Nystrom/Nystrom	6	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	Sinnema/Wesselink	8	23-21, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 3-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 4	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	Braakman/Stiekema	10	21-15, 21-19	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 Mooren/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 3	Mooren/van der Vlist	13, Q4	Brzostek/Wojtasik	9	17-21, 21-11, 18-16	0:48