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June 17 - 21, 2009

(Q24) Robert Kufa/Michal Rucka, Czech Republic

Robert Kufa
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$53,653.95

Michal Rucka
Czech Republic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Celadna

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (CEV Under Age Yantarny 2009)

Career CEV Best:

29th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	CQ	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	US$0.00
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	US$0.00

Previous Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	Q22	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	Q19	29th	30	€ 0.00

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/18/2009	Qualifier 1	Jorn Huiskamp / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (13, Q9)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:35

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Robert Kufa												Michal Rucka
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
20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$15,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	$8,300.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	$700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,075.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,000.00	Confederation Championship
69	1	0	0	0	3	9	13	14	0	$31,500.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00

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
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Robert Kufa													Michal Rucka
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
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	2005	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,612.50	2007	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$2,700.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,075.00	2008	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
31	1	0	0	0	1	7	7	5	10	$8,387.50	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
2008-2009	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Head to Head Results
Kufa/Rucka trail the series against the field 0-2 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 13, Q9 Huiskamp/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Huiskamp/Ronnes	13, Q9	Kufa/Rucka	Q24	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # Q3 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	Kufa/Rucka	Q22	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52