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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 NESTEA European Championship Final
July 11 - 13, 2008

(10) Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland

Grzegorz Fijalek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wadowice

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$706,317.41

Mariusz Prudel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

154

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$558,089.37

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	21	1	0	3	1	5	2	6	1	0	1	1	US$93,370.29
CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	86	1	4	5	6	18	2	25	2	18	0	5	US$937,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	111	3	5	8	7	24	4	31	3	19	1	6	US$1,031,170.29

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Krzysztof Orman - 13th	Rafal Szternel - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	7	17th	16	US$500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	10	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	6	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	11	3rd	480	€ 5,700.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	32, Q43	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q12	21st	60	€ 0.00

European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 1	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (23)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:54
Fri, 7/11/2008	Winner 2	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (7)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 7/12/2008	Winner 3	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 7/12/2008	Winner 4	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (3)	Lost 14-21, 23-21, 9-15	0:49
Sat, 7/12/2008	Contender 6	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (15)	Lost 21-12, 15-21, 16-18	0:58

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$32,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	1	4	3	4	10	0	20	0	5	4	0	$748,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	2	2	5	2	5	2	10	1	0	$148,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	9	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	$41,500.00
Total	97	1	4	7	6	23	2	27	2	19	6	0	$979,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grzegorz Fijalek												Mariusz Prudel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$19,500.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$46,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
59	1	5	4	4	12	23	6	4	0	$427,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	58	1	4	3	4	10	20	5	6	0	$377,750.00
51	1	2	3	3	12	14	13	3	0	$144,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	0	2	2	9	11	13	1	0	$93,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$8,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
14	0	0	2	0	5	5	1	1	0	$26,125.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	2	0	5	3	1	1	0	$23,125.00
142	2	8	10	7	34	46	26	9	0	$671,775.00	Total	136	2	4	8	6	31	36	26	9	0	$526,475.00

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
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,200.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,200.00	11	8	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grzegorz Fijalek													Mariusz Prudel
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	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,050.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,600.00
21	0	2	3	0	3	5	6	0	2	$12,400.00	Total	Total	18	0	1	1	0	3	1	6	1	5	$10,600.00

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	32	65.3%	10	20.4%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	11	31.4%	8	22.9%	16	45.7%	11-24	31.4%	32-16	66.7%	21-15	58.3%	2	1	55-32	63.2%
2007-2008	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	3-9	25.0%	6-5	54.5%	5-7	41.7%	1	0	12-12	50.0%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	4	22.2%	2	11.1%	12	66.7%	4-14	22.2%	12-20	37.5%	14-12	53.8%	2	0	15-16	48.4%

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	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	107	46	0	0	50	35	5	7	3	4	1	4	168	96
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	12	6	0	0	31	28	0	4	2	2	0	0	82	60
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	9	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	32	12
Total	0	0	8	0	154	61	0	1	95	76	5	13	7	6	1	4	301	183

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-23, 15-9	0:49
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Trail the series against # 5 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
5/31/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	10	Fijalek/Prudel	6	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:06
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Ronnes	16	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	21-18, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	1:15
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against # 7 Luna/Marco, Spain 1-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Luna/Marco	7	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-2
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	9	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-17, 21-17	0:42
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	15	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 14 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	11	22-20, 21-23, 18-16	1:17
Trail the series against # 15 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 6	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	15	Fijalek/Prudel	10	12-21, 21-15, 18-16	0:58
Lead the series against # 16 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 17 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 1-0
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 2-0
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	23	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:54
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Gabathuler/Wenger	14, Q7	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 24 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Fijalek/Prudel	Q12	Litva/Varga	Q21	25-27, 21-15, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 25 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:38