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

(9) Karla Borger/Britta Buthe, Germany

Karla Borger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 22, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Heppenheim

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

180

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$599,739.98

Britta Büthe
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 25, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dearborn, MI

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Niechorze 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$336,271.29

Awards

Best Server 2014

Awards

Top Rookie 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
CEV	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$37,989.35
CEV C&S	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,989.52
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	65	1	2	3	2	16	0	16	1	11	4	3	1	5	US$610,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,950.00
Overall	77	4	3	4	2	19	0	19	1	12	4	3	1	5	US$664,728.87

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Ilka Semmler - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	4	9th	240	€ 750.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	10	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	16, Q6	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/1-6/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	21, Q9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	2	1st	600	€ 10,000.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	18, Q7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	22, Q12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/15-19/2011	Seoul Challenger	2	1st	100	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	27, Q19	9th	320	US$8,000.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool H	Natalja Bratuhhina / Polina Bratuhhina, Estonia (24)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:29
Wed, 5/30/2012	Pool H	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (25)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:33
Thu, 5/31/2012	Pool H	Greta Cicolari / Laura Giombini, Italy (8)	Lost 18-21, 27-25, 17-19	0:55
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 1	Anastasia Barsuk / Anna Vozakova, Russia (31)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 6/1/2012	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (5)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 6/2/2012	Winner 3	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (21)	Lost 21-19, 10-21, 10-15	0:46

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$52,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	1	3	2	10	0	14	0	6	4	0	$510,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	$48,200.00
Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$19,000.00
Total	72	2	2	4	2	19	0	17	1	12	4	0	$638,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Karla Borger												Britta Buthe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$44,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$26,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$78,000.00	World Tour Finals
66	0	1	4	2	13	21	12	6	0	$305,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	1	3	2	10	14	6	4	0	$255,300.00
64	2	1	1	5	11	16	14	3	0	$104,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	1	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	$24,100.00
10	2	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	$12,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	0	2	0	3	5	4	0	0	$23,375.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00
167	6	3	9	8	32	47	35	9	0	$572,850.00	Total	74	2	2	5	2	19	18	12	4	0	$319,375.00

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
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$2,800.00	5	5	50.0 %
2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	4	2	66.7 %
2010	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	6	1	85.7 %
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5	$33,350.00	31	16	66.0 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2011	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$10,700.00	7	7	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	0	9	$46,850.00	43	28	60.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,950.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	CEV	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,200.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Karla Borger													Britta Buthe
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2008	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	$2,800.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	$16,675.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	$16,675.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2011	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$120.00	2011	CEV C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$5,350.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$5,350.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,375.00
39	2	1	1	0	3	9	7	0	16	$41,295.00	Total	Total	29	3	2	1	0	2	7	5	0	9	$37,275.00

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	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	16-4	80.0%	4-4	50.0%	1	2	21-10	67.7%
2011-2012	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	16-4	80.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	1	10-7	58.8%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	12	2	84	36	0	0	32	30	1	5	3	2	0	1	137	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	4	8	2	23	4	0	0	11	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	53	26
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	6	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	8
Total	11	5	21	4	124	47	1	0	58	49	4	6	4	2	2	2	229	120

Head to Head Results
Borger/Buthe lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 2	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	2	Borger/Buthe	4	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-2
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Borger/Buthe	23	21-18, 23-21	0:33
7/23/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Gold Medal	Borger/Buthe	2	Kolocova/Slukova	1	21-17, 21-17	0:35
11/4/10	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	5	Borger/Buthe	28, Q20	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	8	Borger/Buthe	23	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	6	Borger/Buthe	18, Q7	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	21-18, 21-18	0:37
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	21-15, 24-22	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-2
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	18, Q7	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	15	21-8, 19-21, 15-13	0:43
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Borger/Buthe	28, Q21	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 7 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Gielen/Mouha	8	Borger/Buthe	10	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	Gielen/Mouha	Q8	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Cicolari/Giombini, Italy 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Cicolari/Giombini	8	Borger/Buthe	9	21-18, 25-27, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	12	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	0:43
Series tied with # 11 Kohler/Sude, Germany 2-2
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	21, Q9	Kohler/Sude	23	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kohler/Sude	18, Q4	Borger/Buthe	Q13	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	Kohler/Sude	22	17-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:52
7/19/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Country Quota	Kohler/Sude	29, Q10	Borger/Buthe		22-20, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Forrer/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	Borger/Buthe	4	21-15, 21-14	0:32
6/18/11	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Semi-Finals	Borger/Buthe	2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	7	21-12, 17-21, 15-12	0:44
6/17/11	FIVB C&S	Seoul Challenger	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	7	21-12, 22-20	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-0
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Borger/Buthe	27, Q19	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q3	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 15 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/5/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q21	21-19, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 1-0
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 1	Borger/Buthe	4	Braakman/Stiekema	5	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/2/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	Borger/Buthe	9	19-21, 21-10, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Winner 3	Borger/Buthe	2	Hermannova/Williams	7	21-10, 21-14	0:26
Lead the series against # 24 Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina, Estonia 2-0
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Borger/Buthe	9	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	24	21-16, 21-16	0:29
7/12/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Borger/Buthe	18, Q7	Bratuhhina/Bratuhhina	Q26	21-19, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 25 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	25	Borger/Buthe	9	21-17, 21-13	0:33
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	23	Birlova/Ukolova	26, Q6	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 31 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 2-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Borger/Buthe	9	Barsuk/Vozakova	31	21-16, 21-17	0:36
8/2/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Barsuk/Vozakova	26, Q11	Borger/Buthe	Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Borger/Buthe	22, Q12	Barsuk/Vozakova	27, Q8	21-14, 21-17	0:29