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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Rio Open
September 2 - 6, 2015

(10) Markus Bockermann/Lars Fluggen, Germany

Markus Böckermann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hamburg

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,450.00

Lars Flüggen
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 24, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	37	3	3	0	2	5	0	4	0	7	1	6	5	1	US$204,350.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	28, Q6	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	27, Q6	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	28, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	21	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	26, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	26, Q6	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q6	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	13	1st	500	US$11,000.00

Rio Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool C	Hevaldo Moreira / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (15, Q5)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:40
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool C	Cole Durant / Bo Soderberg, Australia (22, Q9)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 4-15	0:46
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool C	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Won 13-21, 31-29, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 1	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (4)	Won 21-12, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (6)	Won 23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Sat, 9/5/2015	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (1)	Won 21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:49
Sun, 9/6/2015	Gold Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 15-21, 23-25	0:44

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	4	0	$100,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	$93,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00
Total	37	3	3	0	2	5	0	4	0	8	6	0	$204,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Bockermann												Lars Fluggen
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
46	0	0	0	0	3	9	10	8	0	$108,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	8	0	$87,600.00
30	3	3	0	2	2	3	3	6	0	$54,850.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	5	0	2	4	5	3	6	0	$81,875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$6,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Challenger
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
85	3	4	0	2	7	15	14	14	0	$185,450.00	Total	74	3	5	0	2	10	13	15	14	0	$185,525.00

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
2015	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	$62,000.00	32	19	62.7 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	$62,000.00	32	19	62.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Bockermann													Lars Fluggen
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2007	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$4,125.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2010	FIVB C&S
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	$6,000.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	$22,450.00	2013	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$17,600.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$33,500.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	$20,000.00
10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$31,000.00	2015	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	$31,000.00
55	1	2	0	0	2	11	7	11	21	$103,675.00	Total	Total	24	1	2	0	0	2	4	5	6	4	$68,600.00

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	72	66.7%	15	13.9%	21	19.4%	87-21	80.6%	15	24.2%	11	17.7%	36	58.1%	15-47	24.2%	72-36	66.7%	30-32	48.4%	0	5	102-73	58.3%
2014-2015	23	65.7%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	9	39.1%	3	13.0%	11	47.8%	9-14	39.1%	23-11	67.6%	15-9	62.5%	0	0	38-20	65.5%
Against the Field	11	52.4%	6	28.6%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	7	26.9%	4	15.4%	15	57.7%	7-19	26.9%	22-26	45.8%	26-16	61.9%	0	2	24-23	51.1%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	14	4	14	25	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	27	11	0	0	23	5	6	2	0	2	3	3	64	25
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	0	1	17	5	43	42	0	1	31	16	6	2	0	2	3	3	102	73

Head to Head Results
Bockermann/Fluggen lead the series against the field 12-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:49
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	21-17, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 2-0
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Goncalves/Solberg	4	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	Goncalves/Solberg	7	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
9/6/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	21-15, 25-23	0:44
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	13-21, 31-29, 15-13	0:53
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 3-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Carambula/Ranghieri	4	21-12, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool F	Bockermann/Fluggen	27, Q6	Carambula/Ranghieri	22, Q3	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:52
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	Carambula/Ranghieri	Q13	33-31, 23-21	0:51
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Carambula/Ranghieri	31, Q27	Bockermann/Fluggen	Q6	17-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool E	Rego/Santos	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	21	21-19, 15-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Kantor/Losiak	6	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Ontiveros/Virgen	21	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q5 de Paula/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Moreira/de Paula	15, Q5	21-18, 25-23	0:40
Trail the series against # 22, Q9 Durant/Soderberg, Australia 0-1
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Durant/Soderberg	22, Q9	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	17-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:46
Lead the series against # 24, Q10 Araujo/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Araujo/Ferreira	Q27	21-12, 21-19	0:38