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

(8) Jonas Kissling/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland

Jonas Kissling
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strattlingen

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$30,072.74

Mats Kovatsch
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bein

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$27,863.76

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	US$6,424.05
CEV C&S	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	US$2,103.80
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	5	0	3	7	US$27,375.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	42	0	0	0	0	5	3	7	2	7	6	1	4	7	US$35,902.85

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2011	Mats Kovatsch - 9th	Jonas Kissling - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	8/8-12/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Q1	17th	20	€ 0.00
CEV	7/4-8/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	16, Q2	5th	360	€ 1,500.00
CEV C&S	6/28-7/1/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	8	9th	40	€ 300.00
CEV C&S	5/23-27/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	8	7th	50	€ 300.00
CEV C&S	1/11-15/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Aalsmeer	Q10	17th	10	€ 0.00

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine (9)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 2	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:31
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 2	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (6)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:43
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 3	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (4)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:40

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	$15,375.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	0	$27,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonas Kissling												Mats Kovatsch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$13,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$10,125.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	0	$9,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	0	$9,687.50
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	9	0	$23,287.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	0	$22,012.50

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
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$150.00	2	4	33.3 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2	4	33.3 %
2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
2012	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$600.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	CEV C&S	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	$1,550.00	7	14	33.3 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonas Kissling													Mats Kovatsch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$75.00	2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$75.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$400.00	2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$512.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00	2012	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00
20	0	0	0	0	6	7	3	1	3	$2,025.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	6	6	3	1	4	$2,137.50

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	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	9-10	47.4%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	12-15	44.4%
2011-2012	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	6-3	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	0	11	13	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	9	11	14	22	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	40

Head to Head Results
Kissling/Kovatsch lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 4 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 3	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	Garcia/Marco	6	23-21, 21-16	0:43
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q22	Garcia/Marco	Q11	21-13, 23-21	0:38
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Contender 5	Garcia/Marco	8	Kissling/Kovatsch	16, Q2	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	Popov/Samoday	9	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 13, Q7 Dziadkou/Vishneuski, Belarus 1-0
8/4/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	Pool D	Kissling/Kovatsch	9	Dziadkou/Vishneuski	21	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q1 Basta/Tesic, Serbia 1-0
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Contender 4	Kissling/Kovatsch	16, Q2	Basta/Tesic	18	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q12 Kufa/Pridal, Czech Republic 1-0
5/25/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	Kufa/Pridal	14, Q14	25-23, 21-19	0:37