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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 27 - 31, 2003

Max Backer/Emiel Boersma, Netherlands

Max Backer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gouda

Resides:

Nieliwegein

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Alanya 2003)

Career Winnings:

US$24,955.61

Emiel Boersma
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 25, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Amsterdam

Resides:

Amsterdam

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (The Hague 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$246,857.57

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,587.10
FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$25,875.00
Overall	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	6	1	4	1	US$32,462.10

Previous Alanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2002	Gijs Ronnes - 5th	Bram Ronnes - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q15	33	32	US$0.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	Q12	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	30, Q18	25	54	US$3,000.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		9	40	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	Q15	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	Q22	33	36	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q15	57	4	US$0.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	Q14	33	18	US$0.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool B	Boudewijn Maas / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:49
Fri, 8/29/2003	Pool B	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:40
Sat, 8/30/2003	Pool B	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 9-15	0:47
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Dmytro Khudoley, Ukraine	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:36
Sat, 8/30/2003	Winner 2	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:38

Head to Head Results
Backer/Boersma lead the series against the field 9-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Babich/Khudoley, Ukraine 2-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Backer/Boersma		Babich/Khudoley		21-17, 21-13	0:36
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	Q14	Babich/Khudoley	Q19	21-16, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against Berg/Dahl, Sweden 0-1
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool C	Berg/Dahl	14	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against Bosma/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Bosma/Mesa		15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against Canet/Hamel, France 0-1
7/31/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Canet/Hamel	23, Q2	Backer/Boersma	Q15	19-21, 21-11, 15-7	0:57
Trail the series against Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		Backer/Boersma		18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann		Backer/Boersma		21-16, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer		Backer/Boersma		21-12, 23-21	0:40
Series tied with Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 1-1
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Gartmayer/Nowotny	Q15	21-12, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny		Backer/Boersma		21-10, 14-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		21-19, 21-15	0:40
7/11/03	CEV	Greek Open	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Hoidalen/Kjemperud		17-21, 21-19, 19-17	0:58
Lead the series against Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
7/16/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Backer/Boersma	30, Q18	Horrem/Maaseide	Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against Maas/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool B	Backer/Boersma		Maas/Ronnes		21-15, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against Peric/Trimcevski, Croatia 1-0
6/4/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 1	Backer/Boersma	Q14	Peric/Trimcevski	Q51	21-16, 21-19	0:36