European Championship Tour € 100,000 Italian Open May 12 - 16, 2004

Michal Palinek/Stepan Smrcka, Czech Republic

Michal Palinek Czech Republic Photo not available Personal Info Birth Date: Aug 10, 1967 (56 yrs old) Home Town: Prerov Resides: Zvole Height: 190 cm (6'3") Weight: 80 kg (176 lb) Seasons: 12 Tournaments: 94 Career Wins: 1 (CEV Rome 1996) Career Winnings: US$111,884.73	Stepan Smrcka Czech Republic Photo not available Personal Info Birth Date: Aug 3, 1981 (42 yrs old) Home Town: Ceske Budejovice Resides: Ceske Budejovice Seasons: 3 Tournaments: 12 Career Best: 5th (3 times) Career CEV Best: 27th (Roseto degli Abruzzi 2004) Career Winnings: US$2,248.23
Team Career Summary  Tour Played 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 13 17 25 27 41 57 Money CEV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 US$0.00 CEV C&S 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 US$1,948.78 FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 US$0.00 FIVB C&S 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 US$2,000.00 Overall 10 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 US$3,948.78 Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results  Neither player has played in this venue before Recent Results  Tour Date Tournament Seed Finish Points Money FIVB C&S 8/19-24/2003 Greece Challenger 18 5 36 US$1,500.00 FIVB 7/23-27/2003 Portugal Open Q28 41 10 US$0.00 FIVB 7/2-6/2003 Norway Open Q43 41 10 US$0.00 FIVB 6/18-22/2003 Switzerland Open Q48 41 10 US$0.00 FIVB 6/4-8/2003 Hellas Open Q41 57 4 US$0.00 FIVB C&S 7/24-28/2002 Ukraine Challenger 9 17 14 US$500.00 CEV C&S 6/28-7/1/2002 CEV Alanya Challenger 7 16 € 600.00 FIVB 6/12-16/2002 Germany Open Q22 57 4 US$0.00 Italian Open Matches Date Bracket Opponent Score Time Wed, 5/12/2004 Filip Hanak / Lubomir Kuchta, Czech Republic Won 21-16, 21-19 0:35 Thu, 5/13/2004 Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany Lost 12-21, 19-21 0:40
Head to Head Results Palinek/Smrcka trail the series against the field 4-6 Date Tour Tournament Round Winning Team Seed Losing Team Seed Score Time Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1 5/13/04 CEV Italian Open Ahmann/Hager Palinek/Smrcka 21-12, 21-19 0:40 Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1 6/19/03 FIVB Switzerland Open Qualifier 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q16 Palinek/Smrcka Q48 21-18, 23-21 0:41 Trail the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 0-1 8/20/03 FIVB C&S Greece Challenger Pool F Beligratis/Michalopoulos 6 Palinek/Smrcka 18 16-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:57 Lead the series against Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0 6/18/03 FIVB Switzerland Open Qualifier 1 Palinek/Smrcka Q48 Brizida/Pedrosa Q17 21-23, 21-16, 15-10 0:57 Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0 8/22/03 FIVB C&S Greece Challenger Winner 1 Palinek/Smrcka 18 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson 2 21-16, 25-27, 17-15 1:14 Trail the series against Dobeiner/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1 7/27/02 FIVB C&S Ukraine Challenger Pool H Dobeiner/Mellitzer 24 Palinek/Smrcka 9 21-16, 18-21, 25-23 0:58 Trail the series against Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-2 8/23/03 FIVB C&S Greece Challenger Winner 2 Fenili/Galli 13 Palinek/Smrcka 18 By Forfeit   7/2/03 FIVB Norway Open Qualifier 2 Fenili/Galli Q54 Palinek/Smrcka Q43 21-16, 23-21 0:42 Lead the series against Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0 7/2/03 FIVB Norway Open Qualifier 1 Palinek/Smrcka Q43 Gosch/Strauss Q22 21-18, 21-19 0:38 Lead the series against Hanak/Kuchta, Czech Republic 1-0 5/12/04 CEV Italian Open Palinek/Smrcka Hanak/Kuchta 21-16, 21-19 0:35