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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Janis Grinbergs/Austris Stals, Latvia

Janis Grinbergs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1971 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Riga

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Almere 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$41,367.46

Austris Stals
Latvia

Photo: Carola Fabrizia Semino

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 8, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Smiltene

Resides:

Smiltene

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Jurmala 1996)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,669.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$20,330.44
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$9,860.00
Overall	26	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	0	5	5	2	US$30,190.44

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/9-13/2004	European Championship Final		9	80	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q21	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q20	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q14	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		17	20	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	Q19	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	Q24	33	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	Q25	33	18	US$0.00
CEV	8/27-31/2003	European Championships		5	120	€ 4,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/19-24/2003	Greece Challenger	14	9	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	Q28	41	16	US$0.00
CEV	7/9-13/2003	Greek Open		5	60	€ 2,250.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	Q22	33	18	US$0.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal	Lost 21-15, 13-21, 7-15	0:54
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool D	Javier Bosma / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:36
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool D	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Grinbergs/Stals trail the series against the field 4-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
8/30/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Ahmann/Hager		21-9 Retired	0:10
Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/12/04	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool E	Arkaev/Barsuk		Grinbergs/Stals		21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against Bosma/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Bosma/Garcia-Thompson		Grinbergs/Stals		21-17, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-1
8/29/03	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Grinbergs/Stals		Brink/Schneider		21-12, 21-15	0:38
8/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	26, Q14	Grinbergs/Stals	Q19	24-26, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against Cordovana/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
5/19/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 1	Grinbergs/Stals	Q14	Cordovana/Tomatis	Q19	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-16, 21-14	0:34
5/15/04	CEV	Italian Open	Pool D	Kais/Vesik		Grinbergs/Stals		21-13, 21-19	0:30
7/12/03	CEV	Greek Open	Winner 1	Grinbergs/Stals		Kais/Vesik		19-21, 27-25, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool D	Pedrosa/Rosas		Grinbergs/Stals		15-21, 21-13, 15-7	0:54