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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 Zagreb Challenger
June 3 - 6, 2004

Michal Palinek/Stepan Smrcka, Czech Republic

Michal Palinek
Czech Republic

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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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Rome 1996)

Career CEV C&S Best:

3rd (Slavkov 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$111,884.73

Stepan Smrcka
Czech Republic

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 3, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ceske Budejovice

Resides:

Ceske Budejovice

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career CEV C&S Best:

5th (Zagreb 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 Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/12-16/2004	Italian Open		27	8	€ 0.00
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

Zagreb Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/4/2004	Pool A	Janez Makovec / Damir Sabec, Slovenia	Won 10-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:45
Fri, 6/4/2004	Pool A	Maarten Lammens / Drazan Slacanin, Germany	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 13-15	1:00
Sat, 6/5/2004	Pool A	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:43
Sat, 6/5/2004	Winner 1	Michal Biza / Igor Stejskal, Czech Republic	Lost 24-26, 18-21	0:41

Head to Head Results
Palinek/Smrcka trail the series against the field 3-4

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 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 0-1
6/5/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Winner 1	Biza/Stejskal		Palinek/Smrcka		26-24, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
6/5/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Pool A	Palinek/Smrcka		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		22-20, 22-20	0:43
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
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
Trail the series against Lammens/Slacanin, Germany 0-1
6/4/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Pool A	Lammens/Slacanin		Palinek/Smrcka		19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:00
Lead the series against Makovec/Sabec, Slovenia 1-0
6/4/04	CEV C&S	Zagreb Challenger	Pool A	Palinek/Smrcka		Makovec/Sabec		10-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:45