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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 Nestea European Championship Final
August 25 - 28, 2006

(15) Inese Jursone/Inguna Minusa, Latvia

Inese Jursone
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 1981 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Limbazi

Resides:

Limbazi

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

125

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$137,426.29

Inguna Minusa
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 17, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Resides:

Latvia

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Sochi 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$163,854.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	31	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	31	1	0	1	2	3	4	7	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$93,435.58
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,296.77
FIVB	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	19	0	11	0	1	14	1	16	1	US$159,750.00
FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,200.00
Overall	108	2	0	2	2	5	5	11	9	23	3	12	1	1	14	1	16	1	US$259,682.35

Previous The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/17-19/2006	Turku Satellite	3	1	20	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters		21	60	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/2-5/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q28	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q27	33	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/25-29/2006	Cyprus Challenger	6	5	48	US$2,000.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	11	13	180	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2006	Norway Grand Slam	32, Q25	31	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q29	41	24	US$0.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters		21	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	8	7	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters		29	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2006	Italian Open	Q20	57	6	US$0.00
FIVB	8/30-9/3/2005	Greece Open	28, Q10	25	40	US$2,000.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final		17	40	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open	7	13	30	€ 1,300.00
FIVB	8/3-6/2005	Austria Grand Slam	Q23	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2005	France Grand Slam	Q25	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	France Satellite	6	3	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2005	Portugal Open	Q21	41	12	US$0.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open	8	5	60	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2005	Norway Grand Slam	Q18	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2005	Switzerland Open	Q20	41	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Italy Open	28, Q15	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2005	China Open	Q12	33	20	US$0.00
CEV	5/12-15/2005	Turkish Open	10	9	40	€ 1,950.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 1	Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (18)	Won 19-21, 26-24, 15-10	0:51
Fri, 8/25/2006	Winner 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (2)	Lost 24-26, 9-21	0:40
Fri, 8/25/2006	Contender 1	Sarka Nakladalova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (16)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 10-15	0:48

Head to Head Results
Jursone/Minusa trail the series against the field 4-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-1
6/1/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Pohl/Rau	1	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/12/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	10	Pohl/Rau	7	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 0-2
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	2	Jursone/Minusa	15	26-24, 21-9	0:40
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 3	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-3
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Kadijk/Mooren	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	19-21, 21-14, 19-17	0:48
7/9/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Contender 4	Kadijk/Mooren	7	Jursone/Minusa	8	21-13, 21-15	0:32
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Kadijk/Mooren	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	24-22, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Keizer/Leenstra, Netherlands 0-1
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Keizer/Leenstra	12	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 0-1
8/25/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schwer	8	Jursone/Minusa		21-10, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 10 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
7/28/06	FIVB C&S	Cyprus Challenger	Winner 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	15, Q7	Jursone/Minusa	6	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Giaoui/Giordano, France 0-3
8/5/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Giaoui/Giordano	15	Jursone/Minusa		21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Giaoui/Giordano	14	Jursone/Minusa	11	26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:04
Trail the series against # 16 Nakladalova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Nakladalova/Tobiasova	16	Jursone/Minusa	15	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 18 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 2-1
8/25/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	15	Baburina/Osheyko	18	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	0:51
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Baburina/Osheyko	10	Jursone/Minusa	7	21-16, 21-12	0:34
7/8/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Jursone/Minusa	8	Baburina/Osheyko	9	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 20 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Turku Satellite	Semi-Finals	Jursone/Minusa	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	1	21-19, 26-24	0:45
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool A	Nystrom/Nystrom	17	Jursone/Minusa	32, Q25	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	5	Jursone/Minusa	28, Q15	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 24 Eckl/Kaup, Germany 0-1
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Eckl/Kaup	6	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-23, 21-17, 18-16	1:00