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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(24) Florian Gosch/Alexander Horst, Austria

Florian Gosch
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1980 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leoben

Resides:

Vienna

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

12

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cagliari 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Åland 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$172,325.00

Alexander Horst
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Resides:

Vienna

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

22

Tournaments:

175

Career Wins:

4

Career Winnings:

US$515,621.05

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	48	0	0	1	2	2	3	12	5	17	4	1	1	US$264,150.00

Previous Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Bernhard Strauss - 57th	Did not play
2004	Bernhard Strauss - 41st	Did not play
2005	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Did not play
2007	Alexander Horst - 9th	Florian Gosch - 9th
2008	Alexander Horst - 17th	Florian Gosch - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	20	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	14	13	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	19	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	13	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	13	4	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	24	5	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	17	13	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q3	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	30	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	26	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	26	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	14	17	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	19	25	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	13	25	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	8	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	10	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	11	3	480	US$16,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	10	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	18	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	11	13	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	12	7	300	US$8,000.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool A

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (25)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	17	14	1	0.765	2	1	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	2	0	0	0
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	1	0	1
Alexander Horst	Total	14	10	2	0.571	0	3	1	0
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	1	0	0
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	2	1	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool A

Kjell Goranson / Oivind Hordvik, Norway (48)

Won 23-21, 21-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	23	14	3	0.478	6	3	0	1
	1	15	9	2	0.467	3	1	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	3	2	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	15	11	2	0.600	0	6	0	3
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	3	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	3	0	2

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool A

Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)

Lost 11-21, 12-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	25	7	9	-0.080	0	3	0	1
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	0	0	0
	2	17	3	7	-0.235	0	3	0	1
Alexander Horst	Total	14	7	4	0.214	0	4	0	5
	1	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	0	2
	2	8	5	2	0.375	0	2	0	3

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)

Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-11

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	20	7	2	0.250	7	5	0	1
	1	2	0	0	0.000	4	2	0	1
	2	5	2	1	0.200	1	1	0	0
	3	13	5	1	0.308	2	2	0	0
Alexander Horst	Total	44	25	8	0.386	0	8	0	2
	1	22	11	3	0.364	0	3	0	2
	2	14	9	4	0.357	0	1	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	0	0

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)

Lost 17-21, 12-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	Total	26	12	9	0.115	1	1	1	4
	1	15	8	3	0.333	0	1	0	2
	2	11	4	6	-0.182	1	0	1	2
Alexander Horst	Total	14	6	3	0.214	0	2	0	1
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	2	0	1
	2	7	2	2	0.000	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Florian Gosch	111	54	24	0.270	16	13	1	8
Alexander Horst	101	59	19	0.396	0	23	1	11

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Berlin	Bernhard Strauss - 33rd	Did not play
2007	Gstaad	Alexander Horst - 9th	Florian Gosch - 9th
2011	Rome	Did not play	Daniel Mullner - 17th
2013	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 9th
2015	The Hague	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 17th
2017	Vienna	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 2nd
2019	Hamburg	Did not play	Clemens Doppler - 17th
2023	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Julian Horl - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	18	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	24	9	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 26-26

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-17, 21-12	0:41
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Cerutti/Marques	1	Gosch/Horst	24	21-11, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-5
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	4	Gosch/Horst	20	21-16, 25-23	0:41
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	14	21-12, 21-18	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	3	Gosch/Horst	19	25-23, 21-19	0:50
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	8	21-16, 21-16	0:44
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gosch/Horst	18	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Gosch/Horst	26	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-4
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Gosch/Horst	20	21-13, 12-21, 15-10	0:48
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Gosch/Horst	30	21-18, 21-16	0:37
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:40
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Gosch/Horst	25, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-2
8/18/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Gosch/Horst	24	22-20, 21-17	0:54
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Gosch/Horst	30	Araujo/Magalhaes	19	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:08
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Gosch/Horst	23	21-18, 21-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Ces/Ces, France 3-2
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:11
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Ces/Ces	20	21-11, 27-25	0:46
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	11	Ces/Ces	28	21-17, 21-15	0:45
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Ces/Ces	Q10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	24	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	1:17
Series tied with # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	20	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-19, 11-21, 15-9	0:52
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Gavira/Herrera	11	Gosch/Horst	14	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Kais/Vesik	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Kais/Vesik	13	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	23	Kais/Vesik	15	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Fuerbringer/Jennings	10	Gosch/Horst	26	22-20, 21-18	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Gosch/Horst	13	Baracetti/Salema	22	17-21, 21-19, 15-6	1:03
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 25 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Erdmann/Matysik	25	21-9, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-19	0:46
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-4
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 29 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Hoyer/Soderberg	26	25-23, 21-16	0:50
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	12	Hoyer/Soderberg	27, Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:44
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q23	21-18, 21-15	0:52
Lead the series against # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	14	Lario/Mesa	19	21-19, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 33 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Gosch/Horst	8	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	8	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	19-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	17	Dyachenko/Kulinich	15, Q3	21-15, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 40 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	13	Dugrip/Salvetti	19	21-19, 21-18	0:50
Lead the series against # 45 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 3-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	14	Horrem/Maaseide	29	16-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:58
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	16	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:57
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	11	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 46 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Gosch/Horst	10	Babich/Mykhaylov	23, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 48 Goranson/Hordvik, Norway 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Gosch/Horst	24	Goranson/Hordvik	48	23-21, 21-13	0:47