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€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 29 - August 2, 2015

(18) Christian Garcia/Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain

Christian García Rodriguez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Resides:

S/C Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$71,044.68

Francisco Alfredo Marco
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 4, 1986 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Benidorm

Resides:

Benidorm

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$77,704.11

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
CEV	14	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	US$22,787.82
CEV C&S	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	US$6,647.39
CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	51	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	9	14	11	1	US$88,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	73	0	2	2	1	4	1	11	1	14	11	14	11	1	US$117,735.22

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Francisco Alfredo Marco - 9th	Christian Garcia - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	26, Q5	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	26, Q5	25	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	35	17	400	US$7,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2015	1st European Games	7	17	128	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q11	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q11	41	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	8	17	64	€ 250.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	6	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	10	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	16	2	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	28, Q6	25	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	8	5	192	€ 1,250.00
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	12, Q3	3	256	€ 6,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q14	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q15	33	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	8	9	160	€ 625.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q12	33	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q12	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q8	33	80	US$0.00
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	20	17	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	4	5	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	10	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q14	41	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	21	17	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	24, Q3	17	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	28, Q12	17	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	26	9	250	€ 2,500.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool B	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (15)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool B	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:38
Fri, 7/31/2015	Pool B	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (31)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:45

Head to Head Results
Garcia/Marco trail the series against the field 10-31

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	2	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-4
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	18	21-19, 21-14	0:38
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:32
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Garcia/Marco	21	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-3
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-17, 21-18	0:35
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-12, 21-18	0:36
8/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Series tied with # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Doppler/Horst	5	13-21, 22-20, 17-15	0:54
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Doppler/Horst	8	Garcia/Marco	20	21-16, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	10	Garcia/Marco	26, Q5	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-4
8/10/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	1	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:19
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Garcia/Marco	20	21-14, 21-9	0:31
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Garcia/Marco	28, Q12	21-16, 24-22	0:39
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool P	Gavira/Herrera	7	Garcia/Marco	26	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	20	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-18, 21-9	0:37
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool D	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	13	Garcia/Marco	20	21-15, 21-7	0:29
Series tied with # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
9/13/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baku Masters	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	8	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	12, Q3	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-16, 21-18	0:41
7/19/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Contender 4	Kantor/Losiak	2	Garcia/Marco	8	14-21, 25-23, 18-16	0:53
5/30/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 3	Kantor/Losiak	11, Q1	Garcia/Marco	Q9	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:56
Trail the series against # 13 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 9-21, 15-11	0:49
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	Q8	Garcia/Marco	Q57	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool E	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21	Garcia/Marco	28, Q6	24-22, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 15 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Carambula/Ranghieri	15	Garcia/Marco	18	21-12, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 22 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-2
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	9	Garcia/Marco	8	21-16, 21-18	0:42
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool F	Garcia/Marco	6	Eithun/Horrem	11	25-27, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Garcia/Marco	16	24-22, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 25 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-1
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool G	Petutschnig/Winter	10	Garcia/Marco	7	21-18, 21-18	0:42
Series tied with # 27 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool G	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	7	Garcia/Marco	10	21-16, 21-18	0:37
8/6/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Garcia/Marco	9, Q2	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	5	22-20, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 28 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool G	Garcia/Marco	7	Gregory/Sheaf	23	23-21, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 29 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 2-0
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	16	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	8	10-21, 21-19, 21-19	0:56
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Garcia/Marco	4	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	28, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 31 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-3
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Huber/Seidl	31	Garcia/Marco	18	21-18, 21-17	0:45
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Huber/Seidl	27, Q5	Garcia/Marco	Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:36
7/8/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Bronze Medal	Garcia/Marco	8	Huber/Seidl	4	21-16, 21-14	0:34
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Winner 4	Huber/Seidl	4	Garcia/Marco	8	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Huber/Seidl	3	20-22, 25-23, 16-14	0:58
Trail the series against # 32 Hadrava/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 1	Hadrava/Kubala	28	Garcia/Marco	7	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:52