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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 European Championship Final
September 16 - 19, 2009

(6) Barbara Hansel/Sara Montagnolli, Austria

Barbara Hansel
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oberndorf

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

191

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$284,560.67

Sara Montagnolli
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1978 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Innsbruck

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

192

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$310,014.91

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	37	41	57	Money
CEV	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$46,496.96
FIVB	69	0	0	1	4	3	2	8	1	17	0	10	0	11	1	10	1	US$293,600.00
Overall	81	0	1	1	5	5	2	13	1	17	1	11	1	11	1	10	1	US$340,096.96

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	8	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2009	Kristiansand Open	5	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	4	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	9	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	21, Q5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	29	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	11	4th	420	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	Q5	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	27	9th	240	US$6,000.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	11, Q5	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	25	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	19	17th	120	US$2,500.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool C	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (14)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Wed, 9/16/2009	Pool C	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (3)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:40
Thu, 9/17/2009	Pool C	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (11)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 12-15	1:02

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	9	7	0	$165,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	1	8	3	0	$116,850.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$25,500.00
Total	75	0	1	1	4	4	2	10	1	18	10	0	$319,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbara Hansel												Sara Montagnolli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$12,975.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,975.00
70	0	0	0	3	2	7	15	18	0	$138,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	0	0	3	4	4	12	15	0	$124,375.00
77	0	1	1	2	5	13	17	11	0	$90,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	89	0	0	1	1	4	17	20	16	0	$115,975.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Satellite	7	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	$3,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
12	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	4	0	$15,250.00	Confederation Championship	13	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	1	0	$18,425.00
167	0	2	2	5	9	24	35	33	0	$259,225.00	Total	167	1	1	3	5	11	27	38	33	0	$273,775.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	$9,750.00	8	15	34.8 %
2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	$6,500.00	6	12	33.3 %
2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	2	0	3	$83,900.00	29	24	54.7 %
2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$7,450.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	36	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	0	4	2	21	$102,650.00	44	54	44.9 %
Total	CEV	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	$10,450.00	14	16	46.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbara Hansel													Sara Montagnolli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											1999	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$500.00
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,050.00
											2000	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2000	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	$3,250.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2001	FIVB Age Group WC
											2001	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$775.00
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
											2002	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00	2003	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	$4,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	8	$6,250.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	$7,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	7	$12,875.00	2005	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	5	2	$27,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,825.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	$1,700.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	1	$19,475.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$500.00	2006	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$4,150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,750.00	2007	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	$31,400.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$4,337.50	2007	CEV	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,150.00	2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	$17,900.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,500.00	2008	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$7,150.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	3	$41,950.00	2009	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	3	$41,950.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	$3,725.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	$3,725.00
97	0	0	1	2	5	14	19	13	43	$87,962.50	Total	Total	154	1	3	2	4	9	33	29	26	47	$183,475.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								3 Set Matches		All Matches		By Forfeit
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		By Forfeit
Overall	16	64.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	6	24.0%	2	8.0%	17	68.0%	6-19	24.0%	11-6	64.7%	27-24	52.9%	0	1
2008-2009	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	4-2	66.7%	9-9	50.0%	0	0
Against the Field	5	45.5%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	9	64.3%	4-10	28.6%	14-8	63.6%	12-13	48.0%	0	0

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	11	7	23	40	0	0	14	13	0	3	0	3	0	0	49	67
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	13	2	1	0	0	21	23	0	2	1	1	0	0	53	60
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	7	8	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	12
Total	0	0	19	21	35	55	0	0	39	38	1	5	1	4	0	1	117	145

Head to Head Results
Hansel/Montagnolli lead the series against the field 19-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 1-2
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 4	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	21-16, 9-21, 15-13	0:48
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-14, 21-18	0:39
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Mouha/Van Breedam	6	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:45
Series tied with # 2 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-1
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:07
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-4
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Hansel/Montagnolli	6	21-19, 21-16	0:40
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Holtwick/Semmler	15	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	Holtwick/Semmler	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-18, 21-16	0:47
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-16, 21-16	0:37
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-16, 21-17	0:37
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:55
Series tied with # 4 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-3
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	4	21-17, 23-21	0:41
6/7/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Bronze Medal	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	21-13, 21-14	0:38
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	9	19-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:00
7/6/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q11	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q22	22-20, 22-20	0:40
9/3/03	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	Q25	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q8	21-18, 16-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 5 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-13, 21-18	0:38
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	9	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 4-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Hakedal/Torlen	12	21-14, 22-20	0:38
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	11	Hakedal/Torlen	4	21-15, 21-17	0:41
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	Hakedal/Torlen	8	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
5/14/04	CEV	Italian Open	Winner 1	Hakedal/Torlen		Hansel/Montagnolli		21-16, 21-18	0:33
6/12/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	Q24	Hakedal/Torlen	Q9	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
Series tied with # 10 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	21-9, 27-25	0:44
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	Keizer/Van Iersel	Q4	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
9/17/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	6	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # 13 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Mooren/Wesselink	24	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool C	Hansel/Montagnolli	6	Petrova/Skalnikova	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 15 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	8	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	24-22, 26-28, 15-13	1:18
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Hansel/Montagnolli	11, Q5	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48