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

(21) Josef Benes/Petr Benes, Czech Republic

Josef Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 29, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$28,740.53

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,067.37

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	41	57	Money
CEV	21	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	4	5	1	0	0	0	US$44,306.40
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,843.28
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	US$1,400.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	US$4,500.00
Overall	35	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	4	8	1	1	1	5	US$52,049.68

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	7	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q43	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	23	4th	56	US$2,300.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	18	17th	40	€ 1,000.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/24/2006	Winner 1	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium (12)	Lost 23-25, 17-21	0:45
Thu, 8/24/2006	Contender 1	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (6)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:38

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,400.00
Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	$4,500.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	$8,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Josef Benes												Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$5,375.00
15	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	$4,450.00	Total	68	0	0	0	2	10	12	21	13	0	$133,500.00

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
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	5	3	62.5 %
2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	4	3	57.1 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	$11,150.00	6	12	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	CEV	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	0	0	$16,400.00	15	22	40.5 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Josef Benes													Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$700.00	1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00
24	0	0	0	3	2	5	7	1	6	$11,725.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	3	3	5	7	2	6	$13,425.00

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	14	56.0%	6	24.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	4	10.3%	6	15.4%	29	74.4%	4-35	10.3%	10-11	47.6%	25-40	38.5%	1	0
2005-2006	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	2-7	22.2%	10-19	34.5%	1	0
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	4-4	50.0%	3-13	18.8%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	14

Head to Head Results
Benes/Benes trail the series against the field 3-11 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Benes/Benes	3	34-32, 21-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-0
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Benes	6	Heuscher/Kobel	3	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	8	Benes/Benes	9	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:55
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	10	Benes/Benes	7	27-25, 21-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 6 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 0-1
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Contender 1	Koreng/Matysik	6	Benes/Benes	21	21-17, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Benes/Benes	6	21-14, 27-25	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/7/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Pool C	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Benes/Benes		21-14, 21-9	0:27
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Benes	7	Goranson/Hoidalen	12	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 0-2
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Joosen/Melis	12	Benes/Benes	21	25-23, 21-17	0:45
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Joosen/Melis	10	Benes/Benes	3	25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:00
Series tied with # 13 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Benes/Benes	23	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-14, 24-22	0:47
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Mast, Netherlands 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Boersma/Mast	11	Benes/Benes	6	21-11, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Benes/Benes		21-16, 21-16	0:36