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Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 10, 2024

(21) Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco

Mohamed Abicha
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 16, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adgal

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$10,000.00

Zouheir Elgraoui
Morocco

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1994 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Casablanca

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Agadir 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$5,100.00

How They Qualified

CAVB Confederation (Africa) Continental Cup winner representative for Morocco

Olympic Games Experience

Olympics	Finish
2021 (Tokyo)	19th	Played together in 2021 (Tokyo), losing all three pool play matches and finishing 19th.

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	37	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	US$10,200.00

Previous Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/27/2024

Pool D

Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)

Lost 18-21, 10-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	18	8	3	0.278	0	7	0	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	4	0	1
	2	6	0	3	-0.500	0	3	0	1
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	32	14	7	0.219	0	2	0	5
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	1	0	3
	2	17	6	5	0.059	0	1	0	2

Tue, 7/30/2024

Pool D

Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (9)

Lost 12-21, 26-28

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	19	10	0	0.526	0	6	0	3
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	1	0	0
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	0	3
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	24	15	4	0.458	1	1	0	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	0	0	1
	2	16	11	2	0.563	1	1	0	3

Thu, 8/1/2024

Pool D

Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (16)

Lost 14-21, 11-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	Total	31	9	4	0.161	0	3	0	0
	1	14	5	1	0.286	0	1	0	0
	2	17	4	3	0.059	0	2	0	0
Zouheir Elgraoui	Total	7	1	4	-0.429	2	0	2	2
	1	2	0	2	-1.000	1	0	1	1
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	0	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mohamed Abicha	68	27	7	0.294	0	16	0	5
Zouheir Elgraoui	63	30	15	0.238	3	3	2	11
Total	131	57	22	0.267	3	19	2	16
Opponents	126	81	11	0.556	11	30	6	13

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Zouheir Elgraoui - 37th	Mohamed Abicha - 37th
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Zouheir Elgraoui - 19th	Mohamed Abicha - 19th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Soufiane El Gharouti - 37th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Oussama El Azhari - 37th	Did not play

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$10,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mohamed Abicha												Zouheir Elgraoui
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$6,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$450.00	Satellite
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	2	$10,000.00	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$5,100.00

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
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,300.00	2	5	28.6 %
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00	0	3	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$10,200.00	3	16	15.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mohamed Abicha													Zouheir Elgraoui
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2004	FIVB Challenger/Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2006	FIVB Challenger/Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,950.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2023	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	4	$10,000.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	$5,100.00

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	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	100.0%	0-15	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	3-16	15.8%	0	0
2023-2024	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-0		0-3	0.0%	0	0
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-0		0-4	0.0%	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	16

Morocco Olympic Match Records and Finishes

			Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Contender's Bracket		Winner's Bracket		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Olympics	Seed	Team	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Finish
2021	20	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2024	21	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
Total			0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

#Morocco Olympic Match Results
0 Wins and 6 Losses

Country	Seed	Round	Location	Season	Team	Country	Seed	Team	Result	Time
Morocco	20	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Brazil	8	Evandro Goncalves/Bruno Schmidt	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:37
Morocco	21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Brazil	4	Andre Loyola/George Wanderley	Lost 18-21, 10-21	0:36
Morocco	20	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Chile	17	Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:32
Morocco	21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Cuba	16	Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:34
Morocco	20	Pool E	Tokyo	2021	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Poland	5	Michal Bryl/Grzegorz Fijalek	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:34
Morocco	21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	United States	9	Andy Benesh/Miles Partain	Lost 12-21, 26-28	0:49

#21 Seed Match Records and Finishes

		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Contender's Bracket		Winner's Bracket		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Olympics	Team	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Finish
1996	Avo Keel/Kaido Kreen, Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17th
2000	Martin Lebl/Michal Palinek, Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17th
2004	Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2008	Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione, Italy	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2012	Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt, South Africa	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5th
2021	Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui, Morocco	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19th
Total		3	15	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20

#21 Seed Head to Head Results
5 Wins and 20 Losses

Seed	Round	Location	Season	Team	Country	Seed	Team	Country	Result	Time
21	Winner 1	Sydney	2000	Martin Lebl/Michal Palinek	Czech Republic	4	Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga	Switzerland	Lost 13-15	0:52
21	Pool D	Athens	2004	Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo	Puerto Rico	4	Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckermann	Germany	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:39
21	Pool D	Beijing	2008	Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione	Italy	4	Marcio Araujo/Fabio Luiz Magalhaes	Brazil	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:52
21	Pool D	London	2012	Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt	South Africa	4	Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal	United States	Lost 10-21, 11-21	0:33
21	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez	Cuba	4	Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg	Brazil	Won 24-22, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
21	Pool D	Tokyo	2021	Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso	Argentina	4	Alison Cerutti/Alvaro Filho	Brazil	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:44
21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Morocco	4	Andre Loyola/George Wanderley	Brazil	Lost 18-21, 10-21	0:36
21	Contender 1	Atlanta	1996	Avo Keel/Kaido Kreen	Estonia	6	Jan Kvalheim/Bjorn Maaseide	Norway	Lost 2-15	0:31
21	Winner 2	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez	Cuba	8	Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Konstantin Semenov	Russia	Lost 20-22, 24-22, 16-18	0:59
21	Pool D	Athens	2004	Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo	Puerto Rico	9	Vegard Hoidalen/Jorre Kjemperud	Norway	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 10-15	1:09
21	Pool D	Beijing	2008	Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione	Italy	9	Dmitri Barsuk/Igor Kolodinsky	Russia	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:37
21	Pool D	London	2012	Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt	South Africa	9	Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel	Poland	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:43
21	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez	Cuba	9	Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins	Latvia	Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
21	Pool D	Tokyo	2021	Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso	Argentina	9	Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen	Netherlands	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34
21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Morocco	9	Andy Benesh/Miles Partain	United States	Lost 12-21, 26-28	0:49
21	Contender 2	Sydney	2000	Martin Lebl/Michal Palinek	Czech Republic	10	Javier Bosma/Fabio Diez	Spain	Lost 4-15	0:25
21	Winner 1	Atlanta	1996	Avo Keel/Kaido Kreen	Estonia	12	Jean-Philippe Jodard/Christian Penigaud	France	Lost 8-15	0:48
21	Winner 1	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez	Cuba	13	Clemens Doppler/Alexander Horst	Austria	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
21	Contender 1	Sydney	2000	Martin Lebl/Michal Palinek	Czech Republic	16	Oliver Oetke/Andreas Scheuerpflug	Germany	Won 15-8	0:33
21	Pool D	Athens	2004	Ramon Hernandez/Raul Papaleo	Puerto Rico	16	Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl	Sweden	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 16-18	1:07
21	Pool D	Beijing	2008	Eugenio Amore/Riccardo Lione	Italy	16	Clemens Doppler/Peter Gartmayer	Austria	Lost 19-21, 22-24	0:43
21	Pool D	London	2012	Freedom Chiya/Grant Goldschmidt	South Africa	16	Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins	Latvia	Lost 13-21, 10-21	0:34
21	Pool D	Rio de Janeiro	2016	Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez	Cuba	16	Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk	Canada	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:33
21	Pool D	Tokyo	2021	Julian Azaad/Nicolas Capogrosso	Argentina	16	Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena	United States	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 6-15	0:55
21	Pool D	Paris	2024	Mohamed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui	Morocco	16	Jorge Alayo/Noslen Diaz	Cuba	Lost 14-21, 11-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Abicha/Elgraoui trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-18, 21-10	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
7/30/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	9	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-12, 28-26	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 0-1
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Abicha/Elgraoui	21	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	Abicha/Elgraoui	20	21-14, 21-12	0:32