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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Varna Challenger
July 28 - 31, 2011

(5) Nikolay Kolev/Andrey Nikolov, Bulgaria

Nikolay Kolev
Bulgaria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 31, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kardjali

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV C&S Novi Sad 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$3,345.76

Andrey Nikolov
Bulgaria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (CEV C&S Varna 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$734.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	US$1,353.14
Overall	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	US$1,353.14

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Neven Neshev - 9th	Did not play
2010	Andrey Nikolov - 9th	Nikolay Kolev - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	Q17	33rd	30	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	7/6-10/2011	CEV Satellite Constanta	Q14	17th	20	€ 0.00

CEV Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Oliver Kaszas / Sebastian Kaszas, Denmark (12)	Lost 9-21, 24-26	0:33
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 1	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (13, Q11)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	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$)

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikolay Kolev												Andrey Nikolov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

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
2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$600.00	1	3	25.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$400.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikolay Kolev													Andrey Nikolov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,400.00	2009	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$825.00	2009	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$300.00	2010	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$200.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$200.00
16	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	1	5	$2,725.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$500.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
2010-2011	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-4	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

Head to Head Results
Kolev/Nikolov 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 # 12 Kaszas/Kaszas, Denmark 0-1
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Kaszas/Kaszas	12	Kolev/Nikolov	5	21-9, 26-24	0:33
Trail the series against # 13, Q11 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 1	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Kolev/Nikolov	5	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # Q4 Giginoglu/Sahin, Türkiye 0-1
7/7/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Constanta	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Sahin	6, Q3	Kolev/Nikolov	Q14	21-18, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # Q12 Holtan/Wergeland, Norway 0-1
7/22/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Novi Sad	Qualifier 2	Holtan/Wergeland	18, Q13	Kolev/Nikolov	Q4	21-16, 14-21, 15-10	0:52