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US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(30) Piotr Kantor/Jakub Zdybek, Poland

Piotr Kantor
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sosnowiec

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$439,273.23

Jakub Zdybek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wroclaw

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Apeldoorn 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$28,587.20

Awards

Most Improved Player 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	16	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	US$50,750.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Pawel Lewandowski - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	14, Q4	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	9, Q1	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q7	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	19, Q9	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool F	Tri Bourne / Chaim Schalk, United States (19)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:42
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool F	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (6)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:32
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool F	Noe Aravena / Vicente Droguett, Chile (43)	Lost 28-30, 15-21	0:51
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (34)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:37
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (3)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Bartosz Losiak - 17th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Bartosz Losiak - 5th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Bartosz Losiak - 17th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Maciej Rudol - 9th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Jakub Zdybek - 17th	Piotr Kantor - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	$33,750.00
Total	16	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	6	0	1	$50,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piotr Kantor												Jakub Zdybek
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
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$50,000.00	World Tour Finals
47	1	2	2	0	5	11	15	4	0	$215,125.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$5,000.00
66	2	4	3	4	16	19	5	2	1	$143,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	1	0	1	3	2	5	3	1	$18,125.00
7	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	$5,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
137	6	8	7	5	27	32	26	7	1	$438,875.00	Total	31	1	1	1	2	6	4	8	3	1	$28,025.00

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
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$22,750.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$22,750.00	15	13	53.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piotr Kantor													Jakub Zdybek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	$18,125.00	2013	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	$41,500.00	2014	FIVB
13	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	3	$46,875.00	2015	FIVB
16	1	0	3	0	4	7	1	0	0	$82,875.00	2016	FIVB
9	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$64,000.00	2017	FIVB
11	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	$78,000.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB
8	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$25,000.00	2021	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$650.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	$11,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	$2,000.00
9	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	$15,750.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	$11,375.00
119	6	7	6	5	21	28	23	7	16	$422,400.00	Total	Total	21	1	0	1	2	4	1	5	3	4	$14,025.00

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	15	53.6%	8	28.6%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	7	23.3%	4	13.3%	19	63.3%	7-23	23.3%	15-19	44.1%	15-9	62.5%	2	2	32-30	51.6%
2022-2023	15	60.0%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	4	21.1%	4	21.1%	11	57.9%	4-15	21.1%	15-11	57.7%	10-8	55.6%	0	1	25-20	55.6%
Against the Field	10	50.0%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	4	17.4%	2	8.7%	17	73.9%	4-19	17.4%	20-30	40.0%	18-14	56.3%	1	1	20-23	46.5%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	11	9	1	1	7	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	26	19
Total	0	0	10	3	12	17	2	1	7	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	32	30

Head to Head Results
Kantor/Zdybek trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	3	Kantor/Zdybek	30	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Kantor/Zdybek	30	21-12, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	6	Kantor/Zdybek	14, Q4	21-12, 18-21, 24-22	0:58
Lead the series against # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Kantor/Zdybek	19, Q9	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-2
7/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Bronze Medal	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:56
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	7	Kantor/Zdybek	19, Q9	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Kantor/Zdybek	14, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 19 Bourne/Schalk, United States 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Kantor/Zdybek	30	Bourne/Schalk	19	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 20 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-1
7/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Semi-Finals	Horl/Horst	8	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:42
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Horl/Horst	8	21-13, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 21 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool D	Brunner/Crabb	4	Kantor/Zdybek	9, Q1	25-23, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 23 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-0
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Hodges/Schubert	1, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Zdybek	14, Q4	Lupo/Rossi	Q12	30-28, 21-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 27 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	16	Kantor/Zdybek	9, Q1	23-25, 21-12, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 28 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Popov/Reznik	5	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 31 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool F	Kantor/Zdybek	19, Q9	Ha/Wu	18, Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 34 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Kantor/Zdybek	30	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 43 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 0-1
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Aravena/Droguett	43	Kantor/Zdybek	30	30-28, 21-15	0:51