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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Portugal
July 13 - 16, 2023

(20, Q7) 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:

138

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$441,523.23

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$28,637.20

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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Maciej Rudol - 4th	Pawel Lewandowski - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	19, Q9	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Challenge Portugal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2023	Qualifier 1	Krystof Oliva / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (Q26)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 7/13/2023	Qualifier 2	Calvin Aye / Quincy Aye, France (Q10)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool E	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (5)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
Fri, 7/14/2023	Pool E	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (8)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:30
Sat, 7/15/2023	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (1, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 7/15/2023	Winner 2	Audrius Knasas / Patrikas Stankevicius, Lithuania (21, Q8)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Sun, 7/16/2023	Semi-Finals	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (8)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:42
Sun, 7/16/2023	Bronze Medal	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15	0:56

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
48	1	2	2	0	5	11	15	4	0	$217,375.00	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	7	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00
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
138	6	8	7	5	27	32	26	7	1	$441,125.00	Total	32	1	1	1	2	6	4	8	3	1	$28,075.00

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	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	10	4	71.4 %

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
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$9,250.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	$4,875.00
115	6	7	6	5	21	27	20	7	16	$415,900.00	Total	Total	17	1	0	1	2	4	0	2	3	4	$7,525.00

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	11	52.4%	6	28.6%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	25.0%	3	18.8%	9	56.3%	4-12	25.0%	22-16	57.9%	20-14	58.8%	0	1	21-16	56.8%

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 lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1, Q1 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 # 5 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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 21, Q8 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 2	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Knasas/Stankevicius	21, Q8	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # Q10 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Aye/Aye	Q10	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # Q25 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Kantor/Zdybek	19, Q9	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # Q26 Oliva/Trousil, Czech Republic 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Zdybek	20, Q7	Oliva/Trousil	Q26	21-16, 21-15	0:36