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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(12) 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 Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	7	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	9	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool A	Daniel Dearing / Sam Schachter, Canada (13)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool A	Jonathan Jordan / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (24, Q21)	Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Sat, 3/23/2024	Lucky Loser	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (19)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:39

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	10	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	$39,500.00	25	20	55.6 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	$41,000.00	26	22	54.2 %

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
13	0	1	0	1	3	5	3	0	0	$24,125.00	2023	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	2	3	3	0	2	$19,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
124	6	8	6	5	22	30	24	7	16	$431,525.00	Total	Total	26	1	1	1	2	5	3	6	3	4	$23,150.00

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%
2023-2024	15	53.6%	8	28.6%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	7	24.1%	4	13.8%	18	62.1%	7-22	24.1%	15-18	45.5%	15-9	62.5%	1	2	31-29	51.7%
Against the Field	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	26.7%	1	6.7%	10	66.7%	4-11	26.7%	16-20	44.4%	20-12	62.5%	0	0	18-16	52.9%

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 15-13 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	2	Kantor/Zdybek	11	21-19, 21-16	0:39
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	16	Kantor/Zdybek	9, Q1	23-25, 21-12, 15-9	0:50
Series tied with # 10 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 # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Kantor/Zdybek	4	17-21, 21-17, 24-22	1:15
Trail the series against # 13 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool A	Dearing/Schachter	13	Kantor/Zdybek	12	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Series tied with # 15, Q2 Bourne/Schalk, United States 1-1
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Bourne/Schalk	14	Kantor/Zdybek	9	18-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:57
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 # 16 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-1
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Knasas/Stankevicius	Q10	Kantor/Zdybek	Q7	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 17, Q3 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 3-0
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Semi-Finals	Kantor/Zdybek	7	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	23-25, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool D	Kantor/Zdybek	9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:47
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 # 19 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Lucky Loser	Felipe/Lima	19	Kantor/Zdybek	12	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 21, Q7 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Breer/Krattiger	18, Q4	Kantor/Zdybek	7	21-16, 21-14	0:35
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Zdybek	14, Q4	Breer/Krattiger	Q13	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q21 Jordan/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool A	Kantor/Zdybek	12	Jordan/Metral	24, Q21	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q1 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 2-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Kantor/Zdybek	4	Lupo/Rossi	9	21-18, 21-18	0:36
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 # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q18 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 2-0
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Kantor/Zdybek	7	Taovato/Tipjan	6	21-18, 21-12	0:33
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Kantor/Zdybek	9	Taovato/Tipjan	23	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q24 Leitner/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Kantor/Zdybek	4	Leitner/Pascariuc	21, Q6	30-28, 21-16	0:51