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€ 200,000 CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024
August 14 - 18, 2024

(20) 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:

165

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Pelhrimov 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$478,381.22

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 CEV Best:

17th (The Hague 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$29,688.58

Awards

Most Improved Player 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	US$1,720.40
FIVB	16	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	US$50,750.00
Overall	18	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	US$52,470.40

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2011	Bartosz Losiak - 17th	Did not play
FIVB 2013	Bartosz Losiak - 9th	Did not play
FIVB 2014	Bartosz Losiak - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2018	Bartosz Losiak - 2nd	Did not play
2018	Bartosz Losiak - 9th	Did not play
FIVB 2019	Bartosz Losiak - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	15, Q13	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	6	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	8	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	12	17th	360	US$1,500.00
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

CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/14/2024	Pool D	Gianluca Dal Corso / Marco Viscovich, Italy (13)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:57
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (4)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:38
Thu, 8/15/2024	Pool D	Paul Henning / Maximilian Just, Germany (29)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:39
Fri, 8/16/2024	Winner 1	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (27)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:59

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
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00
Total	18	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	7	1	1	$52,250.00

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
12	0	1	1	1	2	5	1	1	0	$21,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
149	6	9	8	6	29	37	27	8	1	$460,375.00	Total	33	1	1	1	2	6	4	9	4	1	$28,775.00

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 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	$11,250.00	6	9	40.0 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	6	0	0	$50,750.00	31	29	51.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	2	4	33.3 %

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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2011	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
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
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$825.00	2012	CEV C&S
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
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
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$2,437.50	2013	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2013	CEV C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
8	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	$41,500.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2014	CEV
13	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	3	$46,875.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,312.50	2015	CEV
16	1	0	3	0	4	7	1	0	0	$82,875.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV
9	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$64,000.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2017	CEV
11	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	$78,000.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2018	CEV
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2019	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2021	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV
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	0	1	0	$250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$5,625.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$5,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
156	11	10	7	6	30	38	30	8	16	$463,031.25	Total	Total	32	1	1	1	2	6	4	9	4	4	$28,775.00

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	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2023-2024	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Total	0	0	10	3	14	20	2	1	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	34	34

Head to Head Results
Kantor/Zdybek trail the series against the field 11-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-2
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	7	Kantor/Zdybek	15, Q13	21-14, 21-14	0:39
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 # 4 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-3
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Kantor/Zdybek	20	21-16, 21-17	0:38
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Gold Medal	Immers/van de Velde	4	Kantor/Zdybek	7	21-16, 21-13	0:33
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Immers/van de Velde	10	Kantor/Zdybek	23	21-19, 22-20	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 8 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Kantor/Zdybek	7	Pfretzschner/Winter	9	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Zdybek	15, Q13	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q4	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 13 Dal Corso/Viscovich, Italy 1-1
8/14/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Kantor/Zdybek	20	Dal Corso/Viscovich	13	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:57
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool D	Dal Corso/Viscovich	21	Kantor/Zdybek	9	By Forfeit	1:20
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Zdybek	15, Q13	Gavira/Herrera	Q5	21-19, 22-24, 17-15	1:02
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	7	Kantor/Zdybek	4	17-21, 21-17, 24-22	1:15
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 21 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Kantor/Zdybek	6	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q11	15-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:00
Series tied with # 23 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
Series tied with # 24 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
Trail the series against # 27 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 0-1
8/16/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Winner 1	Haussener/Metral	27	Kantor/Zdybek	20	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:59
Series tied with # 28 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 # 29 Henning/Just, Germany 1-0
8/15/24	CEV	CEV EuroBeachVolley 2024	Pool D	Kantor/Zdybek	20	Henning/Just	29	21-17, 21-15	0:39