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

(16) Valentin Dimov/Neven Neshev, Bulgaria

Valentin Dimov
Bulgaria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 4, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Karozuali

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (CEV Varna 2012)

Career CEV C&S Best:

7th (Varna 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$2,964.53

Neven Neshev
Bulgaria

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 2, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lukovit

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV C&S Varna 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$9,366.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$3,754.20
CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	US$1,451.59
Overall	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	US$5,205.79

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Nikolay Kolev - 9th
2010	Teodor Marinov - Country Quota	Konstantin Mitev - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/13-17/2011	CEV Serbian Masters	Q28	33rd	30	€ 0.00

CEV Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Volkan Gogtepe / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (1)	Lost 16-21, 10-21	0:31
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 1	Daniel Hupfer / Helmut Moser, Austria (9, Q5)	Won 28-30, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 2	Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (6)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:44
Sat, 7/30/2011	Contender 3	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (13, Q11)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:42

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

Valentin Dimov												Neven Neshev
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$300.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$2,700.00

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
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentin Dimov													Neven Neshev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
											2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$825.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00	2011	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$400.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	$400.00	Total	Total	15	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	1	7	$5,225.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	3-3	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%
2010-2011	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gogtepe/Sekerci, Türkiye 0-1
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Gogtepe/Sekerci	1	Dimov/Neshev	16	21-16, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 6 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 2	Dimov/Neshev	16	Babich/Ioisher	6	21-18, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # 9, Q5 Hupfer/Moser, Austria 1-0
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 1	Dimov/Neshev	16	Hupfer/Moser	9, Q5	28-30, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 13, Q11 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Contender 3	Garcia/Marco	13, Q11	Dimov/Neshev	16	21-17, 23-21	0:42