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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$5,000 Dargahan Cup Qeshm Island
January 7 - 10, 2020

(4) Hitoshi Murakami/Takashi Tsuchiya, Japan

Hitoshi Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Shiga

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$5,313.98

Takashi Tsuchiya
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tokyo

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Langkawi 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$3,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	31	33	41	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	US$3,232.88

Previous Qeshm Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-15/2019	Doha One Star	6	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	11/6-9/2019	Tel Aviv One Star	3	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	10/1-4/2019	Bandar Torkaman One Star	4	4th	140	US$400.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q18	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-7/2019	Qidong Two Star	20	19th	150	US$500.00
FIVB	5/23-26/2019	Boracay One Star	6	13th	90	US$100.00
FIVB	4/18-21/2019	Göteborg One Star	6	13th	90	€ 100.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2019	Langkawi One Star	7	3rd	160	US$500.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	Q27	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	3/7-10/2019	Kampong Speu One Star	6	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	8	4th	140	US$400.00

Qeshm One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 1/8/2020	Pool D	Peiman Dargahi / Vahid Nikoufar, Iran (13, Q3)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:35
Wed, 1/8/2020	Pool D	Ryota Sato / Nobuaki Taira, Japan (5)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:40
Thu, 1/9/2020	Winner 2	Saifeddine Elmajid / Benlouaer Ziad, Qatar (8)	Lost By Forfeit

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00
Total	14	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$3,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Hitoshi Murakami												Takashi Tsuchiya
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	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	0	0	1	3	1	6	5	1	0	$3,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
32	0	0	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$5,150.00	Total	21	0	0	1	3	1	6	5	1	0	$3,800.00

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
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	$1,800.00	8	14	36.4 %
2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	3	1	0	2	$2,800.00	14	22	38.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Hitoshi Murakami													Takashi Tsuchiya
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2015	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2016	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$750.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	$1,450.00
13	0	0	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	$1,300.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	$1,650.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$500.00
30	0	0	1	3	1	8	4	2	11	$4,950.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	1	2	1	6	5	1	3	$3,600.00

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	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	16.0%	2	8.0%	19	76.0%	4-21	16.0%	8-19	29.6%	8-4	66.7%	1	2	17-25	40.5%
2019-2020	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	4	16.0%	2	8.0%	19	76.0%	4-21	16.0%	8-19	29.6%	8-4	66.7%	1	2	17-25	40.5%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	0-0		0	1	4-3	57.1%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	10	12	0	0	6	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	17	23
Total	0	0	0	3	10	12	0	0	6	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	17	25

Head to Head Results
Murakami/Tsuchiya lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Salemi/Vakili, Iran 1-1
10/4/19	FIVB	Bandar Torkaman One Star	Bronze Medal	Salemi/Vakili	1	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	21-17, 21-16	0:39
3/2/19	FIVB	Visakhapatnam One Star	Pool A	Murakami/Tsuchiya	8	Salemi/Vakili	1	22-20, 26-24	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Sato/Taira, Japan 1-0
1/8/20	FIVB	Qeshm One Star	Pool D	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	Sato/Taira	5	21-13, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Elmajid/Ziad, Qatar 0-2
1/9/20	FIVB	Qeshm One Star	Winner 2	Elmajid/Ziad	8	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	By Forfeit
11/13/19	FIVB	Doha One Star	Pool C	Elmajid/Ziad	14	Murakami/Tsuchiya	6	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Dargahi/Nikoufar, Iran 1-0
1/8/20	FIVB	Qeshm One Star	Pool D	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	Dargahi/Nikoufar	13, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Gholipoury/Salagh, Iran 1-0
10/3/19	FIVB	Bandar Torkaman One Star	Winner 2	Murakami/Tsuchiya	4	Gholipoury/Salagh	10, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:46