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CEV Under Age
2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship
July 18 - 21, 2012

(5) Yulia Abalakina/Irina Chaika, Russia

Yulia Abalakina
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 21, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career CEV Under Age Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$29,785.63

Irina Chaika
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Krasnodar

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Under Age Loutraki 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$10,325.69

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV Under Age	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Assen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Martyna Kozinska / Agata Wawrzynczyk, Poland (20)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:26
Wed, 7/18/2012	Pool E	Olena Basanova / Valentyna Hrytsyuk, Ukraine (17)	Won 21-9, 21-15	0:28
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool E	Eliise Hollas / Kaisa Soomets, Estonia (8)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:30
Thu, 7/19/2012	Winner 1	Lidia Bons / Esther Hullegie, Netherlands (22)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
Thu, 7/19/2012	Winner 2	Eliska Davidova / Tereza Vankova, Czech Republic (4)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 7/20/2012	Winner 3	Daria Przybylak / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (2)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:32
Sat, 7/21/2012	Semi-Finals	Christine Aulenbrock / Victoria Bieneck, Germany (19)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:40
Sat, 7/21/2012	Gold Medal	Chantal Laboureur / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:34

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$)
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Yulia Abalakina												Irina Chaika
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,125.00
21	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	6	0	$13,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,650.00
8	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	$5,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship
44	0	0	0	2	6	4	9	8	0	$25,225.00	Total	16	0	1	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	$9,775.00

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
2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	1	87.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	1	87.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Yulia Abalakina													Irina Chaika
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$90.00	2011	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	$90.00	Total	Total	15	1	3	3	0	2	1	1	2	2	$2,400.00

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-1	85.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%
2011-2012	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-1	85.7%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	12-2	85.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%

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
U23 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3

Head to Head Results
Abalakina/Chaika lead the series against the field 7-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Przybylak/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
7/20/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Przybylak/Wojtasik	2	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Laboureur/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/21/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Gold Medal	Laboureur/Walkenhorst	3	Abalakina/Chaika	5	21-15, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 4 Davidova/Vankova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Davidova/Vankova	4	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Hollas/Soomets, Estonia 1-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Hollas/Soomets	8	21-16, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 17 Basanova/Hrytsyuk, Ukraine 1-0
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Basanova/Hrytsyuk	17	21-9, 21-15	0:28
Lead the series against # 19 Aulenbrock/Bieneck, Germany 1-0
7/21/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Aulenbrock/Bieneck	19	21-16, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Kozinska/Wawrzynczyk, Poland 1-0
7/18/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool E	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Kozinska/Wawrzynczyk	20	21-14, 21-11	0:26
Lead the series against # 22 Bons/Hullegie, Netherlands 1-0
7/19/12	CEV Under Age	2012 CEV U23 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 1	Abalakina/Chaika	5	Bons/Hullegie	22	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45