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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(16, Q15) Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia

Jan Pokeršnik
Slovenia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ravne na Koroškem

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Ljubljana 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$24,208.61

Nejc Zemljak
Slovenia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maribor

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

4th (Ljubljana 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$28,206.83

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	US$4,649.80
CEV C&S	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	US$1,713.05
FIVB	40	1	2	0	3	3	0	7	1	1	6	9	7	US$37,998.37
Overall	50	2	2	0	4	3	2	8	2	4	7	9	7	US$44,361.22

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV C&S	7/21-24/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Q9	17th	112	€ 0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	6/9-12/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Q23	25th	84	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	Q15	33rd	60	US$0.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/1/2016	Qualifier 1	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (Q2)	Won 29-27, 21-16	0:43
Thu, 9/1/2016	Qualifier 2	Chris Gregory / Jake Sheaf, England (Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:30
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (8)	Won 25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Youssef Krou / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:29
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 21-13, 23-25, 13-15	0:45

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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	$12,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	2	0	3	2	0	7	1	1	2	0	$21,100.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	41	1	2	0	3	3	0	7	1	2	6	0	$38,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jan Pokersnik												Nejc Zemljak
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	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	$6,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$7,750.00
22	1	2	0	3	4	8	1	2	0	$11,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	1	2	0	4	3	10	2	2	0	$12,400.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
44	1	2	0	3	5	8	2	6	0	$19,950.00	Total	50	2	2	0	4	4	10	4	6	0	$22,650.00

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
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	5	1	83.3 %
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$4,000.00	0	7	0.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	$10,500.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jan Pokersnik													Nejc Zemljak
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	CEV C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$780.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	6	$5,500.00	Total	Total	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	8	$6,280.00

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	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	3	42.9%	4	57.1%	0-7	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%
2015-2016	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	6-4	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
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	9	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	14
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	1	21	15	0	0	14	10	3	3	0	3	1	2	44	34
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	14	17	25	24	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	3	1	2	58	61

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	13-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 8 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	Faiga/Hilman	8	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Krou/Thiercy, France 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Krou/Thiercy	9	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	21-11, 21-19	0:29
Lead the series against # Q2 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
9/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	Q2	29-27, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q7 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	Gregory/Sheaf	Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # Q8 Bogatov/Hudyakov, Russia 0-1
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bogatov/Hudyakov	Q14	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q19	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:44