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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championship Final
August 16 - 20, 2017

(31) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Nejc Zemljak - 13th	Jan Pokersnik - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/10-13/2017	Satellite Vaduz	9, Q2	1st	200	€ 880.00
CEV C&S	7/27-30/2017	Mersin Satellite	8, Q4	7th	70	€ 300.00
CEV	7/20-22/2017	Ljubljana Masters	3	4th	160	€ 2,500.00
CEV C&S	7/13-16/2017	Satellite Siofok	11, Q10	9th	60	€ 120.00
CEV C&S	7/7-9/2017	Satellite Kharkiv	9	7th	70	€ 160.00
CEV	6/21-25/2017	Austrian Masters	Q12	17th	64	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	29, Q18	25th	90	US$1,000.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	16, Q15	13th	144	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q12	33rd	80	US$0.00

European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool B	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (2)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:43
Wed, 8/16/2017	Pool B	Kacper Kujawiak / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (15)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 9-15	0:49
Thu, 8/17/2017	Pool B	Mathias Berntsen / Svein Solhaug, Norway (18)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 8/18/2017	Winner 1	Lorenz Schumann / Julius Thole, Germany (14)	Lost 17-21, 26-24, 12-15	0:56

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 %
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2017	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$3,500.00	4	6	40.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$1,460.00	13	7	65.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	$11,500.00	7	11	38.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$4,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	CEV C&S	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	$1,460.00	13	9	59.1 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,750.00	2017	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$1,750.00
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$730.00	2017	CEV C&S	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$730.00
21	1	0	0	1	3	2	3	5	6	$8,480.00	Total	Total	26	2	1	1	2	3	2	4	3	8	$9,260.00

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%
2016-2017	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%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Pokersnik/Zemljak lead the series against the field 9-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Lupo/Nicolai	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	25-23, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
8/11/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9, Q2	Beeler/Krattiger	1	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Schumann/Thole, Germany 0-1
8/18/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Schumann/Thole	14	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	21-17, 24-26, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 15 Kujawiak/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/16/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Kujawiak/Prudel	15	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Berntsen/Solhaug, Norway 1-0
8/17/17	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	Berntsen/Solhaug	18	24-22, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Gregory/Sheaf, England 3-1
8/13/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9, Q2	Gregory/Sheaf	3	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:56
7/15/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Siofok	Contender 2	Gregory/Sheaf	1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11, Q10	21-17, 21-19	0:36
7/8/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Contender 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9	Gregory/Sheaf	1	21-16, 21-14	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 21 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool C	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Dressler/Kunert	6	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 25 Fuchs/Walkenhorst, Germany 2-0
8/13/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Vaduz	Contender 4	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9, Q2	Fuchs/Walkenhorst	8	21-18, 21-15	0:38
8/11/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9, Q2	Fuchs/Walkenhorst	8	16-21, 21-18, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 32 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-2
7/29/17	CEV C&S	Mersin Satellite	Contender 3	Babich/Gordieiev	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	8, Q4	21-19, 21-15	0:39
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Winner 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Babich/Gordieiev	7	21-17, 21-19	0:40
7/14/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Siofok	Winner 1	Babich/Gordieiev	6, Q1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11, Q10	21-17, 21-19	0:39