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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 15,000 Mersin Satellite
July 27 - 30, 2017

(8, Q4) 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 C&S Wins:

1 (Vaduz 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 C&S Wins:

1 (Vaduz 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 Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Mersin Satellite Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/27/2017	Qualifier 1	Adrian Heidrich / Gabriel Kissling, Switzerland (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:48
Fri, 7/28/2017	Winner 1	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (9)	Lost 21-19, 25-27, 13-15	1:03
Sat, 7/29/2017	Contender 1	Ali Cebeci / Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye (16)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:34
Sat, 7/29/2017	Contender 2	Ilya Leshukov / Alexander Likholetov, Russia (6, Q3)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 7/29/2017	Contender 3	Mykola Babich / Iaroslav Gordieiev, Ukraine (2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:39

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	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	3	50.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$580.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	$11,500.00	7	11	38.9 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	$580.00	7	8	46.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$290.00	2017	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$290.00
19	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	5	6	$7,540.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	8	$8,320.00

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	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	10-7	58.8%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
2016-2017	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	10-7	58.8%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-8	60.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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
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 7-7 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1, Q1 Sivolap/Velichko, Russia 0-1
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Semi-Finals	Sivolap/Velichko	8, Q3	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-13, 19-21, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
7/13/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Siofok	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11, Q10	Aye/Krou	Q7	24-22, 22-20	0:44
Series tied with # 4 Giginoglu/Urlu, Türkiye 1-1
7/22/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Bronze Medal	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-18, 21-17	0:37
7/21/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Pool C	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 1-0
7/29/17	CEV C&S	Mersin Satellite	Contender 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	8, Q4	Leshukov/Likholetov	6, Q3	21-11, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-2
7/28/17	CEV C&S	Mersin Satellite	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Pokersnik/Zemljak	8, Q4	19-21, 27-25, 15-13	1:03
7/8/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8, Q5	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9	21-16, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 13, Q8 Eglseer/Schnetzer, Austria 1-0
7/8/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Contender 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9	Eglseer/Schnetzer	14	21-14, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Cebeci/Ozdemir, Türkiye 1-0
7/29/17	CEV C&S	Mersin Satellite	Contender 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	8, Q4	Cebeci/Ozdemir	16	21-12, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # Q13 Heidrich/Kissling, Switzerland 1-1
7/27/17	CEV C&S	Mersin Satellite	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	8, Q4	Heidrich/Kissling	Q13	21-15, 21-15	0:48
6/9/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Qualifier 1	Heidrich/Kissling	Q10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q23	21-19, 21-15	0:36