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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 3 - 8, 2018

(29, Q13) Jan Pokersnik/Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia

Jan Pokeršnik
Slovenia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 15, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ravne na Koroškem

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Montpellier 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$20,199.60

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 FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Montpellier 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$22,876.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	40	1	2	0	3	3	0	7	1	1	6	9	7	US$37,998.37

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	Q18	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-24/2018	Singapore Two Star	3	4th	280	US$1,400.00
FIVB	5/31-6/3/2018	Jinjiang Two Star	4	9th	200	US$800.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	Q4	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	22	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/7-9/2017	Montpellier One Star	6	1st	200	US$2,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2018	Qualifier 1	Simon Hagenbuch / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (Q20)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:38
Thu, 7/5/2018	Qualifier 2	Tigrito Gomez / Carlos Rangel, Venezuela (Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 7/6/2018	Pool D	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (4)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:33
Fri, 7/6/2018	Pool D	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (13)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:32

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
Total	40	1	2	0	3	3	0	7	1	1	6	0	$37,600.00

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
43	1	2	0	3	5	8	1	6	0	$19,450.00	Total	49	2	2	0	4	4	10	3	6	0	$22,150.00

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 %
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$7,700.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	7	$19,200.00	21	21	50.0 %

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
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
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
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	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
7	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	$3,850.00	2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	1	3	$6,750.00
15	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	7	$9,600.00	Total	Total	21	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	9	$12,500.00

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	34	59.6%	11	19.3%	12	21.1%	45-12	78.9%	12	20.7%	14	24.1%	32	55.2%	12-46	20.7%	34-32	51.5%	23-26	46.9%	0	0	57-58	49.6%
2017-2018	14	60.9%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	25.0%	6	30.0%	9	45.0%	5-15	25.0%	14-9	60.9%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	24-19	55.8%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	8	53.3%	7	46.7%	0-15	0.0%	12-14	46.2%	0-20	0.0%	0	0	6-17	26.1%

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
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
Total	0	0	14	17	24	22	0	0	15	11	3	3	0	3	1	2	57	58

Head to Head Results
Pokersnik/Zemljak trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Pokersnik/Zemljak	29, Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool B	Doppler/Horst	15	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	21-19, 21-23, 15-8	0:50
Trail the series against # 13 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-1
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool D	Crabb/Gibb	13	Pokersnik/Zemljak	29, Q13	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 23 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 0-1
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	Q16	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q17	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
5/9/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Qualifier 2	Basta/Kolaric	28, Q13	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q4	21-17, 22-24, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 31 Ishijima/Takahashi, Japan 1-0
6/1/18	FIVB	Jinjiang Two Star	Pool D	Pokersnik/Zemljak	4	Ishijima/Takahashi	9	21-12, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q4 Gomez/Rangel, Venezuela 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	29, Q13	Gomez/Rangel	Q4	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool F	Pokersnik/Zemljak	22	Ermacora/Pristauz	6	21-11, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q20 Hagenbuch/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	29, Q13	Hagenbuch/Metral	Q20	21-17, 21-13	0:38