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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Tokyo Three Star
July 25 - 29, 2018

(17) 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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	16	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	Q23	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	29, Q13	25th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Tokyo Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Chase Budinger / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16, Q2)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 7/26/2018	Pool A	Yu Koshikawa / Dylan Kurokawa, Japan (32)	Won 21-8, 21-8	0:29
Fri, 7/27/2018	Winner 1	Likejiang Ha / Jiaxin Wu, China (18)	Won 9-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:44
Fri, 7/27/2018	Winner 2	Philipp Bergmann / Yannick Harms, Germany (3)	Lost 14-21, 21-16, 15-17	0:47

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	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	3	$11,700.00	18	14	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	8	$23,200.00	25	25	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
10	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	$5,850.00	2018	FIVB	14	1	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	4	$8,750.00
18	1	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	8	$11,600.00	Total	Total	24	2	0	0	1	1	4	3	3	10	$14,500.00

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	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4	36.4%	2-9	18.2%	14-8	63.6%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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 lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 0-1
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Bergmann/Harms	3	Pokersnik/Zemljak	17	21-14, 16-21, 17-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 0-2
6/24/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Semi-Finals	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-14, 22-20	0:39
6/23/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-19, 26-24	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Gao/Li, China 2-1
7/19/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Pool A	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16	Gao/Li	1	21-15, 25-23	0:38
6/27/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q18	Gao/Li	Q15	21-16, 21-13	0:32
6/2/18	FIVB	Jinjiang Two Star	Winner 1	Gao/Li	5	Pokersnik/Zemljak	4	21-12, 12-21, 15-10	0:39
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Budinger/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Budinger/Rosenthal	16, Q2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	17	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	17	Ha/Wu	18	9-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Durant/Schumann, Australia 1-0
6/23/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Winner 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	Durant/Schumann	1	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 32 Koshikawa/Kurokawa, Japan 1-0
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool A	Pokersnik/Zemljak	17	Koshikawa/Kurokawa	32	21-8, 21-8	0:29