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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Tokyo Four Star
July 24 - 28, 2019

(Q14) 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:

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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Nejc Zemljak - 9th	Jan Pokersnik - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	19	25th	180	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q26	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	26, Q11	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	Q8	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	26, Q9	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	Q8	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	8/3-5/2018	Ljubljana One Star	1	2nd	180	US$700.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	17	9th	300	US$2,000.00

Tokyo Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/24/2019	Qualifier 1	Jumpei Ikeda / Yu Koshikawa, Japan (Q19)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Wed, 7/24/2019	Qualifier 2	Theo Brunner / Reid Priddy, United States (13, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:43

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	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	$12,400.00	22	17	56.4 %
2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	$8,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	6	12	$31,900.00	38	38	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
12	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	4	$6,200.00	2018	FIVB	16	1	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	5	$9,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$4,500.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	$4,000.00
28	1	1	0	1	3	3	1	6	12	$16,450.00	Total	Total	33	2	1	0	1	2	4	3	6	14	$18,850.00

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%
2018-2019	23	59.0%	10	25.6%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	5	16.1%	8	25.8%	18	58.1%	5-26	16.1%	23-18	56.1%	15-14	51.7%	0	0	38-32	54.3%
Against the Field	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	4-18	18.2%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	7-16	30.4%

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 trail the series against the field 7-14 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q11	24-22, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13, Q3 Brunner/Priddy, United States 0-3
7/24/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Priddy	13, Q3	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q14	21-18, 21-17	0:43
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Priddy	21, Q2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q15	21-19, 21-18	0:38
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 3	Brunner/Priddy	9	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 14, Q5 Gao/Li, China 2-2
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Gao/Li	27, Q7	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q26	21-17, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
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 # 18, Q1 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool B	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	18, Q1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	31	14-21, 21-10, 15-8	0:39
Lead the series against # 19, Q8 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 # 20, Q13 Aye/Gauthier-Rat, France 1-0
5/2/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q9	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	29, Q12	21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 23, Q7 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q15 Horl/Winter, Austria 0-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool F	Horl/Winter	11	Pokersnik/Zemljak	22	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q9	21-23, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q15	Li/Zhou	Q18	21-18, 21-23, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q16 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool C	Pfretzschner/Sowa	30, Q11	Pokersnik/Zemljak	19	22-24, 21-14, 20-18	0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Ikeda/Koshikawa, Japan 1-0
7/24/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Qualifier 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q14	Ikeda/Koshikawa	Q19	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # Q23 Ashfiya/Rachmawan, Indonesia 0-1
6/24/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Bronze Medal	Ashfiya/Rachmawan	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	28-26, 22-20	0:49