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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Jurmala Three Star
August 22 - 25, 2019

(18) 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 Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	Q11	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	1	2nd	180	€ 700.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q14	25th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Jurmala Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/23/2019	Pool B	Jyrki Nurminen / Santeri Siren, Finland (15)	Won 19-21, 26-24, 20-18	0:57
Fri, 8/23/2019	Pool B	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:42
Sat, 8/24/2019	Winner 1	Haralds Regza / Toms Smedins, Latvia (26, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 8/24/2019	Winner 2	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Pavel Piatrushka, Belarus (19)	Lost 12-21, 19-21	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	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	$12,400.00	22	17	56.4 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	$10,700.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	30	1	2	0	1	2	0	4	0	1	6	13	$34,600.00	44	42	51.2 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	4	$5,850.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	$5,350.00
31	1	2	0	1	3	4	1	6	13	$17,800.00	Total	Total	36	2	2	0	1	2	5	3	6	15	$20,200.00

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	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6	60.0%	1-9	10.0%	4-12	25.0%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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 4-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/23/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	18	21-19, 21-18	0:42
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 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 # 10 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 # 11 Evans/Kolinske, United States 0-1
8/8/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Qualifier 2	Evans/Kolinske	27, Q9	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q8	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 15 Nurminen/Siren, Finland 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Pool B	Pokersnik/Zemljak	18	Nurminen/Siren	15	19-21, 26-24, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 19 Dziadkou/Piatrushka, Belarus 0-1
8/24/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Winner 2	Dziadkou/Piatrushka	19	Pokersnik/Zemljak	18	21-12, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Regza/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/24/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Winner 1	Pokersnik/Zemljak	18	Regza/Smedins	26, Q5	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Bozenk/Jakopin, Slovenia 0-1
8/4/19	FIVB	Ljubljana One Star	Gold Medal	Bozenk/Jakopin	14	Pokersnik/Zemljak	1	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q11 Habr/Lenc, Czech Republic 1-0
8/2/19	FIVB	Ljubljana One Star	Pool A	Pokersnik/Zemljak	1	Habr/Lenc	8	21-19, 21-14	0:36