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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 30, 2021

(Q15) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2020	Baden One Star	11	4th	0	€ 400.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2020	Ljubljana One Star	1	5th	0	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q22	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	18	9th	300	US$2,000.00
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

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 1	Petr Bakhnar / Valeriy Samoday, Russia (Q18)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:38

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	$10,700.00	16	15	51.6 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00	5	3	62.5 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	1	2	0	2	3	0	4	0	1	6	15	$35,300.00	50	47	51.5 %

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
12	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	5	$5,850.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	$5,350.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
35	1	2	0	2	4	4	1	6	15	$18,150.00	Total	Total	40	2	2	0	2	3	5	3	6	17	$20,550.00

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%
2020-2021	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	6-7	46.2%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	11	73.3%	1-14	6.7%	4-22	15.4%	4-10	28.6%	0	0	4-16	20.0%

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 4-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-0
9/9/17	FIVB	Montpellier One Star	Gold Medal	Pokersnik/Zemljak	6	Perusic/Schweiner	8	26-24, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 11 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-0
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q9	Carambula/Rossi	5, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	26, Q11	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q6	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 21 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 # 23 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
8/23/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Semi-Finals	Gerson/Heidrich	2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11	21-18, 9-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 32, Q11 Azaad/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
5/15/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Qualifier 2	Azaad/Capogrosso	30, Q9	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q8	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q10 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 # Q12 Cottafava/Windisch, Italy 1-0
8/22/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Winner 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11	Cottafava/Windisch	12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # Q18 Bakhnar/Samoday, Russia 0-1
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Bakhnar/Samoday	Q18	Pokersnik/Zemljak	Q15	21-18, 21-18	0:38