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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 23 World Championships
June 10 - 15, 2014

(13, Q6) Ostap Firsov/Maxim Zhirkov, Russia

Ostap Firsov
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Umag 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Maxim Zhirkov
Russia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB U21 World Championships Umag 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	US$0.00

Previous Myslowice Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	Q18	41st	50	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6/19-23/2013	Under 21 World Championships	7	5th	168	US$0.00

Under 23 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/10/2014	Qualifier 1	Dallas Keith / Aaron Nusbaum, Canada (Q11)	Won 21-12, 21-11	0:29
Tue, 6/10/2014	Qualifier 2	Christoph Dressler / Fabian Kandolf, Austria (9, Q3)	Won 21-23, 21-10, 15-9	0:46
Wed, 6/11/2014	Pool A	Gabriel Burlacu / Greg Simone, Canada (24)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:38
Wed, 6/11/2014	Pool A	Alex Jones / Kyle Stevenson, United States (36)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
Thu, 6/12/2014	Pool A	Edvarts Buivids / Reinis Pekmans, Latvia (12, Q5)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:48
Thu, 6/12/2014	Pool A	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (1)	Lost 11-21, 7-21	0:25
Fri, 6/13/2014	Pool A	Rasko Jovanovic / Sasa Surla, Serbia (25)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:29
Fri, 6/13/2014	Winner 1	Iaroslav Gordieiev / Vladyslav Iemelianchyk, Ukraine (7)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 6/14/2014	Winner 2	Saymon Barbosa / Marcus Carvalhaes, Brazil (11, Q4)	Lost 15-21, 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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ostap Firsov												Maxim Zhirkov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	10	4	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ostap Firsov													Maxim Zhirkov
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$0.00	Total	Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$0.00

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	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	7-3	70.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	10-4	71.4%
2013-2014	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	7-3	70.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	10-4	71.4%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	10-6	62.5%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	7-4	63.6%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U23 World Championships	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	2	1	6	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5

Head to Head Results
Firsov/Zhirkov lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
6/12/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Bryl/Losiak	1	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	21-11, 21-7	0:25
Lead the series against # 3 Carvalhaes/Cittadin, Brazil 1-0
6/20/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool G	Firsov/Zhirkov	7	Carvalhaes/Cittadin	26, Q1	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
6/22/13	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 3	Kosiak/Rudol	2	Firsov/Zhirkov	7	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk, Ukraine 1-0
6/13/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Winner 1	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Gordieiev/Iemelianchyk	7	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 9, Q3 Dressler/Kandolf, Austria 1-0
6/10/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Dressler/Kandolf	9, Q3	21-23, 21-10, 15-9	0:46
Trail the series against # 11, Q4 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/14/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Winner 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	11, Q4	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 12, Q5 Buivids/Pekmans, Latvia 0-1
6/12/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Buivids/Pekmans	12, Q5	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Burlacu/Simone, Canada 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Burlacu/Simone	24	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 25 Jovanovic/Surla, Serbia 1-0
6/13/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Jovanovic/Surla	25	21-9, 21-18	0:29
Lead the series against # 36 Jones/Stevenson, United States 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool A	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Jones/Stevenson	36	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # Q11 Keith/Nusbaum, Canada 1-0
6/10/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Firsov/Zhirkov	13, Q6	Keith/Nusbaum	Q11	21-12, 21-11	0:29