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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$50,000 Espinho Two Star
July 28 - 30, 2017

(9) Jyrki Nurminen/Pekka Piippo, Finland

Jyrki Nurminen
Finland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vantaa

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$19,302.15

Pekka Piippo
Finland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 7, 1983 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Helsinki

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,843.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$588.10
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,750.00
Overall	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	US$3,338.10

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-23/2017	Agadir One Star	1	5th	80	US$500.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Q11	21st	96	€ 0.00

Espinho Two Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Winner 1	Jose Neto / Goncalo Santos, Portugal (24)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:29
Fri, 7/28/2017	Winner 2	Fabricio Silva / Roberto Silva Reis, Portugal (8)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
Sat, 7/29/2017	Winner 3	Mathias Berntsen / Anders Mol, Norway (1)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:30

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jyrki Nurminen												Pekka Piippo
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	1	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
29	2	0	4	1	4	10	6	2	0	$11,975.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	0	0	0	0	3	9	5	0	0	$2,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
37	2	0	4	1	4	11	8	4	3	$17,475.00	Total	18	0	0	0	0	3	9	5	1	0	$2,375.00

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
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	0	4	0.0 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	0	5	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jyrki Nurminen													Pekka Piippo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	$1,375.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	$1,375.00

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	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2016-2017	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
7/29/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 3	Berntsen/Mol	1	Nurminen/Piippo	9	21-14, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Silva/Silva Reis, Portugal 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 2	Nurminen/Piippo	9	Silva/Silva Reis	8	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 0-1
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool D	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	20	Nurminen/Piippo	29	21-13, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 24 Neto/Santos, Portugal 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Espinho Two Star	Winner 1	Nurminen/Piippo	9	Neto/Santos	24	21-11, 21-16	0:29