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€ 200,000 2018 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - The Netherlands
July 16 - 21, 2018

(11) Niina Ahtiainen/Riikka Lehtonen, Finland

Niina Ahtiainen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Imatra

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (Jurmala 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$121,265.79

Riikka Lehtonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 24, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kangasrla

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$127,392.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$10,489.75
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	6	4	3	US$59,000.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	11	6	4	3	US$69,489.75

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2018	Riikka Lehtonen - 5th	Niina Ahtiainen - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	25	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	20	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	19	33rd	100	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	19	17th	480	US$6,000.00
CEV	1/11-14/2018	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	6	9th	200	€ 750.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	16	5th	480	US$6,000.00

CEV European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/17/2018	Pool F	Ksenia Dabizha / Daria Mastikova, Russia (22)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:32
Tue, 7/17/2018	Pool F	Aleksandra Gromadowska / Jagoda Sliwka, Poland (27)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:43
Wed, 7/18/2018	Pool F	Michala Frank / Kristyna Kolocova, Czech Republic (6)	Won 12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Thu, 7/19/2018	Winner 2	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (2)	Lost 10-21, 11-21	0:28

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$16,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	0	$38,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Confederation Championship	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,250.00
Total	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	11	6	0	$68,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
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
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	2	0	$34,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	5	0	$61,000.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	1	0	1	4	4	13	7	0	$40,812.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,550.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$725.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
9	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	1	0	$7,875.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$5,625.00
88	3	2	0	1	10	20	29	11	0	$116,425.00	Total	77	0	1	0	1	6	19	21	16	0	$118,387.50

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
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	$22,000.00	5	12	29.4 %
2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	$22,000.00	5	12	29.4 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Riikka Lehtonen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	CEV Under Age
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$1,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,762.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
											2016	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	2	0	$34,775.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$75.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$16,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$500.00	2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$875.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$140.00	2017	CEV C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	$12,050.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	$11,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2018	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
34	0	1	1	0	2	11	9	5	5	$17,390.00	Total	Total	64	2	1	0	1	7	20	13	12	8	$101,225.00

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	4	33.3%	0	0.0%	8	66.7%	4-8	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0	10-9	52.6%
2017-2018	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	6-10	37.5%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	4	8	18	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
Total	0	0	14	6	21	27	0	0	6	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	52

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lehtonen trail the series against the field 5-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-3
7/19/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	11	21-10, 21-11	0:28
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Hermannova/Slukova	4	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	20	21-13, 21-12	0:32
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	21-12, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Bieneck/Schneider	15	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	18	21-19, 15-21, 15-12	0:47
Series tied with # 6 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/18/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	11	Frank/Kolocova	6	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool D	Frank/Kolocova	13	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	20	21-14, 14-21, 15-9	0:38
Lead the series against # 8 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Stubbe/Van Iersel	23	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	18	22-20, 23-21	0:40
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool C	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	Stubbe/Van Iersel	11, Q2	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	0:43
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	Stubbe/Van Iersel	8	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 0-1
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	17	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	16	20-22, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 17 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q3	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	25	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 20 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
1/13/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	12, Q3	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Dabizha/Mastikova, Russia 1-0
7/17/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	11	Dabizha/Mastikova	22	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 Bocharova/Voronina, Russia 0-1
1/12/18	CEV	CEV Masters Pelhrimov	Pool C	Bocharova/Voronina	14, Q8	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	6	21-15, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 27 Gromadowska/Sliwka, Poland 1-0
7/17/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	11	Gromadowska/Sliwka	27	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:43