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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Goa
October 19 - 22, 2023

(9) Niina Ahtiainen/Taru Lahti, 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:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$109,018.50

Taru Lahti-Liukkonen
Finland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tampere

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

111

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,690.25

Awards

Top Rookie 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	8	4	4	2	US$147,681.80

Previous Goa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	25	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	16, Q12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q14	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Helsinki	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	15, Q5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	10	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Challenge Goa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/20/2023	Pool D	Leonie Kortzinger / Lea Kunst, Germany (16)	Won 22-24, 21-16, 15-9	1:03
Fri, 10/20/2023	Pool D	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (4)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:44
Sat, 10/21/2023	Winner 1	Meimei Lin / Jinjin Zeng, China (13)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:55
Sat, 10/21/2023	Winner 2	Karla Borger / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (12)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:40

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 Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	10	0	0	$49,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	1	2	0	1	3	2	7	1	4	2	0	$82,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	44	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	4	16	2	0	$147,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Niina Ahtiainen												Taru Lahti
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$14,900.00
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	41	0	0	0	0	2	11	17	5	0	$88,500.00
46	1	2	0	1	6	9	11	8	0	$62,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	1	3	1	2	10	16	15	5	0	$91,112.50
6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
79	3	2	0	1	9	16	26	10	0	$108,550.00	Total	111	3	4	1	3	13	31	34	11	0	$201,987.50

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
2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$36,500.00	16	13	55.2 %
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	5	1	0	$29,500.00	27	19	58.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	2	7	1	0	$66,000.00	43	32	57.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Niina Ahtiainen													Taru Lahti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$4,800.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
											2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$2,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	2	1	$27,537.50
											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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$3,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$18,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	$17,550.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1	1	$19,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$6,500.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	$18,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	1	$19,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$19,500.00
13	1	0	0	0	2	4	5	1	0	$14,750.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	4	5	1	0	$14,750.00
55	2	0	0	0	5	10	17	9	12	$67,800.00	Total	Total	87	2	2	1	2	9	25	25	10	11	$161,237.50

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	50	61.0%	20	24.4%	12	14.6%	70-12	85.4%	18	23.7%	16	21.1%	42	55.3%	18-58	23.7%	50-42	54.3%	38-28	57.6%	2	1	90-71	55.9%
2022-2023	23	59.0%	11	28.2%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	14	31.1%	9	20.0%	22	48.9%	14-31	31.1%	23-22	51.1%	25-14	64.1%	0	0	48-36	57.1%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	6	30.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	14	63.6%	5-17	22.7%	24-24	50.0%	22-10	68.8%	2	0	25-17	59.5%

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 Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	7	8	16	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	8	1	28	16	1	3	13	13	3	1	0	1	1	2	54	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
Total	0	0	21	8	43	35	2	3	16	21	5	1	0	1	3	2	90	71

Head to Head Results
Ahtiainen/Lahti lead the series against the field 13-7 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	3	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 15-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Placette/Richard	24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	Sliwka/Wachowicz	9	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 4 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Alvarez/Moreno	4	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool C	Hermannova/Stochlova	15	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q6	38-36, 21-14	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 0-1
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 2	Borger/Ittlinger	12	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	21-16, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Lin/Zeng, China 3-0
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Lin/Zeng	13	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:55
6/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	Lin/Zeng	Q21	18-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:48
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Lin/Zeng	16	24-22, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	16, Q12	Baieva/Davidova	Q13	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 15 Kotnik/Lovsin, Slovenia 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Kortzinger/Kunst, Germany 1-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Kortzinger/Kunst	16	22-24, 21-16, 15-9	1:03
Trail the series against # 17 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Bianchin/Scampoli	10	Ahtiainen/Lahti	15, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Dunarova/Mokra, Czech Republic 1-0
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Dunarova/Mokra	Q21	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Carro/Lobato, Spain 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Ahtiainen/Lahti	9	Carro/Lobato	21, Q6	21-8, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 23, Q12 Helland-Hansen/Olimstad, Norway 3-0
7/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q14	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q19	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q5	20-22, 21-10, 15-11	0:48
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q8	Helland-Hansen/Olimstad	Q9	21-17, 21-10	0:33