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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(26, Q3) Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara, Canada

Megan McNamara
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Richmond, BC

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$32,259.25

Nicole McNamara
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 1, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Richmond, BC

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$32,259.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	33	0	0	0	3	3	0	8	0	5	2	3	2	6	1	US$64,219.80
FIVB Age Group WC	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	38	0	1	2	3	4	0	8	0	6	2	3	2	6	1	US$64,219.80

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q11	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	3	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q9	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	25	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	25	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/24-28/2018	Chetumal Three Star	13	4th	420	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	Q10	33rd	160	US$0.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 2	Emi van Driel / Mexime van Driel, Netherlands (Q14)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig, Germany (7)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:41
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool G	Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (23)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 1	Marleen Van Iersel / Pleun Ypma, Netherlands (24)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:46
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 2	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (20)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:55

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$)
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	5	1	0	$37,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$13,000.00
U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	38	0	1	2	3	4	0	8	0	11	2	0	$64,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan McNamara												Nicole McNamara
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$1,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$1,000.00
18	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	1	0	$18,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	1	0	$18,625.00
7	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	$6,500.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
38	0	1	2	3	4	8	11	2	0	$32,025.00	Total	38	0	1	2	3	4	8	11	2	0	$32,025.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	22	4	84.6 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	11	6	64.7 %
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	$14,800.00	11	12	47.8 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	5	$24,800.00	25	20	55.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	32	7	82.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan McNamara													Nicole McNamara
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$7,400.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$7,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
18	0	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	5	$12,400.00	Total	Total	18	0	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	5	$12,400.00

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	65.4%	8	15.4%	10	19.2%	42-10	80.8%	11	21.6%	7	13.7%	33	64.7%	11-40	21.6%	34-33	50.7%	19-17	52.8%	0	0	53-50	51.5%
2020-2021	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	6-5	54.5%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	9-7	56.3%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	15	62.5%	5-19	20.8%	8-30	21.1%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	13-21	38.2%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	5	15	11	0	1	4	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	29	28
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	0	10	3	0	0	6	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	19	11
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	9	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	5
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
Total	0	0	16	10	48	20	0	2	18	16	1	5	2	3	0	1	85	57

Head to Head Results
McNamara/McNamara trail the series against the field 9-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-2
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Kholomina/Makroguzova	15	McNamara/McNamara	25	21-19, 21-14	0:33
5/16/16	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kholomina/Makroguzova	4	McNamara/McNamara	2	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 0-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	McNamara/McNamara	25	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
8/19/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Nanjing Youth Olympic Games	Pool A	McNamara/McNamara	36	Graudina/Samoilova	25	21-19, 14-21, 15-9	0:35
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
10/28/18	FIVB	Chetumal Three Star	Bronze Medal	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	3	McNamara/McNamara	13	16-21, 21-8, 15-10	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool A	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	24	McNamara/McNamara	25	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	20	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 21 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Bieneck/Schneider	29, Q8	McNamara/McNamara	Q9	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 24 Van Iersel/Ypma, Netherlands 1-0
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	Van Iersel/Ypma	24	18-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
7/28/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	McNamara/McNamara	25	Lobato/Navarro	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
10/25/18	FIVB	Chetumal Three Star	Pool D	McNamara/McNamara	13	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	4	12-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:46
Series tied with # 31, Q11 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-1
10/27/18	FIVB	Chetumal Three Star	Winner 3	McNamara/McNamara	13	Lopes/Silva	6	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:41
10/17/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	29, Q7	McNamara/McNamara	Q10	21-15, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against Kortzinger/Schneider, Germany 0-1
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Lucky Loser	Kortzinger/Schneider	47	McNamara/McNamara	25	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # Q4 Carro/Soria, Spain 1-1
5/13/18	FIVB	Bangkok One Star	Semi-Finals	Carro/Soria	5	McNamara/McNamara	13, Q6	14-21, 22-20, 18-16	0:51
5/11/18	FIVB	Bangkok One Star	Pool D	McNamara/McNamara	13, Q6	Carro/Soria	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:40
Trail the series against # Q6 Strauss/Strauss, Austria 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool C	Strauss/Strauss	30, Q7	McNamara/McNamara	3	21-12, 19-21, 15-10	0:42
Lead the series against # Q14 van Driel/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 2	McNamara/McNamara	26, Q3	van Driel/van Driel	Q14	21-19, 21-12	0:36