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European Championship Tour
1st European Games
June 17 - 21, 2015

(21) Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman, Israel

Sean Faiga
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moledet

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Baku 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$19,200.38

Ariel Hilman
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beit Halevi

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (7 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Baku 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$18,539.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	US$1,114.58
CEV C&S	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,417.97
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	6	0	7	10	US$32,725.00
Overall	46	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	2	9	1	7	1	7	10	US$36,257.54

Previous Baku Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	13	17th	64	€ 250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q3	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	22, Q2	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	18	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	15	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	19, Q3	17th	180	US$1,200.00
CEV C&S	9/11-14/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Stuttgart	Q8	17th	112	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	8/28-31/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	11, Q4	13th	126	€ 300.00
CEV C&S	8/6-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	11, Q10	13th	126	€ 300.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Q12	25th	96	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	6/26-29/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Lausanne	Q7	17th	112	€ 0.00

1st European Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool E	Hasan Mermer / Selcuk Sekerci, Türkiye (12)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:45
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool E	Michiel van Dorsten / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 6/19/2015	Pool E	Jan Hadrava / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (28)	Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
Sat, 6/20/2015	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Solovejs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (19)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:38
Sat, 6/20/2015	Winner 3	Martins Plavins / Haralds Regza, Latvia (4)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:34

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	$19,225.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	0	$32,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sean Faiga												Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
41	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	6	0	$16,812.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	0	$16,362.50

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1	4	20.0 %
2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	$9,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,050.00	5	8	38.5 %
2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,200.00	4	5	44.4 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	6	$11,850.00	17	21	44.7 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$250.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,050.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sean Faiga													Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$525.00	2014	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$525.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$600.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$125.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$125.00
21	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	2	7	$6,575.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	4	3	6	2	7	$6,575.00

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%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5	55.6%	1-8	11.1%	4-5	44.4%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	7-9	43.8%
2014-2015	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	3	50.0%	1-5	16.7%	3-3	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	6-5	54.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	8	12	17	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	16	18	12	26	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	52

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
6/20/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 3	Plavins/Regza	4	Faiga/Hilman	21	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 van de Velde/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
6/18/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Faiga/Hilman	21	van Dorsten/van de Velde	5	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 7 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	18	Garcia/Marco	6	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	16	Faiga/Hilman	19, Q3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-2
8/8/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Petutschnig/Winter	6, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	11, Q10	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Petutschnig/Winter	22, Q2	Faiga/Hilman	Q31	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Mermer/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
6/17/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Faiga/Hilman	21	Mermer/Sekerci	12	21-18, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Eglseer/Mullner, Austria 0-1
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Eglseer/Mullner	Q16	Faiga/Hilman	Q17	21-15, 19-21, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Solovejs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
6/20/15	CEV	1st European Games	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	21	Solovejs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 20 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 0-1
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Contender 1	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	3	Faiga/Hilman	11, Q4	3-0	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Gregory/Sheaf, England 0-2
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q17	Faiga/Hilman	Q16	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:44
5/29/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q22	Faiga/Hilman	Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 25 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-2
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool D	Dumek/Kufa	20, Q11	Faiga/Hilman	13	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Dumek/Kufa	15	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-14, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
Lead the series against # 26 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Faiga/Hilman	Q16	Kollo/Vesik	Q17	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Hadrava/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/19/15	CEV	1st European Games	Pool E	Faiga/Hilman	21	Hadrava/Kubala	28	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:54