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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters
September 1 - 4, 2016

(8) 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 Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV C&S 2014	Ariel Hilman - 13th	Sean Faiga - 13th
2015	Ariel Hilman - 17th	Sean Faiga - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Q8	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV C&S	7/21-24/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	7	9th	140	€ 225.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	28, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV C&S	6/9-12/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	8, Q1	5th	168	€ 450.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2016	Fortaleza Open	20	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	Q12	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	Q9	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q17	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	Q7	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	28, Q12	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	24, Q6	25th	120	US$800.00

CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Jan Pokersnik / Nejc Zemljak, Slovenia (16, Q15)	Lost 23-25, 21-19, 13-15	0:52
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (1)	Lost 15-21, 21-23	0:35
Fri, 9/2/2016	Pool A	Youssef Krou / Maxime Thiercy, France (9)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:34
Sat, 9/3/2016	Winner 1	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (2)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:29

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$5,200.00	6	9	40.0 %
2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	5	3	62.5 %
2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	$13,375.00	12	19	38.7 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	3	25.0 %
2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$675.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	5	13	$29,225.00	31	44	41.3 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	$1,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	CEV C&S	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$1,725.00	10	12	45.5 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,600.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$125.00	2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$125.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$6,687.50	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	$6,687.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$337.50	2016	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$337.50
38	0	0	0	0	6	4	8	6	14	$15,975.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	0	6	5	8	6	14	$15,975.00

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%
2015-2016	4	66.7%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-3	57.1%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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
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 7-14 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Faiga/Hilman	8	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Series tied with # 2 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-1
9/3/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Winner 1	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	2	Faiga/Hilman	8	21-17, 21-14	0:29
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	Q15	21-16, 23-21	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-3
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 2	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Dressler/Kunert	3	22-20, 21-15	0:47
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool H	Dressler/Kunert	25, Q8	Faiga/Hilman	24, Q6	21-9, 21-15	0:38
8/30/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Jurmala	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	6, Q1	Faiga/Hilman	11, Q4	3-0	0:41
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dressler/Kunert	20	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
7/23/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 2	Koekelkoren/van Walle	2	Faiga/Hilman	7	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Bykanov/Koshkarev, Russia 0-1
1/18/14	CEV C&S	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Anapa	Winner 3	Bykanov/Koshkarev	2	Faiga/Hilman	14, Q11	22-20, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Krou/Thiercy, France 1-0
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Faiga/Hilman	8	Krou/Thiercy	9	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 11, Q5 Denin/Popov, Ukraine 1-0
6/9/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Denin/Popov	Q17	21-16, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 15, Q16 Smedins/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Qualifier 1	Smedins/Solovejs	Q25	Faiga/Hilman	Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 16, Q15 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 0-1
9/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Pool A	Pokersnik/Zemljak	16, Q15	Faiga/Hilman	8	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Series tied with # Q2 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-1
6/10/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Winner 1	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	9, Q2	24-22, 21-19	0:46
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
Lead the series against # Q3 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
6/11/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Contender 3	Faiga/Hilman	8, Q1	Ermacora/Pristauz	15, Q7	21-19, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # Q7 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-3
7/22/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Winner 1	Faiga/Hilman	7	Gregory/Sheaf	10, Q5	21-19, 20-22, 15-4	0:55
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q16	Faiga/Hilman	Q17	19-21, 21-15, 18-16	0:56
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