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FIVB Age Group World Championships
Under 19 World Championships
July 29 - August 3, 2014

(20) Illia Kovalov/Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine

Illia Kovalov
Ukraine

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1996 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rivne

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$400.00

Oleh Plotnytskyi
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kharkiv

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Porto Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Maksym Cherpak - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB Age Group WC	7/23-27/2014	Under 21 World Championships	29, Q3	9th	140	US$0.00

Under 19 World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2014	Pool E	Regan Fathers / Simon Gray, Australia (17)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:26
Wed, 7/30/2014	Pool E	Jakub Jetke / Mateusz Lysikowski, Poland (8, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:44
Thu, 7/31/2014	Pool E	Marius Barauskis / Edgaras Bartkus, Lithuania (5, Q1)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:33
Thu, 7/31/2014	Pool E	Ivailo Ivanov / Dimitar Kalchev, Bulgaria (29)	Lost 21-15, 16-21, 10-15	0:44
Fri, 8/1/2014	Pool E	Ricardo Padilla / Daniel Rivera, Puerto Rico (32)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:36
Fri, 8/1/2014	Winner 1	Dinis Alves / Artur Resende, Portugal (6)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:36
Sat, 8/2/2014	Winner 2	Felix Gobert / Julius Thole, Germany (24, Q12)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:28
Sat, 8/2/2014	Winner 3	Pavels Jemeljanovs / Karlis Kliemans, Latvia (16)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:29
Sun, 8/3/2014	Semi-Finals	Jasper Bouter / Tom van Steenis, Netherlands (36, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:29
Sun, 8/3/2014	Gold Medal	Arthur Mariano / George Wanderley, Brazil (14)	Lost 18-21, 23-21, 11-15	0:49

Head to Head Results
Kovalov/Plotnytskyi lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5, Q1 Barauskis/Bartkus, Lithuania 1-0
7/31/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool E	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Barauskis/Bartkus	5, Q1	21-11, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Alves/Resende, Portugal 1-0
8/1/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Alves/Resende	6	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
7/24/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool E	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	5	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	29, Q3	21-10, 21-19	0:27
Trail the series against # 8, Q2 Jetke/Lysikowski, Poland 0-1
7/30/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool E	Jetke/Lysikowski	8, Q2	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Mariano/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
8/3/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Gold Medal	Mariano/Wanderley	14	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Jemeljanovs/Kliemans, Latvia 1-0
8/2/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 3	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Jemeljanovs/Kliemans	16	21-14, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 17 Fathers/Gray, Australia 1-0
7/30/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool E	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Fathers/Gray	17	21-16, 21-11	0:26
Lead the series against # 24, Q12 Gobert/Thole, Germany 1-0
8/2/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 2	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Gobert/Thole	24, Q12	21-16, 21-10	0:28
Trail the series against # 29 Ivanov/Kalchev, Bulgaria 0-1
7/31/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool E	Ivanov/Kalchev	29	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 32 Padilla/Rivera, Puerto Rico 0-1
8/1/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Pool E	Padilla/Rivera	32	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	21-18, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # 36, Q10 Bouter/van Steenis, Netherlands 1-0
8/3/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	20	Bouter/van Steenis	36, Q10	21-19, 21-15	0:29