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2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship
September 2 - 5, 2015

(10) Illia Kovalov/Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine

Illia Kovalov
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1996 (29 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 CEV Under Age Best:

3rd (Larnaka 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$2,861.57

Oleh Plotnytskyi
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 5, 1997 (28 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 CEV Under Age Best:

3rd (Larnaka 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$2,202.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$3,289.80
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	US$3,289.80

Previous Larnaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2014	Oleh Plotnytskyi - 9th	Illia Kovalov - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	13, Q16	3rd	256	€ 3,000.00
CEV Under Age	9/18-21/2014	2014 CEV U22 Beach Volleyball European Championship	8	9th	40	€ 0.00
CEV Under Age	9/4-7/2014	2014 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	10	9th	40	€ 0.00

2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/2/2015	Pool G	Miro Maattanen / Santeri Siren, Finland (23)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool G	Markus Sorensen / Martin Trans Hansen, Denmark (26)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:30
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool G	Maciej Kaszewiak / Mateusz Paszkowski, Poland (7)	Won 21-8, 21-15	0:26
Fri, 9/4/2015	Winner 2	Luka Somosi / Jovan Zivotic, Serbia (11)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:28
Fri, 9/4/2015	Winner 3	Eric Stadie / Julius Thole, Germany (2)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Sat, 9/5/2015	Semi-Finals	Mathias Berntsen / Anders Mol, Norway (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-13, 11-15	0:48
Sat, 9/5/2015	Bronze Medal	Miro Maattanen / Santeri Siren, Finland (23)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:33

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Illia Kovalov												Oleh Plotnytskyi
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$400.00	Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00

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	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	15	10	60.0 %
2014	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	4	55.6 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	CEV Under Age	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	11	5	68.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Illia Kovalov													Oleh Plotnytskyi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$400.00	2014	FIVB
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2014	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$56.25	2014	CEV C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	2	3	$1,956.25	Total	Total	9	0	1	2	0	1	4	1	0	0	$1,500.00

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	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-1	85.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
2014-2015	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-1	85.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	11-5	68.8%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	4
Total	0	0	2	0	8	7	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	10

Head to Head Results
Kovalov/Plotnytskyi lead the series against the field 7-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Stadie/Thole, Germany 1-0
9/4/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 3	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Stadie/Thole	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
9/5/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Semi-Finals	Berntsen/Mol	6	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	21-14, 13-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Kaszewiak/Paszkowski, Poland 1-0
9/3/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool G	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Kaszewiak/Paszkowski	7	21-8, 21-15	0:26
Lead the series against # 11 Somosi/Zivotic, Serbia 1-0
9/4/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Winner 2	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Somosi/Zivotic	11	21-11, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 23 Maattanen/Siren, Finland 2-0
9/5/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Bronze Medal	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Maattanen/Siren	23	21-17, 21-13	0:33
9/2/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool G	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Maattanen/Siren	23	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 26 Sorensen/Trans Hansen, Denmark 1-0
9/3/15	CEV Under Age	2015 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championship	Pool G	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	10	Sorensen/Trans Hansen	26	21-13, 21-9	0:30