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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(48) Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

Nivaldo Nadhir Díaz Gomez
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Habana

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$33,950.00

Sergio Reynaldo Gonzalez Bayard
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Holguin

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Langkawi 2017)

Career Winnings:

US$35,650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	1	US$67,900.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Did not play	Yaimel Borrell - 9th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool A	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (24)	Won 20-22, 21-13, 15-12	0:53
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool A	Carlos Escobar / David Vargas, El Salvador (25)	Won 21-11, 22-20	0:38
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool A	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 14-16	0:52
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (18)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:55

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Sergio Gonzalez - 9th	Nivaldo Diaz - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sergio Gonzalez - 9th	Nivaldo Diaz - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Luis Reyes - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	48	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	24	9th	480	US$11,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	$20,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$17,900.00
Total	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	0	$67,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nivaldo Diaz												Sergio Gonzalez
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$10,000.00
6	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,950.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
17	1	0	2	0	2	6	4	1	0	$33,950.00	Total	21	1	0	2	0	2	7	4	1	0	$35,650.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nivaldo Diaz													Sergio Gonzalez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	Total	Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,500.00

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	27	77.1%	6	17.1%	2	5.7%	33-2	94.3%	7	22.6%	9	29.0%	15	48.4%	7-24	22.6%	27-15	64.3%	13-11	54.2%	1	0	41-26	61.2%
2014-2015	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	2-0	100.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	12-6	66.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	5	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	10	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	17	8
Total	0	0	2	1	19	11	0	0	16	12	1	2	2	0	1	0	41	26

Head to Head Results
Diaz/Gonzalez lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	21-17, 18-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Goncalves/Solberg	12	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	Gavira/Herrera	18	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	24	20-22, 21-13, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 25 Escobar/Vargas, El Salvador 1-0
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	Escobar/Vargas	25	21-11, 22-20	0:38