Team Preview

XVII Pan Am Games
July 13 - 21, 2015

(11) 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:

Career PAN AM Best:

3rd (Toronto 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$50,475.00

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:

Career PAN AM Best:

3rd (Toronto 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$65,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	0	4	1	1	US$67,900.00
NORCECA	14	9	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$32,650.00
PAN AM	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	32	10	3	4	0	2	1	0	6	0	4	1	1	US$100,550.00

Previous Toronto Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	48	9th	500	US$11,000.00
NORCECA	4/24-26/2015	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Cayman Islands	5	1st	200	US$3,000.00
NORCECA	11/14-16/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Trinidad and Tobago		3rd	160	US$1,250.00
NORCECA	8/22-24/2014	Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit Varadero		2nd	180	US$1,700.00

XVII Pan Am Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 7/13/2015	Pool C	Nicolas Capogrosso / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (6)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:37
Tue, 7/14/2015	Pool C	Miles Evans / Ian Satterfield, United States (3)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:35
Thu, 7/16/2015	Pool C	Julian Bissette / Joseph Clercent , Saint Lucia (14)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:38
Sat, 7/18/2015	Winner 2	Eric Haddock / Roberto Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (5)	Won 23-25, 21-13, 15-9	0:57
Sun, 7/19/2015	Semi-Finals	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:46
Tue, 7/21/2015	Bronze Medal	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (4)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:58

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 %
2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	PAN AM	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %

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
											2009	NORCECA	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00
											2010	NORCECA	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,300.00
											2011	PAN AM	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
											2012	NORCECA	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2013	NORCECA	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00
5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,975.00	2014	NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,975.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2015	PAN AM	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2015	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
9	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$13,175.00	Total	Total	27	11	7	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	$23,650.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
2014-2015	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3-1	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	6-2	75.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-1	83.3%

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 6-1 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
7/19/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Semi-Finals	Felipe/Filho	2	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	21-17, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 3 Evans/Satterfield, United States 1-0
7/14/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	Evans/Satterfield	3	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/21/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Bronze Medal	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	18-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 5 Haddock/Rodriguez, Puerto Rico 1-0
7/18/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	Haddock/Rodriguez	5	23-25, 21-13, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 6 Capogrosso/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
7/13/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	Capogrosso/Mehamed	6	21-19, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Bissette/Clercent , Saint Lucia 1-0
7/16/15	PAN AM	XVII Pan Am Games	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	11	Bissette/Clercent	14	21-13, 21-12	0:38