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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 18, 2016

(21) Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba

Nivaldo Nadhir Díaz Gomez
Cuba

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 24, 1994 (30 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 (34 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool D

Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)

Won 24-22, 21-23, 15-13

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	17	13	0	0.765	0	6	4	5
	1	17	13	0	0.765	0	6	4	5
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	39	26	0	0.667	3	1	2	0
	1	39	26	0	0.667	3	1	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool D

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (9)

Won 23-21, 19-21, 15-9

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	30	23	0	0.767	0	11	2	4
	1	30	23	0	0.767	0	11	2	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	30	18	0	0.600	4	1	0	0
	1	30	18	0	0.600	4	1	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/11/2016

Pool D

Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (16)

Won 21-15, 21-18

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	13	10	0	0.769	0	5	1	7
	1	13	10	0	0.769	0	5	1	7
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	27	14	0	0.519	6	2	1	0
	1	27	14	0	0.519	6	2	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)

Won 21-17, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	14	9	0	0.643	0	10	4	3
	1	14	9	0	0.643	0	10	4	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	22	13	0	0.591	2	1	0	4
	1	22	13	0	0.591	2	1	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/15/2016

Winner 2

Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (8)

Lost 20-22, 24-22, 16-18

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	Total	30	17	0	0.567	0	16	0	4
	1	30	17	0	0.567	0	16	0	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Sergio Gonzalez	Total	45	19	0	0.422	9	3	0	1
	1	45	19	0	0.422	9	3	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nivaldo Diaz	104	72	0	0.692	0	48	11	23
Sergio Gonzalez	163	90	0	0.552	24	8	3	5
Total	267	162	0	0.607	24	56	14	28
Opponents	304	165	0	0.543	13	64	8	32

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

Head to Head Results
Diaz/Gonzalez lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Goncalves/Solberg	4	24-22, 21-23, 15-13	0:59
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Goncalves/Solberg	12	Diaz/Gonzalez	48	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/15/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	8	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	22-20, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 13 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Doppler/Horst	13	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Diaz/Gonzalez	21	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-18	0:33