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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 6, 2017

(24) 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 Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	25	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q8	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	19	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	23	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	14	5th	240	US$2,900.00
FIVB	4/15-16/2017	Langkawi One Star	1	1st	200	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	21	5th	0	US$0.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/29/2017	Pool A	Christoph Dressler / Thomas Kunert, Austria (25)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:35
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool A	Marlon Phillip / Daneil Williams, Trinidad and Tobago (48)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:31
Wed, 8/2/2017	Pool A	Saymon Barbosa / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (1)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 1	Robin Seidl / Tobias Winter, Austria (32)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:35
Fri, 8/4/2017	Winner 2	Maarten Van Garderen / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (45)	Lost 13-21, 23-21, 13-15	0:52

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 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2017	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$28,400.00	15	8	65.2 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	$39,400.00	22	11	66.7 %

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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$14,200.00	2017	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$14,200.00
9	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$19,700.00	Total	Total	10	1	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	1	$19,700.00

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%
2016-2017	14	82.4%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	16-1	94.1%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	14-4	77.8%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	19-9	67.9%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	18-20	47.4%	8-6	57.1%	1	0	14-13	51.9%

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 11-7 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Barbosa/Filho, Brazil 1-0
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool A	Diaz/Gonzalez	24	Barbosa/Filho	1	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 5 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool H	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	Cerutti/Schmidt	9	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-2
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Diaz/Gonzalez	25	24-22, 21-16	0:41
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Krasilnikov/Liamin	10	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:42
4/22/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	14	Krasilnikov/Liamin	3	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	21-15, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool C	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	21-18, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q4	10-21, 21-13, 15-13
Lead the series against # 25 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool A	Diaz/Gonzalez	24	Dressler/Kunert	25	21-18, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 26 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Bockermann/Fluggen	23, Q9	Diaz/Gonzalez	Q8	22-20, 24-26, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 32 Seidl/Winter, Austria 1-0
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	24	Seidl/Winter	32	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 34 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Carambula/Ranghieri	18	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	21-16, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 45 Van Garderen/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Van Garderen/Varenhorst	45	Diaz/Gonzalez	24	21-13, 21-23, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 48 Phillip/Williams, Trinidad and Tobago 1-0
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool A	Diaz/Gonzalez	24	Phillip/Williams	48	21-17, 21-14	0:31