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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Qinzhou Three Star
October 11 - 15, 2017

(3) 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 Qinzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

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

Qinzhou Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/12/2017	Winner 1	Murat Giginoglu / Hasan Mermer, Türkiye (30, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 10/13/2017	Winner 2	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (14)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:41
Sat, 10/14/2017	Winner 3	Julio Nascimento / Ahmed Tijan, Qatar (6)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:30
Sat, 10/14/2017	Semi-Finals	Maxim Sivolap / Igor Velichko, Russia (15)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:40
Sun, 10/15/2017	Bronze Medal	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (1)	Won 16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48

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 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	$44,400.00	26	12	68.4 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
10	1	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	$22,200.00	Total	Total	11	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	1	$22,200.00

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%
2017-2018	23	79.3%	4	13.8%	2	6.9%	27-2	93.1%	6	22.2%	6	22.2%	15	55.6%	6-21	22.2%	23-15	60.5%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	34-23	59.6%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3-2	60.0%	12-2	85.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	9-2	81.8%

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 8-1 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
10/15/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Bronze Medal	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Koekelkoren/van Walle	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Nascimento/Tijan, Qatar 1-0
10/14/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 3	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Nascimento/Tijan	6	21-18, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
10/13/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	14	15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:41
Series tied with # 15 Sivolap/Velichko, Russia 1-1
10/14/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Sivolap/Velichko	15	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:40
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	Sivolap/Velichko	30	21-18, 21-19	0:30
Lead the series against # 20 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
4/16/17	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Semi-Finals	Diaz/Gonzalez	1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q2 Giginoglu/Mermer, Türkiye 1-0
10/12/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Giginoglu/Mermer	30, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:33