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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 3 - 8, 2018

(15) 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 Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	23	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	19	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	3	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	3	3rd	480	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	26, Q7	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/11-15/2017	Qinzhou Three Star	3	3rd	360	US$5,000.00
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

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/6/2018	Pool B	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (18)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 7/6/2018	Pool B	Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 13-15	0:53
Sat, 7/7/2018	Winner 1	Marco Caminati / Enrico Rossi, Italy (17)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:33
Sat, 7/7/2018	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (10)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:33

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	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	$28,500.00	19	15	55.9 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	4	1	1	$67,900.00	41	26	61.2 %

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
8	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	$14,250.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	$14,250.00
17	1	0	2	0	2	6	4	1	1	$33,950.00	Total	Total	18	1	0	2	0	2	7	4	1	1	$33,950.00

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	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	12-8	60.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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 10-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool B	Felipe/Goncalves	2	Diaz/Gonzalez	15	19-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Cerutti/Loyola	5	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	21-15, 21-17	0:33
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 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 # 9 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-0
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	Mol/Sorum	14	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	10	Diaz/Gonzalez	15	21-19, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	10	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Diaz/Gonzalez	15	Caminati/Rossi	17	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool B	Diaz/Gonzalez	15	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-15, 21-14	0:30
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Diaz/Gonzalez	23	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q4	10-21, 21-13, 15-13
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Thole/Wickler, Germany 0-1
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Thole/Wickler	30, Q19	Diaz/Gonzalez	19	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Tijan/Younousse	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 23 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 0-1
5/11/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool C	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	19	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 0-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool C	Basta/Kolaric	30, Q25	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	21-19, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 30, Q14 Dressler/Seidl, Austria 1-0
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	26, Q7	Dressler/Seidl	Q10	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 Garcia/Mesa, Spain 1-0
4/15/17	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Winner 2	Diaz/Gonzalez	1	Garcia/Mesa	8	21-18, 21-18	0:41