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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(12) Miguel Sarabia/Juan Virgen, Mexico

Miguel Angel Sarabia Delgado
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tijuana

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB U21 World Championships Udonthani City 2019)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Agadir 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$26,175.00

Juan Virgen
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 9, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago Ixcuintla

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$194,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	7	3	4	3	US$31,850.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Juan Virgen - 19th	Miguel Sarabia - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q8	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	Q13	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	Q8	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q8	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	6	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/9-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	13	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	10	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/6/2023	Pool L	Mohamed Abicha / Oussama El Azhari, Morocco (37)	Won 25-27, 21-14, 15-11	1:01
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool L	Daniel Dearing / Sam Schachter, Canada (36)	Lost 17-21, 12-21	0:37
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool L	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (13)	Lost 24-26, 17-21	0:50
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (45)	Lost 22-24, 19-21	0:43

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 33rd
2022	World Championships	Rome	Juan Virgen - 33rd	Miguel Sarabia - 33rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Juan Virgen - 33rd	Miguel Sarabia - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$9,600.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	4	0	$12,250.00
Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	4	2	$31,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miguel Sarabia												Juan Virgen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$4,800.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$19,700.00
											World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$8,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	3	7	12	6	0	$93,675.00
25	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	9	0	$12,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	75	0	1	4	0	5	10	17	16	0	$69,725.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,800.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
38	0	0	1	0	2	4	15	9	2	$26,175.00	Total	134	0	2	4	1	9	22	32	23	2	$194,150.00

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
2022	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	1	1	$21,050.00	8	27	22.9 %
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$10,800.00	4	12	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	4	3	$31,850.00	12	39	23.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miguel Sarabia													Juan Virgen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	$1,500.00
											2008	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	$8,750.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$3,800.00
											2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	$7,625.00
											2014	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	$13,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	$31,687.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	17	0	1	2	0	5	7	2	0	0	$58,412.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	$19,300.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	$15,750.00
											2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$9,900.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$3,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	1	$10,525.00	2022	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	1	1	$10,525.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$5,400.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$5,400.00
31	0	0	1	0	2	3	13	7	5	$20,425.00	Total	Total	134	0	2	4	1	9	22	32	23	41	$194,150.00

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	7	41.2%	3	17.6%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	2	5.9%	2	5.9%	30	88.2%	2-32	5.9%	7-30	18.9%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	12-39	23.5%
2022-2023	7	41.2%	3	17.6%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	2	5.9%	2	5.9%	30	88.2%	2-32	5.9%	7-30	18.9%	5-9	35.7%	0	0	12-39	23.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2	8.7%	0	0.0%	21	91.3%	2-21	8.7%	0-42	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	2-24	7.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	5	2	16	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	23
Total	0	0	7	9	4	26	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	39

Head to Head Results
Sarabia/Virgen trail the series against the field 2-24 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 17 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-2
10/29/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Lucky Loser	Benesh/Partain	4, Q1	Sarabia/Virgen	13	21-16, 21-11	0:35
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Sarabia/Virgen	10	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
5/25/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q3	Sarabia/Virgen	Q14	21-18, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Sarabia/Virgen	27	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	4	Sarabia/Virgen	12	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Felipe/Lima	13	Sarabia/Virgen	12	26-24, 21-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Sarabia/Virgen	12	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	8	Sarabia/Virgen	20	21-17, 27-25	0:45
Trail the series against # 20 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-2
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool E	Horl/Horst	8	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q2	21-11, 21-14	0:32
5/19/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Qualifier 2	Horl/Horst	22, Q10	Sarabia/Virgen	Q7	21-15, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 22 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 0-2
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	7	Sarabia/Virgen	6	21-14, 22-20	0:34
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q2	Sarabia/Virgen	Q7	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 24 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Boermans/de Groot	13, Q5	Sarabia/Virgen	12	21-8, 21-5	0:26
Trail the series against # 27 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 2	Berntsen/Mol	2	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q6	Sarabia/Virgen	Q11	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 28 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool C	Popov/Reznik	3	Sarabia/Virgen	10	21-17, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 32 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 0-1
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Burnett/McHugh	7	Sarabia/Virgen	18	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 34 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool A	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	Sarabia/Virgen	13	21-14, 21-19	0:36
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 35 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool E	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	20, Q7	Sarabia/Virgen	17	23-21, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 36 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 0-3
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Dearing/Schachter	36	Sarabia/Virgen	12	21-17, 21-12	0:37
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Dearing/Schachter	19, Q4	Sarabia/Virgen	6	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:56
6/14/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Dearing/Schachter	26	Sarabia/Virgen	27	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 37 Abicha/El Azhari, Morocco 1-0
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Sarabia/Virgen	12	Abicha/El Azhari	37	25-27, 21-14, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 39 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 0-1
7/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Qualifier 2	Taovato/Tipjan	18, Q4	Sarabia/Virgen	Q13	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 45 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Budinger/Evans	45	Sarabia/Virgen	12	24-22, 21-19	0:43