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US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(Q8) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 9th
2019	Did not play	Lombardo Ontiveros - 17th
2021	Raymond Stephens - 25th	Did not play
2022	Juan Virgen - 19th	Miguel Sarabia - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	17, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	17, Q2	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	27	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	Q7	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	18	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	17	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Jake MacNeil / Alexander Russell, Canada (Q25)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:42
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 2	Piotr Kantor / Maciej Rudol, Poland (21, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:38

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00	1	6	14.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	2	1	$27,050.00	9	33	21.4 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,000.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$3,000.00
27	0	0	1	0	2	3	13	5	3	$18,025.00	Total	Total	130	0	2	4	1	9	22	32	21	39	$191,750.00

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	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	5.9%	16	94.1%	0-17	0.0%	4-32	11.1%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	3-19	13.6%

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 2-15 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 5 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 # 9 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 # 13, Q3 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 # 14 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 0-2
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
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 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 # 17 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 # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q3	Haussener/Metral	15	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 21, Q9 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 0-1
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	Sarabia/Virgen	Q8	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q18 Cory/Webber, United States 0-1
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool E	Cory/Webber	20, Q6	Sarabia/Virgen	5	21-13, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # Q25 MacNeil/Russell, Canada 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Sarabia/Virgen	Q8	MacNeil/Russell	Q25	21-18, 21-17	0:42