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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Volleyfest Three Star
March 5 - 10, 2019

(4) Taras Myskiv/Valeriy Samoday, Russia

Taras Myskiv
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 7, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moscow

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$51,121.65

Valeriy Samoday
Russia

/ Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sumy

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,055.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$21,141.40

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	29, Q7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	25, Q5	2nd	540	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/9-12/2018	Vaduz One Star	10, Q1	1st	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/3-5/2018	Ljubljana One Star	16, Q5	1st	200	US$1,000.00

Sydney Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/7/2019	Pool D	Aaron Nusbaum / Michael Plantinga, Canada (29, Q10)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Thu, 3/7/2019	Pool D	Peng Gao / Yang Li, China (20)	Won 21-19, 25-23	0:34
Fri, 3/8/2019	Winner 2	Thiago Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (6)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 3/9/2019	Winner 3	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (28, Q8)	Lost 15-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:46

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taras Myskiv												Valeriy Samoday
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	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	World Tour Finals
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
16	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	2	0	$27,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,400.00
10	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$8,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$10,200.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
32	2	3	0	3	5	6	6	2	0	$50,700.00	Total	34	5	1	2	0	3	2	6	3	0	$27,400.00

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
2018	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	13	0	100.0 %
2019	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	15	5	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	28	5	84.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taras Myskiv													Valeriy Samoday
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,300.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	$7,900.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
8	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	$2,700.00	2018	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$9,500.00
15	2	3	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	$12,200.00	Total	Total	25	4	1	0	0	2	2	5	3	8	$23,700.00

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	22	95.7%	0	0.0%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6-4	60.0%	22-3	88.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	28-5	84.8%
2018-2019	22	95.7%	0	0.0%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	6	60.0%	1	10.0%	3	30.0%	6-4	60.0%	22-3	88.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	28-5	84.8%
Against the Field	7	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	14-0	100.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	9-1	90.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	22	2
Total	1	0	5	0	11	1	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	28	5

Head to Head Results
Myskiv/Samoday lead the series against the field 9-1 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 2	Myskiv/Samoday	4	Barbosa/Wanderley	6	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Basta/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Myskiv/Samoday	25, Q5	Basta/Kolaric	2	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Durant/Schumann, Australia 1-0
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Myskiv/Samoday	25, Q5	Durant/Schumann	14	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 18 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
10/1/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool H	Myskiv/Samoday	25, Q5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8	20-22, 24-22, 15-5	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 1-0
10/9/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Country Quota	Myskiv/Samoday	29, Q7	Bykanov/Hudyakov		21-16, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 20 Gao/Li, China 1-0
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool D	Myskiv/Samoday	4	Gao/Li	20	21-19, 25-23	0:34
Series tied with # 28, Q8 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 3	Krou/Rowlandson	28, Q8	Myskiv/Samoday	4	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:46
10/10/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Qualifier 2	Myskiv/Samoday	29, Q7	Krou/Rowlandson	Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Nusbaum/Plantinga, Canada 1-0
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool D	Myskiv/Samoday	4	Nusbaum/Plantinga	29, Q10	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 31 Burnett/Guehrer, Australia 1-0
9/30/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Qualifier 1	Myskiv/Samoday	25, Q5	Burnett/Guehrer	Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:31