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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 8 - 12, 2021

(11) Nikita Liamin/Taras Myskiv, Russia

Nikita Liamin
Russia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorkiy

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$149,937.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	16	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	6	2	1	US$77,000.00

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Ruslan Daianov - 41st
2018	Viacheslav Krasilnikov - 9th	Did not play
2019	Igor Velichko - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	10	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	20	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	12	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	16	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	16, Q1	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	15	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	16	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	13	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Doha 4-star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool F	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (22)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:29
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool F	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:35
Wed, 3/10/2021	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:32

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	4	2	0	$46,000.00
Total	16	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	6	2	0	$77,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nikita Liamin												Taras Myskiv
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	0	$44,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00
31	0	1	1	1	5	7	11	3	0	$56,887.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	2	0	$27,000.00
4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$15,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$8,200.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
57	2	2	2	1	7	14	16	7	0	$149,937.50	Total	32	2	3	0	3	5	6	6	2	0	$50,700.00

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
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	$52,000.00	18	14	56.3 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	$59,000.00	21	17	55.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nikita Liamin													Taras Myskiv
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	2	$15,387.50	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	1	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	$56,050.00	2017	FIVB
9	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$25,500.00	2018	FIVB	8	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	$2,700.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	0	0	$32,000.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	4	4	3	0	1	$35,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
51	2	2	2	0	7	14	14	5	5	$140,937.50	Total	Total	26	2	3	0	2	5	6	4	0	4	$41,700.00

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	19	61.3%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	8	26.7%	3	10.0%	19	63.3%	8-22	26.7%	19-19	50.0%	14-9	60.9%	0	0	33-28	54.1%
2020-2021	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	4	26.7%	2	13.3%	9	60.0%	4-11	26.7%	7-9	43.8%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	15-14	51.7%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	7	31.8%	3	13.6%	12	54.5%	7-15	31.8%	22-24	47.8%	26-10	72.2%	0	0	24-17	58.5%

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	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	5	1	13	9	0	0	6	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	25	20
Total	1	0	6	1	18	13	0	0	8	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	33	28

Head to Head Results
Liamin/Myskiv lead the series against the field 17-10 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
6/15/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Liamin/Myskiv	16	Thole/Wickler	13	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Liamin/Myskiv	11	21-18, 21-19	0:35
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Liamin/Myskiv	20	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Liamin/Myskiv	12	Lupo/Nicolai	5	25-23, 28-26	0:44
Series tied with # 10 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Liamin/Myskiv	15	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	13	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	21-19, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	12	Liamin/Myskiv	11	21-15, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Liamin/Myskiv	12	Gerson/Heidrich	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 14 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-1
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Perusic/Schweiner	13	Liamin/Myskiv	20	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Liamin/Myskiv	16, Q1	Perusic/Schweiner	17	21-18, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	18	Liamin/Myskiv	12	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool A	Liamin/Myskiv	16	Kantor/Losiak	17	21-16, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	Liamin/Myskiv	16	21-16, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Liamin/Myskiv	16, Q1	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	26-24, 19-21, 15-9	0:50
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Liamin/Myskiv	15	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 21 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	Liamin/Myskiv	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool F	Liamin/Myskiv	11	Doppler/Horst	22	21-10, 21-14	0:29
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Liamin/Myskiv	15	Doppler/Horst	22	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:45
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool B	Liamin/Myskiv	15	Doppler/Horst	18	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-0
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Liamin/Myskiv	12	Seidl/Waller	21	27-25, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Liamin/Myskiv	16	Bourne/Crabb	10	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:54
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 3	Bourne/Crabb	7	Liamin/Myskiv	13	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # Q7 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool J	Ontiveros/Virgen	34	Liamin/Myskiv	15	21-18, 23-21	0:37
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Liamin/Myskiv	13	Ontiveros/Virgen	22	21-19, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	20	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q13	21-18, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool G	Liamin/Myskiv	10	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:09
Lead the series against # Q17 Abbiati/Andreatta, Italy 1-0
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	13	Abbiati/Andreatta	20	21-19, 21-14	0:29