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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 EuroBeachVolley 2020
September 15 - 20, 2020

(17) Maria Carro/Paula Soria, Spain

María Belén Carro Márquez de Acuña
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 15, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Madrid 2021)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Vienna 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$50,141.81

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orihuela

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$75,974.01

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	US$4,712.30
FIVB	28	1	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	4	9	2	US$34,914.42
Overall	31	1	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	4	1	5	9	2	US$39,626.72

Previous Jurmala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Elsa Baquerizo - 9th
CEV Under Age 2018	Daniela Alvarez - 3rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	25, Q6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	15	9th	300	US$2,000.00

EuroBeachVolley 2020 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 9/15/2020	Pool A	Agata Ceynowa / Katarzyna Kociolek, Poland (16)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:38
Wed, 9/16/2020	Pool A	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (1)	Lost 15-21, 8-21	0:29
Fri, 9/18/2020	Winner 1	Niina Ahtiainen / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (28)	Lost 22-20, 12-21, 11-15	0:44

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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$8,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$14,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$11,400.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Total	31	1	3	0	1	1	0	4	0	5	5	0	$38,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Carro												Paula Soria
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$9,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	0	$11,250.00
32	0	0	0	0	4	8	4	5	1	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	1	2	7	3	10	7	0	$37,212.50
12	1	3	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$6,225.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	4	3	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$8,250.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$3,250.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	$6,500.00
66	1	3	1	1	8	14	13	10	1	$47,975.00	Total	94	4	3	1	4	12	13	25	11	0	$66,712.50

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	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	12	6	66.7 %
2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$12,000.00	17	13	56.7 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	8	$19,700.00	34	23	59.6 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Carro													Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,850.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,100.00
											2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$3,087.50
											2015	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2015	CEV Under Age
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV Under Age
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$120.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV Under Age
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$850.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV Under Age
10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00
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	$250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	CEV Under Age
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
28	0	2	3	1	2	4	4	2	10	$10,600.00	Total	Total	58	1	3	0	3	12	7	8	6	18	$25,432.50

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%
2019-2020	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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 Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	9	3	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	11	5	0	0	11	3	4	1	0	1	1	3	33	14
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Total	0	0	20	12	18	21	0	0	13	9	4	1	0	1	1	3	56	47

Head to Head Results
Carro/Soria lead the series against the field 10-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
9/16/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	1	Carro/Soria	17	21-15, 21-8	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Semi-Finals	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Carro/Soria	28	Ittlinger/Laboureur	12	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Tillmann/Van de Velde, Germany 0-1
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Tillmann/Van de Velde	5	Carro/Soria	28	21-13, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Carro/Soria	30, Q21	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	19	22-20, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 2-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 1	Carro/Soria	25, Q6	Bieneck/Schneider	13	21-17, 21-9	0:35
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Bieneck/Schneider	26, Q4	Carro/Soria	Q13	21-19, 21-19
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 3	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Bieneck/Schneider	3	21-16, 21-13	0:44
Series tied with # 15 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-1
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	7	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Carro/Soria	28, Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 16 Ceynowa/Kociolek, Poland 1-0
9/15/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Carro/Soria	17	Ceynowa/Kociolek	16	21-19, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Dabizha/Rudykh, Russia 1-0
5/2/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 2	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Dabizha/Rudykh	27, Q14	24-26, 21-11, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 23 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	Q13	Lobato/Navarro	Q20	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 28 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-2
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Winner 1	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28	Carro/Soria	17	20-22, 21-12, 15-11	0:44
8/6/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	21	Carro/Soria	28	21-14, 21-18	0:35
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	Q19	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q14	21-10, 21-17	0:31