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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 16 - 21, 2022

(5) Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia

Kusti Nõlvak
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tallinn

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Vilnius 2020)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Munich 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$73,448.46

Mart Tiisaar
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 5, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rapla

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Vilnius 2020)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Munich 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$77,757.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	US$5,961.70
CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,024.65
FIVB	59	1	2	1	3	6	0	11	1	12	2	1	3	5	11	US$136,137.34
Overall	72	1	2	1	4	6	0	13	2	17	2	3	5	5	11	US$143,123.69

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	11	17th	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	22	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	11	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	12	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	16	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/19-22/2021	Prague 2 Star	3	5th	240	€ 1,000.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/16/2022	Pool E	Jyrki Nurminen / Santeri Siren, Finland (28)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:40
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool E	Florian Breer / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (21)	Lost 18-21, 25-27	0:44
Thu, 8/18/2022	Winner 1	Lukas Pfretzschner / Robin Sowa, Germany (29)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:37
Fri, 8/19/2022	Winner 2	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (22)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 8-15	0:49

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
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	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	6	3	0	$44,550.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	5	0	0	$37,200.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$5,500.00
Total	65	1	2	1	3	6	0	12	1	18	5	0	$141,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kusti Nolvak												Mart Tiisaar
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	$9,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	$15,000.00
25	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	3	0	$22,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	1	4	4	7	3	1	$26,400.00
22	1	2	1	1	4	5	6	0	0	$18,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	1	2	2	1	3	6	6	0	0	$18,950.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$2,750.00
67	1	2	1	3	7	13	19	5	0	$70,850.00	Total	78	1	2	2	3	8	14	21	5	1	$75,100.00

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
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$800.00	1	7	12.5 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,700.00	4	4	50.0 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$875.00	5	7	41.7 %
2018	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	7	$11,100.00	17	14	54.8 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	$31,500.00	21	18	53.8 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	$12,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$50,500.00	14	17	45.2 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	49	1	2	1	2	5	0	7	1	12	3	15	$116,100.00	72	71	50.3 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	$4,500.00	3	12	20.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$875.00	5	8	38.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kusti Nolvak													Mart Tiisaar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$400.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,350.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$437.50	2017	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$437.50
13	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	$5,550.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	$5,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	2	$15,750.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	2	$15,750.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	$6,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	$6,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
8	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$25,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$25,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
62	1	2	1	3	5	11	19	5	15	$60,737.50	Total	Total	63	1	2	1	3	5	11	19	5	16	$60,737.50

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	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	3-8	27.3%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	4-14	22.2%
2021-2022	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%	3-3	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-6	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	7	6	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	8	9	12	21	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	25	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	3	20	5	0	0	14	12	3	2	1	1	1	2	44	25
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Total	1	0	16	20	45	43	0	0	22	29	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	101

Head to Head Results
Nolvak/Tiisaar trail the series against the field 15-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-0
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Mol/Sorum	6	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-16, 12-21, 15-12	0:46
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-4
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool C	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	6	25-27, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Semi-Finals	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	19-21, 21-15, 8-3 Retired	0:53
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Perusic/Schweiner	10	Nolvak/Tiisaar	26	21-19, 14-21, 15-6	0:43
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool H	Perusic/Schweiner	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool C	Carambula/Rossi	11	Nolvak/Tiisaar	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:42
Trail the series against # 8 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	16	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Seidl/Waller, Austria 2-1
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Seidl/Waller	14, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:33
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Seidl/Waller	16, Q8	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q9	28-26, 17-21, 15-12	0:57
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	Seidl/Waller	Q7	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 11 Boermans/Immers, Netherlands 1-0
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	6	Boermans/Immers	14, Q2	21-19, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Lupo/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Lupo/Ranghieri	22	21-16, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 13 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-2
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	18	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	24-22, 22-20	0:41
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	21-16, 21-11	0:31
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Ermacora/Pristauz	23	Nolvak/Tiisaar	26	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-15, 9-21, 15-12	0:42
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	20	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 18 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-3
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Nolvak/Tiisaar	16	21-15, 21-19	0:37
9/16/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	16	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
8/25/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	23-21, 21-14	0:38
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 19 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Bronze Medal	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 21 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-2
8/17/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Breer/Krattiger	21	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	21-18, 27-25	0:44
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 22 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/19/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Horl/Horst	22	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Dressler/Huber, Austria 3-2
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool D	Nolvak/Tiisaar	16	Dressler/Huber	9	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Dressler/Huber	32	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	22-24, 21-14, 19-17	0:56
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Huber	Q18	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:35
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Dressler/Huber	8	21-11, 39-37	0:51
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	14	Dressler/Huber	19	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 28 Nurminen/Siren, Finland 1-0
8/16/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	Nurminen/Siren	28	21-19, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 2-0
8/18/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	Pfretzschner/Sowa	29	21-14, 21-17	0:37
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Pfretzschner/Sowa	10	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 30 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Semerad/Sepka	24, Q21	21-10, 21-10	0:30