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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 Rubavu One Star
August 21 - 24, 2019

(1, Q1) Masato Kurasaka/Kensuke Shoji, Japan

Masato Kurasaka
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ishikawa

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$2,160.83

Kensuke Shoji
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tottori

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$4,131.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	31	33	41	Money
FIVB	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	1	3	1	US$3,400.79

Previous Rubavu Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-18/2019	Knokke-Heist One Star	5, Q1	9th	100	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/8-11/2019	Budapest One Star	3	4th	140	€ 400.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	7	13th	90	€ 100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	Q20	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	Q16	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-7/2019	Qidong Two Star	Q11	25th	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2019	Langkawi One Star	10, Q2	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	3/7-10/2019	Kampong Speu One Star	10, Q1	9th	100	US$200.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2019	Visakhapatnam One Star	12, Q3	5th	120	US$300.00

Rubavu One Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/22/2019	Pool A	Nicolai Hovmann / Jacob Stormly, Denmark (16, Q4)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 11-15	0:58
Thu, 8/22/2019	Pool A	Hans Erik Dybfest / Ruben Lovli, Norway (8)	Won 21-14, 21-9	0:33
Fri, 8/23/2019	Winner 1	Venuste Gatsinzi / Fils Habanzintwari, Rwanda (4)	Won 21-18, 21-10	0:35
Fri, 8/23/2019	Winner 2	Jakub Gala / Martin Sramek, Czech Republic (6)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:40
Sat, 8/24/2019	Semi-Finals	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (7)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Sat, 8/24/2019	Gold Medal	Nicolai Hovmann / Jacob Stormly, Denmark (16, Q4)	Won 12-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:47

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00
Total	17	1	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	$3,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Masato Kurasaka												Kensuke Shoji
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	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
22	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	31	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00
26	1	0	0	1	3	9	4	1	0	$1,950.00	Total	38	1	1	0	1	6	12	6	1	0	$3,850.00

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	12	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	4	$2,400.00	21	19	52.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	4	$2,400.00	21	19	52.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Masato Kurasaka													Kensuke Shoji
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$1,000.00
12	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	4	$1,200.00	2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	4	$1,200.00
17	1	0	0	1	1	5	2	1	6	$1,350.00	Total	Total	19	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	9	$2,200.00

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	21	84.0%	1	4.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	3	11.1%	6	22.2%	18	66.7%	3-24	11.1%	21-18	53.8%	4-9	30.8%	2	1	27-28	49.1%
2018-2019	16	84.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	14.3%	3	14.3%	15	71.4%	3-18	14.3%	16-15	51.6%	4-5	44.4%	2	1	22-21	51.2%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	10-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	3	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	26	25
Total	0	0	9	6	9	13	0	0	7	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	27	28

Head to Head Results
Kurasaka/Shoji lead the series against the field 6-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Gatsinzi/Habanzintwari, Rwanda 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Winner 1	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	Gatsinzi/Habanzintwari	4	21-18, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Lundgren/Wijk Tegenrot, Sweden 1-0
8/17/19	FIVB	Knokke-Heist One Star	Pool D	Kurasaka/Shoji	5, Q1	Lundgren/Wijk Tegenrot	13, Q7	33-31, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Gala/Sramek, Czech Republic 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Winner 2	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	Gala/Sramek	6	22-20, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
8/24/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Semi-Finals	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	Bello/Bello	7	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Dybfest/Lovli, Norway 1-0
8/22/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Pool A	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	Dybfest/Lovli	8	21-14, 21-9	0:33
Series tied with # 16, Q4 Hovmann/Stormly, Denmark 1-1
8/24/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Gold Medal	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	Hovmann/Stormly	16, Q4	12-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:47
8/22/19	FIVB	Rubavu One Star	Pool A	Hovmann/Stormly	16, Q4	Kurasaka/Shoji	1, Q1	22-24, 21-19, 15-11	0:58